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Prefix and suffix. Games to practise phrasal verbs. This post outlines a number of strategies that can be used to help students practise phrasal verbs.

Games to practise phrasal verbs

While students play these games they are forming personal contexts for a difficult to understand part of the English language. The recycling and reproduction of the language in meaningful ‘chunks’ helps to make phrasal verbs, even idiomatic ones, more memorable. Generating our phrasal verbs With my class we’ve looked at a number of phrasal verbs over the term. I want to revise 16 of them in a single lesson. I write four headings on the board. In pairs, students talk together and try to think of as many phrasal verbs as they can for each heading. Next, students each make their own table, copying the headings from the board. Students compare their tables in pairs, then I hand out some board pens. The words in green are the sixteen phrasal verbs I read out and their intended column. Svensk-engelsk ordbok - Universitets- och högskolerådet (UHR)

Welcome to English, step 3-4 (Spring 2015) What are transition or linking words?

Welcome to English, step 3-4 (Spring 2015)

Transitional words and phrases are also called signal words. They are placed at key points to lead the reader through the sentences and paragraphs. 31 commonly confused words to watch out for - OxfordWords blog. Let’s be honest: English can be a really confusing language.

31 commonly confused words to watch out for - OxfordWords blog

There are pairs upon pairs of words that seem specially designed to torment – sometimes differing by just a single letter – it’s not just language learners who have to be wary but also native speakers of English. Here is a collection of some of the commonly confused words that you often encounter. 1-2. elicit or illicit.

BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 12 / Session 1 / Activity 3. 240 Vocabulary Words 4th Grade Kids Need to Know. BBC Learning English - Course: lower intermediate / Unit 2 / Session 1 / Activity 1. English Most Detailed Color List - Vocabulary Study – Building Words With Suffixes. What to use instead - en övning gjord av SofiaDiefke på Glosor.eu. BBC Radio 4 - The 'Apostrophiser' Linking or Transition Words Chart – Linking-or-Transition-Words-Chart.

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Chinese New Year 2017, Spring Festival

It is the Year of the Rooster according to Chinese zodiac. It will be a great chance to experience the traditional folk customs! Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, has more than 4,000 years of history. It is the grandest and the most important annual event for Chinese people. BBC Learning English - Course: intermediate / Unit 1 / Session 1 / Activity 2. Linking words.pdf319353841. 18 English words that mean very different things in Britain and America.

As the old adage famously goes: you say tom-MAY-toes, and I say tom-MAH-toes.

18 English words that mean very different things in Britain and America

We should probably call the whole thing off, right? Ever since the might of the British Empire was expelled from the United States, ordinary folk from both sides of the pond have chuckled at each other's use of the English language and pronunciation. Replace the Word 'Very' with One of These 128 Modifiers. Do you remember high school English class very well?

Replace the Word 'Very' with One of These 128 Modifiers

If so, you likely spotted the flaw in that sentence. If you didn't, here's a refresher: As our composition teachers told us long ago, the modifier "very" is lazy and inprecise—and some of America's most prominent writers can vouch for that assessment. Florence King, the sharp-tongued American novelist, essayist, and columnist, reportedly once wrote: "'Very' is the most useless word in the English language and can always come out. More than useless, it is treacherous because it invariably weakens what it is intended to strengthen. " As for Mark Twain, he advised writers to writers to "Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very'; Your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

" There's always a stronger, more vivid word to describe something, which is why Lifehacker recently posted the infographic below, created by the editing pros over at ProofreadingServices.com. Topp 2000 av Engelska Ord som används i Tal. Choose Your Words - 33 Perfectly Odd Oxymorons. An oxymoron is "a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other, for example a 'deafening silence'.

33 Perfectly Odd Oxymorons

" (Oxford Dictionaries) An oxymoron is a compressed paradox. It is a figure of speech where a writer combines seemingly contradictory terms. You may have noticed that I used one in this blog post title. Choose Your Words - Humanising Language Teaching Magazine for teachers and teacher trainers. Daniela Tomatis, Italy Daniela Tomatis is a teacher at Scuola Media Villanova Mondovì, Cuneo, in the north of Italy.

Humanising Language Teaching Magazine for teachers and teacher trainers

She is interested in vocabulary teaching and memory techniques. She enjoys trying new activities. E-mail: dan.ro@tiscalinet.it Menu IntroductionStarting point – Emo cardsSuggested activitiesWorking aloneWorking in groupsWorking in pairsWorking with the whole classReferences Introduction Teaching a word does not cause its automatic learning by the students. Starting point – Emo cards Whenever we find a new verb during the lessons, Ss are asked to make small cards of the verbs in order not to forget them and to help them pass from the recognition stage to the production one. Students can choose how to draw their verbs, kinds of picture, stickmen, - also images which work as reminders for the keywords, when they memorize the verbs using this technique. Suggested activities Students learn best by making sense of their own vocabulary and internalising it.

Working alone. Doing It Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary. Every Monday my seventh grade English teacher would have us copy a list of 25 words she'd written on the board.

Doing It Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary

We'd then look up the dictionary definitions and copy those down. For homework, we'd re-write each word seven times. Synonym Worksheets.

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Spelling. IATE - EU:s flerspråkiga termbas. Home. 16 Websites to Teach and Learn Vocabulary. There are now several web tools that are really great in teaching vocabulary and that you can use with your students in the classroom.

16 Websites to Teach and Learn Vocabulary

We have curated a list a list of some of the best web tools to teach vocabulary. Check them down below. Vocabulary.com - Learn Words - English Dictionary. Weird Plurals (Video) 75 Simple British Slang Phrases You Should Probably Start Using. Oh, the Brits. No-one can snark quite like they do, and there are certain turns of phrase that are so utterly delightful, the rest of the world really should sit up and take note. Ed and Mysteries of Vernacular. The 50 most important English proverbs. The 50 most important English proverbs What are proverbs? Every culture has a collection of wise sayings that offer advice about how to live your life. What is the difference between idioms and figures of speech like similes, metaphors, and hyperbole?

What is the difference between idioms and figures of speech like similes, metaphors, and hyperbole? — Kenneth, Philippines. English Vocabulary Word Lists with Games, Puzzles and Quizzes. Air, aire, are, ayre, ere, err, eyre, heir at Homophone.com. What's the difference between Everyone and Everybody? Cambridge Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus. Learn a New English Phrase Every Day. Free Visual Dictionary & Thesaurus. British Vs American English: 100+ Differences Illustrated. Given the amount of places around the world that English is spoken, various differences are bound to emerge.

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English Vocabulary. 53 Wonderfully Pointless Facts About The English Language. Sv eng ordbok 2012. Free Visual Dictionary & Thesaurus.