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Battling Obesity in America
This speaking/listening activity is based on a youtube video from CBS
"Where America Stands on Obesity"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM-rZm-ilFA
Listening skills involved include listening for statistics, note-taking and summing up video. Also includes postdiscussion questions. Obesity is a contemporary topic that affects all countries. ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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Gerund Role Play
Good practice for verbs immediately followed by gerunds and verb/adjective + preposition followed by gerunds. This could be a review activity and could be used after my gerund board game. Topics and language functions appropriate for adults.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: others
Downloads: 24
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"Look Phrasal Verbs"
Matching and Speaking activity with "look" phrasal verbs. This is actually a preactivity to FCE Gold Unit 3 Fact or Fiction pg 32-33 and Unit 3 FCE Maximizer pg 23, but can be used on its own. Answer Key provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Revealing Secrets
Speaking lesson for revealing secrets! My inspiration came from reality shows where participants would come on TV to reveal their secrets. Great lesson for intermediate and above students. This lesson starts off with a survey to generate discussion, language functions for revealing secrets and bad news and finally role-play to practice the langu...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 6
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FCE Use of English Part 4 Sentence Transformation
Taking vocabulary as/like/ as if/though from FCE Gold Unit 3 and reviewing content from Unit 2, this activity practices Use of English Part 4 Sentence Transformation from the FCE Use of English test. Use between 2 to 5 words to transform the sentence. Cut into strips and work with a partner, or give one to each student in the class and use as a mix...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Video: Tom Brokaw Explains Canada to Americans
This is a speaking/listening activity based on a youtube video. It explores the relationship between Canada and the United States, from the American perspective. This was aired during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Inspirational and informative video if you don�t know anything about Canada or America. Have students to write a video summary...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 25
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Future Perfect vs Future Perfect Progressive Board Game
This board game helps student to formulate How many/much/How long Yes/No future perfect and future perfect progressive questions.
Students also practise using future time clauses with by + date, by the time, when, before. Board game uses both active and stative verbs. Topics are suitable for adults at an upper intermediate to advanced level of E...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 23
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Future in the Past Board Game
Board Game to practise future in the past verb forms:
was going to/planning to/thinking of/ on the point/verge of/was due to/would/was/were to and was were to have + PP. Because there are a variety of forms, this board game is appropriate for the higher levels. The grammar was taken from New American Inside Out Advanced Unit 4. Also appropriate...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: others
Downloads: 74
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Christmas Friends: The One With the Holiday Armadillo
Just in time for Christmas! Discussion of Christmas and other December holidays, followed by a summary/detailed listening exercise. Students learn useful phrasal verbs and ultimately use them in a role-play. I usually spend an hour a day for a week on this kind of lesson. Answer Key provided. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 39
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Gerund Board Game
The focus is on reviewing adjective + preposition and verb + preposition and gerund form. Students must remember the preposition that belongs with a particular adjective or verb and to change the verb in brackets to gerund form.
Students can either fill in the blank of a sentence or question, then answer the question.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: others
Downloads: 36
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