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.
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B2 Flipping cards Music Nouns
Hi there! There’s so much vocabulary to get familiar with that you will obviously need some help. So here’s a word cloud made on ‘Wordcloud.com’ and a flipping card quiz to help you remember some of the words while putting your memory to the test.
B2 Zodiac Signs of ‘Bad Guys’to learn personality adjectives & describe your personality
You may be wondering why I asked AI to generate an image of Putin and Trump embracing each other. Well, actually, it is because they share the same horoscope signs as my husband and I, and apparently, they are highly compatible signs in terms of having a healthy relationship. So….. you never know! Maybe the…… Continue reading B2 Zodiac Signs of ‘Bad Guys’to learn personality adjectives & describe your personality
B2 Personality adjectives
Obviously, for our first day we’re going to describe ourselves in terms of personality. Here’s a warmer to help you remember – and learn – some personality adjectives that you will need for our first class. In this activity, you have to select an adjective that you WOULD NOT use to describe the character in…… Continue reading B2 Personality adjectives
B2 Vocabulary The Ideal Working Environment
… or maybe not so ideal. In the previous post, you have a personality quiz, but it’s also true that you will now need some nice words to describe the workplace. If you could choose your ideal workplace or your nightmare one, how would you describe it? And if you already have a job, which…… Continue reading B2 Vocabulary The Ideal Working Environment
B2 Personality quiz: Discover Your Ideal Work Environment
Right! I’ve got to get my groups to read and if that means making up tons of personality quizzes, be it so! Do you work in a company? Do you feel you fit in, or do you feel more like a fish out of water that doesn’t seem to click with your colleagues? Whatever made…… Continue reading B2 Personality quiz: Discover Your Ideal Work Environment
B1-B2 Expressing preferences
In this post we’re going to see some expressions that you can use to ask about and express preferences. Pay attention, above all, to the verb patterns that we use after each verb or modal. You have a short dialogue as an example and, for some extra practice, a short activity where you must complete…… Continue reading B1-B2 Expressing preferences
B1/B2 Collocations for TV
Yep, it’s high time to work on those little chunks of language called collocations. Here are some of the most typical ones we would use when speaking about TV or programmes. Pay attention above all to the most common error of this level, which is the confusion between ‘see’ and ‘watch’. BTW Isn’t the couch…… Continue reading B1/B2 Collocations for TV
B2 Vocabulary for describing workers
How would you describe a good worker? How would you describe yourself when filling in a job application or writing a CV? In this post, you have 10 ‘must-know’ adjectives that you can use to describe a worker (or yourself if you happen to be job hunting) You have here a word cloud, a crossword…… Continue reading B2 Vocabulary for describing workers
B2 Vocabulary Describing a room
For this week we’ll be describing parts of the house. The aim is to get into the habit of using a wider range of terms rather than the typical “nice, big, pretty, etc”. Here’s a wordcloud and a flipping card quiz as a starter.