Talking about CLOTHES in English: Vocabulary about SHIRTS
In this practical vocabulary lesson, I look at words associated with shirts. There are more than you think! The nouns include collar, pocket, cuffs, sleeves, and buttons. Also, learn how to use the verbs do up, button up, unbutton, undo, roll up, and pop in relation to dress shirts. Watch this easy lesson, and do our quiz to test your understanding of this clothing vocabulary.
Words in the News series presents current events in the news to help do this. This part focuses on news items related to sports, science, arts, etc.
The news items are accompanied by audio recordings of both the news report and target vocabulary. Excellent reading, listening and vocabulary practice.
Vocabulary Games and Activities is an invaluable resource for new and experienced teachers alike. It includes ideas for introducing, practising, expanding and exploring vocabulary, as well as a selection of fun word games, which are perfect for every classroom.
A PDF of an English Lesson for students at the lower secondary level. Answers are provided for the questions. There are questions on grammar, vocabulary, comprehension and creative writing.
This etymological dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connections between words derived by a variety of routes from originally common stock. As well as giving the answers to questions about the derivation of individual words, it is a fascinating book to browse through, and includes extensive lists of prefixes, suffixes, and elements used in the creation of new vocabulary.
