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The making of AVATAR
This is a worksheet to accompany the youtube link about the characters in the Avatar movie, with a special focus on a female character, Neitiri. The documentary lasts about 3 minutes. Key included. Enjoy :-)
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13


 
Cambridge PET / Preliminary transformations ALL TYPES
Dear All preparing your students for PET, I�m saving you LOADS of work ;-) Before you are ALL types of transformations found at PET with key (10 pages of it). If your students do the task successfully, they will definitely feel well prepared for the test. You may also assign it for homework and test later in class. Your pick :-)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 181


 
Tom Lehrer "Pollution" dvd
A totally hillarious song by Tom Lehrer that your students are bound to love. Suitable for exam classes and generally upper-levels, connected to the topic of environment in a humorous way :-)
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10


 
Urban legends film worksheet
This is a worksheet exploring an urban legend about a "cooked bride" (as a result of tanning bed overuse). The 7 min. long film can be downloaded from youtube.com (link included), there are both questions stimulating discussion about urban legends and personal appearance (and how far would you go to improve it). Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32


 
Young Learners� English STARTERS MOVERS FLYERS sample questions
Before you are sample questions for ALL LEVELS of the CAMBRIDGE YLE (Young Learners� English) Speaking exam, from its last part providing more "free" practice. From my experience, this part and telling the story are the most challenging for the children. So here are 3 pages of questions for you to practice with your students. Not really decorative,...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Type: others
Downloads: 64


 
TIME CLAUSES BOARDGAME
Hey, hey, CAE teachers! Here is a more fun way to practice time clauses with your students - either in small groups or in pairs or pairs. You just need this board, a coin and good mood :-)
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: others
Downloads: 25


 
SPICE UP YOUR ENGLISH WITH SYNONYMS
This is a vocabulary list you should hand to your exam students (FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS) so that they would no longer use bland vocabulary (think, good, bad, nice :-S ) or be able to skillfully use formal/informal varieties of English. Realizing that lifting vocabulary from the test material, using it inapproporiately, or applying vocabulary that is ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: others
Downloads: 255


 
Tour the USA with Irregular Verbs
Just an alternative to a boring irregular verbs review/study. Students move around the USA map and each time they have to provide one/two (your pick) remaining irregular verb forms based on the card they take (cards should be face down). All you need are counters or anything to act like that, coin and the printable. High spirits guaranteed :-) The...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5


 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The Tale of the Three Brothers
This is a worksheet that uses The Tale of the Three Brothers as a model for creating student�s own stories. Tips on writing included. So is the youtube link to the movie fragment and comprehension questions. Enjoy as always :-)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 37


 
Martin Luther King Assassination conspiracy theories
Yet another CAE worksheet this time on MLK assassination conspiracy theories. Link to the documentary included, so is the key. Hope it�ll stirr a discussion in your class!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20

 


Present Continuous with future meaning and Present Simple Football Game
Here is a game for Present Continuous for future arrangements v. Present Simple. You click on the name of the footballer and it takes you to the question, the arrow at the bottom will take you back to the first page. Clicking on crosses (bad answer) or ticks (good one) will show points. Play in two ...

Level: elementary
Age: 10-15
Downloads: 49


Past Simple Mystery Box
Team game to consolidate Past Simple. Divide the class into any number of groups you want. Students of a team answer one question. If the answer is correct, they get 20 points. Then they must decide whether to open the mystery box (then they are not getting the 20 points), stay with the points they ...

Level: elementary
Age: 12-16
Downloads: 106


The Oscars quiz
The Oscar night is over, so why don�t you discuss the awards with your students? Some facts plus a short trivia with a link to Coco - a cartoon which won the Oscar this year. Have fun!

