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Pronunciation - schwa sound
This is a simple - but fun - exercise to work with the schwa sound. There�s a short text to look at followed by a bit of a tongue twister poem where students can practice their pronunciation.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 21
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Cambridge interview card prompts
These are 9 speaking prompt cards of the type used in the proficiency exam but are also suitable for advanced conversation. Students discuss the topic with referecne to the themes suggested.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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-ed adjectives and discussing national stereotypes
This is a worksheet for advanced level to work with adjs. like strong-willed, hard-hearted etc. It is both a grammar exercsie and a fluency exercise - it should promote an interesting discussion about how other nationalities are seen.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Extreme sports, speaking and reading
This is a speaking plus jigsaw reading on the subject of extreme sports. It would suit a higher level group and generates an interesting discussion on the suject of dangerous leisure activities.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Cambridge Proficiency writing
This is an EXAM PREPARATION activity intended to make students aware of the kind of structures that should appear in a Proficiency type essay. The composition is accompanied by a list of forms - students should go through and see how many they can find. There is then a handout listing the forms. It can also be used as a diagnostic exercise for deci...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 33
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Advanced (CAE) interview/speaking activities
Advanced type interview activites with tasks and follow-up questions - ideal for general fluency work at an advanced level.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 76
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All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury short story
2 activites to follow-up reading a short story - All Summer in a Day - by Ray Bradbury.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Understanding Newspaper Headlines
In this activity students match tabloid style headline words with their meanings/definitions as they appear in the main text of the articles. The aim is to familiarize studnets with the use of this kind of vocabulary in the press.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14
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Writing poems with phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbs are a notoriously difficult area to teach - and get students to remember. This is really a review exersise that gets students to write short poems using whichever phrasal verbs they have been studying, reuiring them to think about meaning and context.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Confusing words
An class activity to work with frequently confused words (beside/besides, stationery/stationary etc), good for exam preparation (CAE, CP, for example.) Useful link to definitions of all the words on-line.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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