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Tex Avery Cartoon - Cuckoo Clock
This Tex Avery cartoon has little dialogue, but can be used to focus on clauses with �after� + gerund.
It is easily available on the Internet, including
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24mULoKR34>
Present the vocabulary that will new or troublesome for your students.
After showing the cartoon to your students once, hand out an envelope with the...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10
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Roald Dahl - The Landlady - Questions
Here are some comprehension questions to accompany Roald Dahl�s great story.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Billy Connolly - Don�t Drink the Water
A very funny routine from famed Scottish comedian, Billy Connolly, about problems drinking tap water on holiday. Best used with students 18 years and older. Billy is very funny, but some people will be put off by his low-brow humor and language. From the CD "Billy Connolly Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London."
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Futurama - Space Pilot
Listening Comprehension for the cartoon series "Futurama," Season 1, Ep. 1
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Shameless Intro
This acclaimed comedy drama from Channel 4 in Britain portrays a dysfunctional working-class family in very stark terms. The accents are typical of the northern England working class, thus quite difficult!
An idea would be to have half of the class watch the scene from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dssnahZ16uU&feature=related> with the sound off,...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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What�s Better: Work or Prison?
With this rather funny comparison of working versus being in prison, have students work in pairs, each with either the Inmate or Worker worksheet. They take turns reading a line, and then they must decide which is more desirable, working or being in a prison and tick (or check) the appropriate box.
If you would like a pdf. version of this exercise...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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Giving the Date
Here is a worksheet of the days and dates followed by some practice questions, which you can adapt for your students. (This was inspired by a very old handout from the CRAPEL at the University of Nancy II in France.)
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Ideal Job
I am always amazed at how much discussion this activity generates.
Students have to classify elements for a rewarding and satisfying job into 4 categories (essential, desirable, unimportant, and undesirable), and then discuss their choices in small groups.
Please note that this exercise was NOT stolen from "The Standby Book." (I am the author...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Witness - 6 Characters
About 2/3s or 3/4s of the way through the film "Witness," distribute cards to the class and explain that this is their new identity. Give them some time to write questions they would like to ask other characters in the film while you go around giving help.
Then collect the role cards, and have the students stand up and walk around at a party. Th...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 23
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Humour Techniques
Here is a list of common humour techniques that I have compiled, along with examples from TV sitcoms, films, stand-up comedians, etc. In a few instances there are explanations of the technques.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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