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Comparative chart of verb tenses
This chart contrasts the same sentence in different tenses: present simple, present continuous, simple past, Future (will). It is useful when revising basic verb tenses.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Are you nomophobic?
This is an activity I created to discuss the issue of nomophobia, which is the extreme anxiety some people feel when they don�t have their mobile phones with them. It has become a problem mostly for teenagers, but many adults also suffer from this condition. I hope you find the text useful and thought-provoking.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 52
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Classroom language game
Game to practice classroom language. Can be played individually or in pairs/groups.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Type: others
Downloads: 1
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Lucky, by Jason Mraz
This activity works better if students don�t know the lyrics of the song by heart, because then they�ll have to activate their schemata in order to predict which word best completes each verse. It is a slow song, good to sing along.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Memory: what it is and how it works
Memory is essencial in learning a language, so I read a lot about this topic. I came across this text that explains how we store and retrieve information in our brain, and I thought students would be interested in this topic too, so I turned this article into a reading comprehension activity. Some words were scrambled, and students have to rely on...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Arguments against the use of animals in experiments
This worksheet has two parts: The first part is an article that provides counterarguments to some of the most common arguments in favor of using animals in experiments. Students are supposed to place the headings for each paragraph where they belong, and change the highlighted passive sentences into active ones. The second part of the assignment p...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 32
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Imperatives in Context
I tried to create a more challenging task than just copy the verb given in parenthesis. In this worksheet, students must come up with their own verbs to complete the sentences in the imperative (affirmative and negative) so as to make them logical.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 19
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Smartphone privacy
As smartphones become more and more indispensible in our lives, our privacy suffers, because the apps we download, many times for free, request access to information that is often not at all related to the task the app is supposed to perform. This reading activity starts with a warm up conversation about apps and smartphone privacy issues, and then...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 29
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Father and Son by Cat Stevens
This song is nice to use as a warm up for discussions about family relationships. The vocabulary is not hard, and its pace is slow enough for students to follow easily. I made the activity so as to also raise awareness about parts of speech.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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Introducing the Present Perfect
I prepared this worksheet when introducing the Present Perfect to a group of 12-year-olds. First, I wanted to show them the idea of an action/situation which started in the past and is still incomplete in the present (with the expression "so far"); then, I wanted to show them that �s can have a third meaning (has) besides the two others they alrea...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Christmas symbols
This is an activity to teach or practice Christmas vocabulary (Christmas symbols).
I use it as a game in groups: for each round, we roll the dice and that is the number of points each word will be worth. If, say, they roll the dice and get a seven, they will get seven points if the know the word, m...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 17
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