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Was, were and did in communicative questions
My students were often uncertain about when to use did or was/were in past simple questions, so I put together this material to help them not only to understand when each one is used, but also to use the questions to meaningfully communicate with their classmates. My students are 6th graders, but the questions can be edited to cater for different s...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
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Will Smith�s punishment by the Academy
This is the adaptation of an article about the punishment of Well Smith by the Academy following the incident with Chris Rock in the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony. The aim is vocabulary building and discussing the topic.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
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Imperatives in Context
I tried to create a more challenging task than just copy the verb given in parenthesis. In this worksheet, students must come up with their own verbs to complete the sentences in the imperative (affirmative and negative) so as to make them logical.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
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A lesson on gratitude
Students often comment on the fact that the verb "take" has several different meanings. While brainstorming idioms, phrases and phrasal verbs with the verb "take", I suggested "take for granted", and my students didn�t know what it meant. I decided to prepare a whole lesson on taking things for granted, but focusing on the opposite option, which...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Downloads: 19
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Pronoun Chart
This chart can be used to review personal (subject and object) pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns and possessive adjectives, which are not really pronouns but I added them to the chart to contrast them with possessive pronouns. Each column of the chart presents one of the pronouns separately (its use, examples and a set of exercises...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Arguments against the use of animals in experiments
This worksheet has two parts: The first part is an article that provides counterarguments to some of the most common arguments in favor of using animals in experiments. Students are supposed to place the headings for each paragraph where they belong, and change the highlighted passive sentences into active ones. The second part of the assignment p...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
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Auxiliary verbs Do or Does or the verb To Be in confirmation questions
Auxiliary verbs is a difficult concept to grasp when students don�t have them in their native language. I developed this material to contrast the use of Do, Does, Is and Are in confirmation questions. After the questions are completed and corrected, students interview each other, turning the task into a conversation activity.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
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The Oscars 2018
This material was made for the event of 2018, but except for the first question in the Oscar trivia quiz, which can be updated, all the other questions apply to later versions of the Academy Awards ceremony.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Questions to ask yourself at the turn of the year
This is meant as a conversation guide, containing 20 questions which might be useful in assessing the year that is about to end. The questions can help students to reflect on what went wrong and what went well, at the same time they practice talking about their feelings, opinions, and past events.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Rise - Theme song for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio
I wanted to work with the theme of the Olympic Games with my students, and decided to start with this song, because it portrays the olympic spirit of believing in yourself, doing your best and never giving up. It is a beautiful song and a beautiful clip, which goes very well with the Paralympics video "Yes, I can" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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Christmas symbols
This is an activity to teach or practice Christmas vocabulary (Christmas symbols).
I use it as a game in groups: for each round, we roll the dice and that is the number of points each word will be worth. If, say, they roll the dice and get a seven, they will get seven points if the know the word, m...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 17
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