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Reading: A Call for Beijing to Loosen Its Grip on the Economic Reins (New York Times)
A New York Times unabridged article about China�s economy. It includes before reading, while reading and after reading activities.
Thanks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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Listening: Clip from Friends- gap fill
A short listening activity with the following clip from Friends: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ESeEZD_OY
The clip is only 2:30 minutes, so I used this as a warmer for my class, before talking about how friends support us and then going on to talk about affixes, with the word "friend" as a starter.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 18
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Video: �Steve Coogan on media surveillance� - Guardian
Some activities to introduce and use whilst watching the very short interview with Steve Coogan about media surveillance. There is a debate activity too. Link is included on the document, as well as a key.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 34
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Passive voice- newspaper article
A lesson plan for a reading exercise looking at the passive voice. The article is from the Daily Mail newspaper (UK) about the arrest of a TV soap opera star. The lesson plan focusses on the usage of the passive rather than structure and form.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 84
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Reading: Why teenagers find learning a drag
Printable includes: activity plan, cards to cut out and match (activity lead-in), tasks for students (true/false, prediction, word-definition match and debate) and abridged article. This is an ESA reading activity which takes about 30 minutes.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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Prefixes game
To practice word formation- prefixes. I have uploaded a powerpoint that explains these in detail (http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=49327#thetop).
Instructions: By adding the appropriate prefix to the words in the box create a new word. For example, if the word is �read� and in the brackets under is written �(again)�, you need to wr...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 67
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Question battle- review of past tense questions
Students work in pairs to make past tense simple questions. Students judge of their partner�s responses are correct. When correct, they write an X to "blast" the square. If not, the square stays blank for their partner to try again.
Try to encourage students to create open questions using How often, how many, when, where, how etc.
Thnanks.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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Paraphrasing: worksheet and game
Page 1 is a worksheet to introduce paraphrasing structures.
Page 2 has a dominoes game for students to practice the phrases.
Thanks,
Elise
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16
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You read, I write: weddings, marriage and relationship vocabulary
Students take it in turns to read their text to their pair. Demonstrate that the students need to say blank or mmm to indicate where there is a gap. If students did not hear or understand the word, they should ask their partner �can you repeat that please?� or �can you spell that please?�. Arrange the class into pairs: A and B. Ask pairs A and B to...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 18
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Feelings vocabulary
Students complete the gaps in the sentences, then complete some follow up activities (page two) in pairs to practice dialogues and look at opposites.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29
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Sentence stress
A presentation reviewing stressed and unstressed words to improve listening comprehension and pronunciation.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 50
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Adverbs
An overview of adverbs including:
Adverbs modifying advectives, past participles etc.
Adverb formation
Spelling rules
Adverbs and adjectives with same form
Adjectives with an adverb form
Adverbs with two forms
Adverb form in informal English.
Goes well with this game: http://www.onestopeng...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 34
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1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals
A presentation with examples explanation and practice for 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals. Includes examples with unless and alternatives for "would".
Hope it helps.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 29
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Have- causative verb
A presentation with examples and practice for have as a causative verb.
Hope it helps.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 21
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Word formation 2
There is a general introduction followed by a specific focus on suffixes -ful, -less and -able/ible and the prefixes for the opposites of adjectives.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 21
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Reported speech: Introductory verbs of reporting
A powerpoint with a quick review to reported speech, followed by introductory verbs of reporting (agree, insist etc.) and the verb patterns with which they are used.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 76
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Pronunciation: word formation- suffixes
A powerpoint linked to this one: http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=47827#this
Powerpoint reviews syllables and stressed syllables before looking at the pronunciation changes made by certain suffixes (as in the powerpoint) above.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 43
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Adverb position
Powerpoint outlining the rules for adverb position, including when there is more than only adverb in a sentence. Practice included at the end.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 171
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Relative clauses
A power point presentation about relative clauses, using Vincent van Gogh as the concept. This was created for an upper intermediate class, so some of the language might need to be re-graded for lower levels.
The presentation includes defining and non-defining relative clauses.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 28
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Expressing purpose
Powerpoint outlining structures to use when talking about Someone`s purpose, An object�s purpose, Judgements, More than sufficient/necessary, Sufficient (or not).
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 10
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