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            This is a B1 level informal e-mail about my midsummer visit to a national park. After each paragraph students find some grammatical help, but encourage them not to use them first, only for the concept check.
They can also write an informal e-mail about a similar visit for the next class.
            
            Level: intermediate 
            Age: 14-100 
             
            
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            Pancake Day virtual game and kitchen activity 
            
            
            
            This is a simple online game through which kids can master the art of pancakes :-). To activate the vocab they have to list ingredients and complete the instructions. A BBC link is provided to show other varieties. A good opportunity for adults / older kids to do something together in the kitchen. A...
            
            
            Level: elementary 
            Age: 12-100 
             
            
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            Active to passive: Present Simple or Past Simple (based on New English File Pre-intermediate, 7D) 
            
            
            
            Pre-intermediate gap-fill exercise. Focus on singular / plural, past / present and the third form of the main verb.
            
            Level: elementary 
            Age: 12-100 
             
            
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            Supposing in conditionals 
            
            
            
            When teaching conditionals, exercises for certain structures are difficult to find. This paraphrase exercise is aimed at one of these areas. Easy, short and managable. Can be extended.
            
            Level: advanced 
            Age: 14-100 
             
            
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            Practice for TENSES DICE GAME 
            
            
            
            For affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences, including present and past simple, present continuous / progressive and �going to� future.
If you go to the worksheet link given at the top, you will find an excellent dice game that you can play before / after the OE. Practically you can suppl...
            
            
            Level: elementary 
            Age: 12-100 
             
            
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            Lifestyles - simple present (+ / short answers / ?) 
            
            
            
            In English Starter (OUP) Unit 17 adapted, based on Reading SB p. 85.
A good way to introduce present simple. Communicative exercises added. Enjoy.
            
            Level: elementary 
            Age: 14-100 
             
            
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            Beach surprise - past simple vs past continuous 
            
            
            
            Based on Project 4 WB, this exercise helps students to recognize typical time words and use narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous).
            
            Level: elementary 
            Age: 12-100 
             
            
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            Job interview tips 
            
            
            
            Ready for CAE, Unit 4, p. 50. Can be done after / while listening or without listening, as a collocation test. 
            
            Level: advanced 
            Age: 14-100 
             
            
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            Mardi Gras costume for girls - online game 
            
            
            
            Here�s another free online game to use for communication. The magic wardobe with clothes and accessories girls find irresistible. Carnival costume vocab and a few sentences about Mardi Gras. Sample introduction of a costume I have put together is offered to boost up the language they produce when ta...
            
            
            Level: elementary 
            Age: 12-100 
             
            
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            Step Ahead 2, Module 7, self-check in test format 
            
            
            
            This test includes:
question words (how far? how long? What time? When?)
second forms of regular / irregular verbs
simple past (time expressions, guided writing)
shapes (+ -shaped, -shape)
every day mini-dialogues
means of transport (definitions)
numbers, dates (cardinal / ordinal)
weather f...
            
            
            Level: elementary 
            Age: 11-100 
             
            
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