http://busyteacher.org/ ru Love and Marriage - BusyTeacher: Free Printable Worksheets For Busy Teachers Like YOU! DataLife Engine http://busyteacher.org/15710-morandi-everytime.html http://busyteacher.org/15710-morandi-everytime.html This worksheet will be helpful for teachers when they want to introduce the discussion of the topic "Love". This worksheet will help to develop listening skills. It contains filling the gaps and putting lines in the correct order. Therefore a fruitful ...]]> sasha240488 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:29:29 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/15665-song-worksheet-the-way-it-was.html http://busyteacher.org/15665-song-worksheet-the-way-it-was.html Song the way it was by The Killers.This worksheet has some activities: fill in the gaps that we can work on past tense of the verbs, match words and pictures (work on vocabulary) and answer questions to check comprehension about the song. It can be fol ...]]> isa1984 Sat, 11 May 2013 02:52:40 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/15571-song-worksheet-sting-ill-be-watching-you.html http://busyteacher.org/15571-song-worksheet-sting-ill-be-watching-you.html This worksheet with a beautiful song 'I'll be watching you' is not difficult for students, as most words they have to put down are verbs, and the lines are repeated, but it's not just for training their listenind skills but also to teach them to be mor ...]]> suesey Thu, 02 May 2013 01:53:06 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/15562-bosson-one-in-a-million.html http://busyteacher.org/15562-bosson-one-in-a-million.html Listening task for intermediate students. The song is OST 'Ms. Congeniality', it suits  such topics like 'Relationships', 'Love', 'St.Valentine's Day'. Using such type of work in class is both interesting and useful for students to improve their l ...]]> suesey Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:17:51 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/15295-sex-in-the-city-season-3-episode-3-analysis-of.html http://busyteacher.org/15295-sex-in-the-city-season-3-episode-3-analysis-of.html If you have a copy of this episode this is a great lesson to run with a group of female only students. The episode looks at the themes of embarassment, feelings of failure, female competition and of course it is funny too. There are some great expressi ...]]> audaboutmail Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:09:36 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/15278-woodkid-i-love-you.html http://busyteacher.org/15278-woodkid-i-love-you.html The song will help you practice some useful expressions along with grammar issues such as Present Simple and Present Continuous. It's very beautiful and you can enjoy watching video and provoke dicussion afterwards, as the video is quiet interesting an ...]]> MariaGot Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:28:58 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/15126-song-worksheet-i-dont-want-to-be-your-mother-by.html http://busyteacher.org/15126-song-worksheet-i-dont-want-to-be-your-mother-by.html Worksheet contains "fill in the gaps" activity. This beautiful song "I don't want to be your mother" by Rachael Yamagata will be usefull for pre-intermediate and intermediate students to improve their listening and speaking skills. After listening to t ...]]> saidakh Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:39:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/15110-activities-with-films-along-came-polly.html http://busyteacher.org/15110-activities-with-films-along-came-polly.html Interesting activity for secondary students regarding the film "Along came Polly". It is a very motivating activity and very easy for medium level students in order to check their knowledges and comprehension skills.Students have to watch the film, cor ...]]> elenavarela Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:44:59 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14922-song-worksheet-love-of-my-life-by-mercury.html http://busyteacher.org/14922-song-worksheet-love-of-my-life-by-mercury.html The worksheet is based on the song by Mercury 'Love of my life'. Students put the lines of the song in order in a kinesphaetic activity for the first part of the song and then fill the gaps for the second. The activity can be used starting with in ...]]> soledad74 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:58:17 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14860-talking-about-love.html http://busyteacher.org/14860-talking-about-love.html Again, this is a worksheet I use in my adult conversation classes. It is quite personal, so perhaps not suited to cultures where this is frowned on. My students enjoy talking about themselves, so it works here. It is a good way to practice their genera ...]]> carin2012 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:51:06 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14837-song-worksheet-just-give-me-a-reason-pink.html http://busyteacher.org/14837-song-worksheet-just-give-me-a-reason-pink.html This worksheet is composed of six exercises. The first one consists of filling the gaps. In the second one, the students must put the lines in the right order. In the third one, they have the choice between two words and they must pick out the appropri ...]]> marion lou Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:34:58 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14826-movie-worksheet-the-notebook.html http://busyteacher.org/14826-movie-worksheet-the-notebook.html This is a simple worksheet about the first minutes of the movie "The Notebook". I've made it for the St Valentine's day and my students loved it! The students must watch a small extract from the the movie (up until 3:42) and fill in the blanks with the ...]]> Charalampidou Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:52:48 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14811-famous-british-couples-in-literature.html http://busyteacher.org/14811-famous-british-couples-in-literature.html This is a very helpful worksheet to inspire your students to read the great works of English writers. The task is quite simple. Ss are to connect the title of the book, the name of the author and main heroes and the description of plot. It is very in ...]]> odary Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:43:07 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14739-valentines-day-around-the-world-vocabulary.html http://busyteacher.org/14739-valentines-day-around-the-world-vocabulary.html This activity is aimed at an able pre-intermediate group up to upper-intermediate. It talks about Valentine's Day traditions from around the world and introduces new vocabulary to students in form of a synonym activity. There is an opportunity to speak ...]]