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Information Sheet about Botswana with comprehension questions
An information sheet about Botswana inspired by the reading of Alexander McCall Smiths Penguin Readers for different Levels e.g. The No.1 Ladies� Detective Angency, The Tears of the Giraffe and The Kalahari Typing School for Men. They are excellent books and well written. I have uploaded comprehension questions for the the first two books mentioned...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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The Tadpole
A lovely descriptive poem about the life cycle of a frog. I�ve added a few questions for the children. I have read the poem to adults (without the title) and asked them what they think I�m describing.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 17
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Let the "Train Take the Strain" on a trip to the coast
A timetable is something visitors to England might be faced with when on holiday. For this exercise the student has to read a timetable, gather information amd form questions from it. It could well be used for intermediate students too, as a fun form of revision. Have a nice trip!
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Babygrows which show rise in baby�s temperature, called BABYGLOWS
A newspaper text from the Daily Mail (June 16th �09)which describes a new invention to come on the market later this year using a new type of material which changes colour when the temperature of the wearer rises (in this case, a baby). Comprehension questions, discussion questions, language elements and synonyms have been added as well as an answe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Predicting punch lines
An idea to use with short, humourous newspaper texts...predicting the punch line. The activity is a "listening - comprehending -predicting - finding out" one. The beauty of it is, once you�ve found the short articles, you don�t need any COPIES, just your voice (or somebody else�s) and a black board/chalk. I�ve prepared FIVE articles for you but the...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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Provocation of the feline kind!
Guide dogs have to resist tempation when they are working. This text describes part of the training the dogs are put through including "cat provocation". I�ve included comprehension questions and some language element exercises (preposition focus; synonyms and phrase matching)
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Re-cycling of recent texts
Extra activities for four of the recent texts I put up (in the name of re-cycling:)). Once the students have become accustomed to a text, have understood it, the vocabulary has been learned, the same text can be re-produced at a later date to reinforce what has been learned and to focus on, in this case, the vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14
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Comprehension Questions to the Book of Outstanding Short Stories. Penguin Reader ISBN 978-1-405-86519-7 Level Upper - Intermediate
Seven short stories by well-known authors. Comprehension questions and language elements have been included. Level Upper-intermediate. Stories by HG Wells, Katherine Mansfield, W. Somerset Maugham, Edgar Allen Poe, Anthony Trollope, Oscar Wilde and PG Woodhouse.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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Boomerangs come back, don�t they?
A bird has spent her whole life returning to her original owner, againa and again, travelling vast distances. Now, at 15, she�s allowed to stay! A newspaper text about a homing pigeon with language exercises and comprehension questions.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Man catches baby ducks! News for elementary students!
I�ve used an authentic text, (Daily Telegraph) which is not too difficult, and have writen EIGHT exercises for elementary students (A2)....children and adults alike. I could send the whole set of pictures belonging to the text by email if anyone is interested as they were too large to put here. However, they�re not absolutely necessary as the text...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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