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Numbers in the world cup
To raise students� curiosity to read the text, a fill-in-the-blanks exercised is suggested, in which they will test their general knowledge concerning the history of tournament, as well as this year�s championship in South Africa and the next edition of the World Cup, which will happen in Brazil in 2014. Only after doing that will they read the tex...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 10
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Mine, by Taylor Swift
Students are asked to complete the lyrics with the words they think might fit in the blanks. If they need hints, the words that were taken out are listed, but in alphabetical order, not in the order they come in the song. Last, they listen to the song to check if their guesses were right.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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A reading activity for dog lovers
Most people are dog lovers, so these cute and interesting pictures of dogs and their owners serve as an incentive for students to try to figure out the meaning of words so as to match the right caption to each picture. My students enjoyed it a lot; I hope yours do too.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 29
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Talent: born or made?
This activity is a good practice for proficiency exams, but the content of the text can lead to an interesting discussion about whether our talents are natural or developed.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 24
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Rehab by Amy Winehouse
Students are supposed to pick out the "alien" word in each verse of the song and unscramble it so as to turn it into a "real word". To make it more challenging, the alien words are not marked in any way, but to make it less frustrating, the first letter of each alien word was kept in its right place.
There is no need for an answer sheet because y...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Personality Test
A friend posted this personality test on Facebook and I turned it into a reading, conversation and vocabulary development activity. Several personality characteristics are mentioned and highlighted in the text, so it may come as a fun complement to lessons which deal with this topic.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 112
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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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Will Smith�s punishment by the Academy
This is the adaptation of an article about the punishment of Well Smith by the Academy following the incident with Chris Rock in the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony. The aim is vocabulary building and discussing the topic.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 11
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Why do we fall in love?
This is an interview concerning a research about how and why we fall in love. The questions for the interview have been removed and scrambled, and students have to match the questions to the corresponding answers. After this task is completed and corrected, students will answer questions expressing their own opinios about the topic. As a follow up,...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 23
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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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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: 18
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