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cagreis
Carlos Reis
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I m a ESL teacher from Portugal. I teach learners from the age of 12 to 17 in a secondary school in Portugal. I just love teaching and so here I am.

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WILD ANIMAL QUIZ
Students write the names of the wild animals under each picture. Then they should match each animal with the corresponding description. This worksheet is also great to revise the Simple Present. As a further practice, students can themselves write about an animal and describe it.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11


 
BEING DISABLED - a true story
A text about disabilities and the struggle to overcome them - 3 different reading interpretation exercises + crossword + key. Hope it makes our students think about what it means to be different - it worked with my students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 126


 
CONDITIONALS TYPE 1 AND 2 (greyscale + key included) - THE ENVIRONMENT
Practise conditionals (type 1 and 2) with sentences on the ENVIRONMENT. I�ve split it and made 2 oe out of it for easier correction. Hope it�s useful.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 629


 
FOOD IDIOMS
This ws focusses on idioms/proverbs/informal language related to FOOD items. First students complete example sentences using pictures on the topic. Then they match the idioms with their meaning. My 10th graders enjoyed doing this ws - great to practise dictionary work (i.e. how to find idiomatic expressions in a dictionary). Hope it�s useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 393


 
PAST SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?
Easy ws to practise the PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS. Two graded exercises. Pictures provide context and make the difference between tenses easier to understand. Hope you like it!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 61


 
BRITISH & AMERICAN ENGLISH
This ws is to practise the difference between BrE and AmE - gap-filling and matching exercises. Enjoy.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 192


 
The effects of TV - 2page Test (10th grade) - key included
This test is about the effects of TV on people�s lives. It includes interpretation, grammar and writing tasks. Hope you like it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 492


 
Clothes - a word snake (+ greyscale + key)
This serves as a written practice for my PPT on clothes. Enjoy.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 142


 
SUPERSTITIONS - If-clauses Type 1
This worksheet can be used to introduce conditional clauses Type 1. By matching parts of sentences students can learn about British superstitions and infer how to express possible conditions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 204


 
WORD FORMATION - ROOT WORDS (PARTS OF SPEECH) and SUFFIXES (fully editable + KEY)
This is my last ws on WORD FORMATION. The stress is on suffixes and roots words. You can complement this ws with my other 3 if you like. Have a look: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=373735#thetop / http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=374688#thetop / http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=376058#thetop. There is also a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 496

 


THE FUTURE - A FOOTBAL GAME - PART 1 (20 slides in total + audio)
This game is to practise 6 different ways of expressing the future. Students will score a goal if they get the right answer. Two options will make them miss or the ball will be defended by the goalkeeper.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 367


ADVERSITING - FEATURES
With this PPT students learn about some (lingustic) features in advertising. Illustrative ads are included to exemplify each point made. You can also check my other PPT on aims&tactics in advertising here http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=54707#thetop. Hope it�s useful.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 187


A FAMILY TREE - PART1 (19 slides in total) - INTERACTIVE GAME + AUDIO
By looking at a family tree, students have to figure out the family relationships and click the right option. They can also listen to the sentences. Hope you like it.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 924


PUBLIC PLACES & SHOPS 2/2 - a spelling game
This is the 2nd part of the game.

Level: elementary
Age: 12-14
Downloads: 147


COUNTRIES & NATIONALITIES - endings GAME with 22 slides in total
Students are provided with pictures on the people, the country and the flag. They have to choose which ending (-ish, -an, -ian, -ese or irregular) is right - clicking on the right answer will reveal the correct nationality. So students can practise speaking before actually seeing the word. Enjoy.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Downloads: 395


Which FOOD am I? A 18 slide (guessing & speaking) GAME
Divide the class into teams. Team 1 starts by trying to identify the food/drink through a brief description (speaking activity). There are 4 darts and one dartboard. Only the right dart will hit the mark and reveal the word + animated picture. There are bonus and penalty points (which can be written...

Level: elementary
Age: 12-14
Downloads: 527


ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS - an animated PPT
This PPT is designed to introduce the topic "Our environment". You should be able to get the students to talk about the topic at the same time that they assimilate and practise the new words.The pictures with some text will help them do that. I will try this tomorrow in my 11th grade. Hope it turns...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 343


TO BE and HAVE GOT with Homer Simpson - a game with 20 slides (+audio)
Students can practise the Present Simple of TO BE and HAVE GOT with 20 sentences all around the SIMPSONS (personal identification). I am also going to upload a ws (based on this PPT) for students to fill in while (or before) they play. Enjoy.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Downloads: 830


COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY (spelling game)
With the help of a sentence and a picture students figure out the adjective to use and spell its comparative form. It includes shorter and longer adjectives. Enjoy

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Downloads: 146


THE FUTURE - A FOOTBAL GAME - PART 2
This is part 2 of a football game on different ways to express the future.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 252


BOTH...AND / EITHER...OR / NEITHER...NOR / NOT ONLY...BUT ALSO
Conjunctions are normally not very easy for students. But in order to write more complex sentences they have to know how to join their ideas more effectively. So here is an online exercise where students have to link sentences and choose the correct paired conjunctions. Enjoy.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100


WORD FORMATION - PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
A practical oe with a brief explanation on word formation. 3 graded exercises to practise prefixes, suffixes and both (includes a word search, a matching activity and a gap-filling exercise with pics). Hope you can use it with your students.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100


PRESENT PERFECT or SIMPLE PAST?
Three graded exercises to practise the difference between these two tenses - a) multiple choice; b) completing sentences; c) verb search + table filling. Some basic usage rules are supplied for students to check the difference in use. Hope you can use it with your students.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100


"FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS" by QUEEN
This is a great song to introduce the topic of friendship. First students have to complete the lyrics. Then they discuss the meaning of (true) friendship by reading some famous quotes - here the teacher can start by introducing topic-related words like "trust" , "betray", "praise"... Later students ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100


SHANIA TWAIN - practising jobs&occupations
This song is excellent to introduce the topic JOBS. Enjoy!

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100


PRESENT SIMPLE FOR DAILY ROUTINES
With this oe you can practise the Simple Present with daily routines. There are 2 exercises: a) multiple choice to drill "s"/"es" endings of the 3rd person singular b)completing blanks starting with "I". Hope you can use it with your students. Feel free to suggest any changes.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-12


CONDITIONAL TYPE 3
This is an easier online version of my ws on CONDITIONALS TYPE 3 where students had to rephrase the whole sentence. Hope it�s useful.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


GIVING DIRECTIONS
This oe is to practise some basic directions. It also has an exercise with a street plan. Hope it will be useful in some way. I made a PPT and a ws to go with it as well. Enjoy.

Level: elementary
Age: 11-14


PRESENT SIMPLE - affirmative
This quiz not only allows students to practise the Present Simple of verbs, but it also makes them think about which verbs to use and therefore know their meaning - I think this is important because students tend to memorise grammar rules but without really understanding what they are writing or rea...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100


PINK - "Conversations with my 13 year old self" - a song
This is a great song to talk about teenage problems - it allows students to speculate freely about what troubles teenagers these days. There are 3 different exercises - gap-filling, ordering pictures and a cloze-exercise on the song. I�ve also uploaded a matching printable - the oe will help correct...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100