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Dorothy G
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Revision on word formationa and articles and prepositions
This is a revision exercise I made by adapting newspaper articles to test students on their articles, prepositions and word formation. Hope it is useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-16
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20


 
Notes on Past Perfect
This is a notesheet on the Past Perfect. It explains why, when and how we use the Past Perfect. It can be given as notes for the students or it can be used as notes for the teachers. Students find this useful when revising for tests.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
Proofreading - Golden Hand
This is a proofreading exercise I made from the original story. Normally, students find it a bit challenging. The original story and the proofreading version is given. Hope it is useful for you.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11


 
Things Fall Apart Proverbs 2
This is a list of proverbs from the remaining chapters of the book Things Fall Apart. It�s an MC exercise and a short matching one. Hope your students find it useful.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7


 
My Diary
This is a short comprehension that highlights the differences between present participle and past participle (-ed and -ing) adjectives. It is often a problem for Asian students. The exercise in the worksheet where students have to find out what the -ed/ -ing adjective is describing normally helps them notice a pattern in the usage.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18


 
Phrasal Verbs
This is a phrasal verbs worksheet I made. It is about phrasal verbs that use come and cut. The first part is matching the phrasal verbs to their meanings, followed by two exercises- multiple choice and fill in the blanks. Answer key is included. Hope you find it useful! :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33


 
Noticing the use of past perfect
This is a worksheet on the past perfect. It is to teach past perfect inductively. It worked with my students, and I adapted the original worksheet to make it better and contextualised it using Geronimo Stilton. It can be used to first get students to notice the past perfect by comparing it with the simple past and drawing timelines. I have not incl...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1


 
Dead Birds Rain from sky
This is a comprehension exercise. The article is an authentic, unadapted one and the worksheets have been designed around it. The worksheets mainly focus on some of the vocabulary found in the article. They are useful. You are free to adapt the exercises if you like.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3


 
The Bewitched Jacket
I�ve taken part of the story of "The Bewitched Jacket" and made up some reading comprehension questions. The text itself is interesting and the questions are at a suitable level for intermediate students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10


 
Across the Nightingale Floor
This is a proofreading exercise I made on the synopisis taken from http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Secondary/Drama/14-16/NewWindmillsFiction/Resources/A-E/Nightingale.pdf for my students. It can serve as a pre-reading activity for the book or a grammar exercise. Hope you find it useful!
Level: advanced
Age: 15-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2

 


Elements of a Short Story: Creating Suspense and Good Endings
This is a powerpoint on elements of a short story. This powerpoint focuses on creating suspense and writing good endings to a story. Students can learn what is needed to create suspense in a story, why they need to create suspense, how they can create suspense and also how to write good endings. Hop...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 55


Phrasal Verbs: Run & See
This a powerpoint I made on phrasal verbs that use �run� and �see�. Hope you find it useful.

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 30


Descriptive Writing
Based on Chapters 10-12 from The Crooked Sixpence, this powerpoint teaches about descriptive writing. There is a worksheet to go along with it. Hope you find it useful!

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-15
Downloads: 10

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