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Poohbear
Petra U.
Germany



I teach 10-16 year-olds and am very thankful to be a part of this wonderful community - a permanent source of inspiration.

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Role play cards series: Going to the zoo
A role play to practise standard conversations at a tourist office, suitable for two students at A1+ or A2 level. The solutions (also to be used as a sample dialogue) are on page 2, mirror-inverted, so that they can be printed on the back.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 248


 
The headhunting game - Role play about job interviews
A new role play game with 12 different characters (job seekers and headhunters). It is a game to practise job interviews. Includes role play cards, question cards, players� forms and instructions. Fully editable.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 431


 
Passive voice speaking cards Set 7 (Past perfect) - editable
Speaking cards to practise the passive voice. Set 7: Past perfect. Print page 2 on the back of page 1, laminate and cut the cards. Students get the cards and must ask each other to transform the sentence from active to passive or vice versa. The solutions are on the back. (You can turn it into a game: You win a card if you give a correct answer, yo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 285


 
Sherlock Holmes case XXVIII: Questions in the simple present tense
This is part 28 of my Sherlock Holmes series. It asks students to find out who stole a veteran car. The use of questions is quite natural for a detective! A grammar guide on question words and the formation of questions in the simple present tense (including to be, full and auxiliary verbs) is included, and so is the KEY to the case. For those who ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 257


 
Simple present or progressive
Short rules and signal words about the simple present and the present progressive, followed by a gap-fill-in exercise and a matching activity.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 259


 
Discussion activity - Happy holidays 2
I use this for speaking exams. The pupils have to discuss about their ideal holidays and in the end come to a decision which alternative they would prefer.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 93


 
Role play: In a restaurant
This is a tandem activity for two students to practise conversations in a restaurant. One is the waiter, the other the customer. The customer wants to eat, but some dishes are not available. The waiter has to explain and suggest alternatives. Useful phrases are provided on page 3.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 228


 
Waltzing Matilda Song Lyrics
It is a listening activity on the famous "Waltzing Matilda". The KEY and some background information are included. 3 pages. There is also a crossword puzzle with the difficult words in today�s free downloads to use it with. And I have added a wordsearch with the most unusual words - just the blanks in this exercise! The preview looks a bit funny b...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27


 
Simple present tense - Questions
An exercise on making questions in the simple present tense with full verbs, do or does. Clipboard template: PhilipR; cliparts: Philip Martin. Key included.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 204


 
A case for Sherlock Holmes VIII - Follow-up. Exercises on if-sentences I-III
Here are some more additional exercises as a follow-up on my Sherlock Holmes series. This is NOT a new case, it is a follow-up on case VIII. My students needed much more further practice. This ws contains different exercises on conditionals I-III. The story is based on case VIII (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=371166#thetop). I hope ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 256

 


A case for Sherlock Holmes - Reported speech
This is the follow-up of my old worksheet on reported statements (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=368661#thetop and http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=374627#thetop). It contains the case, grammar rules on the changes in tenses, adverbials of time and place and pronouns, and...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 545


A case for Sherlock Holmes - Conditional sentences type 3 (if sentences III)
I am revising conditional sentences at the moment. This ppt is the follow-up of my old Sherlock Holmes worksheet on if-sentences type 3 (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=369607#thetop and http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=393125#thetop). I used it to revise the rules of cond...

Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 161


A case for Sherlock Holmes: First, second, third conditional (If sentences I-III)
This ppt is the follow-up of my old Sherlock Holmes worksheet on if-sentences I-III (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=371166#thetop). I used it to explain the rules of the conditional sentences I-III. (Delete slides 2-8 if you don�t need a reminder of the case. Grammar starts on slide 9...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 256


A case for Sherlock Holmes: Active and passive
This is the follow-up of my old worksheet on active and passive (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=371167#thetop). It contains the case, simple grammar rules on active and passive and some exercises with solutions. Have a great Sunday. (P.S. Some members get a security message when ope...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 502


A case for Sherlock Holmes: Zero, first, second conditional (if sentences 0-1-2)
This ppt is the follow-up of my old Sherlock Holmes worksheet on if-sentences 0-1-2 (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=394199#thetop and http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=394198#thetop). I used it to revise the rules of the conditional sentences (zero, first second conditiona...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 337


A case for Sherlock Holmes: so, neither / nor
This ppt is the follow-up of my old Sherlock Holmes worksheet on so, neither and nor (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=391505#thetop). I used it in class to explain the grammar rules on so, neither and nor. It contains both practise in agreeing with positive / negative statements and d...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 183


Mother�s little helper - The Rolling Stones
A Power Point on the famous Rolling Stones song "Mother�s little helper" with different listening tasks, their solution and a follow-ip role play. Matching worksheet is here: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=534749#thetop

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 28


Sympathy for the devil - The Rolling Stones
A Power Point on the famous Rolling Stones song "Sympathy for the devil" which goes with my printable (http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=531976#thetop). It includes 6 different exercises their solutions, a link to the video and a short follow-up role play. Hope you like it.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 29


What am I? - 10 animal riddles
Originally I created this as a listening exercise, but the embedded wav.files made the ppt far too big. So I changed it into an elementary reading comprehension exercise. I used it on the open day and it worked well with beginners. Slide 1 can be used for revising the words. Cliparts: Philip Martin.

Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Downloads: 407

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