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Parts of speech
One aspect of English that can be confusing for students of the language is that the same word can be a noun or a verb, an adjective or a noun, a conjunction or a prepositition (etc.) depending on its position in the sentence. This material lists the 8 different parts of speech and their functions, followed by an exercise (with key).
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 10
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Smartphone privacy
As smartphones become more and more indispensible in our lives, our privacy suffers, because the apps we download, many times for free, request access to information that is often not at all related to the task the app is supposed to perform. This reading activity starts with a warm up conversation about apps and smartphone privacy issues, and then...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 29
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The verb there to be in different tenses
I was looking for a worksheet to practice the verb there to be in different tenses (other than simple present and simple past) and couldn�t find any, so I made this workseet.
This can be a tricky grammar topic for students, and therefore is worth practicing.
It comes with an answer sheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Father and Son by Cat Stevens
This song is nice to use as a warm up for discussions about family relationships. The vocabulary is not hard, and its pace is slow enough for students to follow easily. I made the activity so as to also raise awareness about parts of speech.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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Osama Bin Laden Killed
Reading activity, with three tasks, based on an ABC news article. Answers and task instructions on the 2nd page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 26
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Numbers in the world cup
To raise students� curiosity to read the text, a fill-in-the-blanks exercised is suggested, in which they will test their general knowledge concerning the history of tournament, as well as this year�s championship in South Africa and the next edition of the World Cup, which will happen in Brazil in 2014. Only after doing that will they read the tex...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 10
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Dumb ways to die
This is a material based on a Melbourne Metro Safety Campaign, which received several awards. The song is funny, catchy, and cute. I made the lyrics into a vocabulary/reading comprehension type of activity. I hope your students like it as much as mine did.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Comparative chart of verb tenses
This chart contrasts the same sentence in different tenses: present simple, present continuous, simple past, Future (will). It is useful when revising basic verb tenses.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Christmas conversation questions
These conversation questions come with and without blanks. If you use them with blanks, the conversation activity can also be used to review vocabulary and structure. I suggest you cut the strips and put them in a box. Then play a song while the students pass the box around. When the music stops, the student who has the box picks up a question, r...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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I have/ I don�t have worksheet
This is a worksheet I prepared for my young students to practice saying what they have and what they don�t have. It can also be used to interview classmates by asking "Do you have a _______?"
Level: elementary
Age: 7-9
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Christmas symbols
This is an activity to teach or practice Christmas vocabulary (Christmas symbols).
I use it as a game in groups: for each round, we roll the dice and that is the number of points each word will be worth. If, say, they roll the dice and get a seven, they will get seven points if the know the word, m...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 18
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