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FrauSue
Frau Sue
France



Hello! I am an English native speaker teaching children, teenagers and adults in the South of France.

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SAT-style critical reading: Russia and the Rouble
Article from "The Economist" about Russia�s financial policies with multiple choice (SAT-style) questions. Answers provided.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 17


 
Tourists in Antarctica: article and vocabulary/grammar questions focusing on reading skills
Questions focus on using the context to elicit the meaning of unknown vocabulary, and using grammatical knowledge to reformulate sentences from the text. The article discusses the benefits and risks of Antarctic tourism.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38


 
Time adverbs: since, for, still, already, yet - news article and questions, grammar exercises
A short news article from the BBC followed by vocabulary and simple comprehension questions, and a role play. Grammar guide based on the news article - it deals with present perfect + since/for, preterite + in/on/at, and present or present perfect + already/still/yet. Question stimuli to encourage pupils to use these time structures in their own ...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 113


 
Christmas "crack the code"
Simple vocabulary worksheet with coded words which pupils must decode.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-15
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 56


 
Seasonal role plays (Christmas/winter/New Year)
5 seasonal role-plays. Can be done as a carousel or in groups.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 73


 
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


 
"Let Toys be Toys": BBC News article about gendered toys
Something �serious� in the run-up to Christmas: Article about a girl who was angry to see signs promoting "boys� toys" in her local supermarket. Vocabulary and comprehension exercises followed by discussion questions and role plays about gendered toys and toy advertising. Answer key provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 53


 
2 strange Victorian news stories: reading exercises
2 news stories from the BBC that retell strange Victorian deaths (a man killed by a hammer-wielding automaton in an accident in a clock tower, and two skeletons found behind a wall in a Spanish theatre). Exercises cover reading for gist, vocabulary, comprehension and language analysis. Answers provided. Suitable for advanced ESL or younger native s...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 67


 
News article and exercises: penguin research robot
A news article (from The Guardian) about a very cute robot which was disguised as a baby penguin to help study penguin behaviour in the wild. Exercises: true/false, vocabulary, extended comprehension, phrasal verbs, word formation. Answers provided.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 82


 
Mixed grammar exercises: SAT preparation
An article from the LA times adapted into a training exercise for non-native pupils preparing for SATs or similar high-level exams. Exercises cover prepositions, tenses, adjectives/adverbs and identifying sentence errors. Answers can be found by comparing pupils� choices with the source text (also given in the document).
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36

 

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