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Strangers in the Night
Here are 2 exercises around the song, leading up to a fun role-play of 2 strangers meeting in the night.
I begin by having the students working in pairs to join together phrases from the song that are on the slips of paper. Then I play the song so they can complete the task. Next give them the worksheet with the gaps, and ask them to try to fill i...
Level: elementary
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Phrasal Verbs - Guessing
Here are a set of 4 worksheets designed to help students guess at the meanings of the most common phrasal verbs. (There are more than 500 in English!) In & Out, On & Off, Up & Down, and For and Over. This is an extensive revision of worksheets (plus I added cartoons) made by a former colleague.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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Ideal Job
I am always amazed at how much discussion this activity generates.
Students have to classify elements for a rewarding and satisfying job into 4 categories (essential, desirable, unimportant, and undesirable), and then discuss their choices in small groups.
Please note that this exercise was NOT stolen from "The Standby Book." (I am the author...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Stranded on Desert Islands
This matching exercise jokes about national and cultural stereotypes. Best to use with students 18 years and older.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Catcher in the Rye - Questions 1
Discussion questions for "Catcher in the Rye."
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Twilight Zone - The Living Doll
A worksheet to go with this episode of the old "Twilight Zone" TV series available on YouTube), which is about a doll that hates the little girl�s stepfather.
For the titles I used the free fonts Shatter and TwyliteZone. Otherwise, you will have to adjust the fonts and font size so that both halves fit onto one page.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Conditional Questionnaires
Here are 2 questionnaires (A & B) for practicing the conditional tenses. You�ll have to change the font and font size so that both questionnaires fit onto one page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Elephant Jokes
Students have to match the questions and answers to these corny jokes about elephants. I used the free font Critters (what else?) for the titles.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Big Bang Theory - The Bat Jar Conjecture
Here are 2 different worksheets to accompany the American TV sitcom, "The Big Bang Theory," Season 1, episode 13, "The Bat Jar Conjecture," which science and engineering students love.
In the prior lesson, hand out the worksheet with the physics questions, and ask them to find the answers as homework for the next class. Suggest they ask their fr...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 37
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Witness - 6 Characters
About 2/3s or 3/4s of the way through the film "Witness," distribute cards to the class and explain that this is their new identity. Give them some time to write questions they would like to ask other characters in the film while you go around giving help.
Then collect the role cards, and have the students stand up and walk around at a party. Th...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 23
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