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Commas to separate sentence elements
Guide dealing with how to use commas to separate sentence elements and to separate items in a list. Final exercise is a paragraph which the students need to add the commas into.
Answers are provided on page 3.
(Does not cover restrictive and non-restrictive clauses.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 31
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Reading comprehension, SAT-style, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Reading comprehension questions styled like an SAT critical reading. Answers and explanations at end. Copy of text included.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 32
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VIDEO comprehension - a new eye operation to cure a form of blindness
A video listening exercise about an exciting new medical procedure. Video is from Sky news on Youtube - the link is on the worksheet.
Exercises are: general comprehension, number comprehension, key vocabulary, free discussion.
Answers provided on second page of document.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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2 news articles and reading comprehension questions about animals: bullfrogs and democracy dogs
Two BBC articles (US bullfrog invasion and Hong Kong dogs at democracy protests) and questions to go with them. Exercise 1: choose which animal is being referred to (read for gist). Exercise 2: word manipulation (grammar). Exercise 3: correct the errors (read for detail). Exercise 4: vocabulary building. Answers are provided on p4.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 15
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SAT-style critical reading / reading comprehension on Schiller
SAT-style critical reading test on Schiller. Covers reading comprehension and high-level vocabulary. Answers and text included.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 22
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Reading comprehension - 2 stories about NZ animals
2 articles from the BBC. One is about people replacing sheep at rodeos; the other is about the kokako, a bird in New Zealand thought to possibly be extinct.
Exercises cover "wh" questions, vocabulary, gist reading, reformulation, and creative writing tasks.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 46
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Reading comprehension: world�s largest drawing
A reading text from the Guinness World Records website about the world�s largest drawing - a drawing of a turtle created to raise awareness of marine pollution.
The 4 exercises are general comprehension questions, detailed comprehension questions, a vocabulary builder, and an open-ended writing task.
The answers are included on the last page.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 37
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Saint Nicholas - comprehension and past simple
The legend of Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) in a simplified version, plus exercises on question words, antonyms and creative writing. The grammar focus is on the past simple.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 82
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Prepositions training: advanced
An extract from H.G. Wells with prepositions exercises which increase in difficulty (gap-fill from choices, correcting wrong sentences and free gap-fill). Designed to prepare learners for ACT and SAT style exams. C2+ level.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 42
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Unlikely competitors at Sochi 2014 READING COMPREHENSION
Information about 4 unlikely competitors at Sochi 2014. Exercises include true/false, gap-fill, correct the mistake, answer in sentences, vocabulary matching, using key phrases, creative writing or discussion.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 59
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