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My Fantasy Timetable
Questions about educational aims and policies in IELTS often cause problems for students unfamiliar with current debates in western countries. Here is a worksheet which introduces vocabulary for alternative curriculum choices. Students can then practice speaking, reading and writing activities to help them clarify their ideas and use the vocabula...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Blooming Flowers
This is a worksheet based on a fun analogy which is designed to help students extend their answers to everyday questions. It is intended for classes preparing for the IELTS speaking test but may be useful for any other courses requiring fluency. I hope it is useful.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Amazing Animal analogies
An introduction to similes,metaphors and idioms used for comparison. It is aimed at students preparing for Cambridge FCE, IELTS, TOEFL, BED etc who need to cope with similes, metaphors and idioms in reading passages.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Somewhere to Stay
Here is a worksheet prepared for travel English classes. it focuses on vocabulary of hotels and culminates in an internet activity where students use websites to practice the vocabulary and choose a hotel in Edinburgh. I hope it is useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Describing Personality
Do your IELTS students struggle to describe personality in anything but the simplest terms? Here is a worksheet designed to develop more sophisticated vocabulary and give students practise in using it. The worksheet is designed for IELTS preparation classes but may be useful for other advanced courses as well.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 46
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Christmas Shopping
One of a series about festivals in Britain. This is my own original text and is not available in any textbook, anthology or website.
The series was originally intended to serve two purposes:
1. to familiarise Chinese students intending to study in Britain with aspects of the culture. It should also be relevant to students in other Asian cou...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 2
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TOEFL Vocabulary: Academic Subjects
Many of my Chinese TOEFL students, especially at lower entry levels, are unfamiliar with many of the academic subjects used in TOEFL questions. Here is a handout to help familiarise them with the meaning of the subject names and help orientate them to the lectures used in TOEFL tests. I hope it is useful.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 50
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Modals: May and Might
Multi page worksheet intended for upper elementary or lower intermediate students. Could suit any age but originally written for middle school students. Focuses on the communicative function of the modals may and might.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 60
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Making Suggestions: Guided Writing Practice
4 page worksheet. Students learn, step by step, to write a paragraph making suggestions about study skills. Suitable for upper elementaty or lower intermediate middle school students.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Parts of a Bicycle
Many textbooks look at cars or planes. But for most children in developing countries bicycles are far more relevant to their daily lives. Here�s a four page worksheet on vocabulary to talk about bicycles. Suitable for upper elementary or lower intermediate students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 53
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