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Some more recent news clips (3)
Some more authentic newspaper clips all from The Week Magazine. 5 short extracts complete with comprehension and language exercises. An answer key has been provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 144
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Island without crime calls for the police!
An authentic text: a Scottish island has to call the police station on the neighbouring island (as it doesn�t have one) to investigate the first case of vandalism. An interesting story to prompt discussion about crime rates today /crime in general. Language exercises have been included with an answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 128
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49 minutes per week!
Alarming survey results in the Daily Mail-online. To be used as an impulse text on the subject of "families and the time they spend together."
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 162
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Speak for a minute 2
Laminate and cut the sheet into strips. Give each student a strip. The students have to each talk for a minute on their subject starting with the given lead-in (not stating the theme). The rest of the group try to guess the title of the given speech. (Idea taken from Keep Talking by F. Klippel)
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 153
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Mamo Card 13: Phrasal verb LOOK
A set of mamo cards focusing on: LOOK. Twelve cards/questions. Can be used as a warmer after the verbs have be taught or to recap. Ask a student a question (and vice versa) the move on to the next..asking and answering the questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 59
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Busking - a dying trade?
An authentic text (The Guardian). Pre- and post reading questions as well language exercises have been added.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38
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Questions, questions, questions!
A page of bookmarks to laminate and cut up for elementary students who might be having difficulty with forming questions. Different types of questions have been used and various question words and built into a kind of poem with every second line rhyming for reading aloud and just being handy to have in a book etc. in an attempt to help students wit...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: others
Downloads: 37
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Butlers: then and now
Butlers are not a thing of the past, they are in great demand today (especially in China). A listening exercise has been added with comprehension and discussion questions and answer key. As an introduction to reading the book: The Remanis of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - Penguin Readers Level 6. I�m uploaoding questions and language exercises to All ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 103
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Babygrows which show rise in baby�s temperature, called BABYGLOWS
A newspaper text from the Daily Mail (June 16th �09)which describes a new invention to come on the market later this year using a new type of material which changes colour when the temperature of the wearer rises (in this case, a baby). Comprehension questions, discussion questions, language elements and synonyms have been added as well as an answe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Present perfect simple v. present perfect continuous
By studying examples of the two tenses in the context of sentences, I�ve tried to make clear the differences between the two tenses. Then the students are asked to fill in the correct forms of the verbs given in sixteen sentences. A text containing both forms of the tense has been added to show them being used in context. The students are asked to ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 63
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