culture · People, relationships & family

B2 Amazing Facts About Colours

Alright, maybe not so amazing, but interesting at least. And anyway, quizzes are usually found to be motivating and engaging and have the capacity to boost language learning by providing topics of conversation for the English class.

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B2 What Do Your Colour Choices Say About Your Personality?

What’s your personality type? In this short quiz, not only will you learn some new words, but you will also discover some key aspects of yourself, according to the colours you choose.

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B2 Flipping cards: personality adjectives

Classes have just started and we’re going to get to know a little about each other. For this second class, we’re revising and learning personality adjectives. In this activity, you will see an illustration and a stem word as a clue to the adjective. Try to guess the word and write how you think it…… Continue reading B2 Flipping cards: personality adjectives

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English idioms: a sinking heart

Yes, I agree. You won’t need to reach an advanced level of English to guess the meaning of this idiom. Here’s a short video and an example that you will be able to listen to. P.S. Doesn’t the little heart make you feel sort of miserable?

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B2 Grammar (CTE) activities: Wedding anecdotes

I asked ChatGPT to write a couple of anecdotes about weddings, and this is what he, she or it came up with. I’ve turned them into CPTE activities for my B2.1s, You have a word formation, an open cloze and a drag-and-drop.

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B2 Speaking practice Weddings

A B2 speaking activity with Ai generated questions and Serena-generated drawings to cover some questions related to weddings. Today, 12/09/2023, I’ve added some movement and music to the presentation. The video won’t stop playing unless you press the pause button, but I honestly think that the result is worth it. Let me know what you…… Continue reading B2 Speaking practice Weddings

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C1/C2 Idioms related to love or relationships

Serena’s blog Is this quiz you have ten expressions related to relationships.

C 2 · People, relationships & family

C1/C2 Sayings about love (or something of the kind)

A saying is an ‘expression/sentence’ that people often use to give advice or information about facts of life or experience. English, like most languages, is full of them. Some were used by English-speaking people like William Shakespeare, while others entered the English language such a long time ago that it is hard to know their…… Continue reading C1/C2 Sayings about love (or something of the kind)

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B1 The manners quiz

My father always said things like ‘Little words go a long way.’ And things of the kind. We were always expected to say ‘thank you’ and ‘please’ and you’d easily see your grown-ups throw a fit when this was not the case because having good manners was something that was required from children and adults.…… Continue reading B1 The manners quiz

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B2 Stages of life vocabulary

In this word cloud you have a mixture of nouns and adjectives related to different stages of life. Look up the meaning of each word and after, take the quiz where you will have to write the missing word.