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Word Stress
A few words (like record, present, and produce) have different pronunciations, depending on whether it is a noun, adjective, or verb. This worksheets helps students see the rules and to practice.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Science Fact or Science Fiction Quiz
Here are 3 quizzes/worksheets to promote discussion about science among your students. Have your class divide into teams of 3 or 4 students. They then discuss whether each statement is science fact or science fiction (true or false). Then come together and do the quiz like a TV game show, giving each team one point for each correct answer.
After t...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 57
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Rowan Atkinson - Constable Savage
From young Rowan Atkinson�s first TV show, "Not the Nine O�Clock News," this sketch shows the overly conscientious Constable Savage being reprimanded for arresting the same man 117 times, including for "walking around with an offensive wife." Both audio and video versions of this sketch are available on the Internet and for purchase. The worksheet ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Water Idoms
This list of idioms appeared in "The English Teaching Forum," but I took the liberty of making an exercise out of it and adding pictures of an anchor and paddle. I used the fonts Ocean View-Initials (a water-type font for the title) and Baskerville, but you may change these to ensure that everything fits onto one page. (This is an updated version o...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 60
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Victor Borge - Inflationary Language
Comedian and pianist Victor Borge explains how inflation can affect English, where "before" becomes "befive." Here you can give the students either the original or the "inflated" version to "convert" before listening. This is a transcription that I made of his famous routine, which is available in audio and DVD formats from the iTunes store and Ama...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Who Am I? - Scientists
Print out and cut up the cards. Tape 1 card with Scotch tape/Sellotape on the back of each student. The students then walk around the room asking each other Yes and No questions like "Am I alive?" or "Am I European?" to find out their new identity. Encourage those answering the questions to use short answers like "Yes, you are" and "No, you didn�t?...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3
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Who Gets a Transplant?
This exercise generates a lot of speaking. Students work in small groups of 4 or 5 discussing which 2 of the 5 patients will receive a life-saving liver transplant. (Two of the patients are loosely based on real people.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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Can Love Be Re-Invented?
In this very provocative article by a Nobel Prize winner, students first have to fill in the banks to complete the text. Then they discuss some of the complexities of Love in small groups. (Can be used in conjunction with Valentine�s Day.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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Catcher in the Rye - Misc. Notes
Here are some miscellaneous notes and suggestions for original exercises for the classic novel, "Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger. (Some of the ideas for exercises come from EFL author Fran�oise Grellet.)
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 10
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Arrested Development - Pilot
This intelligent American TV series was a BIG hit with critics and my (B2 and C1 levels) students alike, the story of a wealthy dysfunctional family family that has hit hard times when the father is arrested and his son has to take over the business while keeping his lazy relatives from taking what little money there is left.
I used the font Ant...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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