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At home, on the sofa. Picture description exercise
Picture description, with exercise on prepositions and the present continuous. Full key included.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Type:
Downloads: 91
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Coronavirus (Covid 19): an advantage
An excerpt (adapted) from the New York Times. The level of language is fairly high. I have varied the language of the T/F to make it a bit more challenging. The students can then be asked to consider other possible environmental advantages of this thing. (Animals/habitats...)
Level: advanced
Age: 11-16
Type:
Downloads: 110
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Picture-based discussion:cats vs dogs?
Just what it says - cats vs dogs and some ideas for discussion and some suggested activities.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 183
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RC: Stop! Do not go!
This is an urban legend. They read the story, then do the T/F, then answer the questions. Full key included. One or 2 difficult constructions: �would have died...� but the questions are not too demanding.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-16
Type:
Downloads: 31
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My ultimate dream day
They read both passages and complete the exercises. This is a daydream about meeting Leonardo da Vinci and showing him the wonder of aeroplanes. Wouldn�t it be amazing?
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-16
Type:
Downloads: 41
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Vanessa and the White Horse
This is a short story in the present tense. Vanessa shows off by trying to ride a horse while standing up!
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: reading
Downloads: 14
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Wayne Rooney, famous footballer
This is a brief biography of Rooney, with a true/false exercise, comprehension questions, grid for facts, and suggestion to make a timeline. You could also blank out the verbs and use it to practise past tense.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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Afternoon tea
A little passage about a very pleasant custom: taking afternoon tea. They do the T/F, then match the cakes with their description. It is suggested that they design and label an afternoon tea of their own. Key for the match-up included. I could eat all of those cakes in a heartbeat, except eccles cakes as I don�t like currants.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Type:
Downloads: 102
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Naughty Ginger!
Two pages, focus past simple and the emergency services. Thanks to Ravensburger Puzzles for permission to use the picture. I hope you will find this useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 109
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Describing a picture
A great picture with some exercises. On page 2, some ideas on how to exploit the picture and a key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-16
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 141
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New year�s resolutions 2019
Some slides to make them think and keep them busy. This is an updated version of my 2016 ppt. A variety of activities.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 53
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Bullying
Anti-bullying week is coming up. I have made this for native English speakers, but I think a lot of the activities will be useful for esl teachers. Thank you to Tony Wow for permission to use his heart warming story about Kyle.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-16
Downloads: 81
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Creatures from Harry Potter
This powerpoint contains images of creatures from Harry Potter. The first slide models the activity - description. Good as starters, or for group work.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 27
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New Year�s Resolutions
Some slides for making resolutions. This is an updated version of one I uploaded previously. I don�t see the need to remove the previous one...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-16
Downloads: 54
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Presentation about books
I use this powerpoint as a starter activity before starting a reading book. It contains the terminolgy: author, chapter, illustration etc.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 22
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Titanic:past continuous tense
It�s the centenary of the sinking of Titanic, so I�ve done a project. I used this ppt to reinforce the past continuous. I include a few facts and have blanked out the connectives.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 51
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Describing Pictures
21 slides, each with an image or images and exercises. I�ve prepared this for English GCSE students, but a lot of it is useful as an esl resource.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-16
Downloads: 84
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The UK general election May 2015
Some basic details about the main candidates and their parties. The info comes up, then the names, so that your students have a chance to see if they can name any. Some tasks are included, including a true or false activity.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 34
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Teaching adverbs in a subtle manner
I went on a course �Grammar for writing� which informs us that you should teach grammar, but in a covert sort of way. I made this little ppt, which will be a nice little starter for reinforcing adverbs.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-16
Downloads: 20
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From potatoes to potato crisps
I did this as a project in a Business Studies/Product Design class. The students enjoyed learning all about crisps and designing their own packets. This ppt was previously reported for watermarked images - I have removed them.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 35
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