Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 October 2016

Ways of cooking

Cooking:
to peel
(a vegetable) to remove the skin from vegetables, such as potatoes
to chop (an onion)to use a knife to cut some food into small pieces
to slice (a cucumber) to cut food in a careful way so that you make thin pieces
to dice (a carrot) to cut food into small cube-shaped pieces
to boil (an egg) to cook food in very hot water; the water is bubbling strongly
to simmer to cook food in hot water, but below boiling temperature (100 degrees C)
to bake (a cake)to cook food in an oven
to fry (a sausage) to cook food in hot oil, usually in a frying pan or wok
to roast (some beef)to cook meat, with a little oil, at a high temperature in an oven



spuds potatoes (slang/colloquial)

Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Saturday, 8 December 2012

Strong adjectives


Click here to do a game to see if you have learned strong adjectives

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Olympics events


Click here to learn some vocabulary

Saturday, 27 October 2012

How to use play, do, go and go for


We use the verbs play, do, go and go for with sports and activities.
Play
Play is used with ball sports or competitive games where we play against another person:
'How often do you play tennis?' - tennis is a ball sport.'I play poker with my friends on Friday night.' - poker is a competitive game. We play to win.'I don't like playing computer games.' - again, computer games are competitive so we use play.
do
Do is used for a recreational activity or a non-team sport that does not use a ball:
'I heard that you do karate.' - karate is a non-team activity.'I do crossword puzzles in my free time.' - crossword puzzles are not competitive.
go
Go is used with activities that end -ing. We go somewhere to do something:
'I'm going fishing on Sunday.''Are you going skiing this winter?''She said she was going swimming.'
go for is used with nouns
go for a swim, go for a bike ride, go for a walk, go for a drive.


Practice
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blsport_doplaygo1.htm
www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/417.html

Which Equipment Do You Use To Play Various Sports?



We use many various types of equipment and clothing to play different sports.
You can learn some of this vocabulary here.

Where Do You Play.........?


 Sometimes it's difficult to remember the name of the place where you play certain sports, click  quiz 1 and you'll find some useful vocabulary about the topic.

 Here are the answers to the previous quiz

Monday, 7 May 2012

Adjective + preposition

Click here to find some of the most common adjectives with prepositions.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

English prepositions and verbs

This list will help you remember English verbs and prepositions. Practise using them as much as possible to feel more confident.
Exercise 1

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Christmas and New Year Vocabulary





Click here and you will find a lot of Christmas vocabulary.

Listen to episode 23. New Year's resolutions

What is your new Year's resolution?
Write it down in the section for comments in this entry in the blog.


Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Practice with suffixes

Click here to do some exercises

Noun suffixes

Noun suffixes
Click here to learn some suffixes to make nouns
-ness (nouns from adjectives)
 -ity (nouns from adjectives)

-tion / -sion (nouns from verbs)
-ment (nouns from verbs and adjectives)
-ment is another suffix that is used to make nouns from verbs and occasionally from adjectives
-ance / -ence (nouns from adjectives and verbs)
-ship (abstract nouns denoting different kinds of relationships)
- hood (abstract nouns denoting different kinds of 'families')

Suffixes 2

-er, -or, -ian, -ent, -ant: a person who does something

-ist: a person who specialises in an activity or area of study, or who is a member of a group with particular beliefs

-ee: a person who has something done to him or her

-hood: a state that is closely associated with a period of time

-ology: a subject (often academic) of study

-ion: a state or activity

-age: a state or process

-ce   important - importance,   patient - patience ,violent - violence
-y difficult - difficulty ,modest - modesty ,honest - honesty

Sunday, 24 October 2010

Describing food

Ways of describing food:
fresh
crisp
juicy
dry
raw uncooked but edible (you can eat it). For example, carrots, tuna or beef can be raw fresh in a natural condition rather than artificially preserved by, for example, freezing
ripe completely developed and ready to be eaten
off no longer fresh or good to eat because it's too old
rotten fruit or vegetables which are no longer fresh
rancid butter or oil which is no longer fresh

Meat can be: raw, rare, medium, well-done, burnt
Flavours:
sour milk which is no longer fresh
salty
sweet
spicy/hot
mild
strong
creamy

Listen to the following podcast. Describing the taste of food

Monday, 22 February 2010

-ed and -ing adjectives


Click -ed and -ing adjectives to find the explanation.
Do the quizz here
Click here to do another exercise to practise this grammar point.

Saturday, 23 January 2010

Cell/Cellular phone


Listen to Professor Crystal talking about the words Cell and cellular