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Reading skills: eliciting the meaning of unknown words
Questions to accompany text about water and sanitation in Angola, Africa.
The goal of the exercise is to build students� confidence when faced with unknown or complicated words.
The activities on the sheet guide pupils through a structured reading of the text and encourage them to consider the possible meanings of new words. They are then asked t...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 38
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Tourists in Antarctica: article and vocabulary/grammar questions focusing on reading skills
Questions focus on using the context to elicit the meaning of unknown vocabulary, and using grammatical knowledge to reformulate sentences from the text.
The article discusses the benefits and risks of Antarctic tourism.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38
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Reading comprehension: world�s largest drawing
A reading text from the Guinness World Records website about the world�s largest drawing - a drawing of a turtle created to raise awareness of marine pollution.
The 4 exercises are general comprehension questions, detailed comprehension questions, a vocabulary builder, and an open-ended writing task.
The answers are included on the last page.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 37
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Mixed grammar exercises: SAT preparation
An article from the LA times adapted into a training exercise for non-native pupils preparing for SATs or similar high-level exams. Exercises cover prepositions, tenses, adjectives/adverbs and identifying sentence errors. Answers can be found by comparing pupils� choices with the source text (also given in the document).
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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Prepositions: ADVANCED - literature gap-fill
An extract from a story by H.G. Wells with different preposition exercises. Used to help advanced students prepare for English language exams.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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News article and questions: Man hit by six meteorites is being targeted by aliens
Reading with vocabulary, comprehension and wider discussion questions on the topic of space and aliens.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Type: article
Downloads: 33
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Summer holidays: mind map to stimulate discussion
A mind map with key words and pictures related to the theme of "holidays" (generally the summer holidays). Pupils can use this as a stimulus for discussion or for a pair work interview. The second page includes cards with opinion and structuring phrases - for added challenge, pupils must pick one or more cards to include in their discussion answers...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: others
Downloads: 33
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Song lyrics to stimulate discussion
15 song lyrics with follow-up discussion questions. Great for pair work or ice-breaking.
Print the cards, cut each strip and fold in half.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: others
Downloads: 32
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Reading comprehension, SAT-style, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Reading comprehension questions styled like an SAT critical reading. Answers and explanations at end. Copy of text included.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 32
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Taboo - support vocab and cards for the game
Some support phrases to help pupils to say things "in a different way" and especially to deal with describing a word they don�t know the English vocabulary for. Discuss the phrases and example descriptions before using the cards to play the game "taboo" (describe the word to a partner or the class without saying the word itself). This can work as a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 31
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