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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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Elephant Jokes
Students have to match the questions and answers to these corny jokes about elephants. I used the free font Critters (what else?) for the titles.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Sports Idioms
This list of sports idioms appeared in "The English Teaching Forum," but I took the liberty of making an exercise out of it and adding some sports images.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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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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Witness - 6 Characters
About 2/3s or 3/4s of the way through the film "Witness," distribute cards to the class and explain that this is their new identity. Give them some time to write questions they would like to ask other characters in the film while you go around giving help.
Then collect the role cards, and have the students stand up and walk around at a party. Th...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 23
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Dear Ann Landers/Dear Abby
Here are some letters to American agony aunts (and twin sisters), Ann Landers and Abigail van Buren. Distribute a "Problem" card and an "Advice" card randomly to each student, who study the cards before they are taken back by the teacher. The students have to circulate around the classroom and summarize "their" problem to another student, who then ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 11
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Ideal Job
I am always amazed at how much discussion this activity generates.
Students have to classify elements for a rewarding and satisfying job into 4 categories (essential, desirable, unimportant, and undesirable), and then discuss their choices in small groups.
Please note that this exercise was NOT stolen from "The Standby Book." (I am the author...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Getting a Word In
In this enjoyable exercise, each student is given a card with a secret phrase. Students then work in groups of 5-7, discussing every topic they wish, but during the 20-minute discussion they have to place their secret sentence as naturally as possible in a way so that no one else can identify their sentence. The trick is to speak about several diff...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 9
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Present Like Steve Jobs
A very good 7-minute video entitled, "How to Present Like Steve Jobs" gives students (and teachers!) excellent advice on how to give very professional presentations (available at BNET.com [http://www.bnet.com/2422-13722_23-192173.html]). This worksheet (along with a corrected transcript) helps students highlight the most important aspects from the ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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Present Perfect Lying
This is an exercise for practicing the Present Perfect and Simple Past, as well as questions.
Hand out Worksheets A and B. Explain to the students that they have to answer yes to each question �Have you ever �?�.
Demonstrate the idea by asking a student to answer yes to the next question: "Have you ever been to Greece?" (Student then replies ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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