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A lesson on gratitude
Students often comment on the fact that the verb "take" has several different meanings. While brainstorming idioms, phrases and phrasal verbs with the verb "take", I suggested "take for granted", and my students didn�t know what it meant. I decided to prepare a whole lesson on taking things for granted, but focusing on the opposite option, which...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Downloads: 19
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A reading activity for dog lovers
Most people are dog lovers, so these cute and interesting pictures of dogs and their owners serve as an incentive for students to try to figure out the meaning of words so as to match the right caption to each picture. My students enjoyed it a lot; I hope yours do too.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 29
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Animals in Disney stories
Students need to write the names of the animals next to the names of the characters.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Are you nomophobic?
This is an activity I created to discuss the issue of nomophobia, which is the extreme anxiety some people feel when they don�t have their mobile phones with them. It has become a problem mostly for teenagers, but many adults also suffer from this condition. I hope you find the text useful and thought-provoking.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 52
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Are you ready to travel?
I made this worksheets for students who are going away on vacation to Englsih-speaking countries. It covers useful sentences in different topics such as going through immigration, checking in (a flight or hotel), going shopping, eating out and asking for directions. A two-page handout plus the answers� page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Arguments against the use of animals in experiments
This worksheet has two parts: The first part is an article that provides counterarguments to some of the most common arguments in favor of using animals in experiments. Students are supposed to place the headings for each paragraph where they belong, and change the highlighted passive sentences into active ones. The second part of the assignment p...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 32
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Auxiliary verbs Do or Does or the verb To Be in confirmation questions
Auxiliary verbs is a difficult concept to grasp when students don�t have them in their native language. I developed this material to contrast the use of Do, Does, Is and Are in confirmation questions. After the questions are completed and corrected, students interview each other, turning the task into a conversation activity.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 24
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Birthday Vocabulary
This is a very easy vocabulary worksheet related to birthdays. I made it for my eight-year-old students.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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Christmas conversation questions
These conversation questions come with and without blanks. If you use them with blanks, the conversation activity can also be used to review vocabulary and structure. I suggest you cut the strips and put them in a box. Then play a song while the students pass the box around. When the music stops, the student who has the box picks up a question, r...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Christmas symbols
This is a reading activity which revises or consolidates Christmas vocabulary. I made it for my 10-year-old students, so I tried to keep the vocabulary as simple as possible. The first letters of each term or expression is a hint to help them pick the right word.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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Christmas symbols
This is an activity to teach or practice Christmas vocabulary (Christmas symbols).
I use it as a game in groups: for each round, we roll the dice and that is the number of points each word will be worth. If, say, they roll the dice and get a seven, they will get seven points if the know the word, m...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 17
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