Objective: First Certificate (FCE)

The grammar of phrasal verbs

ElenaBen — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:11:46 +0000

Here‘s a good explanation of the grammar of phrasal verbs. Learn phrasal verbs properly!

But remember there is no quick and easy way to learn them. It is a question of practice and USAGE!

Then, try to understand the logic of each particle: meaning associated to “up” “down” “off”… and then group phrasal verbs around topics (media, relatioships, doctors, etc). For instance, listen to these audios (I stumbled upon this great great site on phrasal verbs, kudos to phrasalverbdemon.com!) and try to group all verbs+particles you hear around several different topics.

Check out also the other posts I have published on phrasal verbs.

FCE Practice Tests: Use of English, gap filling.

ElenaBen — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:36:12 +0000

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Words often confused

ElenaBen — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:43:02 +0000

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as if as though

ElenaBen — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:00:43 +0000

FCE Practice Tests: Use of English, multiple choice.

ElenaBen — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:33:38 +0000

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FCE Use of English: sample test and keys

ElenaBen — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:30:17 +0000

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Word formation

ElenaBen — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:00:21 +0000

I wish I knew how…

ElenaBen — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:35:37 +0000

A lot of theory/grammar on wish and all that. But see it in practice here:

(Have I ever told you how much I love Nina Simone?)

(and watch her answering here: what’s free to me?)

I also like this cover by Lighthouse Family, notice how different the lyrics are, if at all:

I hope your wish comes true (wish vs hope)

ElenaBen — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:15:31 +0000

…and you pass the FCE with flying colors.

In the meantime, check out the difference bw wish and hope here (ppt).

Think of more weird hobbies

ElenaBen — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:00:57 +0000

Take a look at the following list of hobbies…Weird, right? Actually, not all of them…but anyway, as you can see there are some “empty” categories: could you share here some hobbies for those ones?

Plus, do you think that hobbies can be stereotyped?

HobbyThing lets you find peers with similar Interests (techpluto.com)

Objective: First Certificate (FCE)

The grammar of phrasal verbs

FCE Practice Tests: Use of English, gap filling.

Words often confused

as if as though

FCE Practice Tests: Use of English, multiple choice.

FCE Use of English: sample test and keys

Word formation

I wish I knew how…

I hope your wish comes true (wish vs hope)

Think of more weird hobbies

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