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Charity shop text to show difference between past and present perfect tenses
Grammar focus - past tense V present perfect - using an authentic text. Comprehension exercise, gap text (tenses) and a free-speaking exercise based on the context of the advertisement.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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Mamo cards: Garden tips
I found these super gardening tips in the Daily Mail this week and put them straight on cards and laminated them. I used them as a warmer for all my adult groups (10 of them) and they went down really well -every time! Task:- Everyone gets a card with a tip and they have to mingle and exchange tips and then move on to collect as many tips as possi...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 57
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Happy Birthday WWW
The internet has changed our lives has been around for the last twenty years. An easy authentic BBC text flashing back briefly to how it all began and asks the question whether we could imagine a life without it? Language exercises and discussion questions have been added with a key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 102
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How to become a good parent!
An authentic newspaper article airing the sensitive area of parenting from the Government point of view. After attemps at forming strategies to tackle obesity by eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, they have set up "five-a-day" steps to become a better parent Discussion questions before and after reading ensure a lively classroom di...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 125
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The Sandwich Generation
Middle-aged couples are finding they have no time to retire, relax and enjoy life as the the modern family brings new pressures: caring for children, grandchildren AND aging parents. An authentic text with added language exercises and disscussion questions - all on one page. An answer key has been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 182
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A Man and His Eagle
A true story about the love and respect of two beings (one animal one human) who have helped each other overcome death. In the words of Jeff himself: "This is the kind of story you need when it seems that the world is spiralling out of control. Not many people get a picture of this proud bird snuggled up next to them". Comprehension and language ex...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29
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Past simple irregular verbs
An exercise sheet concentrating on the past simple (irregular verbs).
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 178
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Synonyms 3
It�s always good to understand some common idioms, even better, to be able to use them in normal, everyday conversation. They are an enrichment to standard vocabulary. The third in a series of worksheets focussing on idiomatic expressions.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 103
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Posh camping-spreading like wildfire across Britain
"Glamp" is a new word for glamorous camping which is rapidly increasing in popularity at the moment in Britain. The latest idea is to glamp in central London (in the zoo) with all the mod cons - but at a price. An authentic text (The Guardian) with added vocabulary focus and SIX exercises (language/vocabulary/conversation focus) all on one page! (A...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 134
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British Quirks (peculiarities)
A set of British peculiarities which will bring a knowing smile to any native and insight to everyone else, into some of the little things which all add up to you catching a glimpse of what "Britishness" is all about. The texts have been taken and adapted from a book by Georgina Eade called Best of British. I�ve added exercises to each text.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 468
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