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Describing weather like a pro!

May

20

2016

Compiled and contributed by Abdulla Shiyaz, English Teacher, Thoddoo School, Maldives. We thank Shiyaz for making a difference by sharing! USEFUL PHRASES FOR DESCRIBING WEATHER The sky and clouds: The high sunlit clouds drifted across a clear blue sky. The sky above was full of tumultuous, dark, ragged clouds. A sky of mackerel clouds, crimson ...

Garlic – The lifesaver

May

16

2016

Writing a good summary involves not only being able to include relevant content points, but also the ability to change words and phrases. It is important that you DO NOT copy and paste from the text! You must try to change the word class, perhaps an adjective into a noun, or change the sentence structure… ...

Cooking is fun – summary

May

9

2016

Exercise 5 Read the following article by a cookery teacher in Dubai. Write a summary of the advantages for young people if they learn how to cook. Your summary should be about 100 words long (and no more than 120 words long). You should use your own words as far as possible. You will receive… ...

Homophonic confusions and solutions #5

Apr

20

2016

This is the fifth worksheet in our series of homophonic confusions and solutions. Some of the words we have selected are not pure homophones, but rather sound like homophones and so cause trouble to our learners. It is important that you tell this to your students, i.e, homophones are words that are pronounced exactly the… ...

Students’ Letter Presentations

Apr

17

2016

Contributed by Ahmed Nasir, English Teacher, Bileddhoo School, Maldives. Thanks a bunch Nasir for sharing. Readers, please note that these are students’ original work and contain few spelling and register errors. Thank you very much for your contributions! … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content. View Membership ...

Introduction to similes

Apr

5

2016

A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Similes have two structures: 1. as + adjective + as + noun (e.g. He is as tall as a tower) 2. adjective like + noun (He… ...