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What a Wonderful World
A wonderful old song by Louis Armstrong. There are three activities. Firstly listen to the song and correct the mistakes Secondly match pictures to the expressions suggested. Finally there are two gap-fills, one based on nouns, the other on verbs and adjectives. Have fun.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26


 
Jake the Peg ( a touch of Australiana) by Rolf Harris
Ever thought about the problems an extra leg could cause? Here is Rolf Harris�s famous song " Jake the Peg". It includes exercises with gap-fill and error correction.There are links to the original show and to a group of Sydney schoolchildren perfoming the song. Could be a fun performance for your students. Enjoy from downunder!
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12


 
Talk, Talking, Talkative, Baby talk, Smooth talker and so on!!!!!!
The word �talk� has many uses. These are explored in this worksheet with exercises featuring multi-choice , matching, gap-fill and rules of syntax. So stop "talking the talk and walk the walk" which means don�t think about it, download it now!! Ha! Ha! ANSWER KEY & EDITABLE from downunder.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 58


 
"Eat It" a parody of Jackson�s "Beat it" for all students studying food.
This is a worksheet on Weird Al Yankovic�s version of "Beat It". It includes gap-fill, matching, unscrambling, sequencing, error correction, paraphrasing, -ate words, creative writing. Great to use with a food unit.EDITABLE and LYRICS. Enjoy from down under.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 102


 
We know your secrets.
Native speakers use tag questions constantly to be polite. Unless a student understands this well they can get in some very embarrassing situations. This is an exercise to practice this. The students guess information about their classmates and then have to confirm it by using tag questions. To be relevant it is important that they use simple sente...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
Future sentences
Practice makes perfect. A worksheet with a future tense chart and a number of prompts for students to make their own sentences. Subjects rather than the exact words are given to help the students extend practice into real situations rather than just by rote learning. EDITABLE Enjoy from downunder.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
Shopping roleplay & comic strip
Who goes shopping? Everyone, so here is a roleplay about shopping with some comic strips to fill in with dialogue. EDITABLE if ungrouped. One way of using it is to erase or cover up one line of the dialogue at a time and try to repeat from memory. Enjoy from downunder.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 105


 
Weird Stories with missing prepositions (editable)
This is a series of real news items from the internet with the prepositions removed. Students practice using prepositions in a real situation while being amused with strange news items. Enjoy this contribution from downunder. ANSWER KEY provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33


 
Alphabet quiz and word jumble suitable for elementary-upper intermediate and for all ages
A fun activity to practise vocabulary. Students answer the questions using the word jumble. A harder version is to remove the jumble and get the students to use dictionaries to find the answers. EDITABLE with ANSWER KEY. Enjoy from downunder.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 57


 
A Poem that gives you Goosebumps
This is a poem that has done the rounds as an email which I have converted into a lesson for ESL students. It is very topical for all as it deals with road accidents. It contains a lot of idioms and real language. It created a lot of excellent discussion with my adult students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: Choose
Downloads: 27

 


Absences
Absences driving you crazy? This includes a newspaper clipping from THE AUSTRALIAN (great for discussion) with a vocab matching exercise and comprehension questions. The article can be printed out for individual reading. The pictures of excuses is based on genuine excuses heard at my school. It is N...

Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 8


Imaginary Possibilities
Just a quick power point outlining the second conditional

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 14


Everything you wanted to know about relative clauses and was afraid to ask!
All the main points of relative clauses are covered here with examples.Every student (intermediate - advanced) who has ever seen this has asked for a copy so it must work. EDITABLE The preview is not showing pages 9-14 but they do download. The chart has come from somewhere but I can�t remember wher...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 65


The Best jokes use Homonyms!
Homonyms can be boring but show this as a discussion starter and you will have an interested class.It consists of jokes with some though-provoking questions. There are 24 pages but although not all show in the preview they do download.Follow it up with any of the homonyms which are available through...

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 21


Dementia Test
This is an email that has done the rounds. I created a power point from it and use it as a fun reading. It challenges the students and helps them to appreciate that there can be several meanings to one word.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 10


Linking words
A power point explaining when some linking words can be used. My students felt it helped a lot.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 21


Either..or ...joke suitable for all levels
This is a very old Irish saying which I have converted into a powerpoint to be used when looking at �either/or� Even if you don�t use it in class it�s a fun philosophy for life. There are some exercises at the end (Pg 11 not in preview.) EDITABLE. Enjoy from downunder.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 29

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