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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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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 exercises: animals
3 articles from BBC Newsround for children. All 3 are about animals. The articles seem long but the questions only require learners to read for the key information.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 22
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Phrasal verbs in pairs: off/on, up/down, up/off
Page 1 is an easier version of page 2 - choose the style that suits your class better. This is to introduce the verb pairs and get pupils to provide definitions.
Page 3 offers open-ended discussion questions and a gap-fill exercise.
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
Type:
Downloads: 18
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Reading skills: eliciting the meaning of unknown words
Questions to accompany text about water and sanitation in Angola, Africa.
The goal of the exercise is to build students� confidence when faced with unknown or complicated words.
The activities on the sheet guide pupils through a structured reading of the text and encourage them to consider the possible meanings of new words. They are then asked t...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 38
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Relative pronouns overview
A worksheet with explanations, a written exercise and oral exercises.
The first part deals with the difference between who and which, and the different structures in which these pronouns can be used. There is then an oral exercise involving drawing a card from a hat and giving a definition of the word.
The second part deals with whose, where, why...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 20
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Do children make good entrepreneurs? ARTICLE
Articles about 2 child entrepreneurs. Associated exercises cover: general comprehension (summarise main points), detailed comprehension, vocabulary and paraphrasing.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 77
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Badgers: ACT or SAT reading comprehension
Reading passage in the style of the ACT and SAT reading tests. Used to help prepare a student for these tests.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 20
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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
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Morning routine video: Wallace and Gromit
A short video clip (under 2 minutes) from the Wallace and Gromit animation "The Wrong Trousers" with exercises using morning routine vocabulary.
Grammar point: before and after.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 73
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