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Christmas spider diagram discussion prompts
A mind map / spider diagram with words and pictures related to Christmas and the festive season to prompt spontaneous discussion from pupils. You could ask each pupil to choose a word/picture and prepare a short presentation on it, or you could get pupils to work in groups on a general presentation. Each group could prepare a set of questions based...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: others
Downloads: 9
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Preferences, likes and dislikes: sentence builder
A writing frame/grid showing how to build sentences about likes and dislikes. A good support to help beginners scaffold a written piece or a simple speech about likes and dislikes.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: others
Downloads: 16
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Time adverbs: since, for, still, already, yet - news article and questions, grammar exercises
A short news article from the BBC followed by vocabulary and simple comprehension questions, and a role play.
Grammar guide based on the news article - it deals with present perfect + since/for, preterite + in/on/at, and present or present perfect + already/still/yet.
Question stimuli to encourage pupils to use these time structures in their own ...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 113
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Speaking cards: what would you do if ...
15 speaking prompts asking "what would you do?"
I have used the template from moni_k�s brilliant worksheet here: http://www.eslprintables.com/grammar_worksheets/conditionals/What_would_you_do_if_conversat_177161/#thetop
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: others
Downloads: 87
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Language of possibility - talking about things that might happen
Some useful phrases to discuss the likelihood of a certain event taking place. Pupils complete the sentences in exercise 1, then answer the questions in exercise 2 using an appropriate phrase from the list. Finally, they should discuss (and justify) their views on the statements given in the exercise 3. Works well for 1-1 tuition but should also be...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: others
Downloads: 27
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Commas to separate sentence elements
Guide dealing with how to use commas to separate sentence elements and to separate items in a list. Final exercise is a paragraph which the students need to add the commas into.
Answers are provided on page 3.
(Does not cover restrictive and non-restrictive clauses.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 31
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Reading skills: space tourism
Text about space tourism with exercises designed to improve reading skills: identifying what pronouns refer to, finding definitions in the text, considering the significance of tenses. Final exercise requires readers to answer classic comprehension questions having completed the warm-up exercises. 2 writing tasks are also suggested. Answers provide...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 142
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News article and exercises: penguin research robot
A news article (from The Guardian) about a very cute robot which was disguised as a baby penguin to help study penguin behaviour in the wild.
Exercises: true/false, vocabulary, extended comprehension, phrasal verbs, word formation.
Answers provided.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 82
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Reading comprehension, SAT-style, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Reading comprehension questions styled like an SAT critical reading. Answers and explanations at end. Copy of text included.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 32
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Geography facts: at / in / to as prepositions of place
To be used to test pupils� understanding of at/in/to when used as prepositions of place.
It also teaches them some interesting geography facts!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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