Practise, practise, practise!

 

Practice makes perfect (or if not perfect, certainly better!)

The more you practise anything, the easier it gets. Repetition is key! Ask any tennis player or golfer how they got so good at their skill and they'll tell you they just kept at it, even when they didn't feel like it.

It's the same with language-learning.  And the good thing is that you don't need to sit down for long periods of time to do a Use of English exercise. Keep your text book handy, have a link in 'bookmarks' on your computer that'll take you to a good website with exercises (and answers). It's much easier to actually get down to doing an exercise when you tell yourself it'll only take ten minutes tops. You'll always learn, or reinforce, something. Oh, and you can try exercises that are just above the level you are studying for, then you'll be well equipped to answer the slightly more difficult questions in your exam.  Today I've posted an Open Cloze exercise about Casinos, basically so I could insert Motörhead's brilliant 'Ace of Spades'! A great head-banging song!

Making the most of the information you find in the exam exercises.

I've just posted a C2 level article, made into a word formation (WF) exercise.  It's one of those double whammy exercises I like to provide my students with as not only can they practice the different parts of the Cambridge exam, but they can also get some ideas and vocabulary in case they have to write something similar. If you have been doing Cambridge exams for some time, you'll see that they stick to certain topics, which can be found across the different parts of the exam, be it B1, B2, C1 or C2. For that reason it's essential, whatever you level, to have a great, and organized, notebook to which you can add vocbulary and chunks when you come across them.

I've started adding songs to some of the exercises too, as music is so much part of our different cultures and, frankly, it's fun for me!

This is the one that accompanies the C2 Word Formation exercise about AI. Kraftwerk's 1978 'Robots'.

 

Well, I've got the hang of making pages and posting. For each worksheet you just have to scroll down and you'll find the answers.  As always, if you have any alternative answers that you think might be acceptable, let me know. I'll sometimes add a video or a song to the worksheet, so that the topics I've chosen are brought to life, and not simply words on a page.  Let me know if you have any suggestions! If you are on your mobile phone, open the blog in web version to see the exercises.

To get the hang of - to understand how things work and handle them easily. 

To bring something to life - to make something more real and interesting.

Welcome!

  

 

 

Welcome to our blogspot!  I've finally taken the plunge! I'll be posting tips and exercises as often as I can, so keep an eye out! Make comments and suggestions as to what you would like to see here. See you soon!

To take the plunge - to finally do something you've been wanting to do for a long time and haven't dared.

To keep an eye out (for) - to be on the alert for something.