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Used to, Chris Daughtry (song activity)
I used this song last year with my intermediate students. Chris Daughtry was not the winner from one of the editions of American Idol, but I liked his voice and his style. So, as I had to review the structure �used to� recently taught, I decided to use a song and also work with reading comprehension and improve the students� vocabulary. To my surpr...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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PASSIVE VOICE - MEANING AND USE
I`ve created this activity to make students think about why the passive voice is chosen in some contexts - my intention was to show them it has a meaning and a function and not only a form.
They loved it!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH - ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS #2 (Listening Activity)
Last year (2007), we were discussing the effects of global warming in class and we had already read many articles, listened to an interview with Tom Flannery and guess what? I�ve discovered that teenagers are not worried with the environment and the consequences of global warming upon it. So, I took two excerpts from the scene "The solutions are in...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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FRIENDS -
It�s another incredible Friends� episode. It�s great to discuss the difference between (scientific) fact and opinion, as well as to discuss the boundaries of our beliefs. I have included the script so that you can find the scenes, between Ross and Pheebs mainly, easily.
The title of the episode is "The One Where Heckles Dies".
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Idioms with numbers
One of the forms of measuring the importance of a subject in a culture is to check the role it plays in the production of new vocabulary items. This is what happens to NUMBERS. They have always been a valuable cultural asset in the English language � IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS departing from numbers are being used in contexts apart from the one of the m...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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Storytelling - scary spooky story (listening)
I was teaching my students the use of the past tenses in narratives, especially the Past Perfect Tense and the Past Simple and after working with a short scary story from a book, I decided to use another one as an evaluation. I�ve found the audio in the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P11fo00WLMM .
Unfortunately, there was no transcript, so...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28
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Multiple Intelligences - reading comprehension
It�s a listening exercise based on the audio text available on http://deepenglish.com/2012/11/multiple-intelligences/ .
Using the QR code the student can listen to the audio on his smartphone or tablet.
It can be used with A1 (second half) students on.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33
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The Devil Wears Prada - the movie (Listening Activity)
We were talking about jobs, job styles, job interviews and this movie is a great material to talk about these themes. I�ve used scenes nr 8 and 9. I hope you enjoy this listening activity! Send me your comments!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 45
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Silly Science Cartoon (Listening Activity)
If you want to talk about science in a funny but helpful way, use this old cartoon video and enjoy it with your students.
The link to the video is: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xr8nx_silly-science-cartoon_shortfilms
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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PLANET WARNING: WATER SHORTAGE
As we, teachers, are supposed to bring to class authentic material, so that our students can deal with real language, I�ve prepared this listening exercise. I hope you like it!
OBS: The audio can be downloaded on the site given with the transcript.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38
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