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Confusing Telephone Messages
Pre-teach linking, elision and perhaps a session on homophones and oronyms before the activity.
Print out the cards, laminate and cut out.
First, give them the blue dialogue cards and ask for a volunteer.
Tell the volunteer to read only the dialogues for speaker number 1.
You then read out speaker number 2 and select one of the message cards.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 22
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Ways to say "agree to."
6 different ways to say "agree to" in the form of a dice-game. Introduce the alternative expressions and then roll a dice for each of the 18 sentences in the box to rephrase according to the number on the dice and the corresponding expression or word. Useful for Cambridge exam preparation as it helps to develop range.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 36
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Compound Word 2: Hyphenated Compound Words
A short worksheet on typical compound words. In this case, hyphenated compound words that are often used in everyday English. The answers are on the back.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 30
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Nominalization: Civil Engineering Version
A short exercise for practicing the nominalized forms that students encounter in the Cambridge Advanced exams in the reading and use of English part 4. The same as my other one but with vocabulary connected to engineering. The answers are on the back.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type:
Downloads: 17
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Holiday Horror Stories
A couple of stories I downloaded from the internet and adapted for First Certificate exam practice for some of my students. Also a handy reading for classes or lessons themed on the subject of holiday experiences.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 123
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Second Conditional Mix-and-Match
A short explanation of the second conditional followed by a mix-and-match exercise. After that, some questions. Answers are at the back.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type:
Downloads: 26
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Indian State of Goa Election - Obligatory Siestas
An article adapted to the style of Reading and Use of English Part 1 in the CAE exam. Answers are on the back. This could be used for a debate on the pros and cons of the siesta. The Portuguese siesta is still a thing in the state, many years after independence from Portugal. Written by an Indian journalist in a wonderfully lighthearted style.
Level: advanced
Age: 11-100
Type:
Downloads: 23
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Life-Threatening Injuries and Situations
As I�m doing a set of classes on emergencies again, I thought I�d do one on potentially life-threatening situations or injuries. Given the morbid nature of the worksheet, I have tried to keep it upbeat and light-hearted but I still wouldn�t recommend it for kids.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 25
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Question Practice: Companies and Businesses
A quick explanation about question forms in English, to save time writing them on the board, and then a list of instructions on what questions each student should ask their partner. Useful for correcting students that have got into bad habits or just struggle to use the correct question forms. Also a good way for you to save your voice.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Type:
Downloads: 34
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Adjectives with Get Part 2
Part 2. A small worksheet with a fill-in-the-gaps exercise and a bingo game thrown in to help students remember some of the uses of "get."
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14
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