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Mr Busy is going on holiday (FUTURE)
This time Mr Busy is looking forward to a week at the seaside. The text uses various ways of expressing the future. Verbs are to be chosen from the box and used in the correct form. An answer key has been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 211
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Mixed tense sentences
A revision exercise on the present and past tenses - simple and continuous forms.Answer key provided.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 253
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The milkman revival!
An authentic text about an attempt to revive milkman-services in the US - for quality and many other reasons. Although supermarkets have their advantages they did a great job in killing off the corner shop and milk, previously delivered by the local milkman, and which had undergone treatments to make it last longer, could also be bought there too. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 62
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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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The Silver Surfers
More older people are becoming "computer savvy" and this skill is opening up new worlds for them despite the disabilities that come with old age. Steps are being taken in the UK to raise, still further, the number of pensioners using the possibilities the internet offers. Speaking, grammar and comprehension activities have been added (with answer ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 153
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Polar Bear shot dead after swimming 200 miles!
A simplified version suitable for intermediate levels with added comprehension questions, discussion points and language exercises
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 41
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Talk for a minute starting with....
Laminate and cut the sheet into strips. Give each student a strip. The students have to each talk for a minute on their subject starting with the given lead-in (not stating the theme). The rest of the group try to guess the title of the given speech. (Idea taken from Keep Talking by F. Klippel)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 119
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Past simple versus continuous (3)
A gap fill exercise to practise choosing the right form of the verb after the grammar and signal words have been taught. An answer key has been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 229
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Conversation cards (3) focusing on verbs+infinitives
Here�s a set of conversation cards using common verbs which take the infinitive. Give each student a laminated card. They should mingle ans ask (and be asked) until they have spoken to everyone.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 184
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20 minutes in the fresh air works wonders!
A short newspaper article used an an impulse text for a discussion on the theme of giving yourself an energy boost during the day: 20 minutes in the fresh air versus a cup of coffee.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 36
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