My Ouch Story

My Ouch Story
Contributed by Ahmed Nasir, English Teacher, Bileddhoo School, Maldives. Thanks a million Nasir, for sharing! Note from eslmojo: Ouch Story is a great tool or strategy to bring out the creativity in students. We believe that it has two main purposes: to practise vocabulary and time sequence phrases. This is a really good task for primary… ...

7 Lessons from Ali’s Life

7 Lessons from Ali's Life
By: Babar Ahmad Whenever a great person passes away, the tremors felt by the world are in proportion to the legacy that that person left behind. In this week’s blog post I reflect on seven lessons in leadership that we can learn from the life of the boxer Muhammad Ali. Leadership is most valuable during ...

School Vocabulary

School Vocabulary
Contributed by Abdulla Shiyaz, English Teacher, Thoddoo School, Maldives. We thank Shiyaz for making a difference by sharing! Studying for exams take an exam / sit an exam = do an exam “I’m taking an exam in accountancy next week.” pass an exam = get a good enough mark to succeed “I hope I’ll pass… ...

Phrasal verbs – Pictionary

Phrasal verbs - Pictionary
Contributed by Vazquez Lopez, ESL Teacher, Mexico. We thank Lopez for allowing us to publish these awesome phrasal verbs! A phrasal verb is an idiomatic phrase consisting of a verb and another element, typically either an adverb, as in break down, or a preposition, for example see to, or a combination of both, such as look… ...

Helium – Note making

Helium - Note making
Contributed by Shiura Ahmed, English Teacher, Seenu Atoll School, Maldives. Layout designed by eslmojo.com – Thanks a bunch Shiura for your contribution! In recent years we have all been exposed to dire media reports concerning the impending demise of global coal and oil reserves, but the depletion of another key non-renewable resource continues without receiving ...

Climbing Everest – Summary

Climbing Everest - Summary
When you analyse the summary question, you must find two things: the parts of the summary and the tense(s) required for the answer. The following question about climbing Mount Everest is a great example to make students aware of the above points. The question asks students to summarise the problems mountaineers FACE while climbing Everest and… ...