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First-Time Traveller Text
This is a short text which emphasizes the Present Perfect. It is designed for students who have already started studying this tense. After the text (which may be used first as a listening exercise), there are thirteen comprehension questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 41
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Relative Pronouns & Clauses Explained (Defining)
This is a guide to understanding how the relative pronouns are used in defining relative clauses. It is intended to be a simple explanation with examples before doing practice.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 63
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Passive Structure with Have/Get
This is for older students to practice the special passive structure using Have/Get, used mostly to communicate when something is professionally done for a person. Ten sentences/situations are given and must be rephrased using the required structure. Answer Key included.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Future Fill-in
These situations are slightly more difficult than the other fill-in worksheet I�ve submitted on the future. Students must fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb, be it using Shall, Will, To Be Going to, Present Simple or Present Continuous.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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Fill in the Blank with the Future
I made this as an exam to test the students� use of some of the future tenses: shall, will, to be going to, present simple and present continuous. There are ten situations and ss must decide from the context which form of the future is best for each case. At the end, there is a small translation section for teachers of Spanish students which can ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Storm Text
This is an original text I wrote to practice the past simple and past continuous with vocabulary related to the weather. Students can read out loud to practice pronunciation before answering the 14 comprehension questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 57
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Blizzard Text
This is an original text about some kids on an excursion in a blizzard. I wrote it to help them practice the weather vocabulary with the past simple/continuous. There are questions for them to answer on the second page and they have instructions to make some of their own questions and write a summary as well.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 17
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Dialogue: Going Out to Eat
A dialogue which can be used to practice normal English conversation. Students may be asked to give a summary (oral or written) after practicing it, or they might write their own dialogue using some of the vocabulary. I would follow up with a dictation and/or translation using expressions from the conversation in the next class.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 19
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Washington, D.C.
This is an original text with information about the capital of the United States. It can be used to generate conversation about Washington, D.C., or travelling in general. The teacher might make some follow-up questions or ask the students to write their own questions about it, as if they were the teachers. There could be some explanation about ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 17
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Reading Comprehension Riddles
These are ten riddles to test students� reading comprehension. Vocabulary is varied. I made it for my group of 6th graders. Answer Key provided.
Note: I allow students to write the answers in their native language if they don�t know them in English--after all, I am grading reading comprehension, so if they understand the description, that�s g...
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Type: reading
Downloads: 25
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