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Comparatives in English: easy flowchart guide
Flowchart to explain the rules for forming comparatives, followed by a basic exercise to practise these rules.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type:
Downloads: 20
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Practise PRONOUNS - based on article about smoking in cars with children
Text about a ban on smoking in cars with children and associated exercises on pronoun use. Designed to be used after a lesson on pronouns to show pupils why it�s important in the �real world� to aid with text comprehension.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: article
Downloads: 24
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4 short news stories from BBC Newsround + questions
4 short news stories.
Task 1: match the headlines and pictures to the stories - this requires pupils to read quickly for key words only.
Task 2: answer the "w" questions about each story (who/what/when etc.) - this requires pupils to summarise and to show they can read for gist.
Task 3: answer the mixed questions (answers provided in key) - this...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 68
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Questions in songs
2 songs which include questions. Learners listen to the songs and in exercise 1, correct the errors; in exercise 2, write in the question forms.
You can find the songs on YouTube.
Answers included on p3.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 51
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Selfies - news article and discussion
Article "Selfies have killed more people than sharks this year".
Exercises: Warm-up questions, explanation of an information poster, comprehension, vocabulary matching and sentence completion, role plays.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 117
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Phrasal verbs in pairs: off/on, up/down, up/off
Page 1 is an easier version of page 2 - choose the style that suits your class better. This is to introduce the verb pairs and get pupils to provide definitions.
Page 3 offers open-ended discussion questions and a gap-fill exercise.
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
Type:
Downloads: 18
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2 strange Victorian news stories: reading exercises
2 news stories from the BBC that retell strange Victorian deaths (a man killed by a hammer-wielding automaton in an accident in a clock tower, and two skeletons found behind a wall in a Spanish theatre). Exercises cover reading for gist, vocabulary, comprehension and language analysis. Answers provided. Suitable for advanced ESL or younger native s...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 67
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Language of possibility - talking about things that might happen
Some useful phrases to discuss the likelihood of a certain event taking place. Pupils complete the sentences in exercise 1, then answer the questions in exercise 2 using an appropriate phrase from the list. Finally, they should discuss (and justify) their views on the statements given in the exercise 3. Works well for 1-1 tuition but should also be...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: others
Downloads: 27
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Taboo - support vocab and cards for the game
Some support phrases to help pupils to say things "in a different way" and especially to deal with describing a word they don�t know the English vocabulary for. Discuss the phrases and example descriptions before using the cards to play the game "taboo" (describe the word to a partner or the class without saying the word itself). This can work as a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 31
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Do children make good entrepreneurs? ARTICLE
Articles about 2 child entrepreneurs. Associated exercises cover: general comprehension (summarise main points), detailed comprehension, vocabulary and paraphrasing.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 77
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