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HollyHirst
Holly Hirst
United Kingdom



I am an Englishwoman working in Russia. I teach mostly childrens classes but have a few adult classes in among! Previously, I worked in Spain.

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Star Signs
You can use this as a reading. There are some scanning questions attached to the end of the sheet. You can also work with the reading however you like. I asked students to decide who their perfect partner would be from the star sign descriptions and also if they agreed that their personality matches the supposed personality for their star sign.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 52


 
Practising the past
This sheet practises the present simple in the negative and affirmative. It�s very easy and could be used as a time filler or for quick finishers or simply to help the students revise.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5


 
Story-telling
This is a sheet to give the students some practice in identifying genres, working on irregular past tenses and writing short stories in the past simple.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
Creating a soap opera
I used this worksheet with a teen group to help them structure their project which was to write and perform a ten minute sketch of a soap opera scene. We brainstormed typical soap opera plots first and had previously done work on the past simple and on emotions which we included in the plays. The group really got into it and produced some great...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 4


 
All conditionals - Finish the sentence
This is a very easy speaking activity to get the students practising conditionaly sentences. They should finsih the sentences using the correct conditional form.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11


 
Australian animals - internet exercise
This is an activity for the kids to do by researching the information on internet (they can find almost all, if not all, the information on wikipedia. The kids love these sheets and it gives them a chance to learn more about other English speaking countries.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22


 
Snow White
This worksheet uses a familiar fairytale. It provides a short reading which highlights the typical phrases found in fairytales (the ultimate idea is that you can use this to form a template for the students to write their own story). It also highlights some new vocabulary and there is a reading comprehension which encourages the students not simp...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 28


 
Eartquakes 2: How to survive an Earthquake
This is the second part of my earthquake sheet. It can be used on its own as a reading but was originally intended to compliment the other half of the worksheet which practises the third conditional. The sheet doesn�t seem to upload well and the first and third boxes are out of sync. I hope this can be cleared up when you download it. If it can...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 91


 
Superstitions
A worksheet which can be used as a listening (see text on page 3) or a reading, using saidtext, or as an investigation exercise. Lets the students find out more about superstitions in England. Can be adjusted to level by getting rid off the �fill-in-the-gap� exercise and leaving simply a gap to be filled in.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 36


 
Terrifying creature profiles
This is a worksheet using Halloween creatures to get the children reading and writing small texts in the third person. They practise talking about hobbies and preferences. It can be used at Halloween or at the start of the term as an interesting take on the typical introductions lesson.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23

 

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