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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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Video: �Steve Coogan on media surveillance� - Guardian
Some activities to introduce and use whilst watching the very short interview with Steve Coogan about media surveillance. There is a debate activity too. Link is included on the document, as well as a key.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 34
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"Irreplaceable" Beyonce
A gap fill activity with definitions.
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Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 47
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Expanding headlines- Articles: a/an/the/zero article before nouns
Headlines taken from: New York Times (USA), Chicago Tribune (USA), BBC News (UK), The Guardian (UK) and The Sun (UK).
Procedure:
Write up one of the headlines on the board, and ask the students where they would insert a/an/the before noun or noun phrase and there they wouldn�t, if they were expanding the headline into a sentence.
e.g. "Volcano...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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Phrasal verbs: Friends
Phrasal verbs activity working with definitions. Teacher�s notes are on page 3.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 4
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"My friends" Red Hot Chilli Peppers
A gap fill activity focussing on word formation.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Reading and Webquest: Artist Van Gogh and the Museum
A reading and webquest article. Student must first find the art related vocabulary in the text, then look at the van Gogh museum website to fill in the paragraph headings and find out other information about the museum.
Links and key included.
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Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 16
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Reading: Why teenagers find learning a drag
Printable includes: activity plan, cards to cut out and match (activity lead-in), tasks for students (true/false, prediction, word-definition match and debate) and abridged article. This is an ESA reading activity which takes about 30 minutes.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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Song: Bruce Springsteen- 57 channels and nothin�s on
A gap fill. Key included on page 2.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Music: People should smile more- Newton Faulkner
Nice song for all ages.
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Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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Present Time: present simple, present perfect and present continuous review
Updated powerpoint.
Students recall present tenses, then look at the images to write present tense sentences. The notes on the powerpoint include notes as to the usage of the correct tense.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 12
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Like and as for similarity
A presentation with examples to express similarity with like and as.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 25
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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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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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Reported speech: Introductory verbs of reporting
A powerpoint with a quick review to reported speech, followed by introductory verbs of reporting (agree, insist etc.) and the verb patterns with which they are used.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 76
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Make and do
A simple presentation to elicit the phrases for make and do, to illustrate the rules at a basic level.
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Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 43
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Word formation 2
There is a general introduction followed by a specific focus on suffixes -ful, -less and -able/ible and the prefixes for the opposites of adjectives.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 21
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Idioms with by
A powerpoint to practice the authentic use of idioms with by:
By choice, by heart, by mistake, by ear, by name, by far, by sight, by chance.
The contexts are newspaper and website headlines.
Key:
1. heart
2. name
3. mistake
4. sight
5. chance
6. ear
7. far
8. choice
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Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 22
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Adverb position
Powerpoint outlining the rules for adverb position, including when there is more than only adverb in a sentence. Practice included at the end.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 171
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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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