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Dining Idioms
This is a worksheet introducing several common eating-related idioms (e.g. hungry as a bear, to have a sweet tooth, etc.). I�ve also included a cut-up sentence activity. I�ll post my (75-minute) lesson plan separately. I hope it�s of some use. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Three Things in Common
Three things in common is a popular icebreaker. Students mingle and try to find three things in common with each partner. They can use this worksheet to note the things they have in common with their classmates.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Four-Skills Lesson: Kanzi the Talking Ape
This four-skills lesson is about an amazing bonobo named Kanzi who learned how to communicate with a special keyboard and raises questions about how languages are learned. I made this lesson for university students studying EFL with a TOEFL score around 500.
The parts of the lesson are as follows: KWL Table, listening cloze with brief comprehens...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 13
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Body Part Idioms
This print includes a set of 3 activities to help students learn common English idioms related to body parts: 1) A matching activity (idioms and their meanings), 2) a cloze exercise for practice in context, and 3) a short dialogue using several of the target expressions. I like to cut up the matching activity to have students put it together in pai...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 17
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Adjective Order
Many ESL students do not realize that adjectives follow an order in English. This worksheet helps students to practice the correct order of adjectives by noticing the pattern and jumbled phrases in the right order.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22
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Antonym Pairs
I use these antonym cards to teach opposites and to put students into randoms pairs. I cut up the cards and distribute one to each student. Students must then mingle and find the student with the opposite word card. They must be careful that the part of speech also matches. This activity is a good set up for pair work.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10
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Apartment Hunting in Canada
In this lesson students have the opportunity to look at apartments in Canada. In the first part they practise vocabulary associated with the different kinds of apartments. In the second part, they brainstorm the things that are important when looking for an apartment. Then in the third part, they use the internet to look at real apartments for rent...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Same or Different
This is a pair activity to practice vocabulary comprehension. One partner reads the sentence first, which is like a definition. Then the other partner reads the word. Finally, decide if the sentence and the word are a match. The print includes a blank template for teachers to insert their own vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 5
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Parts of Speech Review
I made this print to help students review the parts of speech. Students review the names of the parts of speech, practice identifying the parts of speech in sample sentences. The print makes the point that some words can be used as more than one part of speech. There is also a crossword in which students must write in the parts of speech as answers...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 14
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Last Christmas
This is a cloze using the Christmas pop song, "Last Christmas". I first play the original Wham version and then the second time, play the Taylor Swift cover version. The song is also a good opportunity to look at body part idioms (e.g. a shoulder to cry on, catch my eye, give my heart away) Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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