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Future continuous: A Cute Story about a Homeless Man and His Dog.

I just love drawing and animating. You get that sort of WOW feeling when you see your characters move around; even if they’re far from perfect and move as if they were suffering some crippling disease :D. The aim of this video is to learn a little about future continuous setting the grammar in the…… Continue reading Future continuous: A Cute Story about a Homeless Man and His Dog.

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Possessive ‘s or of

Here’s a lesson on how and when to use either: possessive ‘s, ‘ or of. By the way, I’m having some issues with wordpress, so sorry if you’ve had this same post three times!

People, relationships & family

B1 Speaking practice: Family and relationships

Here’s a presentation where you can practise speaking about families and relationships. There are so many things we could say about this complex issue, but to start with, some people don’t feel comfortable when they have to speak about private matters in front of the class. On some occasions, some students even get a bit…… Continue reading B1 Speaking practice: Family and relationships

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B1 Future forms: Present continuous and going to

Am I alone when it comes to not liking a presentation or a video I made ages ago? Well as it seems, it happens to me quite frequently. I had already made a video and a presentation on these forms , but I now find them horrible, boring and far too long. So, I’ve set…… Continue reading B1 Future forms: Present continuous and going to

Clothes, fashion & consumerism

B2 Flipping cards: Adjectives to describe patterns and material

If you already know me, you wouldn’t be surprised to see yet another flipping card activity. I find them absolutely useful. Not only for my classes, but also for my groups to have a quick tool to help them learn and revise vocabulary. This flipping card will be one of the tools I’ll be using…… Continue reading B2 Flipping cards: Adjectives to describe patterns and material

Clothes, fashion & consumerism

B2 Phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases for shopping, money and fashion

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

Body, health & nutrition

B1 Speaking practice Topic Food and Diet

In this post B1 learners of English will be able to do speaking practice on the topic of Food and Diet. The post will show you different sheets with questions related to this topic. Read the question and organise what you want to say. You’ll usually have about a minute to answer so don’t just…… Continue reading B1 Speaking practice Topic Food and Diet

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B1-B2 Subject and object pronouns

Here’s a short video on these pronouns along with a grammar activity. In this video you’ll learn the difference between these types of pronouns and when and how to use them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj6_PsSaig8

People, relationships & family

B1 Phrasal verbs for relationships and family

Here’s a set of phrasal verbs that we can use when speaking about relationships or family issues. Look at all the options in the quiz and choose the one you think is more suitable according to the meaning in brackets.

People, relationships & family

B1 Personality crossword

Serena’s blog How many of these words do you know? Check the meaning of the new words and do the crossword.