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Antonio Oliver

Spain



teaching English in Spain

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4 ways to say it - possibility
Structural conversion oral practice: rephrasing sentences with MAY, COULD, LIKELY, POSSIBLE, etc
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 52


 
role-play: motorway incident
This works well if you give students plenty of time for new vocabulary & help them understand the situation
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 38


 
Bob Dylan - Like a rolling stone
Great song by Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan, though I went for a rockier Green Day cover -Billie Armstrong�s English is clearer than you would expect
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 106


 
American authors - Best day of my life
Some intermediate level rephrasing practice, especially so & such
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
How often do you...?
Grammar: position of frequency adverbs & frequency phrases. Vocabulary: housework (DO vs MAKE)
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 52


 
Casablanca - opening scenes
What to say about this film that�s not been said? The first scenes offer varied accents, gramar & vocabulary. B2+
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19


 
Ed Sheeran - Thinking out loud
Reported Speech made interesting via this great singer-songwriter. Enjoy it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16


 
The 13th warrior - opening scenes
"I am Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, Ibn Al Abbas, Ibn Rasid, Ibn Hammed" says Antonio Banderas reciting his lineage as an introduction, then all is action in this film whose opening scenes are a good way to practise open cloze, writing & re-writing
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10


 
Who is your cousin?
"He�s a man in his middle forties with curly black hair" Short dialogue to learn how to describe people physically
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31


 
Alice Cooper - Be my lover
Rock & Roll! Best way to teach reported speech to bored audiences. The look on my students� faces when I played the riff solo on my air-guitar was just priceless...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21

 


Passive Voice in 3 simple steps
Learn the basics of Passive Voice with Christopher Columbus & Leif Eriksson.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 30


Hong Kong True or False contest - 3 of 3
2 teams play. Each answers a T/F question about Hong Kong. If correct, they get 50 points & can either move on to next question or open the Fortune Cookie, but careful -there could be good or bad news inside!

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 23


person + infinitive musical multiple choice (part 2)
Learn to use WANT, ASK, BEG, TELL etc + person & infinitive with song fragments from the Beatles through to Rihanna

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 16


class management tips
Especially for those of you teaching young ESL students

Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 0


Present Perfect with Bear Grylls - part 3 of 3
Multiple choice presentation to practise Present Perfect Simple & Continuous and Past Simple.

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 23


Present Perfect with Bear Grylls - part 1 of 3
2-team activitiy; team 1 answers a question, if right, they can either open Bear�s backpack (good, bad & fun things inside) or carry on to next question. If not, team B plays. Had to reduce this but the full version consists of 24 slides, I could email or transfer, if anybody interested.

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 27


Me & Bobby McGee - part 2
File too large to upload it in 1 go, hope you can paste both parts together

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 10


Noughts & crosses intermediate
Divide your SS in 2 groups; decide which group is starting and have them choose Xs or Os. If they list the 10 vocabulary items in the time allowed, they "win" the square and you fill it by clicking on the corresponding symbol. Enjoy it!

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 14


intonation & rhythm
Want to get your students to talk like native English speakers? Easy! All you need is a few limericks...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 30


relative clauses for beginners
Defining relative clauses -THAT only. A simple view for adults.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 38


Advanced level multiple choice test 5
progressive comparative, passive voice, word order, collocations

Level: advanced
Age: 10-100


Intermediate level multiple choice test - 9
passive voice, prepositions, tag questions, idiom phrases & phrasal verbs

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


Basic level multiple choice test - 4
simple tenses, word order, personal & possessive pronouns

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100


Intermediate level multiple choice test - 8
tenses, prepositions, personal & possessive pronouns, saxon genitive, special difficulties

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


Basic level multiple choice test - 6
simple tenses, word order, personal & possessive pronouns

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100


Basic level multiple choice test - 9
simple tenses, word order, place & time prepositions, personal & possessive pronouns, conditionals 0 & 1, modal verbs

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100


Basic level multiple choice test - 5
simple tenses, word order, personal & possessive pronouns

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100


Intermediate level multiple choice test - 6
phrasal verbs, special irregular verbs (lay-lie; rise-raise); uncountables, How...! and What...! phrases

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


Advanced level multiple choice test 2
be used to, so & such, passive voice, reported speech, special difficulties

Level: advanced
Age: 10-100


Intermediate level multiple choice test - 7
irregular verbs, conditionals, tenses, phrasals, prepositions, "so vs. such"

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100