Advanced Vocabulary — Nuance and Precision
Don't collect synonyms — collect meaning differences. Ask: "When would I use THIS word and not THAT one?" That's the C1 question.
Category: Vocabulary & Collocations
Word combinations, collocations, lexical sets, and vocabulary building across all CEFR levels.
Register — Formal, Neutral, Informal English
The biggest B2 mistake is mixing registers: formal grammar + casual vocabulary (or vice versa). Commit to one register per piece of writing.
Collocations — Words That Go Together
🎯 Make a collocation card! On one side write "make" — on the other, write 3 words that go with it. Test yourself every morning!
Phrasal Verbs at Work — The Hospitality Edition
Phrasal verbs are not random — group them by theme (work, movement, communication). Learn 3 from one topic area, use them in real sentences. That's the system.
Food I Love — Vocabulary for Eating and Cooking
🍎 Go to your kitchen! Point at 5 foods and say their name in English. Can't find the word? That's your homework for the day!
Numbers 1–20 — Count Like a Pro
🎲 Play counting games! Count your toys, your steps, your snacks. The more you count in English, the faster it becomes automatic.
Colours in English — A World of Colour
🎨 Draw a rainbow and label each colour in English: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Sing the rainbow song — it really works!
Make or Do? The Eternal Grammar Question
2. Can you ___ me a favour? do (do someone a favour — fixed phrase)
The Sommelier Test — Vocabulary in Context
1. The news left a ___ taste in my mouth. (bitter/sweet) bitter (unpleasant feeling, like a bitter drink)
Teach, Teaching, Taught — Word Families
2. Noun: success → Adjective: ___ → Adverb: ___ successful → successfully