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Questions and negations in the present tense
For adult beginners. An oral drill which then could be used as a writing exercise for homework. This always needs a lot of practice at the beginning.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 56
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Questions, questions, questions!
A page of bookmarks to laminate and cut up for elementary students who might be having difficulty with forming questions. Different types of questions have been used and various question words and built into a kind of poem with every second line rhyming for reading aloud and just being handy to have in a book etc. in an attempt to help students wit...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: others
Downloads: 37
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Raising funds for Oxfam
An authentic text from Oxfam giving information about some of the work they do and ways in which we can help. Discussion questions on and beyond the text have been added as well as a collocation focus.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 45
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Re-cycling of recent texts
Extra activities for four of the recent texts I put up (in the name of re-cycling:)). Once the students have become accustomed to a text, have understood it, the vocabulary has been learned, the same text can be re-produced at a later date to reinforce what has been learned and to focus on, in this case, the vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14
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Recent News Clips from the British Press. On the lighter side of Life. (1)
Recent authentic newspaper texts on a lighter note - some inspirational. Exercises to help understanding have been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 98
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Ridiculous insurance claims
A set of authentic insurance claims made by holidaymakers taken from the Daily Telegraph newspaper. Guess which ones were paid out! Language exercises, lots of comprehension questions and talking points have been added. An answer key is provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 99
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Schoolgirl�s dad in trouble! News clip 1
The text from the Daily Mail has been split into its paragraphs. Students should give a short concise heading to each, discuss/justify their choice wtih a partner and then decide as a class on the final headings. The exercise could be introduced by talking about how parental care/duties have changed over the past 50 years and the dangers today of c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 67
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Sheep racing revival!
Another British eccentricity: sheep racing with teddy bear jockeys. An old tradition revived for the school holidays. Fun seemed to be had by all (not too sure about the sheep though!!)Language exercises with answer key have been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 61
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So, chocolate and coffee are good for you after all!
Research has been made to find the best foods to enable you to live a long and healthy life. Chocolate, coffee and red wine are on the list of the 20 top foods, so it�s possible to indulge yourself and be healthy! (The secret of all these foods is that they contain high amounts of polyphenols.) I�ve written some language exersises and a poem contai...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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Some more recent news clips (2)
Five interesting short articles recently in the news from various newspapers.Comprehension and language exercise have been added as well as an answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 208
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