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Humour Techniques
Here is a list of common humour techniques that I have compiled, along with examples from TV sitcoms, films, stand-up comedians, etc. In a few instances there are explanations of the technques.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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Freedom Riders
Here is a worksheet for the powerful, award-winning PBS documentary "Freedom Riders" about young people who set out to change the world and did! Despite attempts by the Kennedy administration and Rev. Martin Luther King to get them to give up their dangerous ride on public buses through the deep South in 1961, they persisted, risking their lives, g...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33
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Perry Como - Delaware
With this clever song, students have to identify the names of States that are hidden in the song, like "Why did Cali phone ya?" (California) and "She called to say Haw-a-ya." (Hawaii). The song should be easy to find on the Internet or the iTunes Store.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Hear and Say Cards
Based on an idea I learned at a British Council seminar years ago, here are cards for practicing the alphabet, focusing especially on letters that are easily confused for speakers of Romance languages.
Students work in groups of 4, 5, 6, or 7. (4 is best). There are sets of cards for each of these group sizes. The students listen, and when they ...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 4
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"Witness" Discussion Questions
Some discussion questions for after viewing the film.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Colloquialisms 2
The list of common colloquial expressions came from an old British coursebook, but I made it into an exercise that is challenging, but not impossible for upper-intermediate and advanced learners. Here students have to match the questions with replies.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38
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Sports Idioms
This list of sports idioms appeared in "The English Teaching Forum," but I took the liberty of making an exercise out of it and adding some sports images.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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Scientific Literacy Crossword
This is a crossword to use after "Scientific Literacy" vocabulary exercise, which I am posting at the same time.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Friends - The One after I Do
A wedding reception where everything seems to go wrong.
Season 8, Episode 1.
I used Gabriel Weiss�s Friends Font for the titles.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Who Am I? - Cinema
Print out and cut up the cards. Tape 1 card with Scotch tape/Sellotape on the back of each student. The students then walk around the room asking each other Yes and No questions like "Am I alive?" or "Am I a woman?" to find out their new identity. Encourage those answering the questions to use short answers like "Yes, you are" and "No, you didn�t?"...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 2
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