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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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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


 
Present perfect continuous - jigsaw speaking exercise
Present perfect continuous speaking practice. Used it for writing practice too. Worked well for me - hope it�s good for you too.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3


 
Changing tenses - writing in the past simple and present perfect
Not a particularly pretty worksheet but works really well to consolidate the form of some irregular verbs in these tenses. Change the given present simple sentences to past simple and present perfect. Then use verbs to write own sentences in all three tenses. With additional oral practice, this lasted a good hour.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
Present and past simple questions
A 2 page worksheet. Page 1 - A table to make clear the form of past/present simple questions and some word re-order exercises. Page 2 more exercises. An area which ss often find difficult. This helps with learning word order and the use of do as the auxiliary. Thank you to zailda for template.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 34


 
Would you rather? - Conversation prompts
Would you rather scenarios to develop conversation.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22


 
Formal and Informal language matching cards
Matching cards for informal and formal language. Good for an introduction to writing lessons.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 117


 
What is the question word?
A really basic worksheet dealing with the first few question words ss learn. Thank you to zailda for the template.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3


 
Adverbs of frequency/frequency expressions
An ordering game with a wide variety of frequency adverbs/expressions. Cut it up into individual cards and get students to reorder. I used this in groups and it created a lot of argument and discussion about which should come first!! As a follow up activity I asked students to write about their daily activities using a range of the expressions. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-14
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8


 
Animal Pictionary - Word search
Animal word search to go with pictionary and word match/gap-fill
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15


 
Will or going to
A w/s to choose between will, won�t, going, going to or not going to. I have found this is an easily confused area so this w/s helps to practise the use. Hope you like it. Thanks to zailda for w/s template.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 101

 


Spelling strategies and rules
A 34 page ppt to help with the problem of spelling. Part of a series of ppts. This one deals with reasons for incorrect spellings, strategies to identify problems and deal with them as well as spelling rules for, amongst others, plurals, -ing and -ed spellings, -ly spellings, -er and -est spelling...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 31


Some, Any, Have you got, How much, Shopping list
A 12 page powerpoint I used to cover some and any and then use them to have a shopping activity using "Have you got any ...? How much is ....? Do they have any ....?. etc etc There are sheets with shopping lists, pictures of food, target vocab etc, adapt as necessary. Also used realia to add int...

Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 11


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


Quick Quiz - general knowledge and English test
A 20 question general knowledge and English language quiz. Works well at all levels.

Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 27


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


Signs powerpoint - 60 slides to identify common public signs
A 60 page powerpoint for students to identify common signs out and about. Used as a pre-task for the matching exercise I have uploaded to test prior knowledge and familiarise learners with the vocabulary and pictures. Essential for exams as well as everyday life.

Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Downloads: 39


What am I? A team game
20 slides. A team game to be used as a warmer / filler based on the old favourite 20 questions. Clues start difficult and get progressively easier for teams to guess the identity of the �thing, place, person or animal�. I tend to get teams to stop the clues when they think they have an answer to a...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 56


The verb �to be� in the present simple - positve/neg/question forms
A clear explanation of the present simple �to be� which can be put on an interactive whiteboard or printed as a handout for reference purposes.

Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Downloads: 28


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


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