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FCE GRAMMAR AUCTION
Here is a more fun activity to review and practice FCE Use of English (it was created with the coursebook Ready for FCE in mind but can be used for any other). Distibute handouts with 20 questions and divide your class in pairs/small groups so that they feel safe and eventually, ask them to bid on sentences they think they can do. If they answer co...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 64


 
Young Learners� English STARTERS MOVERS FLYERS sample questions
Before you are sample questions for ALL LEVELS of the CAMBRIDGE YLE (Young Learners� English) Speaking exam, from its last part providing more "free" practice. From my experience, this part and telling the story are the most challenging for the children. So here are 3 pages of questions for you to practice with your students. Not really decorative,...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Type: others
Downloads: 59


 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The Tale of the Three Brothers
This is a worksheet that uses The Tale of the Three Brothers as a model for creating student�s own stories. Tips on writing included. So is the youtube link to the movie fragment and comprehension questions. Enjoy as always :-)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 37


 
TIME CLAUSES BOARDGAME
Hey, hey, CAE teachers! Here is a more fun way to practice time clauses with your students - either in small groups or in pairs or pairs. You just need this board, a coin and good mood :-)
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: others
Downloads: 25


 
SCHOOL vocabulary Taboo game
A variation of a well-known game of Taboo, this time for vocabulary practice of things related to school, school subjects, copybooks, pens etc.). You divide your students into teams asking one team member to take one of the cards from a pile and explain the first word without using the 3 ones below. Have a timing device ready and enjoy :-)
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: others
Downloads: 27


 
The unreal past game
That�s a fun way for all yours "if only, I wish, I�d rather, it�s high time" practice. You need a coin to toss and students can only move when they produce a logical and grammatically correct sentence. Accept anything plausible in a described situation. If two students land on the same square, they should produce a different sentence. Have fun play...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: others
Downloads: 50


 
Taboo game and prefix dominoes CAE
Here are exercises to review vocabulary (Taboo game) and prefixes (Dominoes) after unit 6 of Objective CAE - but it will suit any other advanced coursebook. Hopefully, it will bring a smile to your exam students. And you are getting two in one ;-)
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 31


 
Hitch movie worksheet
A fun way to look at people desperate for a relationship and others desperate to master the language of advice and description for FCE ;-) And a grat movie, too. Suitable for B2 levels.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38


 
Tour the USA with Irregular Verbs
Just an alternative to a boring irregular verbs review/study. Students move around the USA map and each time they have to provide one/two (your pick) remaining irregular verb forms based on the card they take (cards should be face down). All you need are counters or anything to act like that, coin and the printable. High spirits guaranteed :-) The...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5


 
Phrasal verbs dominoes and a vocabulary review taboo for FCE
A fun way to liven up a review FCE class (originally meant to accompany Objective FCE coursebook but will be ok for any B2 course). Dominoes focus on phrasal verbs (half of them with cut), Taboo reviews nouns connected with car parts, jobs etc. There is nothing like team spirit gambling in class :-D
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 13

 


THAT�S ENTERTAINMENT! TV shows and films vocabulary :-)
The exercise contains pictures and puzzles to review vocabulary related to TV and movie industry. Double click on the right clue and the answer will appear under the picture. Best to everyone and special thanx to Latvija for the template :-)

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 69


To be going to and Present Continuous bomb game Part 2
That�s the follow up to P1 of the game with the same title. Enjoy:-)

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 31


Past Simple Mystery Box
Team game to consolidate Past Simple. Divide the class into any number of groups you want. Students of a team answer one question. If the answer is correct, they get 20 points. Then they must decide whether to open the mystery box (then they are not getting the 20 points), stay with the points they ...

Level: elementary
Age: 12-16
Downloads: 106


PAST TENSES and PRESENT PERFECT WHACK THE MOLE PART 2
Here is PART 2 of the game, you just have to download both and put the presentation back together. The game practices PAST TENSES and PRESENT PERFECT in a fun way, the aim is to clear a plot from a mole by inserting the correct verb form. Answers, instructions, animation and sound included. Too b...

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 34


The Oscars quiz
The Oscar night is over, so why don�t you discuss the awards with your students? Some facts plus a short trivia with a link to Coco - a cartoon which won the Oscar this year. Have fun!

