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HollyHirst
Holly Hirst
United Kingdom



I am an Englishwoman working in Russia. I teach mostly childrens classes but have a few adult classes in among! Previously, I worked in Spain.

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Ghost stories
This is a reading exercise. I normally give different readings to different kids and they can then ask each other questions to get the answers. I�ve also done it as a �running reading� with the text put up in various places. I often start the lesson by cutting the stories in half and having the kids find the person with the other half of their...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 27


 
The Clown Doll - A Halloween story
This is a halloween story I used with a group of pre-intermediate students. It can be used as a reading for pleasure exercise but I used it as a class activity. I gave each group a different story and then different members from each group joined a sharing group and they compared their stories and retold them.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 26


 
Fairytale descriptions 2
This is the accompanying sheet to Fairytale�s one and three and allows the kids some practice of the vocab.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21


 
Spiders
This is the second of my horror story worksheets. The story is an urban legend which you can find many versions of on the net. This has been adapted specially for my pre-intermediate class. It can be used for reading for pleasure or maybe by giving pairs of students a particular story and then putting one student from each pair or group in a big...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7


 
Summarising verbs
This is a speaking activity to practise using summarising verbs. The sheets should be cut out and then the students should match the summarising verb to the correct example. They should then use the verbs to report what was said. Suggested answers are included on the second sheet. Hope this is helpful.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6


 
Action matching sheet
A simple sheet to match actions with their words.
Level: elementary
Age: 4-7
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7


 
Cry - Rihanna
This is a simple exercise on the Rihanna song �Cry� - a specific request from my students. I�ve just done a simple gap fill, focusing mainly on verbs and some other words that I�m working on with my students, and a true and false exercise. Hope it�s useful
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6


 
The Murderer in the Back Seat
Another in my series of horror stories adapted for a pre-intermediate class.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 24


 
Practising the past
This sheet practises the present simple in the negative and affirmative. It�s very easy and could be used as a time filler or for quick finishers or simply to help the students revise.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5


 
Star Signs
You can use this as a reading. There are some scanning questions attached to the end of the sheet. You can also work with the reading however you like. I asked students to decide who their perfect partner would be from the star sign descriptions and also if they agreed that their personality matches the supposed personality for their star sign.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 52

 

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