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            "Let�s paint the town red"  -  Colour idioms 
            
            When I was "caught red-handed" "out of the blue" I screamed "blue murder" and everybody was "as white as a sheet" - this worksheet introduces 12 colour idioms. Second sheet: solutions 
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: worksheet 
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            Analyzing Metaphors in Poetry 
            
            When analyzing poetry students often have great difficulty understanding the meaning of metaphors and similes. I usually start off with pop songs because they are closer and less difficult for them, and then pass on to poetry. Here is a collection of metaphors and similes that have to be analyzed - either by choosing the correct interpretation or b...
            
             
            Level: advanced 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: worksheet 
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            FOUR  IN  A  LINE _3 _  Tell the time (~~GAME~~) 
            
            This is a GAME revising the time. Do you know the game in which you have to "win" four squares in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line? On page 2 you get the insructions. You have to copy page 1 on a transparency and will have a fun lesson in which two teams compete with each other. I have already made two of these ws and am planning to make mor...
            
             
            Level: elementary 
            Age: 10-12 
            Type: others 
            Downloads: 45
            
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            ** Characterising people _1_ **     (6 pages) 
            
             1/2 ws . Together with the second ws http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=269003#thetop you�ll have comprehensive texts and exercises for 3-4 lessons on how to characterise people. Starting off with small texts about the zodiac signs (thank you  monicap_87 for letting me use and transform your worksheet!)and bits of vocabulary students wi...
            
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: worksheet 
            Downloads: 48
            
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            ** Vocabulary revision and brainstorming game # 3**   
            
            2 Pages, with detailed instructions For variations look at # 1 and 2. ---- This is the third worksheet in a series of 4. Look out for the others. Students play in groups around a table. The above cards name different categories in which they have to find as many words as possible. The first student turns over a card and everybody writes down as man...
            
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 12-17 
            Type: activity-card 
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            A perfect nose 
            
            Would you have surgery just because you don�t like your nose or your breasts?? Some people think they would. One girl talks about her experiences. Lots of topics for discussion and roleplays and discussions. 
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 13-17 
            Type: worksheet 
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            ** Would you pass the US citizenship test? ** THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT THE USA ** (Question cards 11 � 20) 
            
            This has been uploaded before but was deleted because moderators thought I had copied it. It was no copy however, so if you haven�t got this second of 8 worksheets, make sure you get it to have the complete set. Check first so you don�t waste a point ;-) Description: Description: Here come 80 questions immigrants wanting to become Americans must be...
            
             
            Level: advanced 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: activity-card 
            Downloads: 47
            
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            ** Would you pass the US citizenship test? ** THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT THE USA ** (Question cards 31 � 40)  
            
            Here come 80 questions immigrants wanting to become Americans must be able to answer in a civics test. American history, the constitution, famous Presidents, - it�s America in a nutshell ! The questions are selected from a list of 100 sample questions. I will leave out all questions that refer to certain states only or to present political figures ...
            
             
            Level: advanced 
            Age: 14-17 
            Type: activity-card 
            Downloads: 63
            
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            No  way !!! - Or:  how  to  make  excuses  
            
            You are being asked to help someone or to do little jobs. But you don�t want to. So you must find a good excuse � 
In groups of four, put one card on the table, think about an excuse quietly for a minute, then each person writes down one excuse. Show the excuses to the others. You then decide on which excuse is the best or most original. Discuss! ...
            
             
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 13-17 
            Type: activity-card 
            Downloads: 244
            
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            Cambridge FCE / CAE Speaking Activity 3  
            
            These worksheets propose exercises for the second part of the speaking test in the Cambridge FCE and CAE test. They consist of two pages containing two different sheets for speaking activities that might help your students practice for the CAE exam. Three pictures, one question for candidate A, one question for candidate B. Look out for my other th...
            
             
            Level: advanced 
            Age: 16-100 
            Type: worksheet 
            Downloads: 61
            
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