Articles on Vocabulary

How to teach senses vocabulary

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Vocabulary
How to teach words related to your five senses, with senses vocabulary games

How to teach verbs of senses

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Verbs and Tenses
How to teach sense verbs/ verbs of sensation/ sensory verbs/ verbs of perception, including look like, smell like, etc and verbs of senses games

How to teach reporting verbs

How to teach the meaning and grammar of verbs for reporting what other people said, including reporting verb games

How to teach British and American vocabulary

The most important differences between British and American words and phrases, with teaching tips and classroom activities

How to teach country and nationality words

Category: Vocabulary Topic: General
Teaching tips and classroom activities for helping students France/ French, Switzerland/ Swiss, etc.

How to teach Latin abbreviations

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Vocabulary
How to present and practise English abbreviations that come from Latin such as "e.g.", "i.e." and "PS"

How to teach abbreviations

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Vocabulary
Ways to present and practise short forms of words and expressions such as "info", "lab", "50p" and "PS".

How to teach acronyms

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Vocabulary
How to present and practise the meaning and use of abbreviations like "ASAP", "IoT" and "VIP"

Classroom activities for colour vocabulary

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Vocabulary
Fun classroom activities teaching students how to understand, read and write colour words from "orange" and "red" through "dark green" to "cream" and "metallic blue".

How to teach colour vocabulary in ESL classes

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Vocabulary
The nine stages of teaching colour vocab, from understanding what "red" means and being able to write "green" to discussing the psychological effects of different colours.

How to teach opposites

Tips on teaching adjective opposites, verbs with opposite meanings, etc.

Classroom activities for teaching opposites

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Vocabulary
Fun practice activities for adjective opposites, verbs with opposite meanings, etc.

How to teach gradable and extreme adjectives

How to present and practice gradable adjectives and extreme adjectives like hot/ boiling and big/ huge, including how not to mix them up with other kinds of ungradable adjectives.

How to teach shopping language

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Functional Language
Teaching suggestions and classroom activities for shopping phrases and language for shop staff.

How to teach and use the language of newspaper headlines

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Functional Language
Lessons to help students understand newspaper headlines

Fun classroom practice of collocations

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Collocation
Stimulating activities for chunks of language

Lesson Plan: How old are you? I'm a (number)

A lesson plan to teach young learners: How old are you? I'm a (number)

Lesson Plan: What are you doing? I'm (action)

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Questions
A lesson plan to teach young learners how to answer the question "What are you doing?" with "I'm (action)".

Lesson Plan: What colour is it? It's (colour)

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Questions
A lesson plan to teach young learners how to answer "What colour is it?" with "It's (colour)".

Is collocation all it's cracked up to be?

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Collocation
Collocation is getting a lot of positive press at the moment.

Trustpilot