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riddles
You can find 16 riddles in rhyme here with ideas on how to use them in class and expand them for all levels and age groups. Have fun! Riddles rock!
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 116
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FCE practice - use of English
This is a ws for advanced levels, specifically FCE practice for Use of English - phrasal verbs in context and word formation. My sts found it helpful, I hope you do, too...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 47
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Pride - who can humanity be proud of?
This project is part 3 of today�s series, but can be used completely separately from the other 2. If you decide to use all 3, I do suggest to do this one last - to end on a positive note (Prejudice, Pride & Prejudice, Pride). This lesson plan contains a detailed, several-page set of instructions and various texts about famous people from human hist...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 79
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CREATIVE WORKSHOP - tell the tale
These are the basic principles which guide me in most of my creative workshops and discussions. It offers very little printable materials to sts (you can even get away with none), but gives them lots of hints, preparatory work and ideas. It teaches them to think, organize their ideas and argument their thoughts. The principle can be applied in many...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 107
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THE INKHEART PROJECT - the book
If you�ve always loved fantasy stories like I have and were looking for one for your teenagers, Inkheart might be really interesting for you. I�ve used both the book and movie in class, and they�re really interesting - having the gift to read out things and characters from books into real life, who wouldn�t want that? However, "with great power com...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 114
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VOYAGER - THE STAR TREK ADVENTURE 1
This is part 1 of my Voyager wss. This one contains suggested writing, speaking and class-poster activities about crew members. If your sts like science fiction, and you can�t afford to have them watch a long movie, it�s enough to have them watch 1 episode. Part 2 contains 2 worskheets (basic story and one particular episode paraphrasing worksheet)...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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WORD FORMATION MATCH-UP
This is a 4-page collection of matching cards to practise word formation with ideas on writing practice at the end. I use them with intermediate and advanced levels.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 103
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CARTOONS AND FRIENDS - kids� rhymes for a show
I couldn�t resist sharing this with you - it�s something I worked out for my level 1 sts to perform at the end of the school year in front of the parents. It consists of several rhymes about their favourite cartoon characters (I had 2-3 of them speak out each rhyme and added movements and costumes), and they end it with a rhyme about friendship (wh...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-9
Type: reading
Downloads: 43
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mothers and families - funny motivational texts and wss
Inspired by Victoria�s posts in the cafe (funny texts about mothers) and Fulghum�s All I Need to Know About Life I Learned in Kindergarten, I have prepared a project with introductory, main and final activities with wss for 4 different texts(wss practise vocabulary, modals, synonyms, word formation, and activities are speaking and writing for group...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 82
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WORD GAMES - to motivate reading
This is a collection of 16 word games I use in my lessons to motivate reading in English, collected from various sources and developed from my classroom situations. The rules for each game are explained on 3 basic levels - elementary, intermediate and advanced, and the games can be used with all vocabulary groups, all ages (from preschool to adult)...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: others
Downloads: 823
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THE SNOW QUEEN (poem) - creative writing ppt
Adding this to my Snow Queen project, I�ve created this ppt for my advanced groups based on a poem by F. Letras (with his permission - thanks, Frank). It contains a poem inspired by the Snow Queen story, two vocabulary task slides and a creative writing task which can be done individually or in pair...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 49
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FCE VOCABULARY PRACTICE
This is a ppt prepared for the FCE level. It contains a vocabulary task with multiple choice (with key), and a paraphrasing task (with key). Both tasks also contain an extra slide which is bw and printable as a ws or test (with key). These activities are then followed by a brain teaser which you can...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 86
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The 5th Element - characters fill-in quiz
This is a ppt about the main characters from the movie The 5th Element. It contains a pic and a fill-in text about all the main characters from this fun science-fiction film. I used info and texts from www.imdb.com. I�m working on it as an additional activity with my sts (levels elementary-intermedi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
Downloads: 3
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BE THE TEACHER - error correction
This is a collection of movie quotes. Each of them contains a slight mistake, and it�s your sts� job to find them. Key is provided in the end. It�s a fun way to make your sts aware of some mistakes, and afterwards you can ask them to list their typical mistakes and become aware of them. It�s a reall...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 55
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St. Patrick�s Day
