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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

 


 
A collection of tests on different themes, reading, vocab, grammar amd writing. The tests were set by a number of teachers in the Western Educational Zone, supervised by Mr. Adel Abkal and Mr. M Mukhaimar.
A collection of 20 complete tests about different topics. Including reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and more. This test bank was designed by a group of teachers in the Western Educational Zone. The test bank was distributed for free to all teachers in 2007-2008. Names of teachers who took part in this contribution are included including...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading

 


 
How do the British spend their free time? - Reading
A reading comprehension worksheet on the topic "Leisure Time"/ "Hobbies". 2 Pages. KEY INCLUDED. After reading the text, students do 4 different exercises with an increasing level of complexity: multiple choice,finding evidence, sentence completing and finding references. Wish you all a wonderful weekend. Hugs, mena:))
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Reading - Has Technology Ruined Childhood? + Answer Key
RC : the privatization of media use and the rise of bedroom culture... http://news.bbc.co .uk/2/hi/uk_news/298 380.stm
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: reading

 


 
SAINT PATRICK�S DAY - STORY
Ss read St. Patrick�s story, answer comprehension questions, work with vocabulary from the text, make a word search and read an Irish blessing. Have a lovely day :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
English Test(3 parts):(7th form End of Term 3Test ) Reading Comprehension/ Grammar+ Vocabulary/ Writing(+ Key)
A reading passage describing a friend with some related questions/ Some grammar and vocabulary tasks/ A reordering task to have coherent sentences and to make a dialogue./ A writing task to describe a friend.(+ Key)
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Type: flash-card

 


 
"Generation M - The Multi-Tasking Generation" - Reading Progress Test for Upper Intermediate students
This is the summative test my students (5 years of English)did on the topic Teens and New Technologies. After reading the text, students do a multiple choice exercise on the meaning of some expressions from the text, then they do a T/F exercise justifying all their answers with quotations from the text, answer some questions and find some reference...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Eating Out
I plan this test after working with ordering food at a restaurant. Listening, reading and writing are tested mainly through dialogues. There are vocabulary activities as well (dealing with collocations). The listening activity was adapted from a dialogue in the book IN English Starter OUP by Peter and Karen Viney. If you send me a PM with your em...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
"Old Media versus New Media" - Does Old Media need salvation? Can/Should it be saved?: Reading test for Upper intermediate/Lower Advanced stds.
This is the test - focus on reading - I�ve created for my 10th graders (4th-6th year of English. Reading tasks (4 Pages): True/False exercise with quotations to justify all answers; sentence completing with information from the first three paragraphs of the text; answering questions on the last three paragraphs; choosing the best meaning for the ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Martin Luther King�s Day - January 18 - Reading comprehension for Upper Elementary and Intermediate students
Celebrating Martin Luther king�s Day - Students speculate about King (who he was, what he did...) and read the text to find out. Then they do a multiple choice exercise, answer some questions, and find references and equivalents. I think it�s important kids become aware of this American Human Rights activist and of the way he fought - non-violence,...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
"My First Love!" - Reading ws for Upper Intermediate and Lower Advanced Stds.
This is the test my 10th graders (4 or 6th year of English) did on Teens� World, but you can use it as a simple reading worksheet in which the students evaluate their progress (3 Pages). Tasks: finding evidence, sentence completing, multiple choice, answering questions, references and equivalents. You can also use the worksheet as one of your activ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Extreme Sports
This 2-page sheet consists of five different tasks (gap-fill, matching, speaking, vocabulary, writing) all concentrating on extreme sports, their origin and what role they play in our lives.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
MOVIE REVIEWS - READING
Reading activity based on four film reviews (real!) with exercises on VOCABULARY and UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT. Reviews are a bit difficult but the questions are easier. Answers included. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading

 


 
"I�m having a wonderful time here..." - reading/writing test for level A2
Hi to you all! It�s been a long time! I�m sharing with you a reading & writing test one of my classes did last week on the topic "Summer holidays".The students do some reading tasks and write a 4-paragraph holiday postcard similar to the one they read. Wish you all a fantastic school year. Hugs, mena:))
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
I love School - What About You? - Teens� Opinions: Reading + Writing
Students read three teens� opinions about school and do 5 different exercises. 3 PAGES + KEY INCLUDED. Students read the text and identify who says what. Then they complete some sentences, find equivalents, references and opposites. Finally, they write a small text similar to the ones they have read. Thank you all for your nice words. They mean a ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 

 


The Weather
A ready -to- go lesson draft on one the most popular speaking contents.Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


THE RAINBOW IN THE STONE
This is a story I wrote for my younger students, based on leprechaun legends and the mention of the Blarney stone. (I�ve used Ph. Martin�s free cliparts images.)I hope you find it useful and fun. At the end of the story I�ve prepared an association game (using my own template, available in the free templates section). May the sun always rise up to ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Hollywood Hobbies
Pet Style Reading Exercise about hobbies of famous celebrities. There are a few surprises! Key inlcuded.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


