Category Archives: Vocabulary

Minibeasts

A snail, a butterfly, an eel, a spider… how many ‘minibeasts’ do you know in English?

😎 Try it! First click on the video and try to identify and know the English name of these minibeasts. You can look for the translation in the dictionary. Then, try to complete the minibeast identification table. Finally, you can create your own identification table drawing the pictures and writing the names of the minibeasts learned.

Do you know the meaning of these verbs?

How many verbs do you know in English? It’s time to learn more!!

😎 Try it! Click on this English verbs online exercise and match verbs with definitions, if you know them you can continue to the next page, if not you can use the dictionary at the right corner of this blog. Try to remember and use them in the future!

What’s his/her job? Play a board game!

Teacher, policeman, secretary, pilot, fireman, actress, reporter, pop star… do you know all the jobs in English?

😎 Try it! Click on the matching game and review some of them. Then, you can print the board game, practise and play with your classmates. You need a dice and some markers to play this game. When finishing you can play a miming game in groups.

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The idiom jungle I

Do you like getting up early in the morning or staying up at night? In other words, are you an ‘early bird’ or a ‘night owl’?  In English there are some expressions we can use to refer to a figurative meaning. We know them as idioms. Sometimes they are very funny… Let’s discover them!

8-) Try it! Click on the idiom jungle and test yourself in this online exercise. It’s a multiple choice activity about friends and lovers. Learn about idioms and good luck!

Calvin’s funny faces

Calvin & Hobbes are the two main characters of the comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson. Calvin is an imaginative six-year old boy and Hobbes, his energetic stuffed tiger. If you don’t know them, don’t miss the link in this post they’re really good!

😎 Try it! Look at Calvin’s funny faces and try to match them with their definitions. If you need any help click on the definitions. Once solved, you can check your answers in the comment attached. Good luck!!

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To be angry / To mock / To make a smile To be sadTo be surprisedTo give someone a wink  To scream To make slanting eyesTo pull a face To be tired To pick your nose To be scared