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Ban the Bags
The free plastic bags given out at the cash desk at almost every supermarket in Britain are having an enormous(negative)effect on the environment. The text shows how some countries have solved the problem. The UK needs to become more aware. Complete with comprehension questions, discussion points and language elements.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 93
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Past simple regular and irregular
A gap text exercise focusing on both regular and irregular past tense verbs. An answer key has been added.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 216
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Some more recent news clips (2)
Five interesting short articles recently in the news from various newspapers.Comprehension and language exercise have been added as well as an answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 208
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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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More recent articles (4)
Another set of authentic material taken from The Week Magazine. Five short, interesting articles with added language and comprehension exercises.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 99
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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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Tesco advertisement is banned for misleading its customers.
An authentic text from the Daily Mail newspaper about a recent advert for a large grocery chain in Britain. The three papagraphs have been treated differently with a different focus on each. The worksheet is rounded off with questions about advertising in general.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 102
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Wife Tamer
Well this old invention could cause some lively discussion!
The text is dotted with loads of verb+preposition combinations for a grammatical focus - or just use the text as an impulse for a conversation lesson - infact, the idea behind the invention really could take the wind out of someone�s sails. (Source of text: Daily Mail online.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: article
Downloads: 55
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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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Past simple versus past continuous (2)
A second 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: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 190
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