This week my C2 students will be writing a book review, so we’ll need to brush up a bit on some C2ish /si: tu:i ʃ/ vocabulary. So here’s a book review from Amazon, converted into a word formation activity, just to get started. Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue and…… Continue reading Word formation: Son of Hamas
Here are two different quizzes that will enable you to brush up on vocabulary that you can use when describing voices and noices (very important when writing a narrative, for instance). If you hiss at somebody, you’ve said something to them in a low and angry way. If you chirrup, you’re probably in a good…… Continue reading C2 Vocabulary for describing sounds and voices
Here’s another of the three quizzes related to homophones that you’ll find on this blog. Just drag and drop the correct word into the empty space according to the meaning..
These words sound the same, but are spelt differently. Drag and drop the words from the menu into the correct position according to the meaning.
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If you find yourself in somebody’s good books, you’re lucky and thankfully, they won’t throw the books at you. But maybe it’s just because you always go by the book or even took a leaf out of somebody else’s book at work. Before you get all bookish trying to figure out what I’m on about,…… Continue reading Idioms related to books or pages
Use of English activities Image by Danilo Alvesd Unsplash Are you one of my type, meaning that you’d ditch the doctor unless you found yourself at death’s door or are you more of the hypochondriac type that literally lives surrounded by huge piles of medical prescriptions? Are you leery of medical treatments or do you…… Continue reading C1/C2 What Doctors Won’t Do…
Photo by Miguel u00c1. Padriu00f1u00e1n on Pexels.com Is it pandemic, plague or epidemic? What’s the word for when I come out covered in rashes? Here’s a vocabulary quiz with some of the most Cish words I’ve found to help make learning vocabulary fun and above all, easy to brush up when needing to refresh our…… Continue reading Vocabulary quiz for illness and medical condition
