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Talk for a minute starting with....
Laminate and cut the sheet into strips. Give each student a strip. The students have to each talk for a minute on their subject starting with the given lead-in (not stating the theme). The rest of the group try to guess the title of the given speech. (Idea taken from Keep Talking by F. Klippel)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 119
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Charity shop text to show difference between past and present perfect tenses
Grammar focus - past tense V present perfect - using an authentic text. Comprehension exercise, gap text (tenses) and a free-speaking exercise based on the context of the advertisement.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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Conversation cards (5) MAMO CARDS..present perfect focus
M..ingle A..sk(and be asked)M..ove O..n > MAMO Cards.Good for a warm up activity after working on the grammar point ..in this case, the present perfect. They get the students up and moving around having small conversations >Mingle,ask(and be asked) and then move on!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 172
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49 minutes per week!
Alarming survey results in the Daily Mail-online. To be used as an impulse text on the subject of "families and the time they spend together."
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 162
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A glimpse of hope - Alzheimer breakthrough
A short authentic text about the recent research progress, Maybe, one day, there�ll be a cure. Lots of exersises and impulse texts on the subject.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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"The total eclipse of the sun!" and the Moon landing!
Two great events this week featured the Moon. The 40th Anniversary of the first landing on the Moon and the total eclipse of the Sun over Asia. Here is a Daily Telegraph text covering the once in a lifetime event of one of the longest possible eclipses. This is combined with questions on the moon landing. Language exercises have also been added as ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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A photographer�s best shot!
A short newspaper text about an encounter in the Antarctic with an incredible penguin 50 years ago - and it was caught on film! An easy text for elementary (+) students with added language exercises and answer key.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 70
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George Orwell�s house is up for sale
An authentic text with interesting facts about Geroge Orwell�s childhood. Comprehension questions as well as a grammar focus on would/used to with a synonym exercise. An answer key has been added.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 110
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Mamo Cards (11): USED TO
A set of mamo cards focusing on: used to. Twelve cards/questions. Can be used as a warmer after the construction has be taught or to recap. Ask a student a question (and vice versa) the move on to the next..asking and answering the questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 217
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Present perfect versus past simple
A gap text exercise focusing on the difference between the two tenses.
Many of the sentences refer to stories in a book we�re reading at the moment - The Tangled Web - (Oxford Bookworms) - a set of short stories for advanced readers (to recommend).
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 326
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