It is normal to overindulge at Christmas, but are you aware of how much you are actually overindulging! Read through this article that exposes the truth behind our favourite Christmas treats and complete the article with the missing vocabulary. WARNING: Don't read this article if you want to enjoy your treats guilt-free!
Lesson by Caroline
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Phrasal verbs are one of the trickiest parts of English and take lots of practice and revision to learn.
Here is a small quiz to see how well you remember some of the most commonly used phrasal verbs. Just decide which phrasal verb completes the sentences.
Let me know if there are any phrasal verbs that really cause you problems, and I'll see if I can create a revision lesson for you. Good luck!
Lesson by Caroline
English is commonly separated into eight parts of speech. These are:
Sometimes you may find yourself hearing words in the street that you haven't seen in your English text books before.
Confusingly, you may only hear these words in one country! In fact, slang can be specific to a country, a town or even a specific group of people.
Below are some of the most common slang words or expressions that you may hear in an English speaking country.
Just put the word/words into the sentence you think they might belong to.
Christmas is my favourite holiday and my favourite time of year. Therefore, every year I do or take part in things that get me in the Christmas spirit. Here is a list of things to do if the spirit hasn’t hit you yet or if you are feeling a bit 'bah humbug'. Read through the list and then try and fit the words below into the correct gaps.
Lesson by Caroline
Can you remember how to ask these questions? In each question there is one missing word. For example:
"___is your favourite teacher?"
The missing word is who.
Only use one word for each question and use the present simple.
If you have time, tell us your answers to these questions!
Lesson by Caroline Devane
Phrasal verbs are made of two parts: a base verb and another small word that is either a preposition or an adverb particle.
It is not always possible to guess the meaning of a phrasal verb from the individual words in it. The more exposure you have to phrasal verbs the easier they are to learn.
Take a look at the following ten sentences and decide which preposition is needed to form the correct phrasal verb.
Collocations are the natural combination of words. In English it refers to the way words are linked with each other. For example, have and a haircut go together, so do catch and cold; get and married, and free with time:
Below is a small text about a 10 year old girls experience on a trip to Disneyland. However, some of the text is missing. All the verbs below fit into the text but they must be changed to past simple.
Have you ever been to a theme park like Disneyland, how was it?
Remember to change these words to past simple.
For the second year in a row, a hip-hop artist has the _1_ nominations in the Grammy Awards.
Kanye West got seven nominations, but has been ignored in the Album of the Year category. He's nominated for his Watch the Throne album with Jay-Z and also picked other nominations, including Song of the Year, for "All of the Lights," which _2_ Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi.
