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Black Adder - Born to be King
Is there anything with Rowan Atkinson that students don�t like?
From series 1 of this popular British sitcom.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Water Idoms
This list of idioms appeared in "The English Teaching Forum," but I took the liberty of making an exercise out of it and adding pictures of an anchor and paddle. I used the fonts Ocean View-Initials (a water-type font for the title) and Baskerville, but you may change these to ensure that everything fits onto one page. (This is an updated version o...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 60
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I Love Lucy - Lucy Does a Commercial
One of the very best episodes of "I Love Lucy." Although recorded more than 50 years ago and in black and white, the show still brings laughter to students young and old.
The title font is TraftonScript, a free font which can be found on the Internet. This is the same one as used in the show�s opening. (Available on YouTube.)
The most importa...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Monty Python - Australian Wines
There are 3 different worksheets here of various levels of difficulty (plus the transcription that I made myself) of Eric Idle�s satirical "praise" of Australian Wines. I usually don�t tell my students that it is a spoof, and then at the end ask them if the speaker has a positive or negative opinion of the wines.
Please note that "chunder" is Aust...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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iPad from Two Angles
The release of Apple�s iPad was a big news event in the United States last weekend. Here students first predict and then discuss the probability of their classmates getting an iPad. Then they all read the first or second half of the iPad review from "The New York Times" and summarize it for a partner. (Encourage discussion.) The website where the a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Abbott & Costello - Who�s on First (text)
"The second funniest sketch of the 20th century" is what "Time" magazine called this in their millennium issue back in 2000. I don�t think Bud Abbott and Lou Costello ever performed this sketch exactly the same way twice, so the different audio and video versions that you come across will differ somewhat.
It is super fast, but upper-intermediate...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Friends - Where It All Began Shapes
Vocabulary exercise for after viewing "The One Where It All Began," from Season 1, Episode 1 of "Friends." Students individually assign a character to each shape according to whatever criteria they want. (It mustn�t be random, however!) Then they attribute the adjectives to the characters, writing the words inside the shape. Because everyone will p...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Scrubs - My Old Lady
This is from Season 1 of the popular American sitcom "Scrubs." For the title and the pictures of the characters, I used the free font Scrubbed, which allows everything to appear on one page. There is also a picture of a doctor in scrubs to illustrate the sitcom�s title.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Tom Lehrer - Irish Ballad
Very funny song by math professor Tom Lehrer about an Irish girl who does her whole family in. Here are several different illustrated worksheets for different levels. The song is readily available on the Internet, Amazon, and the iTunes Store.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Telephone Encounter
Lots of discussion in pairs, threes, or fours about our use of the telephone. You may wish to change the font so that everything fits onto one page. (I used Baskerville.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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