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Families are still eating together, but later
A survey shows that the act of sitting together around a table to eat and communicate is still important to most families. A text with comprehension questions and synonyms.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Mr Busy went to Egypt. (PAST PERFECT)
Mr Busy has come back from Egypt and is reflecting on his holiday. He had taken the same cruise as the characters in Agatha Christie�s "Death on the Nile" and was happy that there had been no murders on his trip. Past perfect verbs (either simple or continuous) are to be written in the gaps. An answer key has been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 279
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Tesco advertisement is banned for misleading its customers.
An authentic text from the Daily Mail newspaper about a recent advert for a large grocery chain in Britain. The three papagraphs have been treated differently with a different focus on each. The worksheet is rounded off with questions about advertising in general.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 102
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George Orwell�s house is up for sale
An authentic text with interesting facts about Geroge Orwell�s childhood. Comprehension questions as well as a grammar focus on would/used to with a synonym exercise. An answer key has been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 110
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Phrasal verb: PUT
Multiple choice questions asking for the correct prepositions to be chosen to make up the right phrasal verbs - all with PUT. An answer key has been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 73
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The Tadpole
A lovely descriptive poem about the life cycle of a frog. I�ve added a few questions for the children. I have read the poem to adults (without the title) and asked them what they think I�m describing.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 17
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Your thoughts about Christmas
A set of conversation questions for the last leasson before Christmas - asking for their thoughts, reflections and opinions about Advent, Christmas and New Year. I�ll be using it for a relaxing discussion while they�re sitting eating Christmas Pudding and drinking tea!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 127
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Britain�s Piers
Seaside piers - quintessentially English - relics from the Victorian era - as much a part of an English seaside holiday as deck chairs and buckets and spades. A text giving information about their uses in former times and their, sometimes, derelict state today. Language exercises have been added and questions to encourage discussion.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 66
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Mr Busy wants to expand his business (VERB+INFINITIVE)
In this episode, Mr Busy is about to advertise for a secretary. The focus of the exercise is on verbs which take the infinitive. An answer key had been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 106
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An inspiring text: The Butterfly
The birth of a butterfly, with it�s difficulties. The text shows that in our lives, difficulties are perhaps necessary to enable us to "fly". An easy, inspiring text for teenagers/adults. Comprehension questions have been added in the PAST SIMPLE (for practice in context) as well as a few easy synonyms.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 101
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