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Christmas cracker jokes
A list of groan-worthy jokes such as the ones found in Christmas crackers in the UK. Page 1 just has the jokes in a list; page 2 is in a table so you can cut up the jokes and ask learners to match up the jokes and their punchlines.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 30
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Vocabulary exercise based on article "Victorian coffin prank"
An article containing some lesser-known English words and vocabulary exercises to help learners to deal with that vocabulary.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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will/would clauses: how to talk about predictions and hypotheses
A detailed overview of how to use modal verbs, future and conditional to add nuance to your predictions and examples.
For advanced learners. I used this to prepare ACT and SAT essays.
Suggested answers are provided on p2.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 28
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Card set to practise pronouncing "s" on plural forms and singular 3rd person verbs
A set of picture and word cards to be matched up. Helps pupils to identify singular and plural noun forms (regular) and practise their pronunciation of these. Also requires pupils to pronounce the "s" on the 3rd person singular form of the verb. I get pupils to match by reading first, then hand out the cards for pupils to read aloud and the holder ...
Level: elementary
Age: 4-10
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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"Try Something New for 30 Days" - video, reading comprehension, discussion
TED video: 3 minute talk on "Try Something New for 30 Days". Link to video is in document. Discussion questions and comprehension questions. Can also be done as a reading comprehension (see transcript).
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: article
Downloads: 59
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Christmas spider diagram discussion prompts
A mind map / spider diagram with words and pictures related to Christmas and the festive season to prompt spontaneous discussion from pupils. You could ask each pupil to choose a word/picture and prepare a short presentation on it, or you could get pupils to work in groups on a general presentation. Each group could prepare a set of questions based...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: others
Downloads: 9
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Geography facts: at / in / to as prepositions of place
To be used to test pupils´ understanding of at/in/to when used as prepositions of place.
It also teaches them some interesting geography facts!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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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: 28
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Reading comprehension: China bans celebrities´ children from appearing on reality TV shows
Article from BBC News about a ban on Chinese celebrities´ children appearing on TV.
Pre-reading discussion questions and vocabulary, post-reading true/false/not in text questions, vocabulary matching and gap-fill, role-plays based on the text.
Answers are provided.
This would fit into a unit on TV, media, press freedom, celebrities and fame, rig...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 58
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Beckhams donate 20 boxes of clothes to charity to aid typhoon victims
BBC news story about the Beckhams´ donations to a charity shop in order to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. Questions following the text cover key terms, basic comprehension, close comprehension and open-ended discussion questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43
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