Amalia Gavina
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work vocabulary
Here’s a very useful exercise to practise job descriptions.
I was teaching the personality adjectives to a student who´s preparing for the FCE (First Certificate) the other day and I came up with some interesting ideas on how to practise them. One of those is using the Horoscope signs. I studied Astrology in Buenos […]
Dictionaries do not always contain all the words and expressions people use. They sometimes prescribe more tan describe the way we use language. This is why it´s hard to find some expressions, especially those coloquial and informal ones, in the most commonly-used dictionaries. Fortunately, there are some other dictionaries, such as The […]
SPIT THE DUMMY/THROW THE DUMMY FROM THE PRAM: to indulge in a sudden display of anger or frustration. To have a tantrum. “There´s no reason for me to spit the dummy” (The Urban Dictionary). BE UP IN ARMS: to be indignant, prepared to protest strongly […]
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Learning food vocabulary
Learning food vocabulary Here are some ideas to learn and practise your food vocabulary: 1) Start by drawing up your shopping list in English. You´ll find the need to check for the meaning of a thousand words you thought you knew but, because of lack of […]
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Phrasal verbs (Travel)
This is something that students at an upper-intermediate level and, more specifically, students preparing for the FCE need to study. – So, let´s begin with one simple matching exercise (the key is below): a) see someone off b) pick someone up c) take off d) […]
1) Test you knowledge on crimes and criminals with this exercise. 2) Now check the vocabulary that is needed to talk about this topic. 3) Let’s practise by reading this article from the Guardian. Answer the following questions: – What was Travis accused of? – […]
PRE-TASK 1) Are you an animal lover? How much do you know about cattle breeding? and bulls? 2) Read the title and look at the photos. Make a prediction of what the article might be about. 3) Match the following words with their correct definitions: […]
PRE-TASK: – Do you use Twitter or any other social networking site?– Do you see any disadvantage of using Twitter?– What’s the meaning of the word “trolling”? If you aren’t familiar with this word, look it up in a dictionary. Listen to its pronunciation as […]
– What are your favourite household chores? – Which ones do you do every day and which ones do you do less often? – Watch the video and make a mind map with all the household chores that appear in it. Add any other chore […]