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-15
Downloads: 43


To be going to and Present Continuous bomb game Part 1
Forever grateful to foreverjinxed for the template ;-) Yes, you�ve encounteres these two in one of the cousebooks and are missing a fun exercise to practise? I give you plenty of examples for Present Continuous and to be going to, ideally to be played in teams with you keeping the score. To have ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 46


Present Continuous with future meaning and Present Simple Football Game
Here is a game for Present Continuous for future arrangements v. Present Simple. You click on the name of the footballer and it takes you to the question, the arrow at the bottom will take you back to the first page. Clicking on crosses (bad answer) or ticks (good one) will show points. Play in two ...

Level: elementary
Age: 10-15
Downloads: 49


Too much or too many? Crossing chickens game
A different way to practice too much/too many for elementary+ learners. This is a variation of snakes and ladders game, but with a twist, you only have one pawn which has to be clicked in order for it to move. Unfortunately answers will not show up (they are in the notes for the presenter) so you�ll...

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 61


PLURALS GAME
If you are - like me - teaching these plurals (and spelling rules) again to beginners, this presentation will help you out there in the practice stage. Rules to review at first, examples next. Hope you like it :-) Clicking the right clue will make the answer show up under the picture.

Level: elementary
Age: 5-12
Downloads: 74


GERUNDS OR INFINITIVES BOMB GAME
Hi again! This time it�s gerunds and infinitives on the menu, I used it to practice with a CAE group. It�s the Bomb game, so divide your group into teams, explain that they�ll have to put in gerunds or infinitives (sometimes bare) in the gaps and if they are successful something is going to pop up -...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 63


-ed and -ing adjectives practice
Hi again, Well, it�s this time of year again to practice -ing and -ed adjectives (interested/interesting). Hope you find it equally useful as I did when I created it ;-) The vocabulary and topics are generally suitable for teenagers or adults, overall intermediate level. Enjoy!

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


CONDITIONAL I AND II GAME
Conditional 1 and 2 review game! Fastest finger - let the best man/woman win the virtual bucks ;-) The game practises the aforementioned conditionals initially in affirmative sentences, then in questions. Always a part of the sentence with a verb is given to make it a bit easier.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100


Phrasal verbs
This is a game to practise phrasal verbs from English File Pre-Intermediate and their word order. Something less dull than a drill - enjoy :-)

Level: elementary
Age: 14-100


INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Here is my go at indefinite pronouns (some-/any-/every-/no- body, -thing, -where) coupled with a game of chance ;-) After you "throw the dice", your pawn will move and a sentence with 2 options will appear. Good for practice stage of any lesson on indefinite pronouns, made for teens but will suit mo...

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100


EXPRESSIONS OF THE FUTURE
Activate these future expressions with the advanced students! Give them your tired : bound to, on the point to, about to, due to, is to etc. Spice these up with some future tenses and voila... Use and enjoy!

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


MODALS and EXPRESSIONS OF POSSIBILITY and CERTAINTY
Dear tired teachers ;-) Something to help you review these modals/perfect modals and other expressions like bound to, (un)likely to, little likelihood etc. Definitely for advanced students - I had my CAE guys in mind. Hope you enjoy it and have fun!

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


TOO MUCH TOO MANY snakes and ladders
Dear Colleagues, here is an exercise to practise too much/too many with fairly easy vocabulary (A1/A2 level), designed with a Your Space 2 cousebook in mind, but can be used with anything else. Use and enjoy, sharing feels good :-)

Level: elementary
Age: 10-14


IMPERATIVES
An exercise to practice imperatives both in positive and negative versions (e.g. Go and Don�t go). At the same time it revises "do" and "make" in the medium level of difficulty questions. The game was originally designed to go with Your Space 1 book but will suit any elementary level course. Have ...

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100


COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Comparatives and superlatives in a fun way. Enjoy!

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


UNREAL TIME PRACTICE - if only, conditionals, it�s time, I�d rather, I wish
How to make the practice of more complex structures more sexy? You�ve already drilled your conditionals, if only, it�s time, wish, I�d rather and the like and there is still something missing... Well, again, thanx to eslprintables for the format of snakes and ladders ;-) Emotion is the key to rememb...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100