Grammar · video

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.

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

People, relationships & family · songs

This Used to Be My Playground by Madonna

This song by Madonna talks about a precious time, before reaching adulthood, when life did not have the complexities that unfortunately, seem to come into existence as one gets older. It’s a good way to practice the structure ‘used to’ to speak about things from the past that no longer happen. In this post you…… Continue reading This Used to Be My Playground by Madonna