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Nicola5052
Nicola Rose
United Kingdom



I hope you enjoy using my resources - I love the fact that my work might be used around the world!!!

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There, they�re or their?
A worksheet to explain and practise the difference betweeen these three confused words.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 75


 
What if? First conditionals game
A game to practise first conditional. Examples of both clauses first.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 118


 
Let�s chat - a game for ice breaking or general conversation
A game aimed at teenagers - adults but could be adapted for younger children. Lots� of ideas to get them talking and getting to know each other.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 239


 
Say it politely - informal and formal ways of speaking
A matching activity for ss to match informal and formal ways of speech.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 63


 
Idioms with leg
10 idioms using the word �leg�. A matching activity, gap-fill and follow-up conversation questions.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23


 
Post Christmas break class survey
A w/s to create conversation after Christmsas. Students are given statements and have to ask questions of all their peers to find out if they are true or not. There are suggestions of all the questions needed and ideas for extension conversation. I then used this as a springboard for writing (examples of sentences generated at the end). It can a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 6


 
Antonyms matching cards - Basic beginner level
A matching card game for beginner level learners.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 37


 
Phrasal verbs matching cards 2
Part 2 of the series of matching cards
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 85


 
Opposites matching game
A matching game of adjectives with some nouns and verbs for learners to differentiate between. I use this as a follow-up to a comparatives/superlatives lesson. Learners decide which of the words are adjectives and then form the comparatives/superlatives from them. Copy onto card or laminate, and cut into individual cards. Distribute to students ...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14


 
Common idioms definition match
A nice matching activity for common idioms - a common language problem with learners. Hope it helps.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24

 


Writing for exams
A 20 page powerpoint guiding students how to write for exams - stop, think, plan, write, check. Shows learners how to plan their answer and guidelines for checking afterwards. Really worked well with my students when we all planned a spider graph together - the results showed in their writing afte...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 27


Simple, complex and compound sentences
An 11 page powerpoint showing how to construct complex and compound sentences with conjunctions. An explanation of main and subordinate clauses along with exercises to practise. Part of a series of ppts to improve writing skills.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 79


It is said that
How to use the passive to report in the passive, using such constructions as �it is said that� �it is thought that� �he is believed to be� etc.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 62


Sentences - how to write them
A 25 page powerpoint on writing sentences - how to identify the subject, verb or verb phrase. Also includes exercises for learners to complete. Part of a series of ppts to improve writing skills.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 41


The Past Continuous - 8 page grammar guide
A step by step grammar guide on the form and use of the past continuous.

Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Downloads: 14


Past Perfect - an explanation of when & why to use & the form
I nice 8 page powerpoint which explains when to use the past perfect and the form. It has time lines and comparisons of past simple and past continuous. Also a table to show the form and pronunciation. Hope it�s of help!!

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 15


15 slides on London sites - expanding on information from quiz
Information to expand on the quiz by blunderbuster which you can find here: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=450878#thetop. I used the quiz then showed the presentation slide-by-slide. I then got ss to write their own questionnaire based on the information on the slides.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 35


Improving your punctuation
Part of a series of ppts. A 27 page ppt to help learners with how to use punctuation correctly. This includes: commas, full stops, colons, semicolons, exclamation marks, question marks, capital letters, apostrophes, quotation marks, hyphens, dashes, brackets. Really helped with improving my stude...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 38


Writing in paragraphs - why and how
Part of a series of ppts to improve writing. This one features the benefits and features of paragraphs and how to put them together. All of the ppts together really help to improve the writing of learners. Hope they help.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 28


Future forms - an explanation and examples of all ways to express the future
Slides to show all ways to express the future giving examples for each form.

Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 98