36. Wording

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Welcome back to How to English with Gav & Em. In this episode, you'll hear all about new words, word forms, and where words fit into sentences. Plus plenty of ways to practice in the classroom for both teachers and students. Headphones on, sit back, and enjoy!

References:

Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Waterson: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25

Buffalo, buffalo, buffalo, buffalo, buffalo, buffalo, buffalo, buffalo: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/18209/buffalo-buffalo-buffalo-buffalo-buffalo-buffalo-buffalo-buffalo

Word forms grids: https://vocabularyhome.com/nouns/nouns-verbs-adjectives-and-adverbs/

(Old) English File, Unit 5 B, Intermediate, Bleep Game,  OUP Oxford, 1999

New Cutting Edge, Intermediate, Unit 2, Study Practice, p134, Pearson, 2007

Inside Out, 9C, "Dominoes", Intermediate, Macmillan Education, 2000

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/new-words-in-the-dictionary

Podcast about words: https://www.theallusionist.org/

The word werewolf: https://qz.com/289884/werewolf-is-the-most-sexist-word-in-the-english-langu