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Reading comprehension - 2 stories about NZ animals
2 articles from the BBC. One is about people replacing sheep at rodeos; the other is about the kokako, a bird in New Zealand thought to possibly be extinct.
Exercises cover "wh" questions, vocabulary, gist reading, reformulation, and creative writing tasks.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 46
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Valentine�s Day: SPEAKING ACTIVITY Role plays
A set of 6 pair work role plays which centre on the theme of negotiations around Valentine�s Day. I designed them for use with an adult class (it could be awkward with younger learners!) but they could be adapted for other groups.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 45
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Beckhams donate 20 boxes of clothes to charity to aid typhoon victims
BBC news story about the Beckhams� donations to a charity shop in order to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. Questions following the text cover key terms, basic comprehension, close comprehension and open-ended discussion questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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Christmas cracker jokes
A list of groan-worthy jokes such as the ones found in Christmas crackers in the UK. Page 1 just has the jokes in a list; page 2 is in a table so you can cut up the jokes and ask learners to match up the jokes and their punchlines.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 44
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Pancakes video and exercises
Simple video about making pancakes for Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day).
Exercises cover listening for ingredients in the recipe and their amounts, vocabulary for cooking equipment, and putting the steps of the recipe in the right order.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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Queen�s Christmas Message 2016 (Queen�s speech) - video and exercises
Video of the Queen�s speech on Christmas Day 2016 (link to video on p3 of worksheet).
Pre-video exercise, then general comprehension, then specific listening comprehension tasks.
Transcript on p3 of printable.
Good for classes learning about the film The King�s Speech, royalty in the UK, Christmas traditions or RP English.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43
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Prepositions training: advanced
An extract from H.G. Wells with prepositions exercises which increase in difficulty (gap-fill from choices, correcting wrong sentences and free gap-fill). Designed to prepare learners for ACT and SAT style exams. C2+ level.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 42
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World�s oldest wing walker: article and questions
Article about the world�s oldest wing walker with comprehension questions and language analysis questions. Answers in red on p3.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: article
Downloads: 41
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every- some- no- any- words overview and exercises
An overview of how the prefixes EVERY, SOME, NO and ANY combine with ONE/BODY, THING and WHERE.
Each prefix is discussed separately, with a guided gap-fill exercise each time.
The final exercise asks students to do a mixed gap-fill as a plenary/conclusion activity.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 41
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Food delivered by parachute and by drone
2 articles - one about cheese sandwiches delivered by parachute (Jafflechutes) and one about pizza delivered by drones. Exercises revolve around discussion and comprehension of key points in each article. Grammar focus is on phrasal verbs (to wait for, to look into etc.).
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: article
Downloads: 39
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