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Christmas crossword for beginners
2 exercises: match the pictures and the words, then do the crossword. The definitions are very simple; I made this exercise for the beginners, who don�t know much by this time of the year. They have to spot the few words they know and transparent words to understand the definitions.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3106


 
What had they been doing ?!!!
Past perfect continuous. Read, look, complete and match.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 198


 
Christmas comparatives 1 - with key
Editable. A. Comparatives: rules (short / long adjective), definition of the short adjective, adjectives ending in -y, exceptions. B. 1) Complete with the comparative form 2) Match each sentence to the corresponding picture. My students often forget "than" in their sentences, this explains the big box on each line... Key provided. Sorry about the w...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 243


 
Adjectives and adverbs - word formation: guide + 5 exercises with key
WS designed to help students improve their vocabulary and writing skills. Main focus on the adverb. 5 exercises. Page 1: grammar guide with rules. Task 1: common adverbs in conversation (matching exercise). Task 2: complete: noun --> adjective --> adverb. Task 3: Change the expressions into an adverb, keeping the meaning of the sentence. Task 4: Fi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 429


 
Present Continuous: Review
My students always ask for a general review of the situations in which we have to use the present continuous. Simple worksheet with description, examples and exercises on the present continuous in 3 situations (action in progress, description, future). 3 pages. Hope you�ll find it useful too!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43


 
Camera shots
A WS you can use before any film study. While studying a scene, my students are able to refer to the types of camera shots and the effect it conveys on the viewer. Here is an explanation of the main camera shots, with simple definitions and a shot from the film "Ice Age" as an example; students have to match the definition and picture to the impres...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 147


 
ONE YEAR PROJECT Ten things about me 3/4
This is a one year project. I made a mini-book for children who start writing simple sentences and use basic vocabulary. They love to write after they�ve learnt enough to build a small paragraph. They�re usually thrilled when they see everything they can write in a year! I left some space so that children can decorate and personalize their own boo...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5


 
Fun and phonetics: Christmas tongue-twisters II
4 pages. Read and match + phonetics (3 exercises, rules) + set of 16 cards to play with the class. I know that tongue-twisters are not a favourite on ESL printables, but it�s a great way of making Ss mind their pronunciation. Have fun!
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 442


 
Dancing with the Devil - Reading comprehension
Spooky story for Halloween!! The text can be found here: http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/tx3.html, but the worksheet is entirely mine. My students often reject reading at the beginning of the year. Just to show them that even a long text can be understood. Contents: text, identification of the document, general and detailed comprehension ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 60


 
Song WHOLE WIDE WORLD by Wreckless Eric, with KEY
Study of the song with 10 activities: listening (discriminating), reading (reorder the pictures, answer the questions, grammar (speculation: adverbs maybe, probably, modals would/should), discussing (being a romantic person), writing (give opinion). And singing, of course! Made this WS after I studied a lesson in which two teenagers fall in love bu...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 81

 

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Robert Pattinson - writing a biography
2 exercises to help building a coherent biography 1. Write the different pieces of information in the correct box and choose the verb you can use to make the corresponding sentence. 2. Choose the correct option (correct use of tenses, especially present simple and past simple)

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100


SONG. Pearl Jam Last Kiss - audio / visual word discrimation and past simple
THUMBNAIL PREVIEW LACKS PICTURES. 1. Listen to the song and choose the correct option (the options look or sound alike, it helps the students work on phonetics as well as on the past simple tense!) 2. Write the words of the song corresponding to the picture (to help them understand the story). I to...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100


Describe Sherlock�s house.
VOCABULARY/ FURNITURE + VERBS 1. Choose the correct option. THERE WAS/WERE 2. Choose the correct option

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100


BBC Sherlock - AGO and LATER + past simple
An exercise to reinforce the use of the past simple and to discriminate "ago" and "later", which I found was easier to teach at the same time this year.

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100