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Back to school discussion questions
21 "back to school" discussion questions and phrases to include in answers.
Would work as a 1-1, paired, group or whole class discussion activity.
Designed to stimulate discussion and reflection in the first weeks of term.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 63
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Badgers: ACT or SAT reading comprehension
Reading passage in the style of the ACT and SAT reading tests. Used to help prepare a student for these tests.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 20
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because, so, but, however, although: reformulation and logical connectors
Reformulation exercises covering:
because / so
because of, due to
but / however / although
despite, in spite of
Text comprehension based on WWF text about deforestation
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 73
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Beckhams donate 20 boxes of clothes to charity to aid typhoon victims
BBC news story about the Beckhams� donations to a charity shop in order to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. Questions following the text cover key terms, basic comprehension, close comprehension and open-ended discussion questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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Card set to practise pronouncing "s" on plural forms and singular 3rd person verbs
A set of picture and word cards to be matched up. Helps pupils to identify singular and plural noun forms (regular) and practise their pronunciation of these. Also requires pupils to pronounce the "s" on the 3rd person singular form of the verb. I get pupils to match by reading first, then hand out the cards for pupils to read aloud and the holder ...
Level: elementary
Age: 4-10
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8
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Causative form: have/get something done, make someone do something etc.
An overview of the following structures:
have/get something done - have someone do something - get someone to do something - make someone do something
There are clear explanations of the structures and the subtle differences in meaning between them, followed by two authentic texts and exercises (open-ended questions as well as grammar gap-fill se...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 29
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Children read to dogs to improve literacy (article and questions)
Article from BBC news accompanied by vocabulary and comprehension exercises. The article is not too difficult, even for younger teenagers.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 63
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Christmas "crack the code"
Simple vocabulary worksheet with coded words which pupils must decode.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-15
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 56
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Christmas cracker jokes
A list of groan-worthy jokes such as the ones found in Christmas crackers in the UK. Page 1 just has the jokes in a list; page 2 is in a table so you can cut up the jokes and ask learners to match up the jokes and their punchlines.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 44
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Christmas spider diagram discussion prompts
A mind map / spider diagram with words and pictures related to Christmas and the festive season to prompt spontaneous discussion from pupils. You could ask each pupil to choose a word/picture and prepare a short presentation on it, or you could get pupils to work in groups on a general presentation. Each group could prepare a set of questions based...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: others
Downloads: 9
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