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Death Penalty Report
This is a worksheet based on a short Reuters video about Amnesty International�s Death Penalty Report 2015. The video is suitable for revising crime and punishment vocabulary. The worksheet contains a vocabulary gap-fill exercise as a pre-listening activity and a True/False exercise to check comprehension. Answer key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 71
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Janine Shepherd_ A broken body isn�t a broken person (TED Talk video)
This worksheet is based on a TEDx Talk video. Janine Shepherd, a cross-country skier who hoped for an Olympic medal until she was hit by a truck, shares a powerful story about the human potential for recovery. Before watching the video the students do a vocabulary matching exercise. Then they watch the video and do a True/False exercise. Answer Key...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 182
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The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (video listening)
(two pages) A worksheet based on an animated film of The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde. It contains a True/False exercise, a set of comprehension questions, a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle) and a grammar exercise (reported speech). B/W version and Answer Key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 115
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(song) Lost Without You - Delta Goodrem
This song worksheet contains a gap-fill listening exercise, some vocabulary definitions - accompanied by a vocabulary exercise - and a few comprehension questions. Answer key and B&W copy provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29
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Fairy Tale Gone Bad by Sunrise Avenue (song)
This worksheet is based on the song Fairy Tale Gone Bad by the rock band Sunrise Avenue. The students listen to the song and put the pictures in the right order according to the lyrics. Then they listen again and fill in the missing words. Answer Key included. You can also find an online exercise version of this worksheet here http://www.eslprintab...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 139
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Will the World End in 2012? - 2012 Mayan Doomsday Prediction
This is a set of two worksheets, which are based on two short videos. Each worksheet contains three tasks. In the first task the students discuss a few general questions about the topic, or do a vocabulary matching exercise. Then they match some questions with the corresponding answers (paragraphs) in the text (video transcript) and finally, after ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 138
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A look back at the life of Steve Jobs (listening - reading)
(2 pages + Answer Key) This worksheet is based on a short NBC News video about Steve Jobs� life. It contains a gap-fill exercise, a vocabulary matching exercise and a reading comprehension exercise where students are asked to fill in the key dates in the timeline of Steve Jobs� life. I�ve done the transcription myself so if you come across any erro...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 386
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The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
This is a worksheet based on an animated film of The Selfish Giant, the famous story written by Oscar Wilde. It contains a gap-fill exercise, a crossword puzzle and an exercise in which students are asked to write suitable comprehension questions for a set of statements about the story practising wh-questions in the Past Simple and Continuous mainl...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 91
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Halloween - History of the Jack O� Lantern
A reading comprehension worksheet based on an article about the history of the jack-o�-lantern and the legend of "Stingy Jack"
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 227
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Japan Earthquake (a video activity)
I used this special edition of CNN Student News (10 min) video as the basis for a class discussion about the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last Friday. The worksheet contains a set of comprehension questions as well as an Answer Key. Unfortunately I�ve found out recently that the video has been removed from CNN and YouTube. I...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 278
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Clauses of result (so - such...that) & Adverbs of degree (too - enough)
I prepared this ppt to help my students understand clauses of result with so/such...that, as well as the use of �too� and �enough� (adverbs of degree). I tried to give some clear explanations with many examples. (11 slides) Have a nice Friday!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 221
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Passive Voice Jeopardy Game
The aim of this Jeopardy Game is to revise Passive Voice. There are five categories, Passive Verb Tenses, Active to Passive, Active to Passive Questions, Passive Reporting Structures and Passive to Active.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 40
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Grammar and Vocabulary Jeopardy Game
The aim of this Jeopardy Game is to revise the Present Tenses (dynamic and stative verbs), Personality Adjectives, Word Formation with Negative Prefixes, and Phrasal Verbs with Up.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 69
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Grammar Review Jeopardy Game
The aim of this Jeopardy Game is to revise Verb Tenses, Comparison, The Passive, Countable / Uncountable Nouns and Question Tags.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 53
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The Milky Way Quiz
The aim of this quiz is to test students� knowledge on the Milky Way Galaxy, and revise relevant vocabulary in an enjoyable way. It contains twenty questions. There is a scoreboard to keep track of points in case you would like to do the quiz as a team game.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 13
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Halloween (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Game)
I have used Adam Simpson�s amazing "Who wants to be a millionaire" template to make this game, which revises vocabulary and information related to the history and traditions of Halloween. You can download the template here: http://www.teachthemenglish.com/2015/04/games-for-the-language-classroom-who...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 92
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would, used to, be used to
A clear and simple presentation of the form and usage of "would", "used to" and "be used to"
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 49
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Food and Cooking Vocabulary Jeopardy Game
The aim of this Jeopardy Game is to revise Food and Cooking Vocabulary, such as Vegetables, Fruit, Legumes/Pulses, Cooking Verbs, and Kitchen Utensils.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 44
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The 8 secrets of success
The preview doesn�t show all the activities. However, when you open the OE, everything is fine. I�ve used this video (Richard St. John�s 8 secrets of success) as a supplement to a coursebook unit on the topic of success. Here are the exercises I prepared for my students. 1. The students have to list...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Animal Idioms
The aim of this OE is to practise some animal idioms. The students first complete the idioms with the correct animal words and then they match the idioms to their definitions. Finally they use the same idioms to complete some sample sentences.
I have also uploaded a printable version here: http://...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Bear guilty of stealing honey
This is adapted from a lesson plan I prepared for my students. The exercises are based on an article taken from CBBC Newsround. There is an exercise on prepositions, a true / false comprehension exercise, a vocabulary matching exercise and a phrasal verbs exercise.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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The Cutty Sark (reading + passive voice practice)
The first text is an article taken from CBBCnews. There are two comprehension exercises (True/False statements and Find Synonyms in the text) and an exercise on passive voice. The second text is the story that inspired the naming of the Cutty Sark. It is followed by two vocabulary exercises (student...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Animal Similes
This online exercise helps student learn some animal idioms. It also provides useful revision of certain adjectives and animal vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-100
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Perfect Prague
This video activity is part of a lesson I prepared for my students before they went on a school trip to Prague. After watching the video the students are expected to number the attractions in the correct order and then to complete the answers to a set of comprehension questions. I�ve also uploaded a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Weather Vocabulary
The aim of this OE is to revise some weather vocabulary, such as �blizzard�, �hurricane�, �drought� etc. There is a crossword puzzle and a �choose the right word� exercise. I have also uploaded a printable version here: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=636539#thetop
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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Containers and contents
The aim of this OE is to practice vocabulary for various containers. The students have to choose the correct container words from a table to complete the phrases below the pictures.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
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The Terracotta Army
This is an online version of my worksheet which is based on a TED-Ed video about the incredible history of China�s terracotta warriors. It contains a True/False exercise and a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle). Here is the link to my worksheet: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=8464...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering
This online exercise is based on a TED video about a different kind of school. It contains a vocabulary matching activity (to be done before watching in order to enhance the students� comprehension of the video), and a set of comprehension questions. After watching, the students are asked to complet...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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