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Noun Phrases
Hi everyone! Here is a set of cards to practice the combination of nouns (n+n; non OF noun; noun +s�/�s/+noun). I used it as a matching exercise, but it could also be used as a �Find the pairs� game. Hope it�s useful ;-)
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 32


 
Future plans
Might, be going to, present continuous and will. Two conversations to complete with the correct form of the verb in brackets. If no verb is provided it means it�s a short answer.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 50


 
How I met you mother video actv
Ok, Hopefully this time it will work!! some activities about How I met your mother, first episode first season. There should be TWO pages. I changed the order of the pages so that you can see the actvs first. If the second page doesn�t show, just let me know. On the second one there are five pictures of the main characters. SS have to relate the fi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3


 
The Fruitcake special cloze test
This is a cloze test I prepared for my ss so that they could practice for the exam. The texts are from Frank Brennan�s The Fruitcake Special and other stories. There should be two pages; in the second one you�ll find the key. Please, if you can�t see it, send me a message and I�ll send it to you.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16


 
Visual Thinking Strategies: family, free time, holidays
This is a VTS activity I created for my C1 students but it can be adapted to suit intermediate levels. Students create stories from a work of art (picture, painting). For more info on VTS here you have two very useful blogs: http://www.vtshome.org/what-is-vts http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/whats-going-on-in-this-pictu...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 30


 
Jesse James
Biography of Jesse James in three parts: cloze test, word formation and lexical cloze.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30


 
Aspirational by Matthew Frost
This is a discussion activity about the short film Aspirational by Matthew Frost and with Kirsten Dunst in it. It focuses on how social networks have changed the way we socialize. In the video two girls want to take a selfie with the actress to post it on Face instead of talking to her. I used it with a B2+ group.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16


 
Aesop�s fables Tense practice
An exercise I prepared for my ss to practice mixed verb tenses. I used three fables by Aesop.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18


 
How I met your mother season1 epsode 2
Some activities to work before and after watching the show How I met your mother, first season second episode.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
Scary 20�s (Regrets)
This is a speaking activity I prepared for my B2+/C1 students to practice conditionals, regrets, wish, etc. To review vocab I also included some idiomatic expressions in the text. Hope you find it useful!
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15

 


Conditional sentences
All conditional sentences and some exercises to do do in class.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 68


Present Tenses
A ppt explaining the form and uses of present simple, present continuous and present perfect.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 8


The simpsons family tree
Some slides presenting the Simpson�s family members. Practice of genitives and family vocabulary. It finishes with a pic from Family guy so that students can practice the structures learned.

Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 20


Making questions
Ss have to make questions for the information provided (15 sentences). Tenses: present simple, pres.continuous, past simple, going to.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100


Crimes
Students complete the definitions with the correct �crime� and then listen to the pronunciation of the words.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


Adverbs of manner crossword
Crossword to practice adjectives of manner

Level: elementary
Age: 12-100


Secrets, relationships, modals
A game to review some vocab about secrets and relationships and modal verbs from unit 5 of Speak Out Advanced.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


Prepositions
Choose the correct preposition.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


Wonderwall
Two exercises about Oasis. The first one is a cloze test that ss have to complete with the correct form of the given verb. In the second one, they have to complete the song Wonderwall.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100


Short biographies: Ronaldo and Messi
Two short biographies (Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo) to practice past simple (regular and irregular verbs).

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100


Adjectives
Crossword and 15 sentences to complete with adjectives to describe personality. The sentences are taken from real material.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


Word order
Two exercises to practice word order and questions.

Level: elementary
Age: 12-100


Pompeii
This is a text taken from the resource pack of the book I use in class (English Unlimited). I just turned the text into a fill in the gap exercise so that ss can practice narrative tenses.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100