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How old is ...? Pairwork information gap activity (Speaking)
Two sheets: sheet A and sheet B. Pupils must take it in turns to ask questions and give answers about the ages of different people and buildings. Also drills he/she/it.
NB: all ages correct in February 2013! The sheet will need to be updated each year if you�re a stickler for accuracy!
Level: elementary
Age: 5-14
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8
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Easter quiz (mainly UK)
Easter quiz - 2 choices per answer. Can be done as a reading or orally.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10
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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: 30
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Back to school discussion questions
21 "back to school" discussion questions and phrases to include in answers.
Would work as a 1-1, paired, group or whole class discussion activity.
Designed to stimulate discussion and reflection in the first weeks of term.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 63
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Video and comprehension questions: Republican presidential candidates discuss Syrian refugees
A video from CNN (link at bottom of second page of worksheet) about Republican candidates in the 2015/2016 presidential race debating the arrival of Syrian refugees after the November 13th terror attacks in Paris.
The questions on the worksheet cover comprehension questions, then offer points for a wider discussion of the issue.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: others
Downloads: 22
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Selfies - news article and discussion
Article "Selfies have killed more people than sharks this year".
Exercises: Warm-up questions, explanation of an information poster, comprehension, vocabulary matching and sentence completion, role plays.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 117
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Sentence completion: if and when statements
A creative, open-ended activity to complete a unit on "when" and "if" statements. Pupils choose a card and must complete the sentence using the correct complementary tense.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 24
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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: 44
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Prepositions: ADVANCED - literature gap-fill
An extract from a story by H.G. Wells with different preposition exercises. Used to help advanced students prepare for English language exams.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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Taboo - support vocab and cards for the game
Some support phrases to help pupils to say things "in a different way" and especially to deal with describing a word they don�t know the English vocabulary for. Discuss the phrases and example descriptions before using the cards to play the game "taboo" (describe the word to a partner or the class without saying the word itself). This can work as a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 31
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