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 | Ferry tragedy in Hong Kong A news article adapted into a usage exercise with a focus on using the correct forms of the verbs (participles/ infinitives/ tenses) given in brackets.
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 14-17
 Type: worksheet
 Downloads: 9
 
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 | Little Emperors in Mainland China A reading comprehension exercise with a focus on vocabulary and sentence patterns. A follow-up discussion can be conducted to evaluate the situation of the local children in students� own country.
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 12-17
 Type: worksheet
 Downloads: 9
 
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 | Word Forms Exercise The aim of this exercise is to raise students� awareness of different word forms and their uses in a sentence.
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 12-17
 Type: worksheet
 Downloads: 35
 
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 | Letters to the Editor A teaching note on writing a letter to the editor. The purpose of writing, the layout and useful language patterns are highlighted.
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 12-17
 Type: worksheet
 Downloads: 63
 
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 | Analysing a social issue (Suggested Answer) A handout with a focus on analysing a social issue, concerning its definition, cause and effect and solutions or measures taken to deal with the situation. It is about the panic buying of salt which happened in numerous cities in China. Because of the file size, the suggested answer can only be uploaded in a separate file.
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 14-17
 Type: worksheet
 Downloads: 9
 
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 | Analysing a social issue A handout with a focus on analysing a social issue, concerning its definition, cause and effect and solutions or measures taken to deal with the situation. It is about the panic buying of salt which happened in numerous cities in China. Because of the file size, the suggested answer can only be uploaded in a separate file.
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 14-17
 Type: worksheet
 Downloads: 5
 
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 | Elements of Short Stories Sudents have to complete a gap-fill exercise while listening to a rap song. A good lead-in to introduce the genre of short story. KEY is provided. I tried it out with my fourth graders and they had great fun listening to the song.
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 12-14
 Type: worksheet
 Downloads: 12
 
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 | Tenses Practice Tenses excercise set in context. Tenses to be tested include present simple, present continuous, past simple, present continuous, will + b.inf. and be going to + b.inf. KEY is included.
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 12-14
 Type: worksheet
 Downloads: 19
 
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 | Japan�s Quake, Tsunami and Atomic Alert (Listening Practice) A very current issue with an aim of keeping abreast of world affairs.
After listening to an online news report, students need to jot down answers for the questions. Specifically, they have to listen for numbers.
Link for the audio file, key and tapescript are provided.
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 14-17
 Type: worksheet
 Downloads: 31
 
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 | Japan�s quake and tsunami A very up-to-date topic arousing students� awareness of the issue. Two tasks for students to complete. 1) Fill in the gaps of a news article using syntactic and semantic clues. 2) Rearrange the jumbled paragraphs in the right sequence.
 Level: intermediate
 Age: 14-17
 Type: worksheet
 Downloads: 22
 
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