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Strangers in the Night
Here are 2 exercises around the song, leading up to a fun role-play of 2 strangers meeting in the night.
I begin by having the students working in pairs to join together phrases from the song that are on the slips of paper. Then I play the song so they can complete the task. Next give them the worksheet with the gaps, and ask them to try to fill i...
Level: elementary
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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The Office: Diversity Day
Here is a worksheet for the popular American sitcom, "The Office." I begin the lesson by asking students why a company would offer diversity training.
For the title I used the font Helvetica Bold, which is the same used on the TV show. I used Baskerville for the rest of the worksheet, but you may wish to change it if it doesn�t all fit onto one ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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North Korean: Portrait of True Grit
This article from "Newsweek" tells the amazing story of a young refugee from North Korea. Included are comprehension questions, discussion questions, and vocabulary exercises.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Finding Your Partner
Give card with a famous name to each student. They mill around talking to each other, but without telling anyone else what their name is. They must try to find a partner.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3
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Citizen Kane: News on the March
The newsreel at the beginning of "Citizen Kane" is one of the most difficult parts of the movie to understand, mostly because of its bombastic style and inverted subjects and verbs. (I usually leave the English subtitles on for this part of the film for my students.) This worksheet is to help them get the main points from the newsreel, which show t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Ways to Turn Men Down 2
Here is a fun exercise (revised without the key, which was said to violate site rules) involving common pick-up lines that men use to chat up/hit on women. First elicit some common icebreakers or pick-up lines guys use to speak to young ladies they are interested in. Then have the students work individually or in pairs to match the pick-up lines wi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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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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Who Am I? - Cinema
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 a woman?" 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: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 2
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Fawlty Towers - Gourmet Night vocab
This is a vocabulary review exercise after the students have seen the episode "Gourmet Night" from the hilarious British TV series, "Fawlty Towers."
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Phrasal Verbs - Guessing Test
Here is a test to go along with the Phrasal Verbs - guessing worksheets that I also uploaded. There are 2 versions, A and B, to reduce the chance of students� copying from their neighbours.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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