This post will look at British English vocabulary used by the author of the book. We'll also give the American English counterparts and the extracts which contain the vocabulary.
Tag: reading
How to Talk about Hobbies
A hobby is an activity that you do regularly in your leisure time for pleasure. A hobby can be absorbing, relaxing, enjoyable and satisfying. If you have many hobbies, you might have a favorite one or a pet hobby (the hobby you like most). To have a hobby means to follow, pursue or indulge in it. If you start a hobby, you take it up. Read on for more hobby vocabulary...
Upper-Intermediate Reading Lesson: Confessions of a Cyberchondriac
Discuss health consciousness and self-treatment with your students using this lesson plan based on American English File 4 material.
Prepositions & Prepositional Phrases
Whoever learns a language knows how tricky prepositions can be. They are those details which sometimes make things complicated. Take "in time" and "on time" for example. The phrases look similar, they are both related to time, but they mean different things...
Advanced Reading Lesson: Are you an Optimist or a Pessimist?
Challenge your student in class and get them thinking about everyone's concerns. The materials are perfect for online teachers and students.
Getting Married: Idioms & More
This post is going to be about the day when marriage, and therefore a whole new life, starts - the wedding day. In particular, we'll look at vocabulary related to the occasion.
Idioms about Rest and Relaxation
What can be better than hours of rest after a long working day? What do you do to recharge your batteries? Do you let your hair down? Do you indulge yourself in a treat? Read on to learn useful vocabulary related to rest and relaxation. Put your feet up and enjoy!
New Year Lesson Plan
New Year is just around the corner, which means there is a lot you can discuss with your students in class: their plans for the future, what this year was like, New Year traditions around the world etc...
Autumn English
Autumn is a wonderful season, full of color, refreshing winds, and thoughts on life. In the fading autumn sunlight, isn't it fun to go walking listening to rustling leaves and breathing fresh autumn air? It should be. Yet, not everyone loves this time of the year. It's sometimes associated with cold, loneliness and depression. Whichever way you look at it, we hope the words we'd like to teach you today will make you feel warm, and new knowledge will lift your spirit. Please read on...
Present Simple Tense
Easy grammar and reading materials for you...
