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1st - Use the information provided to complete the simple A/B conversation (examples and answer key provided) 
2nd  -  Word search that incorporates vocabulary from the 1st activity. 
3rd  - Unscramble the sentences and reassemble with correct grammar.  
Answer keys provided for all. 
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 Level: elementary
 Age: 10-100
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 | DO / PLAY / GO  PRESENT TENSE, FIRST AND SECOND PERSON WORKSHEET
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 Age: 8-100
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 | SHOULD / SHOULDN�T  MUST / MUSTN�T -- MODALS USAGE PRACTICE modals practice
 Level: elementary
 Age: 8-100
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 | INDIRECT QUESTIONS -- WORKSHEET TO USE WITH OR WITHOUT MATCHING PPT This worksheet is designed to be paired with the ppt found here: http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=99294#thetop
However, it can also be used independently.  There is a simple A/B conversation. The B answer is provided. This is designed to be pair-work, and the pairs work together to write what the "A" question must be in order to ge...
 Level: elementary
 Age: 15-100
 Type: worksheet
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 | LESSON & ACTIVITY PLANNING OVERVIEW/SEMINAR - PART 2 OF 2 I was recently invited to give a 3-hour summary/overview seminar on activity/lesson planning to a group of newly minted ESL teachers. I was asked to fill 3 hours of time, including practice time. The end result is the attached lesson plan with handouts. I�m not sure if anybody can use this -- maybe some of you are supervisors who occasionally need ...
 Level: advanced
 Age: 18-100
 Type: others
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 | LESSON & ACTIVITY PLANNING OVERVIEW/SEMINAR - PART 1 OF 2 I was recently invited to give a 3-hour summary/overview seminar on activity/lesson planning to a group of newly minted ESL teachers. I was asked to fill 3 hours of time, including practice time. The end result is the attached lesson plan with handouts. I�m not sure if anybody can use this -- maybe some of you are supervisors who occasionally need ...
 Level: advanced
 Age: 18-100
 Type: activity-card
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 | HIGH-INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED SOCIAL -  MISSION SPACE This is a group activity facilitating critical thinking quickly and choosing and defending a position. Role play involving a space exploration gone horribly wrong. There�s only enough oxygen for half the passengers. Half must go in order for any to survive. Students assume roles & then justify (or not) their continued use to the group while justify...
 Level: advanced
 Age: 18-100
 Type: activity-card
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 | PRONUNCIATION - MINIMAL PAIRS FOR ALL LEVELS PRONUNCIATION ACTIVITY SUITABLE FOR ALL LEVELS -- This minimal pairs activity is targeted at sounds often confused by many learners, but especially those in Asia. 
THE TWO SHEETS HAVE DIFFERENT WORDS.  Student A reads to Student B. If Student B thinks that words 1, 3, 5 are the same, then Student B writes those in the same box together. If Stude...
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 3-100
 Type: worksheet
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 | ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - GETTING THE INTERVIEW - PART 2 OF 2 (RESUME WRITING) Hi, everybody -- 
This is the next installment in my Business English series. This is the 2nd part of the resume writing unit. For those who may not have seen my previous business contributions, I�m constructing a Business English course that can be used for high intermediate to Advanced. (Some are just Advanced only. Like this one.) The approac...
 Level: advanced
 Age: 18-100
 Type: worksheet
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 | ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - GETTING THE INTERVIEW  - PART 1 OF 2 (RESUME WRITING) Latest installment in my Business English series --  
This lesson uses sourced material (credit given within the document) to facilitate discussion on what makes an effective resume for use in an international environment. I teach in China, so this worded around my current environment. HOWEVER! This is *easily* adapted for any country.  
This...
 Level: advanced
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            |   NEGOTIATIONS  -- BUSINESS ENGLISH
 Hi, all -- This is an activity to promote the language of negotiations. There�s useful phrases, vocabulary, discussion points for pair work. And it all wraps up with a role play to incorporate it all.  I hope you like it.
 
            Level: intermediateAge: 18-100
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            |   POLITE REQUESTS -- STRUCTURE AND PRACTICE
 This is a two-part activity -- The first part is this PPT. The second part is a worksheet that allows the students to continue with the grammar they have learned in the ppt.  The slides present a breakdown of how polite requests are structured, and why.  Then, the final slides provide an A/B convers...
 
            Level: elementaryAge: 15-100
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            |   SPEAKING ACTIVITY: FIXING COMMON MISTAKES (MISUSE OF MAYBE)
 First, let me make clear that this is *NOT* only for use in China -- It definitely can be used anywhere.  I teach in China, and the most prevalent speaking problem is the misuse and overuse of the word "maybe".  After a lot of careful research, I have learned that this is both a cultural issue and a...
 
            Level: intermediateAge: 15-100
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            |   COMPOUND NOUNS & COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
 This presentation helps students identify and use both compound nouns and compound adjectives. The first part illustrates how compound nouns and compound adjectives can (and usually do) replace more complicated grammar that uses dependent clauses.  Then students practice identifying the right compou...
 
            Level: intermediateAge: 15-100
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            |   DESCRIBING GRAPHS -- ADVANCED SPEAKING
 This is a 31-slide activity about describing information presented in visual form -- bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts. There�s a brainstorming activity with later reinforcement for the vocabulary for describing the movement depicted. There�s a full explanation and illustration of the various ways...
 
            Level: advancedAge: 18-100
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            |   VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT - AGING IN PLACE
 This is another of my Vocabulary In Context presentations. This one is on the topic of Aging In Place. I teach in China, and the rapidly aging population is an issue. There�s a few slides dedicated to China. HOWEVER!!! These are very easily changed and are only at the beginning. Total of 26 slides
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            Level: intermediateAge: 18-100
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            |   FOOD & COOKING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO RECOMMEND A RESTAURANT
 This 14-slide presentation introduces vocabulary of cooking methods & kitchen appliances, then elicits discussion about different types of restaurants. After that, there�s discussion & description of the interior of restaurants. Next comes a restaurant role play. All of that then combines to invite ...
 
            Level: intermediateAge: 15-100
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            |   BUSINESS ENGLISH / CREATIVE WRITING - FRONTING, CLEFT SENTENCES, WRITING FOR EMPHASIS
 Hi, All!  
I wrote this to be used in my Business English course. I found that the topic was too complicated (and boring) to put into a lesson plan, so I thought this would be more efficient. 
It covers fronting, cleft and pseudo cleft sentences, word choice, word order -- and why all of these...
 
            Level: advancedAge: 18-100
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            |   DIRECTIONS, PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE, SHAPES, SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS - LESSON, REVIEW & EXERCISES
 This ppt gives vocabulary for giving directions and the prepositions of place frequently used with directions, and also the phrases commonly used when asking for and giving directions. Then provides two maps for students to use for practice. Next, there�s a review of spatial relationships and shapes...
 
            Level: intermediateAge: 12-100
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            |   INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED - VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT - WOULD YOU RETIRE AS AN EXPAT?
 Another ppt introducing vocabulary in context in the setting of planning a retirement while you are still young -- to retire as an expat. Introduces assorted vocabulary related to the topic (including a few idioms) and invites students to discuss what they would require in order to retire abroad (co...
 
            Level: intermediateAge: 18-100
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