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PUNCTUATION MARKS THROUGH LITERARY QUOTES
Upper-intermediate sts. are shown the rules to use the various punctuation marks through a literary quote that belongs to a title of an outstanding writer of the English/Irish/American literature.The practice with punctuation comes through 1) an extract taken from W. Faulkner�s masterpiece "The Sound and The Fury",2) some famous, well-known riddles...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 202
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ANIMAL PRESERVE: TIGERS
An interesting reading to make all of us aware of the great many dangers that threaten the survival of this creature, and the measures that are to be taken to preserve the species.
2 vocabulary exercises (matching and similar words), 1 exercise with comprehension questions, and an amusing quiz to find out more information abut the life of tigers. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 164
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THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH 2
My second worksheet on phonetics, phonemes and sounds. This one is for practising with the vowel phonemes /ʌ/ and /�/, sounds which are rather difficult, at least for Spaniards. The wss consists of some tasks: 1) a detailed explanation of how to pronounce both of them, position of the mouth, spelling and examples. 2) quite a few short, differ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 162
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ADVERTISING 1st part: Discussion
The first part of two worksheets to deal with the topic of advertising. This is intended to encourage the discussion on the subject by dividing the class in groups of four, so that they can give and contrast their views while they answer some questions, watch some adverts and revise some suitable vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 456
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SHE IS LEAVING HOME by The Beatles
A wonderful video accompanies this moving, sad song by The Beatles, which shows the conflict between parents and teenage kids in the 1960s (Generation Gap), and which also represents all the teenagers who were running away their conventional lives.
Some easy tasks to understand the story (multiple choice and comprehension questions), and plenty of...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 340
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THE HORROR WEEK PROJECT
This HWP is quite appropriate for these days of late October. It needs at least 5 school periods and some of the investigation work on the net should be done at home. I provide detailed explanations of how to carry it out on the last page of this contribution. Nevertheless, in short, the steps to be followed are these:
1) Presenting a list of evil...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-15
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 106
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SONG FOUNDATIONS BY KATE NASH
The story of a young couple who have split up their relationship (she�s just left home) because of the numerous problems that came up when living together: arguments, bad words, no respect for each other, too many beers.... Suitable for upper-intermediate sts. to work with vocabulary, informal expressions and with questions about the story in order...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28
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AN ACCIDENT
A reading for practising two basic tenses: simple past and past continuous. A multiple choice exercise for selecting the right tense. A comprehension exercise related to the text. The third one is a picture-based vocabulary exercise based on the reading. Key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-15
Type:
Downloads: 113
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Some Common Verbs + Preposition
Another wss about collocations (verb+preposition). Some varied tasks: -Matching the prepositions with the appropriate verb boxes.
-Some personal questions about different situations. -Replacing the underlined words in the sentences by a collocation. -Filling in the gaps to get meaningful sentences. -Writing some sentences using their own words. Ke...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 63
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THE PASSIVE VOICE: ALL TRANSFORMATIONS
A grammar chart to show and explain in a concise, simplified and schematic way all the possible transformations from an active sentence to a passive
one. Each category has its corresponding practice exercises. Key
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 533
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