It has long bothered me that the use of inversions in speaking is largely seen as unnatural. Time and time again I would go to a training session or overhear other teachers speaking and inversions would come up in a mocking tone, as if using this particular structure in speaking is hilarious in itself. In [...]
second conditional video
Posted on April 21, 2012 Written by 3 Comments
Here’s a funny second conditional video you can use with your intermediate students. It’s based on a short excerpt from Jay Leno’s talk show.
collocations with lie
Posted on March 27, 2012 Written by 2 Comments
Who would’ve thought American political pundit Rachel Maddow would ever end up throwing a video with 10 collocations with lie on my lap?
“could have” (could’ve) song
Posted on March 22, 2012 Written by 2 Comments
There are hundreds of “could have” (could’ve) songs out there. But this one contains more examples than could have than any other song I’ve ever heard.
