Harlem Globetrotters
I will send out some handy tips and useful exercises for adults learning to navigate and use the English language each week. Please feel free to share this newsletter with friends and colleagues.
The Harlem Globetrotters is a fun time for the whole family. It combines basketball with physical comedy to give audiences a special night of entertainment.
Listening Tip
Language Level – B2
The Harlem Globetrotters are a uniquely American creation, but they travel the globe entertaining audiences with humor, amazing skills and tricks while playing basketball. Watch this video to learn more:
Reading Tip
Language Level – B1
Learn more about the Globetrotters by exploring their website: https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/
Grammar Tip
Language Level – B1
A Homonym – is a word in the English language that is spelled the same and sounds the same, but has different meaning(s).
Let’s Practice!
Directions: Choose (a) or (b)
Example:
I hope you are not lying to me (a) (a) not telling the truth
The book is lying on the table (b) (b) in a horizontal position
- Want to watch tv tonight? (a) A clock worn on wrist
I need to check my watch. (b) look at
2. Let’s play football after school. (a) participate in a sport
The author wrote a new play. (b) a theatre piece
3. Ouch! The mosquito bit me! (a) past tense of bite
I will have a little bit of sugar. (b) a small amount
4. The rabbits are in a pen outside. (a) a writing instrument
My pen just ran out of ink. (b) an enclosure
5. Give me a ring after work. (a) jewelry
She put the ring on the counter. (b) to call someone
6. Did you ship the package yet? (a) to mail
We boarded the cruise ship. (b) a boat
7. We saw a beautiful sunset. (a) to cut with a tool
We used a saw to cut the tree. (b) past tense of see
Vocabulary Tip
Language Level – B2
We continue to add to our vocabulary words from the Oxford 3000.
A list of 3000 words someone should know if they are taking the CEFR (Common European Framework Reference) language tests.
- Display (v, n)
- Distribute (v)
- Distribution (n)
- District (n)
- Divide (n)
- Division (n)
- Document (v)
- Domestic (adj)
- Dominate (v)
- Downwards (adv)
Use this quizlet to study this vocabulary (it’s free!)
Each week new words are added to the same quizlet, so all of the B2 level words will be in one list for practice.
Weekly Challenge
Language Level – B1
Add commas in the sentences below:
- He left the scene of the accident and tried to forget that it had happened.
2. Oil which is lighter than water rises to the surface.
3. Madame de Stael was an attractive gracious lady.
4. Nice is a word with many meanings and some of them are contradictory.
5. The contractor testified that the house was completed and that the work had been done properly.
6. Some people refuse to go to the zoo because of pity for creatures that must live in small cages.
7. Taxicabs that are dirty are illegal in some cities.
8. The closet contained worn clothes old shoes and dirty hats.
9. The uninvited guest wore a dark blue tweed suit.
10. After surviving this ordeal the trapper felt relieved.
Questions?
