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niacouto
Maria Nat�lia Couto
website Portugal



Hi, I came across this wonderful sharing place. We all have to gain by sharing, I think. I�ve been an EFL teacher for 28 years now. Thank u all;-)

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The Copenhagen Summit December 2009 - Environment
Will the Copenhagen Summit be THE turning point for a robust agreement on the sustainable development of our planet? This article points out a crucial moment during the Summit. It can be used as a starting point for a discussion about the role/behaviour of some countries towards pollution. Includes: pre-question; finding evidence; vocabulary in con...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20


 
Asking for and Giving Directions
Worksheet on asking for and giving directions for 7th graders - level 3. Identifying places.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 90


 
Verb Tenses: FORM, USE, EXAMPLES
This is an informative document on verb tenses.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 18


 
Test - 11th graders - Environmental Issues
Fully editable test on Environmental Issues. Text and comprehension, Filling in gaps with suitable verb tenses, rephrasing (connectors) and essay writing. Also includes specifications.I�ve noticed it looks funny: watermark vanished!?
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 74


 
Describing activities
This ws contains a reading, true/false exercise, building up sentences, sentence completion, using the Simple Present Tense, activities with "do", "play" and "make" and also a writing about the student (Name, age, nationality, favourite school subject, free time activities).
Level: elementary
Age: 13-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11


 
Idioms and sayings with the word STONE
This worksheet (2 Pages + KEY) was prepared for advanced students. They should be able to work with an ENGLISH-ENGLISH dictionary and identify idioms and sayings in which the word STONE is used. There are two exercises: in the first one sts must MATCH the idiom with its meaning; in the second sts must write down sentences of their own using the idi...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18


 
Test - Immigration
This complete test is about immigration focusing on the problems immigrants have to face in a host country. Contains: pre-question, comprehension, grammar (phrasal verbs, like/as, rephrasing). Hope you can use it.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 78


 
Being a Teenager - KEY is provided
This is a task-based worksheet about what it is like to be an adolescent. The worksheet comprises 3 activities with vocabulary in context, using the gerund and the infinitive(s), reading comprehension exercises and a writing (argumentative text). Activities A and B contribute for the accomplishment of activity C. As I used it as a test, the worksh...
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 127


 
Task-based test on Travelling and Holidays
This is a task-based test I am going to give my students after the entry unit of the Students� book which is about travelling and holidays. I used a text from a worksheet I published here some time ago for intermediate students. This time I changed the activities to suit advanced students. Have a nice Sunday.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 90


 
Genetic Engineering and Cloning - Key is included
This worksheet is about the ethics in genetic engineering particularly concerning medical procedures carried on humans. The text focuses on experiments by a geneticist who claims he has used the procedure in many people around the world. It has vocabulary in context, language focus, reading comprehension and essay writing. Hope you may find it usef...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 291

 


A Multicultural World
This ppt is used to anticipate some of the issues dealt with in the movie "Crash" for the topic "A Multicultural World". It involves pair work and class discussion. At the end there is the cover of the version of the movie I use. With the last slide I start exploring the feelings conveyed by the cov...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 29


Relative Clauses for intermediate students
This ppt presentation was used with Portuguese 8th graders. Includes Relative Pronouns and Relative Adverbs + examples.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 35


Modal Verbs: Explanation and Practice
This ppt presentation was used to briefly revise the modal verbs. At the end there are some exercises that can be used to make sure the students no longer have problems with modals (tricky as they are). I hope this resource can help you.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 618


Exchange Programmes for Students
I prepared this presentation to discuss the benefits of enrolling Exchange Programmes for students . This activity was prior to a reading about an Erasmus experience. It helped students enlarge their understanding of the usefulness of these opportunities. :-)

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 49


Extensive Reading - Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl
I�ve prepared this ppt presentation to introduce my 10th form - level 6 students Extensive Reading as part of the syllabus to develop reading strategies. In the first part of this ppt students are invited to discuss their reading habits; then, they are given some information about what Extensive rea...

Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Downloads: 32


Cloning
This ppt presentation comprises a description of the process of cloning; some example of experiments that have already been carried out that involve cloning. I�ve inserted an element of surprise by inserting photos of my students with a reference to their personality (everyone enjoyed it :-)). The s...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 54


Discrimination
This power point includes the different types of discrimination that people have to face in our modern world. Hope it may be useful :-)

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 96


Genetically Modified Food
I prepared this ppt presentation as a warm up activity for the topic of Genetic Engineering. It suggests a hot discussion on this controversial issue. At the end there is a suggested research and a writing homework assignment.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 148


Young People in a Global Era
Now this is the right file. I usually use this ppt presentation to start the topic "Young People in a Global Era". By showing behaviours tend to be the same throughout ages, sts enjoy it a lot. They also like the band "Cold Play". Usually starts a nice discussion. (sorry to those 2 ppl who had alrea...

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 15


Mass Media and Global Communication
This power point is used to introduce the topic Mass Media. It includes the identification of media. How the media evolved, the effect of media on young people and the advantages and disadvantages of Mass Media. Hope it may be useful :-)

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 113

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