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April 24,
Confusing Words - Description vs Explanation

You use "description" when you give details about how something looks, feels, sounds, tastes, or smells. You're basically painting a picture with words so that the reader or listener can visualise or sense the thing you're talking about. For example, if I were describing a morning in London, I might say, "The streets glistened wet […]

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November 1,
Word of the year 2021

The Oxford English Dictionary has announced its word of the year for 2021:- Vax A new 3-letter-word for Scrabble players!  A shame they didn't make it Vaxx - double x would be worth a lot of points. For some reason, double-vaxxed, unvaxxed and anti-vaxxer have also increased in use over the past 12 months. I […]

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November 10,
English in the News - Lockdown

The word lockdown has been named ...

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September 6,
Seek a word - Eating

Test your English "Eating" vocabulary.Try to find the words in the box of scrambled letters at the bottom of the word search puzzle.

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September 25,
Gutted

Gutted Originally uploaded by Lynne Hand If someone says they are "gutted" it means they are really disappointed about something. This building has been gutted, as in the interior of the building has been destroyed.

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December 11,
LEN - Winter vocabulary - skiing

LEN - Winter vocabulary - skiing Originally uploaded by Lynne Hand What better way to learn some of the vocabulary we use about winter, than by experiencing winter - albeit virtually?

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