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Silly advice problems
This is a series of cards which contain fairly ridiculous ideas that may happen to people. Classes should form small groups of five or six, place the cards upside down in the middle of the table and take turns at turning over a problem and the others have to contribute their solutions to the problem. The one one with the best/most original/funnie...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 84
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Men Talk - What men wish all women would realise
This is a very �tongue in cheek� exercise on advise that men think women should know about them. This is not a serious proposition, but an amusing set of principles that can be used as a stimulation to talk about the differences between male and female. Maybe someone could come up with a similar list about what women think men should know about t...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 85
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Animal Habitats 2
This shows a number of common animals with pictures of their natural habitat. The children should write the names of the habitats next to the picture and the name of the animal next to its picture, then draw lines to match which animal belongs to which habitat. This is worksheet 2 of 2.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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handwriting exercise
This worksheet is designed to demonstrate how good handwriting is important for students when writing essays and assignments. The first part should be completed by the student and then passed on to a neighbour to complete the next part. Keep passing the worksheet on to different neighbours so as to get a good representation of different handwritin...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Tutorial - How to reduce size of pictures using PAINT
This is uploaded in response to the numerous questions about How to reduce the size of illustrations. I show how to reduce a 9mb photograph to 16kb using Microsoft Paint. This method is not foollproof and there are other programs that can probably do it better, but everyone has Paint and so everyone can try it. Enjoy.
Level: elementary
Age: 3-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 559
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Sentence Maze
This exercise involves the pupils finding the first word of three different sentences and then following the words in the grid to complete the whole sentences. The sequence of each word is directly next to each other, either up, down, left right or diagonally. As you discover each word write it in the boxes until you have a complete sentence. It...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Irregular - regular past tense
This is two stories, woven into one. One story uses regular past tense and the other, irregular past tense verbs. Students have to sort out which story is which. (I have had this on my computer a long time, I am not sure if I wrote it or not!! I do not think it is stolen, but if anyone else has claims on this I apologise.) It is such an interes...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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How to automatically insert the reference of your document
This is another instruction sheet to show you how you can automatically insert the reference of your document in to the footer. This is for those who print worksheets and sometime later wonder �where on earth did i get that from?� If you have never had this problem, then this is not for you. The instructions are quite detailed and may frighten s...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 56
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Newspaper misprints
This is a series of sentences that are grammatically correct, but one of the words is a �typo� mistake that changes the meaning of the sentence. Some of the sentences are quite amusing. Page 2 gives all the answers to the mistakes (in case you can�t find them yourself!!!!). Not sure where I got this from, so if anyone has claim on this I would b...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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Holidays - Past Tense
This is a worksheet using Marshmallow�s holiday illustrations but adding text in the present tense with two exercises to convert the text to simple past. The first exercise is simply change the verb form, the second is to write the entire script. (I notice that on the preview the format seems to have changed with a text box across the pictures, s...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 145
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Pelmanism - parts of the body
This is a PowerPoint used to play the game of pelmanism or matching words with pictures or meaning. It can be used online for teaching or in a classroom. I also have a PowerPoint tutorial that shows you how to use the game effectively. This can be downloaded for free as it is a tutorial.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Downloads: 19
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Adjectives - Kim�s Game
This is a Kim�s game where a number of adjectives are presented in both picture and word form. The class should be divided into small groups and told to remember as many as possible, then move on to the next slide where 3 are missing. Click on any of the numbers to reveal the missing words. Enjoy...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Downloads: 89
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Occupations - Kim�s Game - Pictures
This is a Kim�s game where a number of occupations are presented in picture form only, making it a little more challenging. The class should be divided into small groups and told to remember as many as possible, then move on to the next slide where 3 are missing. Click on any of the numbers to revea...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Downloads: 51
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Comparisons and Superlatives - Introduction
This is a simple introduction to comparisons, contrast and superlatives with both written and illustrated examples.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 266
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Fruit Kims Game Pictures
This is a �kim�s game� activity where the pupils are presented with 20 different pictures of fruit - no words, making it a little more challenging, then move down the slides and two of them are missing. They have to remember the fruit and say which is missing. Click on the next button to move from o...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Downloads: 8
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Kitchen furniture - Kim�s Game - pictures
This is a kim�s game where the slide presents all the furniture as a seies of pictures (no words), the next slide shows the same items with three of them missing. The class should be challenged to work out which 3 are missing. Click on the numbers to show the missing items. The final slide is instru...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 13
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How to make flash cards in Word 2
This is the second in the series of how to make Flash Cards in Word. The first one shows how to make up the boxes, this one shows how to insert text and pictures. These flash cards are �hands on� size, so I make several sets for each class. I have used 10 sets of cards in one class of 50 kids and...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 37
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Body parts - Kim�s Game
A Kim�s Game activity where pupils are presented with 20 pictures and words of different parts of the body. Form the class into small groups and get them to remember as many as possible. Then move to the next slide where three of the items are missing. Click on the numbers to reveal the items. T...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Downloads: 95
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Classroom - Kim�s Game - Pictures
This is a Kim�s game where a number of items related to classrooms are presented as pictuea. The class should be divided into small groups and told to remember as many as possible, then move on to the next slide where 3 are missing. Click on any of the numbers to reveal the missing items. Enjoy...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Downloads: 35
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Pelmanism - plants
This is a PowerPoint used to play the game of pelmanism or matching words with pictures or meaning. It can be used online for teaching or in a classroom. I also have a PowerPoint tutorial that shows you how to use the game effectively. This can be downloaded for free as it is a tutorial.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Downloads: 15
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