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Test - The blue planet (4 pages)
A reading comprehension, language and writing test on the topic environment
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 61


 
New Year�s Resolutions (3 pages)
Reading about the meaning of festivities and making plans for the New Year.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 81


 
Idioms with colours with key
In class we have been talking about water "blue gold", oil, "black gold" and our "blue" planet. I decided to enlarge students� knowledge on colour idoms. Last year I did something similar with "gold", which I have also uploaded.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28


 
Work - vocabulary
Handout with exercises to practise vocabulary connected to the world of work.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29


 
The Third Wave 1 - test (3 pages)
A text on the three waves, according to sociologist Alvin Toffler a a varied range of reading activities.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 27


 
Teenagers and drinking (2 pages)
Teens�addictions - a topic to debate and a song to listen to, "Wise up", in order to trigger some further topics; some questions on the lyrics.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
Speaking activity - Holidays
This speaking activity aims at practising (1st role play) and eventually testing Students� speaking competence. Previous activity: The class has read and listened to a dialogue between two teenagers who tell each other about their holiday activities. Previous language knowledge: The use of the Past Simple and Questions. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16


 
If I.... (2 pages) *exercises
Another visual way of introducing the three types of if-clauses. It works well with my students. I usually do it in PP but it was too heavy to upload. Note: The preview shows text out of place, which isn�t really messy when you open the doc.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 50


 
Pollution in Europe
A text about pollution + reading comprehension tasks + writing about ideal places for holidays
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 48


 
Let�s speak 2 - Role- cards for a debate + assessment grid
This is an activity I have devised for a speaking test. It�s a semi-open activity with pre-established roles. I�ve implemented it and it works very well. There was also peer assessment. To get familiar with the assessment criteria, all the students received a grid and had to take some notes on the others� competences. Level: intermediate
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 69

 


Verb tenses revision (3)
A power point with information and examples on the usage of verb tenses.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Downloads: 13


Inventors and inventions /passive voice
This powerpoint presentation is just a motivation for the work with The Language aspect "Passive voice". The teacher will elicit the answers from the students and will then show them the power point version. Further practice will be necessary.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 85


Verb tenses revision (2)
A power point with information and examples on the usage of verb tenses.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Downloads: 11


English is fun 2
I�ve decided to split the document into several parts and send various "chapters". Sorry, but the first one is repeated.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 8


Nineteen-fifty-five by Alice Walker 1
A pp. to check the understanding of the story in a fun way. My students have enjoyed it. I am sorry but I had to split the pp. into several parts. Besides, I also cut some images to reduce the doc. size.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 3


the passive voice in newspaper language
The passive voice used in newspaper language. Context: discrimination.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-14
Downloads: 24


English is fun
Ok, here�s "chapter 3.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 5


Young people
Some prompting to introduce a class on the topic Young people today.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-14
Downloads: 6


Useful tips to learn vocabulary in English
This is a pp I have translated and adapted from one of the many that are e-mailed to us from unknown sources. This seemed to me to be very interesting, at least for teachers of pupils who have Portuguese or Spanish(I wonder) as ML. Anyway, I think it�s an idea worth sharing with you. My students enj...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Downloads: 46


Nineteen-fifty-five 2
Here�s the second part pf the pp. Hope you enjoy it.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 4

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