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Wipe Out
This is an adaptation of the game �typhoon� found on line. (See the end of the lesson plan for credit and reference information). I wanted to use the name "wipe out" (more familiar to my students),to use inexpensive, brightly-colored, post-it notes and to write detailed instructions so teachers could easily use this game. I tried it and my student...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 9
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English Used in Fast Food Restaurants - Customers/Workers - Introduction, vocabulary, explanations, example sentences, exercise and answer key
Many English language students find employment in English speaking, fast food restaurants and/or eat there with friends. The language spoken in these types of restaurants is filled with short forms, slang and idiomatic phrases. This makes is difficult for many language learners. The intent of this worksheet is to make the language of fast food rest...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 94
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Helping Students Write a Description of a Picture - Guided Writing
I have used this worksheet with great success in my classes. The students really enjoy using this guided writing format. I have a collection of pictures that I have saved from magazines that are colorful, with action and great scenery. I use these pictures as a prompt for paragraph writing. First, the students make notes about the picture in the ci...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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How to Use Dictation Exercises to Help English Language Students
I put together two pages of information to summarize the benefits of using dictation in the classroom.(references are listed on the second page). Examples of how I have used dictation are included. Also contained in these two pages are ideas about how to use dictations in a meaningful way and how to make them more fun. I have personlly used severa...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 12
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Become an English Language Mistake Detective - Solve the Case!
A fun activity that also acts as an assessment exercise. Have your students become English mistake detectives with this worksheet. (Answer sheet included). Students work in pairs to detect a variety of mistakes in 6 sentences. They correct those mistakes, then rewrite the correct sentence. They could find mistakes in spelling, punctuation, verb ten...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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13 Helpful Idioms Used in English Speaking Workplaces - Select the Meaning with Answer Key
If you are looking to help your students understand how certain idioms are used in English speaking workplaces then this worksheet may help you. There are 13 common idioms that are workplace specific and used in North American workplaces. I suspect that many are used in other English speaking workplaces as well. This is for an intermediate or highe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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Beginner Level - Matching Exercise - WH Questions and Answers
This is an exercise I use after teaching how to form questions in English and the appropriate use of the question words: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How etc. The students liked this exercise and it allows them to demonstrate their ability to understand the question words in a sentence and match it to a correct response. For increased interaction ...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Adjective Power - Word Game
Hi Everyone!
Here is an exercise that can be conducted with students individually or in pairs/groups. It gives them practice selecting adjectives (and their opposites) to nouns and then creating sentences.
I have used this worksheet with my private lesson students to improve their speaking and writing. It enhances their conversations and writing ...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Helping Students Understand What Skills Employers Want - Small Group Exercise - Rank Order the Skills - High Intermediate or Advanced
This worksheet is designed to help English language students understand what characteristics/skills employers are looking for. If you are currently looking to help students, who may be applying for English speaking jobs, this worksheet may assist you. The work sheet starts with an introduction which explains the importance of knowing what future em...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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7 Useful and Common English Idioms/Expressions for Everyday Use- Exercise and Answer Key
Here is a exercise for your students that shows how to use 7 useful and common English idioms/expressions. Students examine the idiom/expression, then see it used in context, then select the correct meaning. There is an answer key included. To extend this exercise students can create their own sentences using the idiomatic expression after the matc...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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