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Biography exchan,ge pair work : James Blunt and Pink
The first bio (James Blunt) has the class creating the questions the need to get the relevant information about him from the teacher. The next one (on Pink), is a half-and-half one with blanks for information exchange through questions between students (pairs or teams). It�s quite a good way to work into oral presentations and the questions and ans...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 17
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A letter to Cyber Santa
This is a fun poem on Christmas that I do with my 4th year English students (14 to 15-year-olds). The vocabulary is more interesting than just Christmas, and there are some useful grammar points that can be pulled out as well. A good activity for those last difficult hours before the holidays!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 14
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Preparing your trip to the UK
Here are a few ideas for helping your students prepare for a trip to the UK : a worksheet on how to learn regularly and build your vocab as you travel, a small table on the English pound system, some ice-breaker Qs to ask host families (not easy the first evening with a family!), etc. Hope it�s helpful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Reading comprehension "Forehead Ads"
short reading comprehension text ith exercises. Can lead up to an interesting conversation about advertising, commercials, etc. My students found it quite interesting, and I hope yours will, too!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 32
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The Party : using Past simple and progressive
A short text in the past simple, in which to include sentences in the past continuous in order to amplify the original text. Good practice for the tenses, also for reading and intonation practice once the written part is done.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Mad Men 1.1 Oral comprehension
A short during-and-after comprehension worksheet to go with the first episode of the fabulous "Mad Men" TV series. The idea is to help students with general comprehension and pick up on a few key ideas and expressions. I put the subtitles on, and if the class gets really interested, we watch again later without the subtitles. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: others
Downloads: 16
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A Santa Cloze poem for intermediates
A fun Cloze poem exercise to do on the last day before holidays that�s more than just what do you want for Xmas! Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16
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2013 in review with S. Past + Passive voice
A quick review of the Active/Passive voices, then an overview of 2013 to practice the Simple Past with Active/Passive forms. Interesting, and a good way to get back to work after the winter break!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-15
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 47
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Joni Mitchell�s Big Yellow Taxi
This great song is very useful for listening comprehension and as an opener for discussion on the environment. The first page has the original text, and the second page is a double version of the song with a few exercises. Hope you enjoy it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Exclamative sentences
A short explanation with exercises to practice Exclamative sentences (so / such a / what a). It�s helpful!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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