A2 · culture · Grammar · video

🌍 A2 Holiday Challenge: Win Money & Plan Your Trip!

In this post my students will do a fun activity revising vocabulary , collocations and verb tenses. They will have to add up their results and at the end of the game, they will get ‘paper money’ to spend on a holiday trip. You will find downloadable score lists at the end of this post.…… Continue reading 🌍 A2 Holiday Challenge: Win Money & Plan Your Trip!

culture · Grammar · law & crime

B2 An Interactive Lesson on the Tower of London, Grammar, and Mystery

I was so depressed when I saw the contents related to the Past Perfect. The Past Perfect Continuous was equally disheartening. I thought I had to do something much more interesting. After all, why can’t grammar be interesting or even amazing? So I found some inspiration from Cristina Cabal’s lesson using a Heyzine flipping book…… Continue reading B2 An Interactive Lesson on the Tower of London, Grammar, and Mystery

Body, health & nutrition · Grammar

B2 Try to do something or try doing something

Here you have a cheat sheet for these two confusing structures, along with a couple of tips on when to use each one. You also have a little quiz below.

Grammar

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!

Grammar

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

video

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.

video

A2/B1 Will for predictions

In this video you are going to see ‘will’ for predictions. Madam Zoe looks into her crystal ball and predicts the future for a young man. ABOUT THE VIDEO The process of creation did not use AI; it involved drawing for hours and hours using Krita and afterwards, putting the video together using several other…… Continue reading A2/B1 Will for predictions

video

B1 Used to and didn’t use to for past habits and states

Here is a video lesson on used to and didn’t use to that we can use to speak about past habits and states. I have called the animation Dandelions as it is actually this flower that prompts my character, an elderly man, to feel nostalgic about the past and compare it to the present. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P6aSkMjQrQ…… Continue reading B1 Used to and didn’t use to for past habits and states

B1 · Grammar · video

B1/B2 Questions in reported speech

Basically speaking, we use two different sentence structures for reporting questions in reported speech. This depends on the type of answer that the speaker expects: Wh-questions and Yes-No questions. Wh-questions want information about: Who for a person Example: “Who is your partner?” She asked me who my partner was. When for a time Example: “When…… Continue reading B1/B2 Questions in reported speech