Category: Vocabulary

C 2 · Media, arts, literature & entertainment · Open cloze

Funny or not so funny?

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We all saw it on the news this morning. Just when we had high hopes of receiving an award for Spanish cinema, there goes Will Smith who gives Chris Rock a slap in the face and drops an F-bomb opening the debate on whether certain issues should be overlooked in the name of humour and…… Continue reading Funny or not so funny?

A1 · Clothes, fashion & consumerism · video

A1 What are you wearing? Clothes vocabulary and routine.

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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.

C 2 · Media, arts, literature & entertainment

Flipping cards Vocabulary for The Press & Media

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Image from the Daily Mail Before flipping the cards, you may want to take a peep at the wordcloud that you’ll find linked to the button. Thanks Cristina, I love it!!!! WORDCLOUD HERE! Guess the word and turn over the cards to see if you got it right.

B2 · C 2 · C1 · Media, arts, literature & entertainment · Vocabulary

B2-C2 Vocabulary for Fictional characters

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What’s the name for the bad guy that moves within a plot? And what type of character is the opposite to He-who-must-not-be-named? Here’s a flipping card vocabulary activity that deals with these terms. Look at each card and hover the mouse over it to see the other side. .

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Confusing words: Sport and other activities: play, do or go?

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When should we use these three collocations: do, go or play? This is a confusing one! The basic rules are: use go with nearly all names of activities that end in -ing (there are some exceptions like 'boxing'), and when you would usually go somewhere to do this. Use 'play' with team games and boardgames.… Continue reading Confusing words: Sport and other activities: play, do or go?

A1 · A2 · Cultures, customs, tradition & religion · Grammar · video

A1/A2 How to speak about your Christmas Day

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Hi there! Here’s a new video and some related activities for some extra practice. This video aims to help beginners to cope with talking about celebrations. To set an example this video is about Christmas Day, but the video is useful for almost any celebration as it deals with routines. The video has a short…… Continue reading A1/A2 How to speak about your Christmas Day

A1 · A2 · Countries, towns, cities & public places · video

A1/A2 How to speak about our nationality in English

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Hi! Here’s another How to video. This video is a very first class video that beginners can use at home to practice their first sentences in English and gain confidence. It’s also helpful for going over nationality adjectives as there is a list with words that belong to the A2 certificate exams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B88BrET-bI Serena’s blog

A1 · A2 · Countries, towns, cities & public places

A1/A2 How to say the names of American countries in English

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It’s true that these names are very, very similar to Spanish. But I’ve had so many students from Venzuela, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina and other South American countries that worried about how they were pronouncing these names that I decided to make a video. It’s another of the series of How to… videos that aim to…… Continue reading A1/A2 How to say the names of American countries in English

A1 · A2 · Countries, towns, cities & public places · video

A1/A2 How to say names of European countries in English

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Here’s another of the How to series of videos for beginners. This video deals with names of European countries. At the end of the video you have a quiz that will help you remember and go over some of the names of these countries. I know that there are many names and that it is…… Continue reading A1/A2 How to say names of European countries in English

C 2 · sports, hobbies & interests

C1-C2 Quiz: matches, races, competitions and event vocabulary

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Tommy Farr The Tonypandy Terror and my dear grandfather Here are two quizzes related to this vocabulary. I divided the quiz into 2 as they were far too long and exhausting.