This is a powerpoint about some basic symbols of St.Patrick�s Day, with several word-game slides at the end. You can read and play it with your elementary, but also intermediate students. It can be used for revision or as introduction to St.Patrick�s Day lessons. Have fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 33
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�ALLO �ALLO - short play for intermediate teenagers
This is a ppt of a short play I wrote for my teenagers (there is a wss version for sts uploaded on ESL as well), based on the hillarious comedy �Allo �Allo. They loved imitating different funny characters and their accents, which actually helped them improve their own English. It�s not too complicat...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 34
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ELEMENTARY REVISION GAMES - kids� level 2
This is a ppt I use to revise at the end of the year with my level 2 kids. It covers numbers (ordinal and cardinal), months, days of the week, school subjects, to be and prepositions, and we usually do it as a competition between two teams. Hope you find it useful.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-11
Downloads: 122
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upper-intermediate revision games
This can be used for revision with upper intermediate students, and, as always, you can turn revision into team games, and later use the same or similar exercises to prepare an actual test for them. It covers conditionals, gerund vs. infinitive, modals,past tenses, word formation. I�ve even used it ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 32
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PEOPLE IN THE PRESENT - present tenses and describing people
This ppt is prepared for adults (but can be used with teenagers as well) who still have problems with describing people and deciding when to use the Present Simple or when to use the Present Continuous. It drills the difference with practical picture descriptions, also expanding their vocabulary ban...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 66
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children�s play - THE UGLY DUCKLING
This is the children�s play I wrote on the basis of the original story. It�s made to suit the needs of my groups(we did a play and a puppet show with it), so I added a few characters (couldn�t load their pics, sorry, too large a format. They absolutely loved it, and so did the parents, especially be...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Downloads: 156
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LET IT SNOW - RUDOLPH�S COLOURS
This is a fun song about Rudolph I used with a video (littlestorybug) to revise colours. It also has a fill-in task with the basic Rudolph story below. I hope you get as hooked on the song as I have - it�s really cute!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
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JOKES AND PAST SIMPLE - practice
This is a simple OE to revise or practise the Past Simple. There is a task to practise regular and irregular past forms, a fill-in task with kids� jokes and a task with short past simple answers. I hope it�s of use to you.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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FISHING FUN
This is an OE based on a fun/funny dialogue between two boys about fishing (thank you, Frank, for your kind permission to use your text). It contains a reading task, two fun fishing videos, a preposition and a vocabulary task. I hope you find it useful and enjoy the dialogue.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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MEMORIES & RESPECT
This is a word formation task I prepared for my students, although it is the message I�m trying to get across to them, more than have them practise word formation. Inspired by a small, but significant act of teenage vandalism, I decided to prepare this text. I hope you find it useful, be it just for...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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BORN FREE - OUR PLANET
I made this OE inspired by the video for Born Free, but the basis for the exercise is actually environmental care, enjoying the nature and preserving it, so it revolves around nature vocabulary. It contains two videos and several tasks - vocabulary, spelling, memory practice, fill-in... well, you�ll...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
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DRAMA QUEEN - from an early age
This is an OE prepared to revise Present and Past Simple (all forms) through a simple story about a gril who was a drama queen and grew up to stay one as well. The OE has four tasks: 1. Past Simple, 2. Present Simple, 3. Drama Queen lyrics tasks (several) and 4. short answers in both Present and Pas...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
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PREPOSITIONS in idioms and phrases
This is my third OE. The graphics are simple, but it will be useful for my FCE students to revise some idioms and phrasal verbs. The tasks are fill-ins. I hope you find it helpful.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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LIFE CHALLENGES
Our very own Victoria-ladybug posted this video in the cafe and I just wanted to make sth with it so it inspired me to make my first OE. It doesn�t focus on one particular grammar or vocabulary point, but it�s good for discussing problems, giving advice (should...) and motivating. The video is about...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Present Perfect with Harry Potter
This exercise is part of moravc�s project on learning grammar with Harry Potter. It is designed to practise the Present Perfect. It has three different tasks. Thanks, dear moravc, for letting me join the project!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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SUMMER - DON�T YOU JUST LOVE IT?
I made this OE for my last lesson with my students before the summer holidays. There is a bit about ocean animals, about diving and a funny cartoon taking place on the beach. I hope you have fun with it!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
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