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Suzanne
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✨ ADHDer helping learners improve their English grammar & vocabulary skills.

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💖 Nature, 80s music, books, languages 🐳🪲🦊

CR 🎧📗 Ocean: David Attenborough, Colin Butfield
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Quick Vocabulary Quiz!

One for the bird lovers amongst you 🐦
NEW Substack post!

What's the missing word? The SAME word fits ALL 3 gaps

englishsmarts.substack.com/p/quick-voca...

#LearnEnglish #inglés #TEFL
January 22, 2026 at 11:41 AM
#ReadPlenty!

Some really fab vocab in this article 😻

🔹 to trundle
🔹 watchful
🔹 to rifle through
🔹 to scour
🔹 to nestle
🔹 a smuggler
🔹 to be laced with sth
🔹 a crackdown
🔹 to nip sth in the bud
🔹 to tout

www.bbc.com/news/article...

#English #inglese
Singapore is cracking down on public enemy number one - vapes
The city-state wants to stamp out e-cigarettes with harsh penalties including caning and fines.
www.bbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM
🏋️‍♀️ 🧠English Brain Workout 🧠🏋️‍♀️

Put the vowels back and tell me the name of the song and the band.

No googling until you've had a go first! 🎶

#TEFL #inglés #LearnEnglish
January 15, 2026 at 9:57 AM
#ReadPlenty 🧠📚

“In the U.S. alone, wild insects contribute an estimated $70 billion to the economy every year through free services such as pollination and waste disposal. That’s incredible, and most people have no idea.”

www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/how-...
Unsure how to help reverse insect declines? Scientists suggest simple ways
Entomologist Akito Kawahara’s message is straightforward: We can’t live without insects. They’re in trouble. And there’s something all of us can do to help. Kawahara’s research has primarily focused ...
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu
January 13, 2026 at 9:05 AM
"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge." George R. R. Martin

📷Janik, Unsplash
January 13, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Test your English! 🎯

✨Key Word Transformation (5) ✨ (with printable PDF + answers)

bit.ly/48Ijba0

#inglés #TEFL #Englisch
December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Brand new! 💃🏻

✨Happy Endings Vocabulary Quiz (20)✨

Can you guess these 10 words that start with the letters TH-?

bit.ly/3KaNVs8

#inglés #anglais #Englisch
✨Happy Endings Vocabulary Quiz 20✨
Words beginning with TH-. How many can you guess? 🤔
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Taking the B2 First exam?

On my website I have a ton of exercises to help you ace the Use of English section.

englishsmarts.com/2015/02/09/w...
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Let's Play!

Can you name 3 words that start with T and end in Y?

I'll start:

✨ tricky
✨ tastefully
✨ tranquillity

#Vocabbing #LearnEnglish
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Brand new! 💃🏻

✨Quick Vocabulary Quiz 119 - What's the missing word?

bit.ly/47YBb0w

#LearnEnglish #inglés
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Qui court deux lièvres à la fois n'en prend aucun.

Who runs after two hares at the same time, catches none.

What would you say this French proverb means?

#LangSky
#French365Day2✅
#French365Day3✅
#French365Day4✅
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My 365-Day French Challenge

In November 2019 I set myself the challenge of studying or connecting with Italian for 60 minutes a day for 365 days.
I managed to pull it off, and I have to say, all that consistency was a tremendous help, especially for my vocab and listening skills.

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November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Grow your vocabulary! 🌿

Fab Advanced Verb: ✨SCOWL✨

#inglés #Englisch
October 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Vocabulary Quiz! 🎯

The SAME word fits ALL 3 gaps.

🔹Sam doesn't play with these toys anymore. He has _____n out of them.

🔹No, I can't buy you a new smartphone. Money doesn't _____ on trees you know.

🔹Ewan has _____n a beard. I almost didn't recognise him!

#LearnEnglish #inglés
October 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Brand new post! 💃🏻

Key Word Transformation Exercise (9) - WISH and IF ONLY

englishsmarts.com/2025/10/05/k...

#LearnEnglish #inglés #anglais
October 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Vocabulary Quiz! 🎯

What's the missing word? The SAME word fits ALL 3 gaps.

🔹Feel ____ to use our pool whenever you like.

🔹More and more brands are selling
plastic-___ teabags now.

🔹Children under five can visit the zoo for ____.

#LearnEnglish #TEFL
October 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Grow your vocab! 🌱

#English #inglés
September 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Grow your vocab! 🌱

#LearnEnglish
May 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
HAPPY NATURE FRIDAY!

Today in my NATURE channel we'll look at pangolins and a brand new Netflix documentary which aims to raise awareness about these beautiful creatures, which are sadly the most trafficked mammal on the planet.
April 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Vocabulary Quiz! 🎯

I Love Idioms! (3): ✨CLOTHES✨

How many can you get?

bit.ly/42CBrhW
April 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Reposted by Suzanne
One of the (many, many) things I love about language is the creativity, the way a little tweak to a word can create a subtle change in meaning, or even a big one. Hopefully this won't leave you baffled or boggled, though it may cause cackling or possibly heckling!

#linguistics #langsky #xl8 🌐
April 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Brand new!

✨Words in the News (6): URGE✨

englishsmarts.com/2025/04/06/w...

Pass it on to other students or teachers, who would find this series useful. Thanks!
April 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reposted by Suzanne
#Wetlands 🫧🌊 control floods, replenish groundwater, stabilise shorelands, purify water. In #Nigeria 🇳🇬 they're home to birds 🦆🪿🦉🦜#crocodiles snakes 🐍 #alligators 🐊 and #hippos 🦛 Protect them with your wallet #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
Nigeria’s nature reserves need more help to protect biodiversity
Apart from conserving species, #wetlands help to control floods, replenish groundwater, stabilise shorelines, retain nutrients and purify water. The park will join Nigeria’s protected area of 445 forest reserves, 29 game reserves, 12 strict nature reserves, 11 Ramsar sites, 7 national parks and one biosphere reserve.
palmoildetectives.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Any recommendations for a self-study book for Swahili?

#Langsky
April 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM