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2 news articles and reading comprehension questions about animals: bullfrogs and democracy dogs
Two BBC articles (US bullfrog invasion and Hong Kong dogs at democracy protests) and questions to go with them. Exercise 1: choose which animal is being referred to (read for gist). Exercise 2: word manipulation (grammar). Exercise 3: correct the errors (read for detail). Exercise 4: vocabulary building. Answers are provided on p4.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 15
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Reading skills: space tourism
Text about space tourism with exercises designed to improve reading skills: identifying what pronouns refer to, finding definitions in the text, considering the significance of tenses. Final exercise requires readers to answer classic comprehension questions having completed the warm-up exercises. 2 writing tasks are also suggested. Answers provide...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 142
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"Try Something New for 30 Days" - video, reading comprehension, discussion
TED video: 3 minute talk on "Try Something New for 30 Days". Link to video is in document. Discussion questions and comprehension questions. Can also be done as a reading comprehension (see transcript).
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: article
Downloads: 79
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News article and exercises: penguin research robot
A news article (from The Guardian) about a very cute robot which was disguised as a baby penguin to help study penguin behaviour in the wild.
Exercises: true/false, vocabulary, extended comprehension, phrasal verbs, word formation.
Answers provided.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 82
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Tourists in Antarctica: article and vocabulary/grammar questions focusing on reading skills
Questions focus on using the context to elicit the meaning of unknown vocabulary, and using grammatical knowledge to reformulate sentences from the text.
The article discusses the benefits and risks of Antarctic tourism.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38
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World�s oldest wing walker: article and questions
Article about the world�s oldest wing walker with comprehension questions and language analysis questions. Answers in red on p3.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: article
Downloads: 41
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Comparatives in English: easy flowchart guide
Flowchart to explain the rules for forming comparatives, followed by a basic exercise to practise these rules.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type:
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Heteronyms
9 common pairs of heteronyms and exercises to work with them.
Heteronyms are words which look the same but are pronounced differently and have different meanings. For example "lead" (a metal) and "lead" (a verb meaning "to guide").
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22
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Singapore: super trees - video and text comprehension
For the topic �space and exchange� - a video about green space in Singapore followed by two articles from which learners must extract key points. Final exercise offers some open-ended discussion questions. Would be well suited to small group work or homework. (Answers to the video comprehension are provided on the last page of the document.)
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 24
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Unlikely competitors at Sochi 2014 READING COMPREHENSION
Information about 4 unlikely competitors at Sochi 2014. Exercises include true/false, gap-fill, correct the mistake, answer in sentences, vocabulary matching, using key phrases, creative writing or discussion.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 59
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