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spinney
Dale
United Kingdom



I�m a Brit living in Spain teaching English because that�s all I could find over here. I like it though. I also upload my worksheets on ISL Collective, normally a day or two after I have done so here. br You can order my books by pasting this into the browser: https://www.amazon.es/Dale-Bates/e/B08QD5M5PQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1613573760&sr=8-1

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Alternatives to Say: Indirect Speech
A short worksheet and basic game to help students find alternatives to the word "say" in reported speech. They should all work with the sentences that are given, but you will need to explain that the verb "announce" is normally used for giving news to people.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 42


 
Confusing Words
A selection of words that are often confused. Go thorugh them with students 2 at a time. The answers are on the back along with short explanations on use. It�s a good idea to get the students to give their own examples after each sentence,
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 127


 
Grammar Vigilante - FCE part 1 story, debate and corrections exercise
This story has been adpated from the internet in the style of the FCE Reading and Use of English section of the FCE exam, part 1. Answers are provided along with a letter that has to have the grammar and spelling corrected. There is then a fun debate about the Grammar Vigilante. This man really does exist, by the way.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 48


 
Can - Speaking exercise
A short exercise that I came up with to try and get my students from saying "I can to do something." That drives me mad! I shall add more pages to this or slightly different variations within the next couple of weeks. The answers are on the back.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Type:
Downloads: 32


 
Brexit Story Debate and Phrasal Verbs with About Exercise
A topical story about the Brexit fall-out in the UK and EU along with phrasal verbs, a debating exercise and with the answer key thrown in for good measure. If that isn�t enough, there is a page for coming up with sentences in a phrasal-verbs-with-about gap-fill exercise. It should take a couple of hours all in all.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 70


 
Present Perfect and Perfect Continuous
A short worksheet that gives a couple of brief explanations and then the opportunity to practice speaking using the present perfect and the present perfect continuous. The answers are on the back.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 19


 
Personality Traits - Human Resources Exercise
A small exercise based on personality adjectives and placed in the context of a human resources department in a town hall. It can be used as a reading aloud exercise and you can also use it to get them to practise examples of the adjectives by saying then kinds of jobs that would be right or not, for those kinds of traits.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 122


 
Personality Phrasal Verbs (Short version)
A shorter version of my two longer worksheets of the same name. There is a mix-and-match, bingo, an article, some FCE exam practice, and a debate. Below is a link to play an online quiz for those phrasal verbs on Kahoot. https://create.kahoot.it/share/personality-phrasal-verbs/8768d906-ab54-4bd2-b27a-3efcbb387aec
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 38


 
Farther Vs Further
An article from a website about the differences between "farther" and "further." The article is done in the style of a Reading and Use of English Part 1 of a Cambridge Advanced exam. The answers are on the back. There are also some interesting words used that may be good to go over with the students.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 37


 
Leadership Phrasal Verbs
Another phrasal verbs project with mix-and-match, bingo and a debate thrown in for good measure. The phrasal verbs are typical when used about leadership and as such are good for business English. The story is all about Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the UK�s greatest engineers, so useful for engineering students, too. An answer key is provided
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43

 

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