Enriching vocabulary


14-12-2013


Personal qualities

Students often find this vocabulary really difficult to learn and understand. Here I try to present the vocabulary in a slightly different way and give the students a chance to practise the personal qualities in games.






And now it is high time to practise the new vocabulary in games.

Personal qualities Wordsearch.







Food – elementary vocabulary



And to practise the new vocabulary you can try the following quiz and if you get more than 80% you can play a game called angry finches.
Food quiz and game

Verb patterns – pre-intermediate

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To practise the verb patterns you can try two games.


Verb patterns – En Garde
Enjoy.


come or come along?

Would you please tell me what "along" mean here? or why do not you say only come not come along?what is the difference?

Example :  Native to North America, the roots of Echinacea, or purple coneflower , had been used by the Indians for all kinds of ailments long before Meyer came along.


It is the third one - 'appear'

come along
1. To make advances to a goal; progress: Things are coming along fine.
2. To go with someone else who takes the lead: I'll come along on the hike.
3. To show up; appearDon't take the first offer that comes along.



 - Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Einstein




09-12-2013

Furniture vocabulary - Level A1+

Furniture vocabulary is one of the easier areas of vocabulary for learners of English. However, I think that it never hurts if the students experience some success.
Start your learning with a vocabulary film. Listen and repeat the words and then say the English word for the furniture that you see in the picture.
Enrich your vocubulary - Level B2+ A: I can't believe that Martin still commutes to London every day: it's an awful journey. B: I know. But apparently he really likes his job. And presumably he earns a lot more working in London. A: Yeah, I guess so . But ultimately I think he does it for his career, not the money. b: Well, to be perfectly honest, I think he's mad. A: Yes, it's obviously not what we would choose. You want to be able to spend time with your family, naturally, and I wouldn't commute to London because... well, basically I'm too lazy. But Martin's different. His career means practically everything to him. B: True. But strangely enough, he wasn't all that ambitious when we were at school. apparently - according to what you have heard or read. Synonym - evidently. presumably - used to say that you think something is probably true. ultimately - finally, when everything has been considered. to be (perfectly) honest - used when saying what you really think about something. SYN. - frankly,personally. obviously - used when giving information that you expect other people to know already or agree with. SYN-clearly. naturally - used to say that something is normal and not surprising. SYN. - of course basically - used when giving the most important fact, SYN. - essentially practically - almost. SYN. - virtually strangely (enough) - used to show that something is surprising, SYN. - oddly/curiously (enough). Replace the underlined word(s) with another word or phrase that keeps the same meaning. 1. Sharon rang a couple of minutes ago. Apparently, the others missed the train.  _________________ 2. They said the restaurant was always busy, but surprisingly it was almost empty. ______________ 3. Virtually all the shops were closed when I got into town. _______________ 4. He promised to come, but I would think that he'll turn up later. ___________ 5. We got there early essentially because we weren't sure when it started. ________________ 6. I got her a ticket but, to be perfectly honest, I don't think she's interested. ____________________

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