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Isabel L
Isabel L
Spain



br The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. br B.B. King br

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LISTENING SPRAINED ANKLE AND DROWNING
Two listening activities about what to do if someone gets an ankle sprained or is drowning. Links to the videos provided in the worksheet
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 18


 
INTERVIEW WITH A FITNESS ENTERTAINER
Listening exercise using an interview with a fitness entertainer who works in a hotel in Mallorca. Link provided in the worksheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 27


 
FIVE WAYS TO LISTEN BETTER
Listening comprehension exercise based on a TED Talk by Julian Treasure https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better/transcript?referrer=playlist-great_ted_talks_for_language_practice It includes sentences to complete and open questions. With key
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 29


 
UNCONTACTED PEOPLE
Reading comprehension exercise about the uncontacted people of the Sentinelese. Article from TIME magazine. Includes true or false, questions and vocabulary. Withkey
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 23


 
TED TALK. ELIZABETH PISANI: SEX, DRUGS AND HIV � LET�S GET RATIONAL
Activities about HIV, AIDS and what some countries have done or are doing to prevent the disease or treat the infected people. The worksheet includes watching a video, discussion, comnprehension questions and a project work.This is the link to the video: http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_pisani_sex_drugs_and_hiv_let_s_get_rational_1 It is also i...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31


 
TED TALK: DON�T INSIST ON ENGLISH
There are activities about two videos: one very short talk and one longer. Both are about how important learning English is now. In the second, Patricia Ryan tells the audience about her over 30-year experience as an EFL teacher in Kwait and reflects about the consequences of giving English paramount importance in certain fields. The links to the v...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54


 
CAN WE HAVE IT ALL?
Activity based on a talk about a different view won how to achieve equality between men and women http://www.ted.com/talks/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all It includes comprehension and discussion activities.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 45


 
POEM TIME: IF I WERE IN CHARGE OF THE WORLD
The students listen to the poem "If I were in charge of the world" by Judy Viorst and fill in the gaps, then they read two different versions of the same poem and finally, they write their own poem. It�s a good activity to practise the second type of conditional sentences. Hope you like it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27


 
WORD FORMATION: PREFIXES
Information and practice about how the meaning and use of some common English prefixes. Hope you find it useful
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 97


 
LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
Vocabulary practice and discussion about love and relationships. Enjoy it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18

 


THE SEVEN DOOR MYSTERY
This activity helps the students develop their language and imagination freely. There aren�t any correct or incorrect answers. They just give answers to the questions, the more imaginative, the better.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 26


LET�S TALK ABOUT CHANGES
Presentation to practise the structure "used to" in oral activities. Hope you like it

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 103


DESCRIBING PEOPLE: SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
This presentation can be used to practise description of personality. There are pictures to describe with questions as prompts and practice of vocabulary, decision making and a role-play. Enjoy it!

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 290


QUESTION/ANSWER TEMPLATE
A more complete version of my former template, with links to other slides where you can just add questions and answers, pictures, etc. Enjoy it!

Level: elementary
Age: 3-17
Downloads: 0


PASSIVE GAME
Game for students to practise the passive voice. They have to change active sentences into passive ones. There are different kinds of passive sentences, including double transitive verbs and reporting verbs. Hope you find it useful

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 318


GAMEBOARD TEMPLATE
This is a template for simple board games. I hope you find it useful

Level: elementary
Age: 3-17
Downloads: 0


FILM: BLOOD DIAMOND
I used this presentation to introduce the setting and the plot of the film "Blood Diamond". The worksheet with the after-watch activities is on http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=393272#thetop. I hope it is useful.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 23


ACCESORIES
This can be used to present the vocabulary of clothes and accesories.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 3


Christmas in Britain
Power point presentation about what British people traditionally do at Chistmas, how they decorate homes and streets. Hope you enjoy it. Merry Christmas!!

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 75


TOO / ENOUGH
Pp presentation to explain and practise too + adjective, adj + enough, enough + adjective. I hope it�s useful. In the preview the background looks black but it is actually white when downloaded.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 10


RELATIVE CLAUSES, DEFINING AND NON-DEFINING
Our students can practise relative clauses -defining and non-defining- with this exercise. Enjoy it!

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100


WORD FORMATION
Exercise to learn new words from words we already know. Hope it�s useful

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100


PRESENT PERFECT / SIMPLE PAST
Exercise to practise the difference between the present perfect and the simple past. There is also practice of time expressions like already, still, yet, just, since, for, ago. Enjoy it!

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


Present perfect
Exercise to practise present perfect with adverbs: just,yet, still, already. There are some exercises using the song I still haven�t found ... by U2 (Not very original, I know, but useful enough). One of the exercises includes recognising simple phonetic transcriptions. I hope you find it useful...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


DESCRIPTION OF PERSONALITY
Exercise to practise some adjectives we can use to describe people�s personality. Enjoy it!!

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


WARNING: A POEM BY JENNY JOSEPH
Fill in the gaps exercise based on a well known English poem. I used it to teach time clauses: when+present to refer to the future, which some Spanish students find particularly difficult to grasp. An exercise about this structure is also included. I hope you find it useful.

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100


HOUSEHOLD CHORES
Exercise to practise vocabulary related to housework. There is also some practise on frequency adverbs and expressions and word order in the sentence. Enjoy it!!

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100