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Common Business English Idioms & Expressions
A quick worksheet with a list of some of the most common English idioms and expressions used in English, along with brief explanations and a space for students to write a practice sentence. Includes conversational and email idioms.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20
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Adverbs and Adjectives - Discerning the Difference
I made this worksheet for an advanced student who has trouble telling the difference between adverbs and certain adjectives that also end in "ly." This worksheet provides a tip for telling the difference, then provides practice in discerning among words, as well as writing sentences using common adjectives and adverbs ending in "ly". Answer key inc...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Adjective + Noun Collocations with the word HEAVY
I created this list using an online tool that builds lists of concordances and collocations. You can find it at http://www.collins.co.uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx. You can enter any part of speech you want and specify the type of word you want it to collocate with. It searches books, magazines, radio, and newspapers (US and UK), AND ranks the result...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 11
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Spelling Cheatsheet - Countable Noun Pluralization
I made this one-page summary of spelling rules for countable noun pluralization for beginning students. Useful handout, as this subject seems to need lots of reinforcement.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 3
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At the Supermarket - Matching Activity
This matching activity is useful as a post-instruction reinforcement activity, or for later review of supermarket vocabulary. This matching task is a companion document for the three conversations at http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=439897#thetop. I use these three dialogs for teaching supermarket vocabulary. Students can practice, in ...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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Negative Prefix TabooTM
This activity is like the TabooTM board game. Students can work in pairs or small groups. The goal of the activity is for students to have their teams or partners guess the word on a card. Students can work collaboratively or competitively. They can act out a word, draw a picture (easier with nouns), or give a definition, but they CANNOT use the ba...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 23
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Spelling Cheatsheet - Verb Terminations
I use this sheet to help students (at beginner and intermediate levels) remember the complicated rules of English for verb terminations. It�s nice to have a one-page reference to give them. It needs careful explanation, and I usually hand it out as a reference after lots of boardwork.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3
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Food Flavours (1 of 2)
This is one of several worksheets I use for lessons about basic food flavours and textures. Realia works well here. I bring in samples of various foods for students to taste. There�s a companion crossword puzzle at http://www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/Data/2010.07/2612/26125003.420.html. Students find these images helpful when completing the puz...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 26
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Parts of Speech "Runners" Game
I use this as a simple reinforcement activity when students are learning to distinguish the various parts of speech. It�s fun and gets them up and moving, and engaged with the language.
Cut the page into strips along the lines shown and place, jumbled together, print side down on a table. Create columns on the board, with a title for each part ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 6
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Prefix and Suffic Dominoes
Use this editable activity template to create a dominoes game to provide practice in forming words with prefixes and/or suffixes. This one covers the prefixes of negation and several noun and adjective suffixes, including ous, ence, ment, ness, etc. Print and cut into tiles. Have SS work in pairs or groups to see who can form the longest line. Answ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 28
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