Line Messie

Line Messie (MA TESOL Lancaster University, Cambridge CELTA and DELTA) is a freelance teacher based in Modena (Italy), where she specializes in exam classes, phonology, and developing learners’ metacognitive knowledge and skills. Her research interests include sociology, linguistics and the role of psycholinguistics in language learning.

Have and take: starting block or stumbling block?

Line Messie describes her analysis of these two verbs which are variously described as empty or as part of a verbal expression, collocation, phrasal verb or idiom. She suggests some activities to improve learners’ awareness of these type of verb.