Is it pay up or pay with? Wrap up or wrap about? Uf! We all know that English prepositions drive us crazy and I don’t mean “the good type of craziness”. Now that we’re heading towards a unit that deals with money and shopping, we’re going to need some useful phrasal verbs. This quiz can…… Continue reading B2 Phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases for shopping, money and fashion
This is a How to video for real beginners that covers how to use the present continuous and the present simple when we want to speak about our clothes or what we usually wear or don’t wear. In the video you will see the different uses for the present simple and the present continuous and…… Continue reading A1 What are you wearing? Clothes vocabulary and routine.
Here you will find a presentation that deals with most of the related topics of conversation for the B2 levels within shopping, fashion and consumerism.
Happy dosh We’ve just finished the unit on consumerism, and then ooops! I start panicking. Does my group know all the words they need to know? Just in case, here’s one of those crosswords they seem to truely hate, along with some coins that insisted on saying hello (just to cheer them up a bit).…… Continue reading C1-C2 Selling and buying vocabulary crossword
Photo by freestocks.org on Pexels.com Nothing like a nice and juicy crossword to get our neurons working on Monday. Try this crossword made on Crossword lab. By the way, why is it that whenever I look for a picture related to shopping, there are so many photos of women shopping? I hate shopping and I…… Continue reading Intermediate Shopping and money crossword
What do you look like if you’re dressed to the nines? And what about being dressed to kill? In this quiz you’ll find all the expressions you’ll need for describing clothes within an advanced level.
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Are you a fashion victim? Do you spend huge amounts of money on your wardrobe or are you mostly into second-hand stores? What carbon footprint do you think your clothing issues have on the environment? Here’s a multiple choice cloze for English Advanced levels that may get you into thinking twice before your next click…… Continue reading C1/C2 Multiple choice cloze Can you Be Sustainable if you’re into Fast Fashion Online?
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Can money buy happiness? A question we ask ourselves again and again. Some say yes, some say no, but as a matter of fact, it does help, especially in situations where one finds himself/herself unable to cover basic needs. Money does contribute to make people happier, or at least more comfortably situated in life, but not everything…… Continue reading Listening Upper intermediate B2: Can Money Buy Happiness?
