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What�s your house like? - Reading Comprehension + Writing for Intermediate or Upper Elementary students
This is a worksheet I�ve just finished doing. (3 pages)Reading tasks: scanning the text for information (exercise A - multiple choice), reading the first part of the text and sentence completing; reading the rest of the text and solving a T/F with quotations, and, finally, finding some references. Students then write a similar text describing their...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading

 


 
English Test(9th form end of term 1 tst(Reading+ Writing))(3 parts): Reading Comprehension: School Memories: MY FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL/ Grammar +Vocabulary tasks/ Writing :write about one or two of your school memories.
A reading passage about a boy�s first day at school with some related questions/ Some grammar and Vocabulary tasks/(Writing about one or two school memories.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
2 pages 3 sections AT THE ZOO :) answer key included..
2 pages 3 sections AT THE ZOO :) answer key included.. THERE IS A NICE ZOO PICTURE AND IN THE FIRST SECTION STUDENTS WILL READ THE PARAGRAPH AND FILL IN THE BLANKS BY CHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE ANIMAL WORDS ABOVE... IN THE SECOND PART STUDENTS WILL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PARAGRAPH PICTURE AND THEMSELVES. IN THE THIRD THERE IS A...
Level: intermediate
Age: 3-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
"What a friend!" - Reading Comprehension on Shoplifting and friendship
This is a reading comprehension worksheet on the subtopic "Shoplifting" (2 Pages + B&W VERSION). It also deals with friendship, loyalty, values... Reading tasks; Scanning the text to solve the multiple choice exercise on the left; reading the text and say if the sentences are T/F, plus correction of the false ones; answering questions and, finall...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading

 


 
"Shopping - When the Fun is Over!" (Teen shoplifting) - Reading Comprehension for Upper Intermediate or (Lower) Advanced Students
Now it�s time to get students to see the other side of shopping - 4 pages + 1 with the KEY of some of the exercises). Reading tasks: Matching the headings to the paragraphs; matching words/expressions from the text with their meaning; finding synonims in one of the paragraphs; references; T/F exercise on the first three paragraphs of the text; sent...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading

 


 
"Brothers and Sisters: Friends or rivals?" - Reading + Writing for Upper elementary/intermedi ate Stds.
Students guess what the text is about through the title and check if they were right or wrong by reading it. Then they do several reading tasks (3 PAGES): multiple choice on the meaning of some phrases, True/false with correction of the false statements, answering questions, references, equivalents and opposites. Finally, students write a similar t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
Palm reading -Future / past tense (3 pages)
This topic can help you to introduce "future tense" or "past tense". Ss will discuss what they think about palm reading. Then, they will learn some vocabulary about it. Then, they will ask and answer some questions about palm reading. On the second page, Ss will learn how to read the palm of their hands. Then, they will write some information about...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Breakfast - the most important meal of the day - Reading comprehension + Writing for Upper Intermediate students
This is a worksheet I�ve made some years ago and I�m going to use it now. I truly don�t remember where I took the text from. Reading activities: matching the titles to the paragraphs of the text; matching sentences halves; answering questions; references and opposites. Writing a similar text only this time about lunch. Have a nice evening! :)))))) ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading

 


 
"AT THE SHOE SHOP" - Reading + Writing + Speaking Tasks
This is the 2nd worksheet on the topic I�m teaching now - "Shopping" (3 pages plus B&W version). Students read a dialogue at the shoe shop and fill in the blanks with the phrases in the bubble.Then they can do some reading exercises (T/F, answering questions and references) that are on the 3rd page because I won�t have time to do them in class. Exe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
2nd Lesson (90 minutes or 2 of 45 minutes) of a Task of 4 "Teens and Body Image" - Focus on Reading and Writing
This is the 2nd lesson of this task. Students guess what the text is about through the image in the text (it can be enlarged and used on a trnsparency). After reading the text, students do different exercises (4 pages - KEY included): matching the headings with each paragraph, multiple choice, table filling, sentence completing, finding references,...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
St. Patrick�s Day Set (3) - "St. Patrick�s Day Around the World": Reading Comprehension
This is the 3rd ws on the set (2 Pages). Students read some teenagers� statements and do several reading tasks: who says what, multiple choice and finding equivalents. You can use this one after the reading on St. Patrick�s Day. No 1 in the series -quiz - http://www.eslprinta bles.com/printable.a sp?id=382666#thetop / no 2: http://www.eslprinta ble...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
School - Do you like it or hate it?
This is a 3-page worksheet for a 90-minute class on the topic I�m teaching right now - SCHOOL. Reading + Writing activities. KEY INCLUDED. The text is about 3 teenagers� opinions on school. Reading tasks: Scanning the text to say who said what + sentence completing + equivalents + references + opposites. Last but not least, students write a simila...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
TEST - 8/9th graders - Story of Basketball + Present Perfect + Passive Voice + writing
This is a test a gave my classes some time ago about the origin of basketball. Reading comprehension activities (opposites, multiple-choice, questions); language work on present perfect and for/since/yet; passive voice; vocabulary work and writing on sports (4 pages). Pictures from Microsoft clipart.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Voluntary work:EnglishTest(3pa rts): Reading Comprehension+Langua ge+Writing(+Key)
A reading passage related to voluntary work with some related questions. Some grammar and vocabulary tasks. A writing task. All the tasks are related to voluntary work.(+Key)
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
Your smartphone... are you addicted? - reading/writing test for year 9 (level B1-)
This is the test my 9th graders did last week on the topic "Teens and new technologies". Pre-reading task: answering 3 questions; Reading tasks - completing a diagram, T/F, multiple choice plus references. 2 writing activities: one about students� favourite gadget and the other a blog entry answering the question "is technology isolating us from ea...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet

