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Bonfire Night
A reading passage on Bonfire Night, with vocabulary, comprehension and grammar (conditionals) exercises. Answer Key provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 46
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David Livingstone (Pages 1-3)
The first part of a reading passage on David Livingstone, one of the greatest Britons (well, Scots), which exceeded 1MB and so had to be split in two. Students will do vocabulary and paraphrase exercises, answer True/False and comprehension questions, and write their impression of Livingstone�s character. The English in the passage is adapted from ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 44
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David Livingstone (pages 4-6)
The second part of the worksheet on David Livingstone, including the Answer Key (pages 5-6).
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 38
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Dinosaurs
Information on Dinosaurs via True or False questions, a quiz, and widgits [(c) Widgit Software 2010]. Students will practise the superlative while forming questions, and will then create follow-up questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 45
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General Knowledge Quiz 1
A short general knowledge quiz covering biology, history, language, philosophy, nature, literature, art, and so on. For intermediate to advanced students. Quiz 2 is to follow.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 50
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General Knowledge Quiz 2
A second short general knowledge quiz covering such fields as biology, history, language, philosophy, nature, literature, and art. For intermediate to advanced students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 51
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Godfather Death
A story from the Brothers Grimm about an ambitious and ungrateful godson who is punished for making the same mistake twice.
Students will answer reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking questions, as well as do exercises on prepositions and literary language.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 52
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How the Digital Age is Rewiring our Brains
An article from the Daily Telegraph on how the Digital Age is changing our thought and behaviour. The article is here abridged (and illustrated) and followed by Reading Skills exercises - True or False, Scan for information, Find the word which means etc. Finally, there are questions for discussion on the points raised.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 109
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How the Kiwi Saved the Forest
A Maori story of self-sacrifice. The passage can be read quickly and easily. Students will answer comprehension questions (relating to apposition and inference) and consider the stylistic features of oral cultures.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 31
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Smartphone Zombies
An article on excessive smartphone use from The Japan Times, with vocabulary matching and completion exercises (collocations, verbs of movement), True or False and comprehension questions, a smartphone addiction quiz, and discussion questions.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 60
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