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Britain�s Piers
Seaside piers - quintessentially English - relics from the Victorian era - as much a part of an English seaside holiday as deck chairs and buckets and spades. A text giving information about their uses in former times and their, sometimes, derelict state today. Language exercises have been added and questions to encourage discussion.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 66
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Ridiculous insurance claims
A set of authentic insurance claims made by holidaymakers taken from the Daily Telegraph newspaper. Guess which ones were paid out! Language exercises, lots of comprehension questions and talking points have been added. An answer key is provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 99
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Comprehension Questions to the Book of Outstanding Short Stories. Penguin Reader ISBN 978-1-405-86519-7 Level Upper - Intermediate
Seven short stories by well-known authors. Comprehension questions and language elements have been included. Level Upper-intermediate. Stories by HG Wells, Katherine Mansfield, W. Somerset Maugham, Edgar Allen Poe, Anthony Trollope, Oscar Wilde and PG Woodhouse.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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Mr Busy has met the woman of his dreams (PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST) EASIER VERSION
An easier version of this Mr Busy episode which focusses on present perfect versus past tense. This time the verbs have been given. Students have to put them into the right tenses in the gaps provided. An answer key has been added.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 147
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Loop Conversation (1)
A Loop conversation. Two people meet on a sight-seeing trip (in Salzburg). The text can be changed to make the situation more real/relavent for your students. Make 2 copies of this sheet. Cut one up into 15 cards (laminate beforehand to use more often). The other one is for your reference. Mix and give each student a card. Student with (1) starts.....
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 96
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Dental treatment & shopping in one!
Further to two of the largest grocery chains in Britain going in for home deliveries on a large scale (see http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=514518#thetop); the same two companies have ventured into another popular business venture. In stores around the country, dental practices have opened - attached to the supermarkets � some open sev...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 89
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Past simple versus continuous (3)
A gap fill exercise to practise choosing the right form of the verb after the grammar and signal words have been taught. An answer key has been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 229
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Questions and negations in the present tense
For adult beginners. An oral drill which then could be used as a writing exercise for homework. This always needs a lot of practice at the beginning.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 56
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Giraffe Hotel
A newspaper text (Daily Mail) about the world�s first giraffe hotel and the dream of two young Kenyan children. It explains a little about the conservation work done with Rothschild giraffes. I�ve added converstion questions, discussion questions and some language exercises on the text. An answer key has been added
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 120
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20 minutes in the fresh air works wonders!
A short newspaper article used an an impulse text for a discussion on the theme of giving yourself an energy boost during the day: 20 minutes in the fresh air versus a cup of coffee.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 36
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