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Suffixes activity
An activity to practice word building with the suffixes: ty, ity, ence, ance, ness, th, ion, ment, ism.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 27


 
"You are the only exception"- Paramore
Song activity with three types of activities. Thanks
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27


 
Video: Troy Davis execution- race vs rights- listening
Students do the pre-watching activity as a warm up to the topic of the death penalty. Then they listen and complete the blanks. There is a vocabulary activity afterwards. There is a key on the second page. This could be used in tandem with my reading activity about Tory Davis execution and the protests on Twitter: http://www.eslprintables.com/pr...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26


 
Listening: British Council podcast: "Charities"
Instructions: Listen to the British Council magazine podcast �Charities� and answer the questions below about the charities mentioned. The podcast is available online or for mp3 download from: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/charities There is a different task available online. Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 21


 
Listening: Clip from Friends- gap fill
A short listening activity with the following clip from Friends: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ESeEZD_OY The clip is only 2:30 minutes, so I used this as a warmer for my class, before talking about how friends support us and then going on to talk about affixes, with the word "friend" as a starter. Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 18


 
You read, I write: weddings, marriage and relationship vocabulary
Students take it in turns to read their text to their pair. Demonstrate that the students need to say blank or mmm to indicate where there is a gap. If students did not hear or understand the word, they should ask their partner �can you repeat that please?� or �can you spell that please?�. Arrange the class into pairs: A and B. Ask pairs A and B to...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 18


 
Song: Bruce Springsteen- 57 channels and nothin�s on
A gap fill. Key included on page 2. Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17


 
Paraphrasing: worksheet and game
Page 1 is a worksheet to introduce paraphrasing structures. Page 2 has a dominoes game for students to practice the phrases. Thanks, Elise
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16


 
Reading and Webquest: Artist Van Gogh and the Museum
A reading and webquest article. Student must first find the art related vocabulary in the text, then look at the van Gogh museum website to fill in the paragraph headings and find out other information about the museum. Links and key included. Thanks.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 16


 
Music: People should smile more- Newton Faulkner
Nice song for all ages. Thanks.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15

 


Adjectives and adverbs: gradable & ungradable
A powerpoint showing gradabale and ungradable adjectives and the adverbs of degree and intensity that can be combined with them. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 30


1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals
A presentation with examples explanation and practice for 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals. Includes examples with unless and alternatives for "would". Hope it helps.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 29


Relative clauses
A power point presentation about relative clauses, using Vincent van Gogh as the concept. This was created for an upper intermediate class, so some of the language might need to be re-graded for lower levels. The presentation includes defining and non-defining relative clauses. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 28


Like and as for similarity
A presentation with examples to express similarity with like and as.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 25


Idioms with by
A powerpoint to practice the authentic use of idioms with by: By choice, by heart, by mistake, by ear, by name, by far, by sight, by chance. The contexts are newspaper and website headlines. Key: 1. heart 2. name 3. mistake 4. sight 5. chance 6. ear 7. far 8. choice Thanks.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 22


Word formation 2
There is a general introduction followed by a specific focus on suffixes -ful, -less and -able/ible and the prefixes for the opposites of adjectives. Thanks.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 21


Have- causative verb
A presentation with examples and practice for have as a causative verb. Hope it helps.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 21


Past expressing present or future time
A powerpoint slide outlining the use of past tenses with a present or future meaning for: I wish/If only Second conditional As if/as though It�s (about/high) time There are some practice activities at the end. Thanks

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 18


So and Such for emphasis/extremes
A presentation with examples showing when we use so and such for emphasis and extremes.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 17


Vocab: Famous crimes
A powerpoint to elicit the famous crimes. Each example gives the crime, verb and criminal. I teach in Brazil so have given three local examples that would need to be substituted. Or, if anyone knows an international example for: drug trafficking, mugging and rape, let me know and I�ll edit it. ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 13

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