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-15
Downloads: 43


THAT�S ENTERTAINMENT! TV shows and films vocabulary :-)
The exercise contains pictures and puzzles to review vocabulary related to TV and movie industry. Double click on the right clue and the answer will appear under the picture. Best to everyone and special thanx to Latvija for the template :-)

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 70


GERUNDS OR INFINITIVES BOMB GAME
Hi again! This time it�s gerunds and infinitives on the menu, I used it to practice with a CAE group. It�s the Bomb game, so divide your group into teams, explain that they�ll have to put in gerunds or infinitives (sometimes bare) in the gaps and if they are successful something is going to pop up -...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 64


To be going to and Present Continuous bomb game Part 2
That�s the follow up to P1 of the game with the same title. Enjoy:-)

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 31


To be going to and Present Continuous bomb game Part 1
Forever grateful to foreverjinxed for the template ;-) Yes, you�ve encounteres these two in one of the cousebooks and are missing a fun exercise to practise? I give you plenty of examples for Present Continuous and to be going to, ideally to be played in teams with you keeping the score. To have ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 46


PLURALS GAME
If you are - like me - teaching these plurals (and spelling rules) again to beginners, this presentation will help you out there in the practice stage. Rules to review at first, examples next. Hope you like it :-) Clicking the right clue will make the answer show up under the picture.

Level: elementary
Age: 5-12
Downloads: 74


PAST TENSES and PRESENT PERFECT WHACK THE MOLE PART 1
After you have laboriously taught them narrative past tenses (Past Simple/Continuous, Past Perfect/Continuous plus Present Perfect/Continuous), it�s time for some fun practice! Animation and sound included, so are the answers if you click on the slide again. Instructions are provided in the first sl...

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 47


PAST TENSES and PRESENT PERFECT WHACK THE MOLE PART 2
Here is PART 2 of the game, you just have to download both and put the presentation back together. The game practices PAST TENSES and PRESENT PERFECT in a fun way, the aim is to clear a plot from a mole by inserting the correct verb form. Answers, instructions, animation and sound included. Too b...

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 34


PAST SIMPLE regular and irregular verb forms
Here is an activity to review and consolidate Past Simple that all of us have taught at some point. Hope you find it useful too ;-)

Level: elementary
Age: 10-14


PAST SIMPLE OF "TO BE" GAME
Fun practice of the verb "to be" in Past Simple in all shapes and sizes (was, wasn�t, were, weren�t). For A1/A2 students, suitable rather for younger students (not adults). Have fun :-D

Level: elementary
Age: 9-100


COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Comparatives and superlatives in a fun way. Enjoy!

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


-ed and -ing adjectives practice
Hi again, Well, it�s this time of year again to practice -ing and -ed adjectives (interested/interesting). Hope you find it equally useful as I did when I created it ;-) The vocabulary and topics are generally suitable for teenagers or adults, overall intermediate level. Enjoy!

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


CONDITIONAL I AND II GAME :-)
Conditional 1 and 2 review game! Fastest finger - let the best man/woman win the virtual bucks ;-) The game practises the aforementioned conditionals initially in affirmative sentences, then in questions. Always a part of the sentence with a verb is given to make it a bit easier. This game works!

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100


EXPRESSIONS OF THE FUTURE
Activate these future expressions with the advanced students! Give them your tired : bound to, on the point to, about to, due to, is to etc. Spice these up with some future tenses and voila... Use and enjoy!

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


UNREAL TIME PRACTICE - if only, conditionals, it�s time, I�d rather, I wish
How to make the practice of more complex structures more sexy? You�ve already drilled your conditionals, if only, it�s time, wish, I�d rather and the like and there is still something missing... Well, again, thanx to eslprintables for the format of snakes and ladders ;-) Emotion is the key to rememb...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


FUTURE FORMS
Review these future expressions in a FUN way. The game was created to complement Macmillan�s Ready for Advanced unit 8 where students are supposed to master (apart from future tenses) various expressions such as modals, likely to, bound to, about to, due to, is to.. etc. Enojy as always!

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


Indefinite pronouns :-)
Here is my go at indefinite pronouns (some-/any-/every-/no- body, -thing, -where) coupled with a game of chance ;-) After you "throw the dice", your pawn will move and a sentence with 2 options will appear. Good for practice stage of any lesson on indefinite pronouns, made for teens but will suit mo...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100


IMPERATIVES
An exercise to practice imperatives both in positive and negative versions (e.g. Go and Don�t go). At the same time it revises "do" and "make" in the medium level of difficulty questions. The game was originally designed to go with Your Space 1 book but will suit any elementary level course. Have ...

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100