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Taboo - support vocab and cards for the game
Some support phrases to help pupils to say things "in a different way" and especially to deal with describing a word they don�t know the English vocabulary for. Discuss the phrases and example descriptions before using the cards to play the game "taboo" (describe the word to a partner or the class without saying the word itself). This can work as a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 31
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Reading comprehension - 2 stories about NZ animals
2 articles from the BBC. One is about people replacing sheep at rodeos; the other is about the kokako, a bird in New Zealand thought to possibly be extinct.
Exercises cover "wh" questions, vocabulary, gist reading, reformulation, and creative writing tasks.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 46
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Role plays / Situation cards: a holiday in an English-speaking country
A set of 12 situations which a visitor might encounter on a visit to an English-speaking country. To stimulate role-play and "survival English".
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 173
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Morning routine video: Wallace and Gromit
A short video clip (under 2 minutes) from the Wallace and Gromit animation "The Wrong Trousers" with exercises using morning routine vocabulary.
Grammar point: before and after.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 73
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Saint Nicholas - comprehension and past simple
The legend of Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) in a simplified version, plus exercises on question words, antonyms and creative writing. The grammar focus is on the past simple.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 82
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Possessive apostrophe
A clear flowchart explaining whether to add �s or � to indicate the possessive, followed by an exercise to practise this. Answers are on p2.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 17
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Questions in songs
2 songs which include questions. Learners listen to the songs and in exercise 1, correct the errors; in exercise 2, write in the question forms.
You can find the songs on YouTube.
Answers included on p3.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 51
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Pronouns and possessive adjectives in the song "I�m not the only one"
"I�m not the only one" by Sam Smith - lyrics with most of the pronouns and possessive adjectives removed. This song has a really good range of pronouns in it.
The pupils should listen to the song (link provided) and fill in the gaps, and then re-tell the story by transforming the text into the 3rd person using �he� and �she� pronouns.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 21
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Homophones: easy
Some of the easiest and most common homophones in English (see/sea, write/right etc.)
Exercises cover vocabulary, writing, dictation and open-ended expression.
Lesson plan on p3.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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News article and exercises: penguin research robot
A news article (from The Guardian) about a very cute robot which was disguised as a baby penguin to help study penguin behaviour in the wild.
Exercises: true/false, vocabulary, extended comprehension, phrasal verbs, word formation.
Answers provided.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 82
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