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Gerunds or Infinitives? (American)
Knowing whether to use a gerund or an infinitive is NOT easy. Here is a worksheet to help students choose. I�ve added 2 EPS images to illustrate some of the vocabulary. I used the font Baskerville, which permits everything to appear on a single page.You may with to experiment with a different font. (The 25 examples are from American English.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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Parson�s Pleasure Jigsaw Reading
This is a jigsaw reading exercise where students work in groups of 3, each having a different part of a story adapted from a short story by British author Roald Dahl.
Each student reads his or her portion of the story (best NOT to mention the stars in the upper right corners of their papers) and then take turns asking the others the questions at...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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Who Lives Where?
Here is another brain teaser where students have to figure out who lives in which house.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 83
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Numb3rs - Pilot episode
This is a worksheet to episode 1 of the first season of the excellent American TV drama show, "Numb3rs," which is about an FBI agent and his math genius brother, who uses mathematics to solve crimes. This show is very popular with my science and engineering students for both the math and the human drama. Support material for the math can be found o...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Bad PowerPoint
Few things are as effective as satire in teaching people presentation techniques (or most other things!).
Don McMillan�s funny "Bad PowerPoint" or "Death by PowerPoint" video, which can be found on YouTube or ordered from his website, is an excellent way to teach students (uh, and teachers, too!) how NOT to do their PowerPoint slides.
It is b...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Woody Allen - The Lost Generation
In the 1960s Woody Allen did stand-up comedy and recorded 3 comedy albums (available on iTunes and Amazon). Here he talks about his crazy adventures with the Lost Generation of the 1920s, including Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Picasso. He incorporated some of this sketch into his film "Midnight in Paris." [Please note that the font Zeal is needed for...
Level: elementary
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Seinfeld - Pool Guy
Worksheet for "Seinfeld," Season 7, Episode 8. In this episode, Jerry can�t get away from a new acquaintance. I used the font Fenice Light Italic for the worksheet title.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Tim Burton�s "Vincent"
Here is a worksheet prepared by another teacher and myself for Tim Burton�s delightful first film, an animated short about a little boy interested in horror film actor Vincent Price, who actually narrates this film in verse. I used the fonts Garamond Narrow for the text and Shatter LET for the title.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Abbott & Costello - Who�s on First (text)
"The second funniest sketch of the 20th century" is what "Time" magazine called this in their millennium issue back in 2000. I don�t think Bud Abbott and Lou Costello ever performed this sketch exactly the same way twice, so the different audio and video versions that you come across will differ somewhat.
It is super fast, but upper-intermediate...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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The Nanny - A Star Is Unborn
In this American sitcom, the nanny Fran is chosen to act in a Shakespearean play with the idea that the play will flop with her in the lead role. Stars Fran Drescher. This is from Season 2.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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