 

 


Lesson Three Violence at school
reading +Speaking
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Clothes & accessories - reading, general vocabulary & exercises
The topic is "clothes & accessories". There are several pages to practice reading with illustrated very short texts to introduce vocabulary. Then there are pages of exercises (unscramble, correct the errors, classify, identify and count). You can introduce the notion of seasons too. Then practice oral topics : fashion, "what do you like to wear ?" ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-15
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Strategies in Reading
This powerpoint presentation about strategies in reading was used by me when teaching my intermediate students in reading class.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Reading Comprehension
It�s a short reading about word games. It includes some comprehension questions and two other activities. Hope you�ll find it useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Sherlock Holmes Reading
Students need to complete the information according to the reading and there is a decoding secret code at the end of the reading for fun.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


INVENTIONS
To recognize inventions. To read comprehensible an encyclopedia entry with a biography; completing information by recognizing signal words in context. Have an excellent day!!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Edward HOPPER :his life his art
Complete powerpoint about Edward hopper and his work. 1.Interactive exercises concerning reading comprehension and interpretation of some of his famous paintings. 2.Click on the underlined words or prompts : the answer will appear, click again on the prompt, it will disappear. 3.Don�t forget to click on the paintings for the special effect.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


E-lesson skills integration about Dream House
Student learn about different houses and learn about arabic traditional houses with online links for reading and vocabulary. MI free tasks at the end. Note: this is the updated japanese virtual house link in the last slide: http://web-japan.org /kidsweb/virtual/hou se/house04.html
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


7 wonders of theworld
This presentation (part II) will help your students to practice speaking. I hope they will find it interesting. I�ve already used it with my students and they enjoyed it. This presentation is uploaded in two parts. The first is for brainstorming �to see what students know about the 7 wonders of the world and enable them to speak. In the second par...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Martin Luther King and Obama Poster/Reading Activity
This is actually a poster (and not a power point presentation). You could also print it and use it for a reading activity. There is a great video clip on YouTube comparing the two speeches.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


lesson about food
A complete lesson about food with a reading comprehension
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


good and short reading material
various short reading materials for middle and high schoolers
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Wild animals. Reading.
wild, animals, true, false, answer, elephants, cheetahs, pandas, adjectives, food, live, size, colour, parts of the body, characteristics, DWB, digital, white, board.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


how to solve a logic game
i�ve realized over the years that some pupils have a hard time understanding how logic games work - so insead of using French to explain what to do with the clues i�ve made this powerpoint so they can visualize how to use the clues to solve a logic game.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-15
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


reading strategy workshop
the 2 rs strategy for reading lessons
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 


The Cutty Sark (reading + passive voice practice)
The first text is an article taken from CBBCnews. There are two comprehension exercises (True/False statements and Find Synonyms in the text) and an exercise on passive voice. The second text is the story that inspired the naming of the Cutty Sark. It is followed by two vocabulary exercises (students practise guessing meaning from context). You can...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


PET Exam Review exercises
This online activity is a small collection of exercises for students who are preparing for the PET Cambridge Exam.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14

 


Reading Comprehension - collections
A short reading comprehension using �have got�, collections and presentation of family.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


The Christmas Holiday
Watch an interesting clip on the history of Christmas. Listen to the poem Twas the night before Christmas. Sing along with some Christmas songs. Watch the movie A Cristmas Carol.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14

 


My Daily Routine - Reading Comprehension
A reading comprehension activity to practise daily routine vocabulary and present simple tense.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


Cinderella by Roald Dahl
I did this activity for my students at school. We�re reading Dahl�s Rhymes and as this story is excellent but a bit long and complex for my students I decided to work with the video.(I�ll also give them the text). Hope you also enjoy it!!!!
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100

 


Tom sawyer Reading passage
a reading passage to analyse TOM Sawyer story in terms of story elements
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100

 


Interact With Tact - reading comprehension
What to do to protect yourself and others from cyber-bullying. The text and eight eight multiple-choice questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100

 


El Chapo Reading Comprehension
A short reading comprehension exercise about El Chapo
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 


Listening and Reading: You Raise Me Up sung by Becky Taylor
"You Raise Me Up" has been recorded thousands of times by different singers and bands. This version is performed by an extremely talented young singer. The reading part is about her.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 


4-SKILLS Describing Function & Use -II- COMPUTERS (Author-Bouabdellah)
Part TWO=Whole unit about DESRCIBING Funtion & Use. With Picture study, Vocabulary building, Comprehension --------COMPUTERS--- -------- Computers are used nowadays for many different kinds of work, in offi�ces, banks, factories, hospitals, universities, schools, and many .... TEXT Adapted
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 


Crop Circles: Listening and Reading Comprehension
An interesting Nat Geo video and an article about crop circles to develop listening and reading skills. Maybe YOU will be the best cc artist after doing these exercises :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 


Vegemite: reading, questions, wordsearch
Introduce your students to a cultural icon of Australia: VEGEMITE! Students read the text, answer the questions and find the words in the wordsearch
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


EMELI SANDE -CLOWN
The song is just too beautiful to miss. There are some follow-up vocabulary and comprehension tasks with Sande�s biography and explanation for the song. I hope your students enjoy it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


Language in use and Reading comprehension (Republicko 2011)
Example of ESL competition test done in my country.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 

 

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