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spinney
Dale
United Kingdom



I�m a Brit living in Spain teaching English because that�s all I could find over here. I like it though. I also upload my worksheets on ISL Collective, normally a day or two after I have done so here. br You can order my books by pasting this into the browser: https://www.amazon.es/Dale-Bates/e/B08QD5M5PQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1613573760&sr=8-1

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AS and LIKE
A short but relatively useful worksheet on the difference between as and like. Do be aware that in a couple of cases, the answers could be either. However, nearly all of them are pretty much black and white. The answers are on the back.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 25


 
Verb Synonyms
A short worksheet on using synonyms of different verbs. On the second page, there is a small exercise on using synonyms correctly and incorrectly. The answers are on the back.
Level: elementary
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 9


 
Engineering Fails
An article I wrote with the help of Open AI, done in the style of a CAE exam, and with it a link to a Youtube video from 1976 about an upside down library (BBC April Fools trick), a debate section, and along with that there is a grammar section using a cue-response method to practice using "should" in the past. Answers are on the back, and here is ...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 11


 
Phrasal Verbs about Innovation
A worksheet for learning phrasal verbs that can be used when writing or talking about innovation. There is a mix and match exercise, a gapfill, a short article that has an accompanying video section with questions, a crossword, a FCE part 4 exam section, a role play, and of course a link to an online quiz for the students to do as homework. The ans...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 20


 
Thomas Midgely Jr Article and video lesson
The story of Thomas Midgely JR done as an article and with an accompanying YouTube video and debate section. For advanced levels and good for engineers or people working in the sciences or anything to do with renewables and the environment. The answers are on the back and the video link is included. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWJehj5oRZ...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 20


 
Modals of Deduction
A nice long worksheet to get them practicing those modal verbs of deduction. Not very exciting but it is pretty clear and gives the students plenty of opportunities to practice saying or writing this structure. The answers are on the back.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 34


 
Solar Energy and Railways
An article about renewable energy being used on railway infrastructure in the UK, India, and Australia. There is a link to a video on YouTube plus a questions section, complete with debate, and to top it all off, there is a short dialogue game to show how fixed expressions are used in six different ways to ask for and give information about how thi...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 23


 
On no account - Inversion
A further worksheet on inversion that concentrates on the expressions "on no account" and "under no circumstances." This is ideal for engineers. The answers are on the back.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 20


 
Phrasal Verbs About Transport Infrastructure
A worksheet all about transport infrastructure in some way. There is a mix and match, gap fill, article, debate, FCE exam practice, crossword, and bingo. And here is a link to an online quiz for the phrasal verbs. https://wordwall.net/play/87242/917/922
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 31


 
cooking a curry
How to cook a fruit and vegetable curry using the present tense and, just for practice, some choice adverbs and adverb phrases are thrown into the whole delicious mix as an introduction. The images are AI-generated, so no copyright issues, ... yet! The answers are on the back
Level: elementary
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 12

 

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What does it mean? 1
A short exercise to test correct use of vocabulary, some of which are false cognates, some of which are cognates.

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100