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Word search on jobs
A word search activity that requires students to find 30 jobs - jobs that consist of more than one word (e.g. - computer technician) have the two words shown one right after the other, with no separation in between them.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 28
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Exercises on If-Clauses
This worksheet presents four levels of exercises on conditional sentences (A - The conditional type is given and students are to: 1 - fill in the blanks; 2 - complete the sentences according to their own imagination; B - fill in the blanks in the sentences where conditional types are mixed; C - Rewriting exercises), which may serve as a way of deal...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 39
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Flashcards - House and home
These flashcards can be used with the name of the object printed right underneath it (so, just print it as it is) or they can be used to revise some vocabulary (CD, TV, sofa, ...) and introduce other items, as well.
An interactive approach to them may be achieved by separating the names from the pictures; the names are randomly distributed by the ...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: flash-card
Downloads: 46
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Noughts and crosses
This printable is to be covered (digitally - with the black highlighter - which instead of highlighting anything, covers it - or merely with some post-it notes, if you work with an overhead projector) so that the teacher can control that ss only see one question at a time.
A noughts and crosses scheme is to be drawn (on the board, on a very large ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5
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Wag the dog
This is a "while wachting" worksheet which helps students reflect on the ethics of the media - it focuses not only on the role that politics plays / may play in manipulating the media, but also on how much one should rely on information that is not checked by the usage of different means.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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I fought the law
"I fought the law" is a song by The Clash which I used it to introduce the past simple to my pupils because of the ludic aspect it brings into class.
The rythm of the song is very stressed and the song is very simple - a few lines are repeated over and over again, so if pupils miss the verb on the first time it shows up, they have more opportuniti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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The Shawshank Redemption + present simple
This is a while-viewing and after-viewing worksheet on the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" for teenagers with a very low level of English.
Pupils are asked to register some personal data about the main characters and to describe the type of person the characters are as they view the film.
After the viewing, pupils are asked to use the present si...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Food domino - A
This is the first file (out of 6 - the original file was huge, so I had to divide it into smaller pieces, to meet the criteria we have to abide to) of a food domino.
Each page displays a table with six pieces which are to be separated from each other (the three columns have to be separated from each other, and then cut at the line between lines tw...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-14
Type: others
Downloads: 12
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Defining and non-defining relative clauses - practice exercises
Practice exercises on defining and non-defining relativa clauses - ss are first asked to insert the adequate relative in each sentence, and then they move on to having to combine two sentences in one, using a previously chosen relative pronoun.
Once these have been done, ss are then directed to more specific topics, for which they need to know the...
Level: intermediate
Age: 17-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 49
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Space Oddity
This worksheet begins with an exercise to fill in the blanks of David Bowie�s song. It then moves on to some comprehension exercises on the contents that help ss better understand the two perspectives on space exploration (how Ground Control sees it and how Major Tom truly feels it).
Once the song is clearly understood, it�s time for critical read...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 19
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Expressing obligation - have to - must - mustn�t
A simple and easy way to draw students attention to the fact that both "must/have to" and "mustn�t" express obligation, and the "mustn�t" is not the negative of "must".
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 31
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Modal verbs
This PowerPoint explains the most common usage of modal verbs, giving specific information about the limits to the usage of each one of them and illustrating the contents with specific examples (whenever necessary, the sentences in which modals are used come as a part of two- or three-long sentence ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 49
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Language in use - past simple vs. present perfect
Past simple tense (usage) vs. present perfect tense (form and usage).
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 33
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Reported speech
A powerpoint presentation showing the changes to be made from direct speech to reported speech - verb tenses, modal verbs, pronouns and adverbs (both time and place). The vocabulary used in examples focusses mainly on the topic "media", namely on Rageh Omar (the journalist).
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 37
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Defining and non-defining relative clauses
A powerpoint presentation on the basic differences between defining and non-defining relative clauses regarding meaning and form.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 29
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How to join sentences using relatives
This powerpoint shows pupils how to look for the common thing in two sentences that will allow him/her to join them by using a relative pronoun and how he/she should do it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 17
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Present Simple tense
A detailed powerpoint explaining how the present simple tense is formed - in the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms.
It is a good tool for teenagers / adults.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 13
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Quiz on Space Exploration
This PowerPoint consists of ten multiple choice questions on different stages of space exploration. It is a nice way to introduce the topic of space exploration - students choose the answers they consider correct and then compare them to the key that comes at the end, to check their score.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 43
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Passive voice - present simple and past simple
A very simple PowerPoint presentation on the passive voice (usage and form) of sentences in the present simple tense and in the past simple tense.
The examples shown make this powerpoint a good teaching tool to work with late teenagers / adults.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 34
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The inner structure of a traditional piece of news
This is a short powerpoint presentation to show the three most common parts of a traditional piece of news - headline + lead paragraph + text. It can be used to guide ss in writing when working on the topic news / media. For obvious reasons, pictures and the subtitlies that go with them are not dea...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 9
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