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Reading: Tales of woe from the roaming professionals (BBC Business)
An abridged 3-page article about working abroad. There are pre-reading, while reading and after reading activities. The article starts on page 2. Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3


 
Phrasal verbs: Travel
A two worksheet activity to introduce or practice phrasal verbs related to travel. There are teacher�s notes with a key on page 3. Elise
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 9


 
Sports vocabulary gap fill
A gap fill activity for upper intermediate and above students. The subject is the Brazilian football league so might be of interest to those students living in Brazil or with an interest in the Brazilian football league. Thanks.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11


 
Suffixes activity
An activity to practice word building with the suffixes: ty, ity, ence, ance, ness, th, ion, ment, ism.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 27


 
You read, I write: weddings, marriage and relationship vocabulary
Students take it in turns to read their text to their pair. Demonstrate that the students need to say blank or mmm to indicate where there is a gap. If students did not hear or understand the word, they should ask their partner �can you repeat that please?� or �can you spell that please?�. Arrange the class into pairs: A and B. Ask pairs A and B to...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 18


 
Song: Don�t worry be happy
Three task to go with the video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU&ob=av2e There is a key on page two. An oldie but a goodie! Thanks
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 6


 
Reading and Webquest: Artist Van Gogh and the Museum
A reading and webquest article. Student must first find the art related vocabulary in the text, then look at the van Gogh museum website to fill in the paragraph headings and find out other information about the museum. Links and key included. Thanks.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 16


 
Yes We Can- Will.I.Am
Song activity with Will.I.Am�s version of Obama�s "Yes, I Am" speech. There are three types of activities and a key on page two. Thanks.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 13


 
Reading: Five Ways to Hold the Right Kind of Attention (Bloomberg Business Weekly)
An authentic unabridged article with pre-reading, while reading and after reading activities. The article starts on page 2.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 0


 
Reading: Measuring the Efficacy of the World�s Managers (Harvard Business School)
An authentic article from Harvard Business School (unabridged), including pre-reading activities, vocabulary building, while reading comprehension and after reading opinion questions. The article starts on page 3. Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7

 


So and Such for emphasis/extremes
A presentation with examples showing when we use so and such for emphasis and extremes.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 17


Word formation- prefixes
A powerpoint including an intrdouction to prefixes and suffixes before focussing on prefixes. Here is a game to practice these prefixes: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=571838#thetop I created a handout as well, based on the advice here: http://www.onestopenglish.com/support/ask-...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 50


Adjectives: -ing & -ed
Using love as a context, students explore -ing and -ed adjective forms. There are notes on the PPT slides. After slide 11 students can work on: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=567555#thetop On slide 13 there is a link (a MS Word icon) to a document for students to match the diffe...

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 45


Reported speech: Introductory verbs of reporting
A powerpoint with a quick review to reported speech, followed by introductory verbs of reporting (agree, insist etc.) and the verb patterns with which they are used. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 76


Word formation
This presentation focusses on prefixes and suffixes in general, before looking specifically at forming nouns from verbs and adjectives. I have included my notes on the presentation. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 39


Adverbs
An overview of adverbs including: Adverbs modifying advectives, past participles etc. Adverb formation Spelling rules Adverbs and adjectives with same form Adjectives with an adverb form Adverbs with two forms Adverb form in informal English. Goes well with this game: http://www.onestopeng...

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 34


Sentence stress
A presentation reviewing stressed and unstressed words to improve listening comprehension and pronunciation. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 50


Like and as for similarity
A presentation with examples to express similarity with like and as.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 25


Adverb position
Powerpoint outlining the rules for adverb position, including when there is more than only adverb in a sentence. Practice included at the end. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 170


Reported speech
A presentation about reported speech including: - introductory verbs - tense changes and no tense changes - pronoun changes - changes to place and time - modal verbs - reported questions - indirect commands & requests & suggestions Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 9

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