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Linking Sounds 2 - Connected Speech
A short exercise on connected speech designed for Spanish speakers at intermediate level. Answers at the back. Alternatively, this exercise could be done by cutting the sentences into strips and then getting the students to read them out as fast as they can (give them a minute or two to practice) while the rest of the group write down what they hea...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 44
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Linking, Elision and Assimilation: The Past
This worksheet is to help show the reasons why it�s difficult to understand native speakers and also to help fluency. I did a similar worksheet before but with this one there are some tracks to help. Simply click here to download. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0482hsp8e36uywa/linking20and20elision203.zip?dl=0
Answers are on the back. The worksheet c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: others
Downloads: 45
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London�s 5 Billion Pound Super Sewer Worksheet
A worksheet on the BBC documentary about the 5 Billion Pound Super Sewer consisting of a question sheet and a short reading done in the style of the Reading and Use of English part of a Cambridge exam. Answers are provided. I�ll be using it with my two groups of engineers that I am teaching. Tell them not to expect to catch all of the dialogue as...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 22
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Making an appointment dice game
Find a partner and play together with one person speaking the lines in the yellow box and the other speaking the lines in the green. Throw a dice before you start to determine which line number to say in each section. Once you have finished, swap roles and start again using a different number from the dice. Then try the role-play below and see how ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 82
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Making Suggestions
A short worksheet to help students with the structure for making suggestions. Answers provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 95
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Managing Turnover: Human Resources Reading and Debate - FCE Practice
An article adapted from The Wall Street Journal with a standard gap-fill practice exercise included. This is followed by a controlled debate. Answer key is included.The text is slightly above B2 level but it�ll keep them on their toes and the debate/role-play should be fun.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 57
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Marie Kondo CAE article
I�ve adapted an article about that Marie Kondo woman for my FCE/CAE students for the gap-fill section of the exam. Key provided. Welcome to the world of Marie Kondo!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 54
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Marriage Idioms
An exercise on idioms about marriage. B1 to B2 level. It starts with a standard gap-fill exercise where students try and guess the words that go in the gaps (get them to give you an example using the idiom). After that, there is a short quiz on the origins of the expressions. An answer key is provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 84
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Mary Wollstonecraft - Phrasal Verb reading
A short text about the remarkable Mary Wollstonecraft, one of the first British feminists and mother to Mary Shelly (author of Frankenstein) with a phrasal verb gap-fill. Should be useful for the subject of gender politics. Answers at the back.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 68
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Minimal Pair Telephone Game
This isn�t my idea. This came up in a brainstorming session with some of my teachers while planning activities for our summer camps. I�m pretty sure he got the idea from either a book or website. Anyway, I have recently used this with a group of IT professionals and they loved it. The instructions are on the second page. It works like a dream.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Type:
Downloads: 19
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