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The Intelligent Dog (Past Events) Simple Past
Read the short story, solve and discuss your answers and prepare a performance about the story.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
90 SHORT READING PASSAGES FROM DIFFERENT RESOURCES
A collection of 90 short and concise reading texts of different topics and situations.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: reading

 


 
Some more recent news clips (6)
Five short, recent, interesting articles (on a lighter note) taken from the Week Magazine. Comprehension and language exercise have been added on the second page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
SHORT STORIES TO SHARE AT HALLOWEEN:THE PHANTOM KNIGHT
SHORT STORIES TO SHARE AT HALLOWEEN: THE PHANTOM KNIGHT Reading comprehension: Activities- answer questions -give a title to paragraphs-match words to synonyms-find infinitive of verbs ( key included)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Short stories for ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. WITH TASKS. REUPLOADED
THERE ARE 6 NICE STORIES WITH TASKS. TRY them to read with ur students.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: reading

 


 
10 ideas of plots for playscripts, short stories, written exercises
Are you looking for ideas about a playscript ? For class work ? Are you going to check if a tense or a point grammar is understood ? Do you want your students to write a short story ? This worksheet gives you 10 different ideas of starts : you can be a detective (Easter Bunny was stolen his brushes and you�re Tony the detective whose help he asked ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
short stories to practise Past Simple Tense
short stories to practise Past Simple Tense
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Short stories with moral
to make students push their thoughts
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: reading

 


 
Funny News issue number 8 conversation and writing prompts
None of the stories are fiction. Some deal with historical individuals.These short stories can be used with conversation for some very interesting communication. I also use the stories as writting prompts. These prompts have produced some very interesting and creative 4 and 5 paragraph essays.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT - THE PASSIVE (Short stories)
A different grammar exercise to practise the passive voice with two stories related to the topic, Animals in Danger. You may not see the second page on the display, only when downloading it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
Funny News issue number 12 conversation,reading and writing prompts Worksheets
Funny News issue number 12 conversation,reading and writing prompts None of the stories are fiction. Some deal with historical individuals.These short stories can be used with conversation for some very interesting communication. I also use the stories as writing prompts. These prompts have produced some very interesting and creative 4 and 5 paragr...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
listening short stories
you must listen to the short stories in youtube (the same title as I have written) with or without subtitles as you consider, and then yous pupils must answer the question.hope you like so much as my students did!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Think Tales: Volume 1 (short stories, poems, drama and rhymes)
Think Tales Volume 1 ( A collection of Fantasy Tales & Thinking Tools) is a teaching and learning tool which consists of a collection of original drama, short stories and poems: Scarecrow, Leprechaun, The Magic Bell, Xarla the Fairy, and Easter Bunny, Planet Pals, Health Heroes and Seven Deadly Sins. It is incorporated with various thinking too...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type: reading

 


 
SHORT STORIES GLOSSARY WITH ANSWER KEY
This short stories glossary is useful for students to tell fables from fairy tales, legends and folk tales, etc.. By matching the concept to the definition they learn to make associations and learn about types of short stories. Proverbs and clich�s are also defined. Thank you.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Traditional Japanese Folk Tale
2 PAGES!! This is a traditional JAPANESE TALE about the Legend of Momotaro. It�s a very endearing story. I have included a A LIST OF DISCUSSION QUESTIONS that will be able to help your students understand how this could relate to their lives. I also INCLUDED A VOCABULARY REVIEW with sentences and TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS. I suggest having a DISCUSSION ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 

 


The Difference between Fiction and Nonfiction
I used this to introduce the difference between FICTION and NONFICTION in Literature. Pictures and examples are given and teacher elicits fiction and nonfiction categories. At the end of the PPT, facts are provided. Students can take notes.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Teaching short stories using Shrek
A PowerPoint slide which can be used as an introduction to the film Shrek. The pages include generes of films, characters and plot.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Practicing simple words & vocabularies through ( short stories)
I used this powerpoint to my toodlers class,esl students need encouragement to speak english i used this to help them to listen first, then we act and after that, slowly by slowly there saying the words in it, as well as they become familiar with the different kinds of animals.
Level: elementary
Age: 3-6
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The Hero by Joanna Trollope
a short summary of the main points of discussion of the short story �The Hero� by Joanna Trollope
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

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