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Pronunciation: "th"
Here�s a worksheet for practicing the pronunciation of the �th� sounds. Students practice individual sounds, have conversations using the sounds, and try to distinguish words with �th� from similar sounding words. It is best to have a set of mirrors for the first activity, but it can be done without.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33
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Money Verbs and Prepositions
Why do you pay $50 FOR a pair jeans but spend $50 ON a pair of jeans? Many money verbs are used with specific prepositions. This worksheet starts with a discussion, then presents some of these verb-preposition collocations, gives students some focused practice, and then ends with a partner interview for freer practice!
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43
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Gerund and Infinitive Maze
This is a game to study and practice verbs that are followed by gerunds and infinitives. First students must trace a path through the maze stopping on only verbs that are followed by the infinitive. Then, in the next activity, the game is adapted so that students get speaking practice using those verbs!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Conversation board game
Here�s a fun game that promotes conversation. It also brings out interesting stories, and students learn more about each other. Page 1 is the board game and page 2 contains the instructions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 6
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Transportation Language: Prepositions
The first page is an attractive, easy-to-follow guide of which prepositions to use with transportation vocabulary. The second page includes a focused practice of transportation language which ends in a guessing game. Then I provide students with maps of the local transportation system, and they write directions to a place on the map. Their partn...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Relationship Phrasal Verbs (full communicative lesson)
This is a great lesson on phrasal verbs leading up to Valentines Day! The students start with a dialogue about relationships containing 10 phrasal verbs. Then there is discussion, self-discovery of meanings and phrasal verb type (separable, inseparable, intransitive), a fill-in-the blank activity which can be a launch for an interesting discussio...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Phrasal Verbs: Sickness and Health
This is a full communicative lesson on phrasal verbs in the context of health. Students start with a discussion, then read a dialogue about illness containing 12 health-related phrasal verbs. They get to discover the meaning and grammar of these phrasal verbs using the context of the dialogue. There are practice activities, discussion questions,...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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Song Lesson: Song for a Winter�s Night
This is a beautiful song and a good one to use in the wintertime when you don�t want to play a Christmas song! The lesson starts off with a pre-listening discussion, then students listen for missing words, then there is a discussion of themes in the song, and finally there is a general discussion about students� attitudes toward winter!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Getting it done - talking about repairs
Students practice the structures for getting someone to do repairs in their homes. For example, "I had the exterminator kill the cockroaches," "I got the plumber to unclog the toilet," and "I had the window replaced." Activities move from more controlled to freer. A grammar explanation is provided at the top of this worksheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Driving maze: stress in compound nouns
This is a fun activity to practice stress in compound nouns. Why do you stress the first word in "stop sign" but the second word in "green light"? Because "stop sign" is a compound noun and green light is just an adjective and a noun! Students practice stress in compound nouns in the context of driving by attempting to "drive home" through the m...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16
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