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Are you nomophobic?
This is an activity I created to discuss the issue of nomophobia, which is the extreme anxiety some people feel when they don�t have their mobile phones with them. It has become a problem mostly for teenagers, but many adults also suffer from this condition. I hope you find the text useful and thought-provoking.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 52
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Was, were and did in communicative questions
My students were often uncertain about when to use did or was/were in past simple questions, so I put together this material to help them not only to understand when each one is used, but also to use the questions to meaningfully communicate with their classmates. My students are 6th graders, but the questions can be edited to cater for different s...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type:
Downloads: 9
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Why do we fall in love?
This is an interview concerning a research about how and why we fall in love. The questions for the interview have been removed and scrambled, and students have to match the questions to the corresponding answers. After this task is completed and corrected, students will answer questions expressing their own opinios about the topic. As a follow up,...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 23
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Hypothetical and silly questions
A worksheet that will be both reading and speaking practice for the students. Hopefuly some fun, too, especially the second page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Arguments against the use of animals in experiments
This worksheet has two parts: The first part is an article that provides counterarguments to some of the most common arguments in favor of using animals in experiments. Students are supposed to place the headings for each paragraph where they belong, and change the highlighted passive sentences into active ones. The second part of the assignment p...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 32
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Dumb ways to die
This is a material based on a Melbourne Metro Safety Campaign, which received several awards. The song is funny, catchy, and cute. I made the lyrics into a vocabulary/reading comprehension type of activity. I hope your students like it as much as mine did.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Imperatives in Context
I tried to create a more challenging task than just copy the verb given in parenthesis. In this worksheet, students must come up with their own verbs to complete the sentences in the imperative (affirmative and negative) so as to make them logical.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 19
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Numbers in the world cup
To raise students� curiosity to read the text, a fill-in-the-blanks exercised is suggested, in which they will test their general knowledge concerning the history of tournament, as well as this year�s championship in South Africa and the next edition of the World Cup, which will happen in Brazil in 2014. Only after doing that will they read the tex...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 10
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Father and Son by Cat Stevens
This song is nice to use as a warm up for discussions about family relationships. The vocabulary is not hard, and its pace is slow enough for students to follow easily. I made the activity so as to also raise awareness about parts of speech.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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Mine, by Taylor Swift
Students are asked to complete the lyrics with the words they think might fit in the blanks. If they need hints, the words that were taken out are listed, but in alphabetical order, not in the order they come in the song. Last, they listen to the song to check if their guesses were right.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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