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SAT-style critical reading: Russia and the Rouble
Article from "The Economist" about Russia�s financial policies with multiple choice (SAT-style) questions. Answers provided.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 17
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Christmas cracker jokes
A list of groan-worthy jokes such as the ones found in Christmas crackers in the UK. Page 1 just has the jokes in a list; page 2 is in a table so you can cut up the jokes and ask learners to match up the jokes and their punchlines.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 44
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Could video games help treat depression?
News article about video games and the ways in which they could help those with mental health conditions. Questions are true/false/not in text, vocabulary and synonyms, and open conversation questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: article
Downloads: 63
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World records: superlatives
Pupils match the pictures to the world record and then deduce the rules for forming superlatives by analysing the sentences.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Prepositions training: advanced
An extract from H.G. Wells with prepositions exercises which increase in difficulty (gap-fill from choices, correcting wrong sentences and free gap-fill). Designed to prepare learners for ACT and SAT style exams. C2+ level.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 42
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Homophones: easy
Some of the easiest and most common homophones in English (see/sea, write/right etc.)
Exercises cover vocabulary, writing, dictation and open-ended expression.
Lesson plan on p3.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Guy Fawkes� night: listening and vocabulary exercises
A vocabulary matching exercise, listening comprehension, and phrasal verbs exercise based on a listening text about Guy Fawkes� night on November 5th in the UK. (Link to mp3 file is included in the word document.) Source text is on p1, exercises on p2 and p3, answers on p4 and p5 of the word document.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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4 short news stories from BBC Newsround + questions
4 short news stories.
Task 1: match the headlines and pictures to the stories - this requires pupils to read quickly for key words only.
Task 2: answer the "w" questions about each story (who/what/when etc.) - this requires pupils to summarise and to show they can read for gist.
Task 3: answer the mixed questions (answers provided in key) - this...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 68
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Sentence completion: if and when statements
A creative, open-ended activity to complete a unit on "when" and "if" statements. Pupils choose a card and must complete the sentence using the correct complementary tense.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 24
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Making suggestions and giving advice: structures
Writing frame modelling the structures used for making suggestions and giving advice.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 16
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