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Terri Lawson
Terri Lawson
New Zealand



I just love this community of dedicated teachers and feel sooooo priviledged to be able to use all their awesome worksheets etc and tap into their knowledge and experience when I need help.

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Ordering food in a restaurant and waiter gets the order wrong (communicative exercise)
1) In pairs ss work out the discrepancies between the food ordered for the whole table (6 people) and what was brought. 2) Ss do a role play (entering restaurant; being seated; ordering and finding order is incorrect, then speaking politely to the waiter about the problem). Thanks to baiba for the template!!!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 122


 
Cop mistakes chocolate bar for cellphone
The story is from www.stuff.co.nz and I have created various exercises including a defintition matchup, comprehension exercise, writing �wh� questions etc.Enjoy :-))
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15


 
Man drowns in kitchen sink
The story (strange but true) is from www.darwinawards.com. I have created various exercises like writing of definitions (sts need to use contextual clues), opposites matchup and writing of sentences using the given words.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10


 
Business related idioms (pass the buck;hold all the aces etc.)
Sts prelearn the idioms, then do some exercises.Key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36


 
Variations of expressions of likes/dislikes of food
I�ve used some of the expressions from a previous wks of mine in order to give ss practice expressing likes and dislikes of food.
Level: elementary
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24


 
Shapes/Picture dictation (incorporating prepositions of place and colour)
Working in pairs student1 dictates what he/she sees on the sheet,while student2 draws it.OR Give a copy to each and then st1 tells st2 what colours to make each shape, this can also be extended by st1 telling st2 to draw in extra shapes e.g.three circles in the octagon; two crosses in the arrow beside the face.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 4


 
Paraphrasing of IELTS Task 2 Essay Titles (using relative pronouns and subordinators)
I�ve paraphrased a couple of the IELTS Task 2 essay titles (taken from ielts-liz.com)- just as a sample for students and made it into a gap fill activity. Possible answers are included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 48


 
Modals of deduction/probability (must, might, can�t) speaking cards
Ss use the prompts on each card to make sentences e.g. he must be playing tennis; he might be playing with a partner; he can�t be playing on his own.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 36


 
Tiger bites handler at Aussie theme park
The story is from www.stuff.co.nz and I have created various exercises including definition matchup, opposites matchup and writing an alternative ending. Enjoy:-))
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7


 
Adverbs badly to busily flashcards matchup with synonyms and antonyms
This wks was reported and removed for not being an ESL resource, so I�ve added some exercises and uploaded again.(Key is included). You can find the definitions of the adverbs with other exercises at http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=716391#thetop
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9

 

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