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How to avoid apostrophe catastrophes!
The worksheet uses photos (page 2) of real life mistakes using apostrophes. Students work through the exercises to match the mistakes with the apostrophe rules, thereby discovering some of the rules for apostrophe usage.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Body Language: A Key to Success in the Workplace: Bloomberg Business Weekly
Authentic, unabridged article with pre, while and after reading activities.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 27
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Video: Marley and me
Before, while and after watching activities for the clip where the dogsitter looks after Marley.
From the film (full movie avialable on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE0JRHJSC7A) go to 44.20 mins for the while watching and 48.39 mins for the after watching.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 9
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You read, I write: weddings, marriage and relationship vocabulary
Students take it in turns to read their text to their pair. Demonstrate that the students need to say blank or mmm to indicate where there is a gap. If students did not hear or understand the word, they should ask their partner �can you repeat that please?� or �can you spell that please?�. Arrange the class into pairs: A and B. Ask pairs A and B to...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 18
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Reading: How to negotiate abroad (Management Today)
Authentic, unabriged article from Management Today magazine about international negotiations. Includes pre, while and after reading activities.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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Adele- Hometown Glory
Listen to the song and delete the extra words.
Key:
Line 5- to
Line 7- then
Line 9- the
Line 11- I�m
Line 13- so
Line 15- that
Line 17- our
Line 19- the
Line 21- will
Line 23- is
Line 25- not
Line 27- us
Line 29- big
Line 32- have
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Passive voice- newspaper article
A lesson plan for a reading exercise looking at the passive voice. The article is from the Daily Mail newspaper (UK) about the arrest of a TV soap opera star. The lesson plan focusses on the usage of the passive rather than structure and form.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 84
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Verbs of feeling
Students fill in the vowels in the verbs of feelings, before matching to the definitions.
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Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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Changing the subject
A lesson plan for practising changing the subject. The activity includes pair discussions about friendship and a listening.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 3
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Video: National Geographic Secrets Of The Taj Mahal
Pre-listening, vocabulary building and while watching activities for this 9 minute video about the Taj Mahal. I linked this to an activity about the seven wonders of the world.
Key included.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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Past expressing present or future time
A powerpoint slide outlining the use of past tenses with a present or future meaning for:
I wish/If only
Second conditional
As if/as though
It�s (about/high) time
There are some practice activities at the end.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 18
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Introduction to the Passive Voice
An introduction to the passive using celebrities who commit crimes as the context (Hugh Grant and OJ Simpson). The presentation includes notes (quite detailed as I like a script!). Please excuse the references to Brazil, where I teach.
Hope it is helpful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 6
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So and Such for emphasis/extremes
A presentation with examples showing when we use so and such for emphasis and extremes.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 17
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Word formation- prefixes
A powerpoint including an intrdouction to prefixes and suffixes before focussing on prefixes.
Here is a game to practice these prefixes: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=571838#thetop
I created a handout as well, based on the advice here: http://www.onestopenglish.com/support/ask-...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 50
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Word formation
This presentation focusses on prefixes and suffixes in general, before looking specifically at forming nouns from verbs and adjectives.
I have included my notes on the presentation.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 39
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Adverbs
An overview of adverbs including:
Adverbs modifying advectives, past participles etc.
Adverb formation
Spelling rules
Adverbs and adjectives with same form
Adjectives with an adverb form
Adverbs with two forms
Adverb form in informal English.
Goes well with this game: http://www.onestopeng...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 34
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Sentence stress
A presentation reviewing stressed and unstressed words to improve listening comprehension and pronunciation.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 50
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Relative clauses
A power point presentation about relative clauses, using Vincent van Gogh as the concept. This was created for an upper intermediate class, so some of the language might need to be re-graded for lower levels.
The presentation includes defining and non-defining relative clauses.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 28
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Have- causative verb
A presentation with examples and practice for have as a causative verb.
Hope it helps.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 21
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Vocab: Famous crimes
A powerpoint to elicit the famous crimes. Each example gives the crime, verb and criminal.
I teach in Brazil so have given three local examples that would need to be substituted. Or, if anyone knows an international example for: drug trafficking, mugging and rape, let me know and I�ll edit it.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 13
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