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Mr Busy has met the woman of his dreams (PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST) EASIER VERSION
An easier version of this Mr Busy episode which focusses on present perfect versus past tense. This time the verbs have been given. Students have to put them into the right tenses in the gaps provided. An answer key has been added.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 148
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The World�s Weirdest Hotels 2
Another set of weird and wonderful places to stay for someone who likes to try something different. Authentic texts taken from the Daily Telegraph. Links for further reading. Discussion points, language exercises and comprehension questions have been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 265
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Mr Busy�s French Class EASIER VERSION (past tense)
An easier version of my previous Mr Busy past tense episode. I have given the verbs to be used in the gaps this time making the exercise much easier for beginners. The students just have to put the verbs in the correct form. An answer key has been provided
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 108
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Childcare Chinese Style
A happy end! A case of how the rapid spreading of pictures and information via the internet can bring about positive solutions to circumstances of desperation. A reading and discussion activity for more advanced students.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 38
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Bookcrossing. Have you heard about it?
An authentic advertisement describing something quite exciting: bookcrossing - a method of passing on books by leaving them (coded) somewhere. Then fate takes over.If the book finds a new owner, and registers it on the net, its path across the world can be plotted as it passes from one to another. Comments on authors and characters in the books can...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 79
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Posh camping-spreading like wildfire across Britain
"Glamp" is a new word for glamorous camping which is rapidly increasing in popularity at the moment in Britain. The latest idea is to glamp in central London (in the zoo) with all the mod cons - but at a price. An authentic text (The Guardian) with added vocabulary focus and SIX exercises (language/vocabulary/conversation focus) all on one page! (A...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 134
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The Silver Surfers
More older people are becoming "computer savvy" and this skill is opening up new worlds for them despite the disabilities that come with old age. Steps are being taken in the UK to raise, still further, the number of pensioners using the possibilities the internet offers. Speaking, grammar and comprehension activities have been added (with answer ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 153
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The London Underground
An article in today�s Gaurdian to mark the unveiling of the "blue plaque" in honour of Harry Beck- the man who drew the original Underground diagram. Some language exercises and activities have been added as well as an underground map!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 173
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Some more recent news clips (3)
Some more authentic newspaper clips all from The Week Magazine. 5 short extracts complete with comprehension and language exercises. An answer key has been provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 144
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So, chocolate and coffee are good for you after all!
Research has been made to find the best foods to enable you to live a long and healthy life. Chocolate, coffee and red wine are on the list of the 20 top foods, so it�s possible to indulge yourself and be healthy! (The secret of all these foods is that they contain high amounts of polyphenols.) I�ve written some language exersises and a poem contai...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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