Why is it useful to know weather vocabulary?

Why it it useful to learn weather vocabulary? We use weather as one of our topics for small talk so it is essential that you know what people are talking about and can participate. Moreover, knowing weather vocabulary will help you understand reading activities and exam exercises. Here you will learn 12 pieces of vocabulary for 4 different areas of weather – storm, snow, wind and rain. Of course, there are

Are you studying effectively?

Are you studying effectively or does it feel like you are spending too much time without feeling you have achieved (managed to do) anything or completed anything? Try these 3 study tips!

How to talk about snow

Talking about snow in 4 categories with KimGriffithsEnglish.com, the blog to learn English as a second language.

Imagine you are reading an article, story or exam reading paper and the main character is walking home, watching their feet kicking the  *____ as they walked, and listening to the sound it made.  If we put *tightly packed snow, we would visualise white thick snow and the sound would be a crunching noise. But if we insert *slush we would visualise an almost grey, melting wet unpleasant snow and the watery sloshing sound. The overall effect would be different. Now we see that using a more defined word than snow can change our comprehension and if you don’t know those words you can miss a lot. 

The Duke was Dead! 10 phrasal verbs story.

10 phrasal verbs taught in a Sherlock Holmes story which I invented. I love teaching English as a second language. My teaching blog is www.kimgriffithsenglish.

The Duke was dead! A Sherlock Holmes story with 10 phrasal verbs to learn.
What’s the easiest way to learn phrasal verbs?Useful vocabulary for the story. The Sherlock Holmes story Video. The story written down to save and review the phrasal verbs later. The 10 phrasal verbs and their synonyms. Your turn to practice.