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B2 Zodiac Signs of ‘Bad Guys’to learn personality adjectives & describe your personality

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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

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B2 Word formation: forming Adjectives from nouns

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Serena’s blog In this post, I will provide you with some tips and activities to help you understand the word formation process in English and identify words from two different word classes. The words we’re going to see here are adjectives and nouns. First things first. Look at the word cloud with words that share…… Continue reading B2 Word formation: forming Adjectives from nouns

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B2.1 Word formation Some Safety tips for DIY weekend warriors

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Here’s another word formation activity I’ve just put together. Didn’t I mention I’d set some up? Told you so! Just in case you need to brush up on vocabulary, here’s a post where you will find some help. Click on the link below. https://blogdeserena.blog/2023/02/20/b2-flipping-cards-vocabulary-for-jobs-around-the-house

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B2 Word formation Adverbs

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This is a word formation activity to help learners of English understand how English words are formed. In this post, words are formed by changing an adjective (bad) to an adverb (badly). As you can see from these examples, we usually add -ly to the adjectives and maybe, we also make a small change. All…… Continue reading B2 Word formation Adverbs

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C1 Word formation What’s it like to be an immigrant in London – An Irish student

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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com What was it like to be an immigrant for the Irish student? I have adapted a text for the purpose of creating a word formation activity for Advanced levels (or also strong B2s). Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in capitals.

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Negative prefixes for adjectives

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What is it, un-, in-, dis- or im- for abashed? Eeeeks! There are some rules for word formation concerning adjectives such as ir- if the word begins with r like in responsible = irresponsible and im- for words that begin with a p or b like possible=impossible, or prudent=imprudent, but this sometimes needs some practice…… Continue reading Negative prefixes for adjectives

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C2 Word formation: When No One Is Watching

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Here’s another word formation activity based on a text that aims to capture readers’ interest for this thriller by Alyssa Cole. The text and picture is from Goodreads.com

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Word formation: Son of Hamas

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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

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C1/C2 What Doctors Won’t Do…

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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…

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C1/C2 Word formation ‘Cloning’

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Dolly Image from Roslin Institute. The University of Edinburgh