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A guide to summary writing in 5 steps
A five step guide to summary writing that can also be used as a checklist after the students have written their summaries. For intermediate to advanced learners.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 56
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Describing an action: Help President Bush to change a light bulb (with key)
Students describe the action of changing a light bulb in five simple steps. Pictures guide them through the writing process. Additionally they have to form three safety rules for handling light bulbs and dealing with electricity (also with pictures) A form of guided text production for students of technical English at basic level.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Exam: Comment Writing on Summerhill School
This is an exam I developed for my 12th graders. It consists of a reading comprehension part with true/false sentences and a text production section. They have to write a comment on the concept of Summerhill School, limited to 200 words, to make sure they write concise English and get right to the point. This exam is meant for intermediate to advan...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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Exam: comment writing on the subject of environment
This exam for 12th graders asks the students to write a comment: Would they be willing to accept much higher airline prices when travelling as tourists instead of on business?? The comment has to be written according to a rigid structure and is limited to 150 to 200 words (+/- 10 per cent) to force students to express their ideas without beating ar...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Exam: Video games: Reading comprehension and argumentative essay
An exam for intermediate and advanced students on the subject of "media". (I created it for my 12th graders.)The text is about a study on the effects of video games on players. A reading comprehension and an argumentative essay on a given quote are the tasks.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 142
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Game: Proverbs quiz with pictures Part I (key included)
Let your students complete the proverbs by using the table above the different sections or - if you want to make it more difficult for them - make them guess the meaning of the proverbs from the pictures alone. Afterwards you can let them translate the sentences and even check whether there is a similar proverb in your mother tongue. Have fun.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 83
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Game: Proverbs quiz with pictures Part II (key included)
Part II of the proverbs quiz. (the file was too large to send it as one). Let your students complete the proverbs by using the table above the different sections or - if you want to make it more difficult for them - make them guess the meaning of the proverbs from the pictures alone. Afterwards you can let them translate the sentences and even chec...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 71
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Game: Who wants to be a millionaire (including key) PART II
This is part II of the game! You can test your students general knowledge of history, grammar, geography, science and trivia mainly connected with the English-speaking world, while they are having great fun. Divide the class in two or more groups. Place the questions on the overhead projector uncovering one at the time. You either flip a coin which...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 49
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Game: Who wants to be a millionaire (including key) PART III
This is part III of the game! You can test your students general knowledge of history, grammar, geography, science and trivia mainly connected with the English-speaking world, while they are having great fun. Divide the class in two or more groups. Place the questions on the overhead projector uncovering one at the time. You either flip a coin whic...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Game: Who wants to be a millionaire? (including key)
With this interesting game you can test your students general knowledge of history, grammar, geography, science and trivia mainly connected with the English-speaking world, while they are having great fun. Divide the class in two or more groups. Place the questions on the overhead projector uncovering one at the time. You either flip a coin which g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38
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