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The Power Of Names - Articles (A/An/The/Zero) - Names and Brands
A worksheet on branding which looks at articles and the grammar rules for using them, as well as some idioms with �name�. Students put the 15 words at the top back into the text, then match each of these with one of fifteen rules for using either A/An, The or the Zero article. Leads to much discussion about brands and their influence on people, adv...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 197
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Is the Internet a Human Right + Quantifiers
This is a conversation article about a recent BBC survey asking whether the internet should be a human right, as well as discussing attitudes to censorship, online privacy, and if people can live without it. Students complete the article by choosing the correct quantifier for each gap.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 304
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Bad Parenting? - Modals of Obligation/Necessity/Permission - Kids and Parenting
Two short articles about parenting, where students choose the correct modal of obligation/permission/necessity to fit each gap. The 1st is about rapper Sean Combs giving his son a $360000 sports car for his birthday. The 2nd is about a father who put his daughter up for sale on the internet as punishment for breaking school rules. Leads to discussi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 175
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Your Future Family - Family Tree Game (Four Generations)
An activity for practicing all family member vocabulary, for all levels, great for this time of year:) Includes four generations, divorce and remarriage to include step-families, half-siblings and in-laws. Each student gets one of 6 cards, each of which has 5 pieces of information. In their groups, the students then complete the family tree. There ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 232
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Shipwreck Survival + Modals of Ability
Help complete the pirate castaway�s story of survival by doing this Key Word Transformation exercise based on ability modals and expressions. Also includes activities about being lost at sea and stranded on an island in the ocean. Companion worksheet to "True Survival Stories" id=421548. Answer Key included...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 181
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Luxury - Very/So/Such/Too/Enough - Corks Are Popping Again!
Article that looks at the importance of LUXURY in people�s lives, and it�s role in the economy, and why people keep spending even in a recession. Students practice the use of TOO, ENOUGH, SO, SUCH and VERY by filling in the gaps with the correct option. Leads to interesting discussions about what people consider a luxury, where people expect luxury...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 137
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Too Much Love - Comparatives + Too/Enough/So/Such/Very - Love and Relationships
Students discuss love and relationships while practicing comparative/superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs, as well as so/such/too/enough/very. A number of proverbs about love introduce the topic, followed by a letter to an Agony Aunt and it�s response, and some grammar exercises to finish. Leads to discussions about age differences in relati...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 232
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No Offense Intended - Relative Clauses - Social Offense and Correctness (2pages)
An article on social offense which students complete by choosing the correct relative pronoun - WHO/WHICH/WHEN/WHERE/WHOSE/THAT. It discusses an award-winning children�s book based on The Three Little Pigs which was unfairly criticised for potentially offending builders and muslims.Starts off with a multiple choice exercise to introduce the topic, ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 389
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Passives Flashcards Pt. 2/2 - Inventions/Discoveries/Creations
Set of flashcards for practising the passive voice - split into two separate sheets to fit under 300kb. Following each set is a list of possible examples. I leave the cards face down and students take turns to pick a card a say a passive sentence and hold onto the card, but if they aren�t able to, other students get a chance to "steal" the card...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: flash-card
Downloads: 104
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Good To Gossip? - Reported Speech
An article about research regarding gossip, which shows that it is actually good for us! Students complete the article by choosing the correct quote for each gap, and turning it into reported speech. Students discuss reasons for gossiping, whether gossip is a good thing, how much they trust what others tell them, gossip at school and in the workpla...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 335
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