http://www.everywordcounts.co.uk/christmas-idioms-phrases-unwrapped/ Good things come in small packages = the size of a gift doesn’t determine what’s inside. It’s the thought that counts = it’s the kindness behind an act that matters, however imperfect or insignificant it may be.
Efl : English as a Foreign Language
Phrasal Verbs II
PHRASAL VERBS II Phrasal verbs are not my students’ favourite topic, are they? Anyway, native speakers use phrasal verbs all the time in conversation! That´s why it is so important to try to use as many as possible. It might seem like a lot, but these 25 phrasal verbs will improve not only your written communication, but also your ability…
British Food and Food Idioms
BRITISH FOOD What’s in Marmite? Marmite is a yeast extract. Marmite was invented in the early 1900s by Justus Liebig. The original recipe included just salt, spices and celery. Now, the ingredients listed on the Marmite label include yeast, sugar, salt, mineral salt (potassium chloride), caramel color, corn maltodextrin, minerals (iron), vitamins (niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, folate, B12), herbs and spices. There…
Phrasal Verbs
PHRASAL VERBS: a phrase (such as take off or look down on) that combines a verb with a preposition or adverb or both and that functions as a verb whose meaning is different from the combined meanings of the individual words.
Emphasis of Adjectives
EMPHASIS OF ADJECTIVES Complete the following collocations : ……idle …… tired ……open ……..dry …… cheap ……deaf ……. naked …..thin …….broke …..awake ……. drunk ……dark …….asleep ………sharp ……..cold …….hot …
Cool grammar review
These charts are some cool reminders so that you can brush up frequently confusing words such as prepositions, adverbs, connectives, verbs. Pop from time to time on this post in order to revise for your exams, writings, etc.
My students´ blogs
The writing task for my second year students was about writing something that they are really keen on. Most of them wrote something related to their favourite youtubers, footballers, actors. I told them that the most original blog, the best written, and the best designed would appear as my next post on my blog. Therefore, here I present you the…
Project : Elizabethan and Victorian newspaper
The new project for my students ( Fourth year of secondary education ) has been the creation of their own newspaper. I proposed my students to investigate about the Elizabethan Era and Victorian Era and write an Elizabethan and Victorian newspaper. Their papers would have a front page and most of the regular sections you can find in any ordinary paper. Prior…
How to write a speech
A persuasive speech is a speech intended to convince the audience to do something. The art of delivering a powerful speech ( discourse ) is called Rethoric. The five canons of rhetoric, which trace the traditional tasks in designing a persuasive speech, were first codified in classical Rome: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. Along with grammar and logic (or dialectic),…
Types of Houses in England
Most people in England live in urban areas. Towns and cities are spreading into their surrounding environment to cope with the increasing populations. In England, an average of 7,000 hectares of farmland, countryside and green space were converted to urban use every year. This is almost the equivalent size of 9,600 international football pitches! More people are buying their own…