All articles by Tim Bowen – Page 21
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Your English: Word grammar: even
Tim Bowen provides us with an even balance of the varied uses of this word.
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Your English: Collocations: set
Tim Bowen sets out to explore the many varied collocates of this verb.
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Your English: Idioms: drunk
Tim Bowen goes synonym-crazy and takes us through the many different ways to say that someone is drunk (has had too much alcohol).
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: step
Tim Bowen steps forward to offer his explanation of how this versatile word can be used to form several different phrasal verbs.
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ArticleDictionary skills: Part three
The third set of worksheets in this comprehensive series of dictionary skills lesson plans by Tim Bowen.
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Your English: Word grammar: rather
Would we like to read Tim Bowen's explanation of the origins of this interesting word? Rather!
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Your English: Collocations: draw
Tim Bowen draws attention to the collocates of this versatile word.
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Your English: Idioms: popping your clogs
Tim Bowen explains how euphemisms can help us talk about unpleasant or embarrassing topics.
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: knock
Tim Bowen knocks us out with his explanation of this entertaining phrasal verb.
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Your English: Word grammar: quite
Tim Bowen provides some humorous examples of confusing quite with quiet.
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Your English: Collocations: cause
Tim Bowen causes a stir with collocates of the verb to cause.
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Your English: Idioms: a dog in the manger
Tim Bowen discusses the unusual idiom a dog in the manger.
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: kick
Tim Bowen considers the set of phrasal verbs formed when the verb to kick is combined with various particles.
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Dictionary skills: Part two
The second set of worksheets in this comprehensive series of dictionary skills lesson plans by Tim Bowen.
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Your English: Collocations: raise
Tim Bowen discusses the wide range of collocations the verb to raise can form.
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Your English: Idioms: raining cats and dogs
Tim Bowen considers alternatives to this entertaining idiom.
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: pop
Tim Bowen takes a look at phrasal verbs based on the verb to pop.
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Word of the week: Trivial
Have you ever been to a dinner party and tried to impress others with unimportant facts? Chances are that you engaged in some trivial conversation. Tim Bowen presents us with some trivia surrounding the origin of this Word of the week.
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Word of the week: Laconic
Tim Bowen delves into Greek history to explain the origin of this terse Word of the week.