Film Vocabulary – Top 3 Movies EVER!!!
Look out for some useful film vocabulary throughout the blog I’m a bit of a film buff and like to think that I have good taste in that department (but…
IELTS Describing Change Vocabulary: University Challenges
The stress, the anxiety, the relief, the disappointment, the ecstasy. All these fluctuating emotions were being felt last week as thousands of A-level students in England and Wales got their…
Crime vocabulary: Brooms, not riots!
Look out for lots of crime related vocabulary in the article and explanations below the text Unfortunately, everyone knows from reports that London has been in chaos recently, with rioting…
Phone-hackers with Paper-thin Morals
The UK is famous for its journalism and paparazzi, but how far is too far to get a story? Last week, the biggest Sunday newspaper closed down because of a…
Shopping vocabulary: the Naked Stunt
London is famed for its shops, department stores and sales, and last Wednesday saw a very long queue outside the Desigual store. The reason was that the Barcelona-based casual clothing…
Schwarzenegger won’t be back… to his wife
When I was growing up, I used to love watching Arnold Schwarzenegger action films. So it’s funny to now blog that probably one of the most used headlines this week…
Weather vocabulary; Sun is shining – London in April!
Everywhere you look now there are people wearing sunglasses, walking the streets in t-shirts and shorts and incredibly, smiling. You would be forgiven if you thought this was sunny Spain,…
April Fool – Gotcha!!!
April 1st in the UK only means one thing: April Fool’s jokes! What is April Fool's Day? The day every year (on April 1st) when people in lots of countries…
Watching is Wonderful
One of the easiest sources of real English comes from films and video clips. This makes watching a great way to practise your English and improve your vocabulary. Students sometimes…
Knut dies in Berlin Zoo
Knut, the world-famous, international celebrity polar bear from Berlin Zoo, collapsed suddenly in front of hundreds of visitors and died on Saturday. He was alone in his compound without any…