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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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SAT-style critical reading / reading comprehension / identifying sentence errors on a text about an 1895 archaeological expedition
Text from Project Gutenberg. Exercises following SAT model: 1) identifying sentence errors and 2) critical reading. Answers also provided.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 31
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Music and music preferences pairwork discussion activity
Questions about music and music preferences; useful phrases to include in answers. Pupils work in pairs or small groups. Suggested activity: they interview each other using the questions provided. Each time a pupil answers a question, they must draw one of the phrase cards (p2) from a hat or envelope and include that phrase in their answer. Increas...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 27
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Seasonal role plays (Christmas/winter/New Year)
5 seasonal role-plays. Can be done as a carousel or in groups.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 74
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"Try Something New for 30 Days" - video, reading comprehension, discussion
TED video: 3 minute talk on "Try Something New for 30 Days". Link to video is in document. Discussion questions and comprehension questions. Can also be done as a reading comprehension (see transcript).
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: article
Downloads: 79
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Time adverbs: since, for, still, already, yet - news article and questions, grammar exercises
A short news article from the BBC followed by vocabulary and simple comprehension questions, and a role play.
Grammar guide based on the news article - it deals with present perfect + since/for, preterite + in/on/at, and present or present perfect + already/still/yet.
Question stimuli to encourage pupils to use these time structures in their own ...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 113
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Discussion prompts: scenarios and objects
Various scenarios and a list of objects/conditions.
Pupils could simply use the scenario cards to discuss what they would do and why; how they got into the situation; what could go wrong; what advice they would give to someone in this situation.
Pupils could pick a scenario card and one �object� card and try to explain how they would cope in this...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 24
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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: 51
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Reading skills: space tourism
Text about space tourism with exercises designed to improve reading skills: identifying what pronouns refer to, finding definitions in the text, considering the significance of tenses. Final exercise requires readers to answer classic comprehension questions having completed the warm-up exercises. 2 writing tasks are also suggested. Answers provide...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 142
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Food delivered by parachute and by drone
2 articles - one about cheese sandwiches delivered by parachute (Jafflechutes) and one about pizza delivered by drones. Exercises revolve around discussion and comprehension of key points in each article. Grammar focus is on phrasal verbs (to wait for, to look into etc.).
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: article
Downloads: 39
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