> kitschkiss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:09:44 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14736-valentines-day-colouring-and-vocabulary.html http://busyteacher.org/14736-valentines-day-colouring-and-vocabulary.html This is aimed at beginner and elementary children aged between 3-8 years old ideally. This can be used as a fun worksheet to introduce new valentine's day vocabulary and practice writing, or it can be cut up and used to make valentine's cards which is ...]]> kitschkiss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:06:35 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14714-idioms-about-love.html http://busyteacher.org/14714-idioms-about-love.html A simple, maybe fun, activity for an intermediate level Valentine's Day lesson or for any other lesson-topic about love. Contains a few warmer questions about love and a chart where you can go through each idiom and discuss and write down the translati ...]]> teachlove86 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:05:55 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14685-secrets-of-a-happy-marriage.html http://busyteacher.org/14685-secrets-of-a-happy-marriage.html The worksheet contains the secrets of a happy marriage by R.Hynes of Mornington in a table and the students have to order the words to form sentences based on the given codes. It can be used either as a filler or a warmer during the Valentine's day le ...]]> marci2pan7 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:31:34 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14665-saint-valentines-day-dice.html http://busyteacher.org/14665-saint-valentines-day-dice.html Two dice for revising Saint Valentine's Day related vocabulary .Recommended for elementary students who are asked to to roll both dice and then make a sentence by using the picture clue provided.]]> vanda51 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:38:06 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14664-saint-valentines-day-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/14664-saint-valentines-day-worksheet.html This is a matching activity for revising Valentine's Day related vocabulary.Recommended for elementary students who are asked to match the pictures with the words given.The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version.]]> vanda51 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:37:32 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14642-along-came-polly-film.html http://busyteacher.org/14642-along-came-polly-film.html Work the film Along Came Polly in class in order to learn expressions and English words in a funny and practical way.Activities: correct the underlined mistakes, match the pictures with the actor/actress and their characters, plot keywords (choose min. ...]]> elenavarela Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:24:44 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14623-paperman-for-stvalentines-day.html http://busyteacher.org/14623-paperman-for-stvalentines-day.html It's a lovely 6 minute cartoon about love at first sight. It can be watched and used almost with all levels as it's a silent cartoon.As for the discussion it can be changed a bit according to your Ss level or age. This cartoon created by John Kahr ...]]> alisas18 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:35:09 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14619-valentines-day.html http://busyteacher.org/14619-valentines-day.html Saint Valentine's Day.The topic of this color presentation is St.Valentines Day. Can be used for holiday English lessons with school children. They can learn the history, customs and traditions. It will help young students to understand new material.]]> jonnnik Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:31:56 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14600-english-phrases-to-say-i-love-you.html http://busyteacher.org/14600-english-phrases-to-say-i-love-you.html The topic of this color presentation is St.Valentines Day. It can be used for holiday English lessons. This is a list of phrases that you can use to express your love for someone.Do you have anyone special in your life? Which one of these would you lik ...]]> jonnnik Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:59:27 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14593-razorlight-wire-to-wire-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/14593-razorlight-wire-to-wire-worksheet.html This worksheet is based on the lyrics of the melancholic song Wire to Wire by Razorlight. Students of all ages and levels could have fun filling it out, once they have some basic knowledge about Valentine's Day as the worksheet starts with a double puz ...]]> marci2pan7 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:53:13 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14587-happy-valentines-day.html http://busyteacher.org/14587-happy-valentines-day.html Students create new words using the letters in "Happy Valentine's Day" There are seven columns for them to complete. The new words can be from different categories, or related to a specific topic (i.e. February or love) Students can compete: the studen ...]]> kimmi Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:48:35 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14516-love-and-relationships-speaking-cards-intermediate.html http://busyteacher.org/14516-love-and-relationships-speaking-cards-intermediate.html Cards to cut. Pair work or Whole Class Activity. Min. 1 minute to talk:)   Example: What is your idea of a perfect date? Describe it.]]> bea22 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:41:27 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14279-listening-puzzle-i-will-love-again.html http://busyteacher.org/14279-listening-puzzle-i-will-love-again.html A listening puzzle on the song "I will love again", by Lara Fabian. The students will listen to the song and complete the space (a space for each letter). Each time they listen to the song and write what they've listened to, it's given a time for them ...]]> WWillSeven Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:52:58 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/14183-songworksheet-switchfoot-your-love-is-a-song.html http://busyteacher.org/14183-songworksheet-switchfoot-your-love-is-a-song.html This a very good song from Switchfoot which helps to revise the present continuous tense. Make sure that while completing exercise 1 and 2 student must not look at the lyrics. You can ask them to cover that part of the worksheet or rearrange it and cu ...]]> gelleorsi Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:42:35 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13972-love-you-like-a-love-song.html http://busyteacher.org/13972-love-you-like-a-love-song.html A listening exercise with a famous song teenagers love: Love You like a Love Song (Selena Gomez)While listening, the students have to complete the missing words (easy) or link the two halves of sentences. At the end, they can translate the lyrics in gr ...]]