Clothes, fashion & consumerism · Grammar

B2 Adjective Order for Fashion Descriptions

Learning how to describe clothes is essential for speaking about fashion and style. So, in this lesson, we’ll explore the correct order of adjectives when describing clothing and practice using this rule effectively. In this post I will include: vocabulary related to materials and patterns adjectives to relate to styles word order related to adjectives…… Continue reading B2 Adjective Order for Fashion Descriptions

Clothes, fashion & consumerism

B2 Learn Clothing Phrasal Verbs: Cheat Sheet & Quiz

Hmmm lovely! Nothing like starting the year with a new set of phrasal verbs. These ones are related to wearing clothes and fashion. As usual, I’ve only included a short list of them to soften that learning curve. You’ll see there’s a cheat sheet and a quiz below. If you want to go the extra…… Continue reading B2 Learn Clothing Phrasal Verbs: Cheat Sheet & Quiz

Clothes, fashion & consumerism

B2/C1 Engaging Listening Activity for Fashion Discussions

This is going to be the last post for this year. If you’re wondering if I’m a bit of a workaholic, I’m beginning to think that I am. However, the intentions behind posting this during the Christmas holidays are partly due to the fact that among my New Year’s resolutions, I intend to find some…… Continue reading B2/C1 Engaging Listening Activity for Fashion Discussions

B1 · Science, techonology & space

B1/B2 Phrasal verbs for Technology

Because my students ”love” phrasal verbs so much and cannot live without them, I’m uploading a short list of the most common ones along with a quiz to help them with this ‘annoying’ aspect of the English language.

Science, techonology & space · video

B2 Podcast Space and the Universe

Hi there! As I have just completed a 60-hour course on podcasts, I couldn’t keep myself from setting up a video. Yep! You don’t have to tell me that the BBC will NOT hire me :D, because I know. But as a matter of fact, creating podcasts is something that I’ve been wanting to explore…… Continue reading B2 Podcast Space and the Universe

People, relationships & family · use of English · video

B2 Speaking about An Inclusive Christmas Celebration

European cities have lit up their Christmas lights, and everybody is getting into the Christmas spirit, hustling and bustling around, meeting up and doing Xmas shopping. As a teacher, I obviously feel enthusiastic about finding something that we can talk about in our classes, but at the same time, I can’t bring myself to ignore…… Continue reading B2 Speaking about An Inclusive Christmas Celebration

Body, health & nutrition

B2/C1 Listening Cyberchondria

As we are now dealing with the topic of illness, I have prepared two listening activities to cover the ‘obsession’ of some people that leads them to consult online sources whenever they feel a bit under the weather. First of all, what do you think is happening in the comic. Clue: related to this subject.…… Continue reading B2/C1 Listening Cyberchondria

Body, health & nutrition

Idiom: To feed the fishes/fish

Yes, I know. Some will say that ‘fishes’ is wrong, but as a matter of fact, it is now common to find both ‘fish’ and ‘fishes’ in a dictionary. And anyway, this idiom does use ‘fishes’ (So there!). But far from picking an argument about whether or not this plural is correct, this post is…… Continue reading Idiom: To feed the fishes/fish

Body, health & nutrition

Idiom: To be off colour

Don’t you agree that idioms are absolute and utter fun? Guess what this one means and learn another similar expression.

Body, health & nutrition

B2 Phrasal verbs for sport

Some time ago, I gave lists and lists of phrasal verbs to my students. Now I realize that it’s impossible to memorize all these forms and that just learning a handful for a more specific area is much more entertaining and helpful. I won’t delete all the activities on phrasal verbs that I have been…… Continue reading B2 Phrasal verbs for sport