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Warm-up activity (collocations)
a set of cards to practice some basic colloctions with take, get, go, do - just choose the correct verb
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
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Collocations (go, get, do, take, make)
A good warm-up activity - complete the question with a proper verb to make a collocation and ask your partner
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
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GAP FILLERS IN INTERVIEW
Can be used to insert gap fillers in reading activity - Next task could be students writing their own interview (with someone who has a similar or a different job)
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
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Idioms (speaking cards)
A set of cards with questions - a good warm-up activity for students learning idioms
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
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Idioms (domino)
A traditional game domino based on some widely-used idioms
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
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Idioms for o sounds
This worksheet presents idioms with words containing the two o English vowel sounds. I have used it in a pronunciation course about vowel sounds to add context and have my students learn and use idioms besides of the focus sounds.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Idioms
An activity for students learning idioms. The task is to rephrase the phrases using given idioms
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
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Education Idioms
A small worksheet on idioms to do with education in some way. A small quiz is also included as are the answers.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
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Idioms about happiness

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
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Shakespeare�s idioms & expressions
Worksheet on idioms and expressions created or made famous by W. Shakespeare. There is a listening first (link in the worksheet) in which students should teamwork to find all the fixed expressions. Afterw ards, a linking exercise to connect those expressions to their meanings.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
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Town and Country Idioms
A short worksheet on idioms relating to town and country.Useful for C1 or C2 exam preparation. Answers provided.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
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Idioms about Gender
A worksheet that looks at idiomatic expressions that are in some way used to talk about gender or that use words connected to gender or male or female names within the phrase. A small quiz on the origins of the phrases is included. Answers are given at the back.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Idioms and Phrases
Adult English Idioms
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: others

 


 
Situational cliches (Advanced Vocabulary)
- An amazing compilation of super useful idioms people typically use in certain situations. Can certainly be used as something cool and handy when teaching an Advanced class to break the monotony of using the course book since the latter tend to be pretty heavy on text at Advanced levels and lack a certain zing like that :) - Can be followed-up ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
WS 041 Idiomatic Expressions On all fours
A series of Everyday Idioms with separate POWERPOINT. Use it as a Colourful Poster, or print it in Black & White. Speak and write �REAL ENGLISH� conversations. A FUN ACTIVITY!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet

 

 


phraseological units with the words denoting metal
phraseological units with the words denoting metal
Level: advanced
Age: 15-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


phraseological units related to business
phraseological units related to business
Level: advanced
Age: 16-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Scottish Slang
To help students understand Scottish dialect and phrases.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Idioms on spirituality, religion

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


idioms
find the idioms part 6
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


idioms
find the idioms
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


idioms
find the idioms...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Taming the Tongue Bible Message
I created this PowerPoint for a presentation at our Christian English Club. It�s a guide for someone to use while speaking about how our words can either hurt or help others, with biblical references. It includes a couple of tongue twisters (targeted at Russian/Ukrainian pronunciation problems) and some idioms about the tongue. If you need more ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Top Ten idioms
10 common idioms, PPT designed to help with how and when to use idioms.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


idioms
part 3
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


idioms

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


idioms
we did an idioms quiz on the English day . the students enjoyed the quiz ...lets try to find the idioms....
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Idioms: Literal vs. Actual meaning
This powerpoint was developed to introduce students to some English idioms in a humurous way using images to express their literal meaning, as well as definitions and examples. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Idiomatic Expressions Explained
These are some well-known English idiomatic expressions. Below each one, there�s a simple explanation. Students could try to figure the meaning out by themselves before revealing the explanation
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Anger Management
This is a presentation used to discuss anger management issues and how we can control our anger in daily situations.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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