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tvillikko
Tanja Villikko-Sefton
United Kingdom



I am a Finn, teaching teenagers in London.

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Housewife takes washing machine repair man hostage - Reading
A true story reading exercise adapted from a newspaper article in 2009. A frustrated housewife takes matters into her own hands when the repair man fails to fix her washing machine!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 26


 
Places in Town - Pairwork with �Are there any...?�
Pairwork (A+B) cards for practising �Are there any...?� and answering �Yes, there are some/many/aren�t any�. To practise talking about places in town. Cut the sheet in the middle.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 20


 
Countries, Nationalities and Languages 2/2
The second part of Countries, Nationalities and Languages. A worksheet for the list including over 80 countries.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29


 
Cinema exercise - what films are on now: genres, ratings
A new version of my cinema exercise using this week�s film listings. Students read the synopses and answer questions about genres, ratings, showing times and plan what to watch. Key included. Fully editable.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 90


 
Job advert and application, vocabulary - with a real advert, key
I created this worksheet for my intermediate students to help them read job adverts and write a covering letter for their CVs. They were all competing to be first to apply for this job at Pizza Hut (near our school) for real! Key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 111


 
My house - word bank for writing and speaking
I created this work bank to guide my beginner writers to speak and then write about their homes.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: others
Downloads: 11


 
Homeless Woman Found Living in Closet - True Story Reading
A true life story from 2008 when a Japanese homeless woman was found living in a stranger�s closet. Food went missing and he found the lady curled up in his closet. With questions and vocabulary. For lower-intermediate to intermediate students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 43


 
Why do men have nipples? Reading activity about our bodies, 7 pages
A 7-pages long reading comprehension based on a book explaining some medical beliefs about our bodies: Why do we tickle? Why do men have nipples? Can a contact lens disappear behind our eye? True/false questions, vocabulary. For intermediate to advanced students.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 57


 
Lost property - Speaking and writing activity for pairwork with past tenses
Pair work speaking/writing activity (A+B) where A. is the clerk at the lost property office and B. is the customer who has lost an item on the bus or on the underground. Cut the B. cards and give to students. The rest of the class are A. Then A. asks B. students questions in different tenses to find out all the information about the items. Then B. ...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 25


 
My opinions on school - Questionnaire, agreeing, disagreeing
This questionnaire can be used to start discussions on education and class rules, expectations, behaviour or atmosphere. Also to find out what your students think about your school, teachers and studying. Over 40 statements dealing with attitudes towards homework, teachers, classmates and future. Fully editable - change statements as you wish.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 111

 


Weather quiz - with animations - fully editable
Quiz students about the weather with animations. Fully editable. Animations from animationsfactory.com. Template partly by Epit.

Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Downloads: 306


Lesson starter or filler jokes for elementary to intermediate students
Use as a starter or plenary or as a five-minute filler activity. Can also be used for group work if you print out the slides and cut the questions and answers so students can match them in groups.

Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Downloads: 27


Signs and notices - basic places and warnings for beginners
20 signs and notices from everyday context, from toilets to train station. Use as flashcards. I have also uploaded my worksheet connected to this. All editable.

Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 138


Apostrophe Possessive �s - Whose? with animations
Teach �have got� and apostrophe �s with singular and plural nouns. All editable. Animations and templates from animationsfactory.com

Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Downloads: 155


Correct the mistakes in the cover letter
A lesson after reading some job adverts and looking at how to write a covering letter to apply for a job. Includes a humorous cover letter that can be corrected in groups. Also a traffic light tracking sheet with race car animation to show students� progress within the unit. All editable.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 88


Informal letter writing - Letter to a penpal
This is an easy letter writing task for my beginners using a writing frame to guide them. Our students have penpals in France and hopefully will improve their independent writing skills in the process.

Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Downloads: 36

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