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CONDITIONALS MATCH-UP
This is a collection of all types of conditional sentences on match-up cards, with a one page grammar-writing test at the end. I use it for all my advanced groups.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 145
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stardust
I just love Stardust (Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett and Robert De Niro in their great satirical roles), so naturally - I�m sharing it with my sts and you. This is a fill-in ws, with quotes from the movie, with word formation and some writing at the end. If you like fantasy, with just a little bit of �adult� humour, you�ll love this, and even yo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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HUGLESS DOUGLAS - adapted from D. Melling�s beautiful story
This is a ws I prepared for my students who are 9-11, and it�s based on D. Melling�s wonderful picture book Hugless Douglas. The story is about a bear who wakes up after hibernation and all he wants is a hug. The ws is fully editable (although the preview is completely off and I have no idea why:(((). The story is absolutely charming, and you can l...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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HERCULE POIROT- detective magnifique
My kids loved Poirot - he was funny, yet clever and worth admiration. They wanted more, so we combined TV-series(this is The Veiled lady) and reading Agatha Christie. The great thing about it is that Poirot speaks the French(i. e. Belgian) English, so they love correcting his word order and pronunciation. This is a classical ws to check understandi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 67
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word games
This is a very practical type of word game you can use with students of all ages. I did it with intermediate and advanced students (kids and adults) and it turned out to be more challenging than they had expected. I always do it in teams or pairs. It�s really useful, because it doesn�t require a lot of time to prepare, you don�t need all kinds of t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 13
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TRUE LIES - movie follow-up
This is a follow-up ws for the movie True Lies with Arnie and Jamie Lee Curtis - one of the funniest action movies ever(James Cameron when he�s having fun)! The ws contains a fill-in, a vocabulary activity and a writing task, all focusing on the key vocabulary. The movie is perfect for teenagers, even adults with a good sense of humour, with lots o...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20
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a short reading test on animals
No fantastic graphics here, sorry! This is a short reading test on animals for elementary kids. The teacher�s version is first, and then there are several small printable/photocopiable versions for kids. I had my kids do it as a reading test, then write the same thing about another animal in their notebooks, then they switched notebooks and tried t...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - poetry or songs???
I decided to look for songs that are borderline poetry and remembered Simon and Garfunkel. I wanted something recognizable but not sth my sts hear on the radio every day. I didn�t want many wss or a lot of work for the sts to do, I wanted to create short breaks from double-lessons, or as intro or end to lessons. This is urban poetry with music, and...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 137
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FANTASY LAND - MYTHICAL BEASTS - PART 2
This is only part of a project I prepared for my after-holiday workshop with students about mythical beasts and magical creatures. After spending half the day reducing it in every possible way, I simply had to split it into parts. So - this is part 2 of the project about mythical beasts (There is also part 1- text tables for this project, and part ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 51
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certificates for students
This is a collection of 8 different types of certificates to be handed out to students on different occasion for that little bit of extra motivation. I�ve used free cliparts and my own drawings. This is my first collection of this kind. I hope you find it useful. (Btw, each certificate has been grouped for easier compression and to prevent pics fro...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type: others
Downloads: 189
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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - follow-up quiz
This is a follow-up quiz to play after watching How to Train Your Dragon. It has over 20 slides(all not visible in the preview), and each slide contains 2 mistakes in spelling, grammar or data, and, of course, accompanying pics to make it more fun. The final slides are the key and point assessment. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 34
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP - advanced story writing
I designed this ppt based on an activity I sometimes do with my advanced students (FCE&CAE) - it�s a fun, creative way to expand their adjectives vocabulary and let their imagination do some work for them. They love writing stories about interesting photos with some, but not too much, guided vocabul...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 354
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St. Patrick�s Day
This is a powerpoint about some basic symbols of St.Patrick�s Day, with several word-game slides at the end. You can read and play it with your elementary, but also intermediate students. It can be used for revision or as introduction to St.Patrick�s Day lessons. Have fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 33
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THE SNOWFLAKE AND THE RING - interactive story for kids
This story was inspired and commissioned from me by my son. It�s a fairytale with parts which are unfinished, so you need to interact with your sts to get them to complete it. I�ve tried it with various age groups and levels, andit really works. It�s fun and creative and expands their vocabulary...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-12
Downloads: 39
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SILLY ENGLISH - how easy is it to translate things?
