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Mr Busy has been married a year now! (Present / present perfect)
A gap fill execise focusing on the present and present perfect tenses meant for adult beginners or as a revision sheet for all intermediate students. Mr Busy�s routine is still (more or less) the same but now he does it all with his wife. Find out what has changed and what things have stayed the same. The verbs are provided in boxes for each para...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 146
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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Level 6 Penguin Readers
Further to my worksheet about the profession of butler (in the past and today), here are questions and language exercises to the book "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro - Level 6 Penguin Readers. It gives a great impression of the profession of a butler in the great houses of England in the past.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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Butlers: then and now
Butlers are not a thing of the past, they are in great demand today (especially in China). A listening exercise has been added with comprehension and discussion questions and answer key. As an introduction to reading the book: The Remanis of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - Penguin Readers Level 6. I�m uploaoding questions and language exercises to All ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 103
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The "School Run"
The school run has always caused problems in most parts of Britain. Birmingham is trying to tackle it in its own way. However there seems to be another, underlying problem about the school run which has nothing to do with traffic congestion at all! An authentic text (slightly adapted) with FIVE EXERCISES - comprehension, language, conversation/disc...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 136
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The living bridge.
Needing to cross rivers in the wettest place on Earth caused inhabitants in the rain forests of north eastern India to use their natural resources in an extremely clever and creative way. Living bridges have been "cultivated" in the Cherrapunji region for the last 500 years! One short authentic text with FIVE exercises - (discussion work - grammar ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 144
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Dental treatment & shopping in one!
Further to two of the largest grocery chains in Britain going in for home deliveries on a large scale (see http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=514518#thetop); the same two companies have ventured into another popular business venture. In stores around the country, dental practices have opened - attached to the supermarkets � some open sev...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 89
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Children help to run their school
In a Scottish school, just over the boarder, children are given responsibilities to help run it - from being secretaries to gardeners - each of the twelve children have a job for the common good. A text from the Daily Mail with added discussion questions and language exercises - with answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 161
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"Used to".....using British icons
A book mark. On the front - British icons. On the back, sample sentences using "used to". First of all, in the lesson, talk of the differencies: how these symbols of Britain used to look and compare with what they look like today (if you can still find them). Print the second page onto the back of the first, laminate and cut into bookmarks for your...
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: others
Downloads: 30
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Ben - a master at ten!
A ten-year-old boy has climbed all the mountains in Scotland over 3,000 feet (283 of them). An interesting text with a little bit of Scottish geography thrown in. Language exercises and discussion questions have been added as well as an answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 106
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Beginner�s Loop Conversation (2)
Here�s a loop conversation for BEGINNERS using easy questions for practise in using these forms and also as a listening practice because students have to listen to the questions to see if they have the answer that matches. It is usually a fun exercise but needs several skills at the elementary level. If the sheet is copied twice (one -cut up for th...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 102
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