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Supermarket Sweep
Designed as an out of centre activity. Possible homework task. Learners have to go to three different shops to find out the price of different items for a meal.
Follow up activities can be drawing graphs, conversations about comparing prices, budgetting and value for money.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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When Santa got stuck up the chimney
Lyrics and cloze activity for the Christmas song. A version of tha song can be found on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCC_uRTd2vM&feature=related
or you can sing it if you�re feeling brave!
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20
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Vaccination
Brief history of the discovery of vaccine for Smallpox by Edward Jenner and text-based exercises on the next page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 40
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Getting to know you speaking match up
Give a question or answer to each learner and tell them to keep it a secret. They have to find the corresponding question/ answer by asking other class members.
Can be followed up by a discussion about why questions/answers are incorrect.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 4
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Pantomime
Adapted from a website (cited at the bottom in the footer), the worksheet gives information about the British pantomime tradition. There are vocabulary building exercises and comprehension questions included. I did this with a group of Entry Level 3 teenagers and it proved very popular.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Using a dictionary
This sheets are designed to encourage independent learning and understanding of how to use dictionaries. The vocabulary is purposely designed to be less-common words as this then encourages the learners to use dictionaries, rather than rely on prior knowledge.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Halloween
Information sheet about the origins of Halloween and how it is celebrated in the UK. Can be used as basis for comprehension questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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How Safe Are You?
A questionnaire for learners to complete to find out how self aware they are in terms of their personal safety. This can be done as an individual reading exercise, or as a group exercise and students can discuss their response and justify it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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E.coli Outbreak in Europe
A reading about the recent E.coli outbreak in 2011. It contains information about the origins and advice to prevent it. (Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13600144)
The second page includes dictionary work to build vocabulary, comprehension questions and spelling and grammar errors. I hope it is useful for you.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 14
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Dictionaries
Information about the different uses of dictionaries. Students have to find out less common English words and translate from various languages into English. Then they have to practise using a thesaurus
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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