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Reading skills: eliciting the meaning of unknown words
Questions to accompany text about water and sanitation in Angola, Africa.
The goal of the exercise is to build students� confidence when faced with unknown or complicated words.
The activities on the sheet guide pupils through a structured reading of the text and encourage them to consider the possible meanings of new words. They are then asked t...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 38
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Christmas spider diagram discussion prompts
A mind map / spider diagram with words and pictures related to Christmas and the festive season to prompt spontaneous discussion from pupils. You could ask each pupil to choose a word/picture and prepare a short presentation on it, or you could get pupils to work in groups on a general presentation. Each group could prepare a set of questions based...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: others
Downloads: 9
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2 news articles and reading comprehension questions about animals: bullfrogs and democracy dogs
Two BBC articles (US bullfrog invasion and Hong Kong dogs at democracy protests) and questions to go with them. Exercise 1: choose which animal is being referred to (read for gist). Exercise 2: word manipulation (grammar). Exercise 3: correct the errors (read for detail). Exercise 4: vocabulary building. Answers are provided on p4.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 15
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Writing a postcard - BEGINNERS
A simple postcard and comprehension questions, followed by a list of useful postcard phrases. Pupils can then use the original text as a model to write their own simple postcard (by changing the underlined phrases). Designed for beginners aged 9. No formal explanation of the grammar is required as the verb structures are to be copied from the sourc...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 244
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VIDEO comprehension - a new eye operation to cure a form of blindness
A video listening exercise about an exciting new medical procedure. Video is from Sky news on Youtube - the link is on the worksheet.
Exercises are: general comprehension, number comprehension, key vocabulary, free discussion.
Answers provided on second page of document.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Suggestions and advice: role plays
8 role plays to practise the structures for giving suggestions and advice.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 63
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Staying with a host family (homestay) - interactions practice
Prompt questions for students to practise the kind of interactions they might have when staying with a host family in an English-speaking country. A great way to prepare your learners before an exchange or a summer course in an English-speaking country.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 50
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Pronouns and possessive adjectives in the song "I�m not the only one"
"I�m not the only one" by Sam Smith - lyrics with most of the pronouns and possessive adjectives removed. This song has a really good range of pronouns in it.
The pupils should listen to the song (link provided) and fill in the gaps, and then re-tell the story by transforming the text into the 3rd person using �he� and �she� pronouns.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 21
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ACT or SAT practice: delete/add text elements (topic: traditional medicine)
An exercise about text comprehension at a deeper level. Readers must decide how deleting a portion of the text would affect the meaning. Other questions ask whether certain elements should be added to the text, and if so, where would be best.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Reading comprehension, SAT-style, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Reading comprehension questions styled like an SAT critical reading. Answers and explanations at end. Copy of text included.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 32
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