DISCOVERING THE TEXT (WITH KEY)
It is an involving study that takes the student to want to decipher the balloons and to discover the history. Arrests the attention and it sharpens the curiosity. I hope like. Hugs
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


computer and the internet part 2
Part 2 of a presentation about computer and the internet: pictures for speaking activities ,vocabulary presentation, reading comrehension,languag e and writing with animated answers to give a chance to think before they see the answers .
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Reading Strategy - Summarising
This PowerPoint is made up of six lessons, that help to explain to students what the purpose and definition of Summarising is.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


�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 complicated, and the ppt version is great for rehearsals if...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


FANTASY - CARTOONS AND MOVIES MIX-UP
This is a ppt with two tasks - to find mistakes in stories (Shrek 2, Robin Hood, Wizard of Oz, Minimoys, Stardust, Inkheart, Harry Potter, Little Mermaid, Lord of the Rings)and then to find mistakes in the spelling of fairytale words. I used it for a group game in summer camp, but since fairytales go well with Halloween, I�m planning to use it in O...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Environmental Problems
This PowerPoint has a small amount of pictures related to environmental problems. While reading texts and discussing about this topic, this powerpoint allows students to get an idea of the most dangerous environmental problems with natural or/and human causes. Students should work in pairs in order to create a list with decisions governments should...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


THE MAN THAT CHANGED FLORIDA
It is the .ppt of the revised version of a reading comprehension which I uploaded years ago. The animations provide the key to the comprehension and the picture add interest to the subject and to the grammar expansion which is devoted to PAST SIMPLE vs PRESENT PERFECT. More comprehension revision exercises added. Hope you like it, THX in advance 4 ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Telling a Story: Little Red Riding Hood
You may use this presentation as a warm-up activity where students must read and listen to the tale of Little Red Riding Hood from an English Talking Book on youtube (http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=whP2p9sI J6w). After this warm-up, you may work a reading comprehension on Red Riding Hood (2011), the film adaptation of the tale. Hope your students ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Earth Mysteries Unsolved 2
I think this topic is great to start an interesting debate in the classroom. The main objective is making teens interested and motivated to read, express their opinions and ultimately to make their own resarch. I hope this helps you too.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The future reading and discussion
A reading and introduction based off of breakingnewseenglish �s lesson on the year 2116. Followed by a video about robots and the future of work and how we will live.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - follow-up quiz
This is a follow-up quiz to play after watching How to Train Your Dragon. It has over 20 slides(all not visible in the preview), and each slide contains 2 mistakes in spelling, grammar or data, and, of course, accompanying pics to make it more fun. The final slides are the key and point assessment. (worksheet on same topic available here: http://ww...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Text & Paragraph Structure
An animated introduction to deal with articles/paragraphs and reading comprehensionat at the very first stage.STs realize that a passage is not just words combined into a sentence, but that there are rules of understanding a text.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 


4-SKILLS Classifying & Sorting, Metals Part -I- (Author-Bouabdellah)
Part ONE =Whole unit about Expressing Classification/Sorti ng/Categorizing.... With Picture study, Vocabulary building, Comprehension ----METALS----: Sixty of the hundred or so elements in the periodic table of the elements, which make up all known matter, are classified as metals. The remaining elements which include sulphur, chlorine, phosphoru...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 


The tiger. It�s always reading time
A funny story intended to help students revise tenses
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


Avatar reading comprehension
Reading comprehension on the film �Avatar�.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


used to (Reading & Questions)
Read the text about what Molly Hornby used to do in the 1960s and answer the questions with �right or wrong�.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


Gap-fill Reading
The worksheet is a simple story for young learners to practice the past simple, past continuous and past perfect simple tense.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-14

 


Cloze Reading Maniac Magee
Part of a study of the novel Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-14

 


Classroom Organisation - Reading Comprehension - A2 level
Take this test and see if you are at A2 level when you read about Classroom Organisation.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14

 


City Competition Reading Comprehension Test 2015
The second part of the City Competition Test of 2015.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 


Classroom Organisation - Reading Comprehension - A2 level
Take this test and find your level in Reading Comprehension about Classroom Organisation. Good luck !
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14

 


Classroom Organisation - Reading Comprehension - A2 level
Take this test and see if you are at A2 level in reading about Classroom Organisation.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14

 


Mr Atef�s reading passages
wonderful
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100

 


GENRES OF LITERATURE CROSSWORD
Study the main genres of literature with using this crossword puzzle.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100

 


random
hangman game .........random words
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100

 


The phantom of the opera
To check understanding.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 


The phantom of the opera
To check understanding
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100

 

 

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