This is a ppt I prepared for my advanced teenagers who got just a little bit overly self-confident as far as their knowledge was concerned. It is based on an e-mail I got with ridiculously translated hotel and other signs around the world. It�s really funny, but the task for the sts is to say it in ...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 82
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The 5th Element - key vocabulary activities
This ppt is one of the ppts and wss I use while and after watching The 5th Element as an aditional activity in lessons. This one focuses on some key words from the movie, some science fiction basics. My teenagers (and younger sts) absolutely love the movie, so I have lots of useful while and after w...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 13
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THE JUNGLE BOOK - short role-play for elementary kids
This is a ppt of a short play for kids I wrote based on Kipling�s Jungle Book. You can use it for class role reading, or even for a play with kids to perform in front of parents or audience, as I did (btw, a ws version is also available on ESL if you need it, and it contains lyrics to the songs used...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-9
Downloads: 210
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The 5th Element - characters fill-in quiz
This is a ppt about the main characters from the movie The 5th Element. It contains a pic and a fill-in text about all the main characters from this fun science-fiction film. I used info and texts from www.imdb.com. I�m working on it as an additional activity with my sts (levels elementary-intermedi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Downloads: 3
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SUMMER GAMES - fun stuff before summer vacation
This is a collection of activities which can be played as games before the summer vacation, concerning summer, sea animals and clothes. there�s even a story included, so that activities range from writing and memorising to reading and speaking. Each slide is one game, and its key is shown at the bot...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 386
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ALPHABET LESSON - SONG AND RHYME FOR KIDS
This is a rhyme I made up for my kids to add a word to each letter of the alphabet. They can perform it in front of the parents, adding signs for letters and movement for words, and you can add any alphabet song they like. My kids liked it a lot - I hope yours do, too.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-10
Downloads: 46
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THE KISS THAT MISSED
This is an OE I made based on my ws for the story The Kiss that Missed (by D. Melling). It�s a funny fairytale with a synonyms task before reading, and the story from a youtube video with follow-up questions (Present and Past Simple).
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
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LINGUISTIC DILEMMA - word formation
This is my second OE created to help my FCE students with their word formation skills. It is rather simple to use and offers two different tasks to practise word formation.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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SHERLOCK HOLMES 3
This is the third OE I�ve made about Sherlock HOlmes. It contains two reading tasks - a multiple choice(based on a tex from Wikipedia about Holmes�s habits) and a true/false(based on a ppt video about Conan Doyle.). Hope you can use it.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
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PREPOSITIONS in idioms and phrases
This is my third OE. The graphics are simple, but it will be useful for my FCE students to revise some idioms and phrasal verbs. The tasks are fill-ins. I hope you find it helpful.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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LET IT SNOW - RUDOLPH�S COLOURS
This is a fun song about Rudolph I used with a video (littlestorybug) to revise colours. It also has a fill-in task with the basic Rudolph story below. I hope you get as hooked on the song as I have - it�s really cute!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
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FANTASY LAND -PART ONE
I made this OE to accompany my Fantasy Land project (5 wss available with posters, projects and games). I prepared this for my after-holiday workshop, to step back into English, but not immediately into our coursebooks. It�s more fun and basic culture than grammar, but I love sneaking vocabulary in ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
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READ & LEARN - SYNONYMS & WORD FORMATION
This is a vocabulary task based on a poem by F. Letras (with his kind permission) and it contains synonyms, word formation and reading comprehension. I hope you find it useful. The poem has an interesting ending, so you might even use it (for Halloween maybe?) as an open-ended poem with your stodent...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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LIFE CHALLENGES
Our very own Victoria-ladybug posted this video in the cafe and I just wanted to make sth with it so it inspired me to make my first OE. It doesn�t focus on one particular grammar or vocabulary point, but it�s good for discussing problems, giving advice (should...) and motivating. The video is about...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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BORN FREE - OUR PLANET
I made this OE inspired by the video for Born Free, but the basis for the exercise is actually environmental care, enjoying the nature and preserving it, so it revolves around nature vocabulary. It contains two videos and several tasks - vocabulary, spelling, memory practice, fill-in... well, you�ll...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
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PIRATE FUN
I made this OE for my students to do before or during their summer holidays. It�s a wordsearch, vocabulary task and riddles about pirates and their equipment. It�s also available as a printable, without the interactive options. I love pirate stories, so I have made several materials about this topic...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
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