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Dorland

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Welcome to my printables. I hope they will be as much help to you as your printables are to me. Helping others to learn a language can be very rewarding. But: You can bring a horse to the water, but can not make it drink. Lets make our students "thirsty" for more exercises!

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to be or not to be: use be and tell who you are and where you work
Use the proper form of verb to be and tell who you are, where you work and what it is like. Simple sentences which can be used to describe every day life of adult students.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
Stonehenge active versus passive voice (CEF B2)
5 pages 1 gapfill exercise, key included (+ subject of sentence) Overview active versus passive voice Lots of facts about Stonehenge.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 47


 
George Bernard Shaw quotes - present simple CEFB1
Practise the simple present in 14 quotes and 26 verbs. Key included. Can be used afterwards as a speaking exercise: pick a quote and explain why it appeals to you (CEF B1).
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23


 
Nick Cave Where wild roses grow - past simple regular and irregular verbs
Grammar, listening and speaking activity. "Where the wild roses grow" from Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue. Write down the correct simple past of the regular & irregular verbs and find the missing words. Discuss the context of the song. Do you approve of such lyrics being used in a song or ought this theme be taboo in songs? Your discussion, of c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44


 
puzzle employment
Read the definition and find the matching word. The right answers will form the word "employment". Nice exercise to learn some new words or revise some old ones. Also an instructive gap fill.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4


 
Hedy Lamarr Wi-Fi inventions by women past simple & speaking assignment
CEF B1/ B2 Text about Hedy Lamarr who played an important role in the invention of Wi-Fi. Fill in the correct form of past simple (Active/ Passive) Discuss the questions in pairs. Key included
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 44


 
Ebola virus - bbc 6 minute English
CEF B1 Listening exercise Ebola virus. Questions,BBC link and key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 53


 
Return to sender - Elvis: do you know all the past tenses?
Learning irregular verbs can be a nuisance, but not if you sing them! Sing along and repeat some.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
simple present and simple past form, Jeanne Louise Calment
Excercise B1 - 2 pages (around 60 sentences) Part 1 Fill in the correct form of the simple past (15 minutes) Part II Fill in the correct form of the simple present (10 minutes) Key included One of the oldest women in the world, Jeanne Louise Calment (122), tells about her life in France.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22


 
Make Questions - Drill
40 sentences. Might be a bit boring, but very useful.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24

 

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Simple Past irregular verbs get- hurt
Practise the simple past of the following verbs: get- hurt

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100


Simple past irregular verbs make- quit
Practise the irregular verbs make- quite

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100


simple past irregular verbs wake-write
Practise the simple past of the irregular verbs wake- write

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100


Simple past irregular verbs shrink-speak
Practise the irregular verbs shrink-speak

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100


simple past irregular verbs fall- freeze
Find the simple past of the irregular verbs fall- freeze

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100


Past simple irregular verbs stick-swing
Practice the simple past of stick-swing

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100


Simple Past irregular verbs practise arise - eat
Practise arise till eat

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100


Simple past of irregular verbs say-show
Practise the irregular verbs say-show

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100


Simple past irregular verbs read- run
Practise the irregular verbs read-run

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100


Past simple irregular verbs arise - eat
Drill

Level: elementary
Age: 8-100