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Present perfect tenses - News article
News article containing examples of present perfect, past simple, present perfect progressive and present simple. A great way to consolidate these tenses after having taught them, and a good example of how they are used in real life.
Answers included.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 64
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2 strange Victorian news stories: reading exercises
2 news stories from the BBC that retell strange Victorian deaths (a man killed by a hammer-wielding automaton in an accident in a clock tower, and two skeletons found behind a wall in a Spanish theatre). Exercises cover reading for gist, vocabulary, comprehension and language analysis. Answers provided. Suitable for advanced ESL or younger native s...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 67
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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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Valentine�s Day: SPEAKING ACTIVITY Role plays
A set of 6 pair work role plays which centre on the theme of negotiations around Valentine�s Day. I designed them for use with an adult class (it could be awkward with younger learners!) but they could be adapted for other groups.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 45
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Reading comprehension: world�s largest drawing
A reading text from the Guinness World Records website about the world�s largest drawing - a drawing of a turtle created to raise awareness of marine pollution.
The 4 exercises are general comprehension questions, detailed comprehension questions, a vocabulary builder, and an open-ended writing task.
The answers are included on the last page.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 37
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World records: superlatives
Pupils match the pictures to the world record and then deduce the rules for forming superlatives by analysing the sentences.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Preferences, likes and dislikes: sentence builder
A writing frame/grid showing how to build sentences about likes and dislikes. A good support to help beginners scaffold a written piece or a simple speech about likes and dislikes.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: others
Downloads: 16
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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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Making suggestions and giving advice: structures
Writing frame modelling the structures used for making suggestions and giving advice.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 15
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because, so, but, however, although: reformulation and logical connectors
Reformulation exercises covering:
because / so
because of, due to
but / however / although
despite, in spite of
Text comprehension based on WWF text about deforestation
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 73
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