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Esther Vinches
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An interview with J.K. Rowling
A set of activities based on Harry Potter and an interview with J.K. Rowling. Students have to invent questions and discuss what they know about the world�s most famous magician and his author. The reading text is a modified version of an interview published on the web. There are suggestions for further activities. My thanks to our own "Montypython...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 33


 
I used to sing for you
A WS I made a while back for this great song by Tracy Chapman. It�s useful for learing the expression "I used to + verb". I hope it will be of use to some of you. I used to use it inclass but I haven�t used it this year - it�s great to sing along to!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23


 
Reported speech Grammar Practise
A worksheet with an exercise about reported speech based on an extract from the screenplay of the movie Titanic. Ss must put the reporting verbs into the past tense and choose the correct form of the verbs in the reported version of the text. I made this exercise to use as part of a test after studying reported speech with them. The answer key is...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36


 
Back to school board game
A super easy board game for the start of the new school year. Simple questions and activities to help pupils get their confidence back after the summer break. Great to get kids working together in new groups. This wonderful template is by Ana Perez Ayala.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 46


 
STOP THE CLOCK!
Stop the clock: A question and answer game to practise the past continuous based on an idea from ESLP by Stiliana Andreyeva Sevcan Uğurlu. First pupils answer the question �What were you doing at 10pm last night?� . They then go round asking the other pupils the same question until they find a person who matches the activiites in the table. Th...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10


 
A terrible cinema trip
This board game is about a terrible trip to the cinema. Pupils play the game and make full sentences using the prompts and conjugationg the verbs correctly. I made this as a follow up activity to a test where they were asked to tell a story about a cinema trip that went wrong. Some pupils need more practise with the past tenses so this is a fun way...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 24


 
Irregular verbs quiz or test
This is a two page quiz or test about common irregular verbs. The first part is a multiple choice questionnaire inspired by a WS by candilek here on ESLPrintables. The second part is a sentence transformation exercise from negative past forms to positive past forms. The last part is a table to fill in with the simple past, past participle and trans...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: others
Downloads: 114


 
Calendar
A handout for students to learn or revise how to write and say dates.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: others
Downloads: 54


 
My best friend
An elementary worksheet designed to help elementary learners think about to be and to have. It introduces different forms of the verbs and gives a chance to practice I can.....
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12


 
Goodbye my Lover
This is a WS I made ages ago but which works very well. Pupils listen to the song and fill in the blanks then do the simple exercises; sorting vocabulary by theme,finding word pairs, recognising tenses, and using the passive voice. An answer key is included. I�m sure you could jazz up the worksheet to suit your taste as it�s serious looking for now...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11

 


The red carpet quiz
This red carpet quiz is topical in the movie awards season. My students love four corner quizzes where instead of writing the answer they move to the corner of the room where the letter is displayed (A,B,C,D). The questions are about famous stars from English speaking countries and the questions are...

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 22


Who�s who? Inside Out
A Powerpoint presentation based on a recent WS by neuspuigs. Read and match the descriptions with the character from Inside Out. My pupils will first watch the trailer to the movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRUAzGQ3nSY It�s a good way to motivate pupils and to improve their ability to desc...

Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Downloads: 99


Frankenstein, an introduction
A simple power point mostly about Mary Shelley�s early life. I�m going to use this before doing a reading exercise about the novel and then working on extracts from movies where ss will compare the scenes about the making of the monster.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 22


What time do you have dinner?
A simple PP which I have modified and reloaded. It presents mealtimes and o�clock times. Good revision for telling the time and an introduction to the cultural aspects of mealtimes in English speaking countries.

Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Downloads: 26


How to describe a document ....
How to describe a document ....with the help of David Beckham! A helpful power point with lots of examples of various documents and styles. Some of my pupils are working on extracts from the film Bend it like Beckham. This work is useful and will enrich the warm up phases of my classes.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 28


Where were you?
This is a simple presentation to learn or revise WAS and WERE. The questions are completed and drilled...pupils complete the questions and answers using the information on the slides. They learn expressions like IN the kitchen or AT the post office. They revise telling times. The final task is a pai...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 14


Negotiating (for teenagers)
A simple PP I�m going to use to practice structures and expressions for negotiation. The situations are suitable for teenagers and maybe they could be adapted to do groupwork with some ss expressing the points of view of the teenagers and others those of the adults. Hope it�s useful!

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 10


I spy classroom games
I spy! A classroom game or warm-up activity based on the traditional children�s game. I spy with my little eye... Using the video projector invite pupils to say what they can see or "spy". You could ask them for more detailed descriptions or make it a team game where teams write a list of items spie...

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 26


Surprising school rules
A simple illustrated powerpoint with silly school rules. Pupils should correct the sentences to make proper rules. I use this as a revision warm up after working on our classroom rules.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-16
Downloads: 110


Back to School: Riley�s first day part 2
A power point with lesson plan and ideas in three parts based on an extract from the movie Inside Out. In the first part students brainstorm about Riley�s classroom. In parts 2 and 3 students do a note taking exercise in groups then a listening exercise followed by a role play. I was inspired by P...

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Downloads: 52

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