An extended lesson based on a documentary film about one woman’s lifestyle choices. Includes listening for gist, for detail and for opinion. Idioms including ways to describe age. Using passive forms and cleft sentences when explaining a process.
What are typical native speaker errors?
It’s well known that native speakers of English make errors often enough, especially in writing. This is a selective list of some of these errors.
Commas, Comments and Clauses
A guide to commas for advanced learners, covering complex sentences, conditionals, subsidiary clauses and appositives. Part of a series of punctuation resources.
Quiz: COMMAS AND CLAUSES (B2-C1)
Here’s a little quiz I made earlier for a German student who was preparing for the TOEFL. It covers relative clauses, subsidiary clauses, and sentence
Lesson: UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA (C1-C2)
Complete lesson, C1-C2 level.
Using the passive voice to report theories, beliefs and myths. Analysing cohesive techniques in a news report.
Writing and/or presenting a conspiracy theory.
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