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Speak for a minute 2
Laminate and cut the sheet into strips. Give each student a strip. The students have to each talk for a minute on their subject starting with the given lead-in (not stating the theme). The rest of the group try to guess the title of the given speech. (Idea taken from Keep Talking by F. Klippel)
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 153
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Boomerangs come back, don�t they?
A bird has spent her whole life returning to her original owner, againa and again, travelling vast distances. Now, at 15, she�s allowed to stay! A newspaper text about a homing pigeon with language exercises and comprehension questions.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Phrasal verb: PUT
Multiple choice questions asking for the correct prepositions to be chosen to make up the right phrasal verbs - all with PUT. An answer key has been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 73
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The World�s Weirdest Hotels
Authentic descriptions of 6 weird hotels around the world. Comprehension questions have been added as well as language exercises (comparison of adjectives), and discussion points for pairwork. (Texts taken from the Daily Telegraph).
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 157
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Lead in to the book: WAR HORSE
With some of my clsses we�re going to read WAR HORSE this term and to start off I�m going to use this conversation sheet to lead into it. Two sorts of questions: (with blue background) own personal thoughts and experiences with horses; (yellow) quotes about horses to think about and comment on. I�ve added some interesting facts and some useful voca...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 95
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Puppies for sale!
A good revision exercise to start the new term! An inspirational story, for children and adults. A gap text to distinguish between the past simple or the present simple.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 160
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Put an end to commuting
A conversation lesson using an authentic advert as an impulse text leading to lots of opportunities for discussion in the classroom. Arising issues:- road congestion and commuting versus the alternatives of car pooling, working from home etc.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 42
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How a hot cuppa influences decisions
Tea culture and the effects of tea drinking and how it can influence you unknowingly! An authentic text (Daily Mail) with a grammar focus - first conditional.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 58
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The Queensland Floods
A short, authentic text with pre-reading activities and language exercises after reading - all on one page. An answer key is included
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 175
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How to survive a mistletoe kiss this year!
A recent amusing newspaper report about how to behave this year under the mistletoe with the words "swine flu" being talked about everywhere. I particularly liked the part about the "willing target"! I�ve added comprehension questions and some languages exercises. Happy Christmas!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 38
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