Articles on Vocabulary

How to teach words related to your five senses, with senses vocabulary games

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

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

Teaching tips and classroom activities for helping students France/ French, Switzerland/ Swiss, etc.

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

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

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

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".

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.

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

Fun practice activities for adjective opposites, verbs with opposite meanings, etc.

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.

Teaching suggestions and classroom activities for shopping phrases and language for shop staff.

Lessons to help students understand newspaper headlines

Stimulating activities for chunks of language

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

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

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

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