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Poohbear
Petra U.
Germany



I teach 10-16 year-olds and am very thankful to be a part of this wonderful community - a permanent source of inspiration.

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Role plays for intermediate students - Funny Situations Set 1
This is a set of eight funny situations (16 conversation cards) for intermediate students which can be used as a speaking activity at A2+ or B1 level. Students read the situations on their cards, develop the idea and then they role-play the situation. Editable. Have a wonderful weekend.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1985


 
Sherlock Holmes case IX: Active and passive
Part 9 of my Sherlock Holmes series. A new detective story which asks students to find out who broke into a house. The students have to read the alibi cards carefully. The ws combines reading and grammar (active and passive voice). Two different exercises on active/passive are included, and so is the KEY. Hope you like it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1727


 
Role plays for intermediate students - Funny Situations Set 2
This is set 2 of further eight funny situations (16 conversation cards) for intermediate students which can be used as a speaking activity at A2+ or B1 level. Students read the situations on their cards, develop the idea and then they role-play the situation. Editable. Have a wonderful Sunday!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1201


 
Shipwrecked - A role play game
A role play game about eight shipwrecked people. One of them must leave the lifeboat within 30 mins, or the ship will sink. The 2-page ws is fully editable and contains all parts in one doc - role play cards and a ws to justify the decision. Mainly it is a discussion activity, but shortened to fit in one lesson, with different characters and a diff...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1081


 
Relative pronouns - where, which, who, whose
A gap-fill-in exercise on relative pronouns. Context: British and American history. Cliparts: Philip Martin. Key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 899


 
Situations at the hotel -Complaining - Role play
This is a set of four classic situations which provoke complaints at a hotel - one partner is the guest, the other the receptionist. It is aimed at intermediate students at A2+ or B1 level. Students read the situations on their cards, develop the idea and then they role-play the situation. Editable.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 891


 
Expressing preferences and advice with would rather - prefer - had better
An exercise for my year 9-students (B1 level) to express preferences and advice. They use the stuctures "had better", "would rather" and "prefer" and transform the sentences, using the key word given. Key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 868


 
Sherlock Holmes case II: Past progressive
A detective story / role play activity which asks students to find the thief of a stolen painting. The students have to read the alibis carefully to find out who stole it. The ws combines reading and grammar (the past progressive). On page 2, brief rules and an exercise for past continuous are given. Hope you like it. Key: Sam Sulky stole the pain...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 829


 
The Whodunit Game - Part 2 - Role play and conversation practice
Part 2 of the Whodunit Game. Your students must go round the class and ask/answer questions about personal details (What�s your name? Can you spell it? How old are you? What are your hobbies? Tell me about your family, please. Do you have a pet?)and they must find a murderer. This part contains 10 more role cards, cards� backs and the instructions....
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 760


 
Role play for intermediate students: Complaining at a shop
This is a role play game to practise complaints in a shop. There are four different situations to complain about. On page 2 you�ll find some boxes with the target language, i.e. useful sentences for these situations. Have a sunny weekend.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 744

 


A case for Sherlock Holmes - Reported speech
This is the follow-up of my old worksheet on reported statements (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=368661#thetop and http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=374627#thetop). It contains the case, grammar rules on the changes in tenses, adverbials of time and place and pronouns, and...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 540


A case for Sherlock Holmes: Active and passive
This is the follow-up of my old worksheet on active and passive (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=371167#thetop). It contains the case, simple grammar rules on active and passive and some exercises with solutions. Have a great Sunday. (P.S. Some members get a security message when ope...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 501


What am I? - 10 animal riddles
Originally I created this as a listening exercise, but the embedded wav.files made the ppt far too big. So I changed it into an elementary reading comprehension exercise. I used it on the open day and it worked well with beginners. Slide 1 can be used for revising the words. Cliparts: Philip Martin.

Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Downloads: 405


A case for Sherlock Holmes: Zero, first, second conditional (if sentences 0-1-2)
This ppt is the follow-up of my old Sherlock Holmes worksheet on if-sentences 0-1-2 (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=394199#thetop and http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=394198#thetop). I used it to revise the rules of the conditional sentences (zero, first second conditiona...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 336


A case for Sherlock Holmes: First, second, third conditional (If sentences I-III)
This ppt is the follow-up of my old Sherlock Holmes worksheet on if-sentences I-III (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=371166#thetop). I used it to explain the rules of the conditional sentences I-III. (Delete slides 2-8 if you don�t need a reminder of the case. Grammar starts on slide 9...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 255


A case for Sherlock Holmes: so, neither / nor
This ppt is the follow-up of my old Sherlock Holmes worksheet on so, neither and nor (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=391505#thetop). I used it in class to explain the grammar rules on so, neither and nor. It contains both practise in agreeing with positive / negative statements and d...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 183


A case for Sherlock Holmes - Conditional sentences type 3 (if sentences III)
I am revising conditional sentences at the moment. This ppt is the follow-up of my old Sherlock Holmes worksheet on if-sentences type 3 (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=369607#thetop and http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=393125#thetop). I used it to revise the rules of cond...

Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 161


Sympathy for the devil - The Rolling Stones
A Power Point on the famous Rolling Stones song "Sympathy for the devil" which goes with my printable (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=531976#thetop). It includes 6 different exercises their solutions, a link to the video and a short follow-up role play. Hope you like it.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 29


Mother�s little helper - The Rolling Stones
A Power Point on the famous Rolling Stones song "Mother�s little helper" with different listening tasks, their solution and a follow-ip role play. Matching worksheet is here: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=534749#thetop

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 28

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