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Song: Santa Baby by Kylie Minogue
Gap filling exercise with key. The lyrics of this song are an excellent chance to speak about the consumerism and materialistic thinking at Christmas time. With older students it might start an interesting discussion about the true meaning of Christmas which does not seem to play an important role in many households any more. Make a couple of peopl...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20
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Relative clauses 3 pages
Short and simple grammar guide plus 2 pages of exercises: One page of blank space exercises and another with a matching exercise in which the students have to assemble their own sentences. First page grammar explanations can also be drawn at the blackboard if you don�t want to hand them out as photocopies. Simple but effective.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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Exam: Comment Writing on Summerhill School
This is an exam I developed for my 12th graders. It consists of a reading comprehension part with true/false sentences and a text production section. They have to write a comment on the concept of Summerhill School, limited to 200 words, to make sure they write concise English and get right to the point. This exam is meant for intermediate to advan...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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Revision Passive voice: Introductory worksheet
May be used as an introductory worksheet to revise passive voice to students whose English is advanced enough to recognize the difference between active and passive voice in two otherwise identical texts. Put it up on the overhead projector,let them read the two texts and ask them to find out what the difference is. Once they have found out, they c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Game: Proverbs quiz with pictures Part II (key included)
Part II of the proverbs quiz. (the file was too large to send it as one). Let your students complete the proverbs by using the table above the different sections or - if you want to make it more difficult for them - make them guess the meaning of the proverbs from the pictures alone. Afterwards you can let them translate the sentences and even chec...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 71
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Describing an action: Help President Bush to change a light bulb (with key)
Students describe the action of changing a light bulb in five simple steps. Pictures guide them through the writing process. Additionally they have to form three safety rules for handling light bulbs and dealing with electricity (also with pictures) A form of guided text production for students of technical English at basic level.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Exam: Video games: Reading comprehension and argumentative essay
An exam for intermediate and advanced students on the subject of "media". (I created it for my 12th graders.)The text is about a study on the effects of video games on players. A reading comprehension and an argumentative essay on a given quote are the tasks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 142
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Written test/oral exam: How mankind is polluting our environment
A text with matching pictures on different kinds of environmental pollution with the following exercises: Matching, translation, description of pictures, comprehension questions and a passive voice grammar exercise. I used it as an oral examination before, however, it may also be used as a written test or worksheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 165
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