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LIMERICKS, part 3 - funny limerick story with 2nd conditional
This time I had fun with my own limerick story and used it to practise the 2nd conditional. Limericks are so much fun and they improve your sts� intonation, pronunciation and vocabulary, so if you haven�t tried using them in class yet, try. You�ll have fun!
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 161
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LIMERICKS, part 2 - synonyms practice through fun poetry
I�m having fun with limericks again, this time with Frank�s help. I wanted my students to practise synonyms, but wanted to give it a fun twist, so here it goes. I hope you enjoy this.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 188
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JUDGING BY APPEARANCES - advanced/intermediate ws
This is a wonderful inspirational text which was posted not long ago in our ESL cafe by Lucia13. It inspired me to make a ppt and ws about the topic of judging people on appearances, since I�m teaching my students to describe people. There are pre, while and post-reading tasks, as well as the original version of the text. I hope you find it as moti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 228
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ALL 4 CONDITIONALS - a poem and a worksheet
This is a worksheet based on my poem. It�s meant to help sts recognise and use all four conditionals. The poem touches on science fiction and ecology, and the need to change our ways, so it can also have some educational value, if not poetic. the tasks are reading comprehension, grammar and writing. I hope you find it useful. (Btw, it is in colour,...
Level: advanced
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 345
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ADAM LAMBERT, THE X-FACTOR AND 15MINS OF FAME - ws with lyrics and additional reading
This is part 6 of my collection of song lyrics and related texts on various social topics. The ws contains sts� wss, links and teacher�s key. Since the song is by Adam Lambert,the X Factor winner, I chose some additional texts about that topic, and fame. There are listening, reading, writing and speaking tasks. I hope you find it useful.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54
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PINK & BREAK-UPS - wss with lyrics and additional texts
This is part 5 of my collection of song lyrics and related texts on various social topics. The ws contains sts� wss, links and teacher�s key. Since the song is about the impossibility of accepting a break-up, I chose some additional texts about that topic. There are listening, reading, writing and speaking tasks. I hope you find it useful.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 72
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DANCE & WHAT PARENTS EXPECT
This is part 4 of my collection of songs and socially important texts. It�s based on Lee Ann Womack�s song I Hope You Dance, and it deals with what our parents expect from us and what we think they do. It contains a lyrics ws, a writing task and a wonderful text to read and discuss. I hope you find it useful, especially for teenagers and high schoo...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 89
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BUBLE, HOLLYWOOD & FAME
This is part 3 of my collection of wss based on songs and texts about social problems. This one is based on Michael Buble�s Hollywood and texts about fame and teenagers. All the links and teacher�s key are included. The texts have many active reading tasks, and each page of wss can be used separately.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 89
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FIREFLIES, STRESS AND INSOMNIA - song ws with additional texts
This is part 2 of my collection with lyrics and texts concerning social topics and everyday life. This one is based on Owl City�s Fireflies and texts about insomnia and stress in our lives, esp teenagers� lives. I�m planning to use it with my teenage sts. It contains 3 pages of wss with links and teacher�s key, aimed at improving reading, writing a...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 118
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EMINEM & RELATIONSHIP ABUSE
I know Eminem�s lyrics have certain elements that should be censored, but I just couldn�t resist using this song (Love the Way You Lie), the previous events with Rihanna, and the sad reality of increasing abuse in relationships not to use it all for wss. Naturally, it�s up to you to decide who you can use it with(perhaps older teenagers and adults)...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 88
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PIRATE�S TREASURE - fun summer story with pre, during and post-reading fun
This ppt is based on the story Pirate�s Treasure(the link is included because the online version also contains audio files). It�s a fun short story for children, and the ppt has an activity to do before reading, lots of discussion stuff to do while reading and fun challenges for after reading. I hop...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 126
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SUMMER GAMES - fun stuff before summer vacation
This is a collection of activities which can be played as games before the summer vacation, concerning summer, sea animals and clothes. there�s even a story included, so that activities range from writing and memorising to reading and speaking. Each slide is one game, and its key is shown at the bot...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 386
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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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ELEMENTARY REVISION GAMES - kids� level 1
This is a ppt I use at the end of school year with my level 1 school kids - we revise all material through this ppt and we play it as games in 2-3 teams. It covers many topics (alphabet, he/she, colours, numbers, city places...) and it�s really fun to do.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
Downloads: 58
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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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SILLY ENGLISH - how easy is it to translate things?
This is a ppt I prepared for my advanced teenagers who got just a little bit overly self-confident as far as their knowledge was concerned. It is based on an e-mail I got with ridiculously translated hotel and other signs around the world. It�s really funny, but the task for the sts is to say it in ...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 82
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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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VALENTINE�S DAY - WORD GAMES
This is a ppt created to play team word games with sts in class. It�s fun, nothing difficult, playing with words (5 games with key), but can be used at the beginning or the end of the lesson. It can be done in writing or as speaking activities. The tasks are also available in printable form as a ws ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 82
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The 5th Element - key vocabulary activities
This ppt is one of the ppts and wss I use while and after watching The 5th Element as an aditional activity in lessons. This one focuses on some key words from the movie, some science fiction basics. My teenagers (and younger sts) absolutely love the movie, so I have lots of useful while and after w...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-14
Downloads: 13
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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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LET�S PLAY PIRATES!
I made this OE for my students who just love pirate stories, treasure hunting and pirate songs. It has a listening task (a very catchy pirate song), a reading task and a treasure hunt with prepositions. I hope you like it! AAAAArrrrgh!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-12
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
This is a revision exercise I created for elementary students about jobs. It has several tasks, including a limerick at the end (which you may have to help them read, but limericks are great for rhythm). I hope you and your students find it useful and fun.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-11
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ANIMAL TALES
This is my fourth OE - but my first one for younger kids. It�s for kids who like animals - it contains some short reading fill-in tasks, find the mistake tasks, questions with can and a video with a follow-up wordsearch. I hope you find it useful.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-11
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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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LINGUISTIC DILEMMA - word formation
This is my second OE created to help my FCE students with their word formation skills. It is rather simple to use and offers two different tasks to practise word formation.
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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