Mike Brown English Teacher

We ‘do’ exercise, homework and the washing up. We ‘make’ the bed, a mistake and fun. But what do we do with shoe laces?

My board to introduce the present simple to a student.

Similar to another English idiom. “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”

Often said to children who can’t sit still. They’re always moving around.

Something’s not right! You smell a rat

“Let sleeping dogs lie” another animal idiom. What does it mean?

No matter how bad things might look there is often a positive side which wasn’t obvious to begin with.

I’ve got some lesson plans to do for tomorrow I had better pull my socks up and get them done.

He doesn’t mean get on your bicycle and ride away. Another more direct response would be “get lost”

‘broke’ is another word used to describe having no money. “I’m broke I can’t go for a beer tonight”.