> cturin Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:55:13 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13943-song-worksheet-damien-jurado-abilene-past-simple.html http://busyteacher.org/13943-song-worksheet-damien-jurado-abilene-past-simple.html I used this song for more practice of the past simple tense. Students put the verbs in parentheses in the correct form and then listen to the song to check their answers. Students were asked afterwards to retell the story in groups of three. I also fol ...]]> burnedcookies Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:32:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13817-stay-with-you-by-john-legend.html http://busyteacher.org/13817-stay-with-you-by-john-legend.html This is a very nice song that can be used to teach the use of the simple future to make promises, especially in pre-intermediate or intermediate levels. It is also connected with love or true friendship. ]]> sbl_maria Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:10:27 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13722-love-and-romance.html http://busyteacher.org/13722-love-and-romance.html This worksheet is about love and romance. This worksheet is related to vocabulary and the students have to match vocabulary, give definitions and complete sentences with vocabulary of love. In this worksheet the students are using phrasal verbs in diff ...]]> espadita Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:41:16 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13691-song-worksheet-love-is-blindness-by-jack-white-u2.html http://busyteacher.org/13691-song-worksheet-love-is-blindness-by-jack-white-u2.html I've decided to take this song because my students love rock music. This worksheet is a combination of listening and speaking comprehension. It can be used as a debate starting point. The students have to complete the gaps with a/the/-, put the lines i ...]]> kakuma Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:49:42 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13607-the-science-of-attraction.html http://busyteacher.org/13607-the-science-of-attraction.html This is to practice comparatives and a few superlatives. After watching the video, students have to choose if the sentence is true or false and correct the mistakes. Each sentence has a mistake. The other sheet is to fill in the blanks with the crrec ...]]> jackie1 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:18:07 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13526-last-christmas-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/13526-last-christmas-worksheet.html As students have a problem about listening skill and they are sleepy after lunch time, I found that listening to music is a helpful activity to cope with those problems. Last Christmas is a cool song with clear English lyrics. It's not too slow, nor to ...]]> amiko0702 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:31:41 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13497-song-worksheet-peter-bjorn-john-young-folks.html http://busyteacher.org/13497-song-worksheet-peter-bjorn-john-young-folks.html A nice song to warm up your students. It can be used as a debate starting point (for example "love"). There are several slang vocabulary words and collocations. Hope your students'll enjoy it! ]]> kakuma Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:55:13 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13455-wedding-pictionary.html http://busyteacher.org/13455-wedding-pictionary.html Here you will find some pictures and vocabulary related to weddings. You can use this worksheet in different ways. For instance students can translate in their mother tongue the vocabulary. It can be used to do some spelling exercise. As a follow up ac ...]]> mariaah Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:41:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13442-song-to-practice-the-simple-past-tesne.html http://busyteacher.org/13442-song-to-practice-the-simple-past-tesne.html Song by Celine Dion "Because you loved me" with lots of simple past verbs (regular & irregular).There are several activities included: pre-listening tasks, while-listening tasks and post-listening tasks.They include: guess which the correct words a ...]]> silvigit Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:31:29 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13088-sheikh-mohammed-poems-rooted-in-love-and-longing.html http://busyteacher.org/13088-sheikh-mohammed-poems-rooted-in-love-and-longing.html This is an article which appeared in the Gulf News (Dubai) about His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al Maktoum who has written a book of 27 of the most beautiful poems - mainly about love and rejection. Sheikh Mohammad writes in the Nabati style t ...]]> sandra.qazamel Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:51:21 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13087-nujood-ali-after-the-divorce-reading.html http://busyteacher.org/13087-nujood-ali-after-the-divorce-reading.html This is the second article about little Nujood Ali, a Yemeni girl who got a divorce when she was just 10 years old. The story continues with what happened after her divorce and how she was praised by people like Hilary Clinton for her courage. A book a ...]]> sandra.qazamel Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:50:32 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13086-nujood-ali-2008-reading-comprehension-1.html http://busyteacher.org/13086-nujood-ali-2008-reading-comprehension-1.html This is an article about a little Yemeni girl called Nujood Ali whose parents forced her to marry a much older man and who hit the headlines when she took herself to the court and got a divorce. She was just 10 years old at the time! The article is int ...]]> sandra.qazamel Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:49:54 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/13016-without-you-by-david-guetta-listening-and.html http://busyteacher.org/13016-without-you-by-david-guetta-listening-and.html I tried to find a song that both the boys and the girls would enjoy singing, so this one worked very well for me. When teaching the vocabulary I found it useful if you act out the meanings of the words for them. And don't be scared to sing with them, b ...]]> samilovelyskin.robb Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:40:56 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/12921-love-actually.html http://busyteacher.org/12921-love-actually.html There are questions related to ORIGIN, PROFESSIONS, AGE, PLACE and ADDRESS. Students should watch the movie at home, with subtitles in English. I decided to create this worksheet to help motivate students to watch movies and programs in English instead ...]]> Aly Astone Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:55:11 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/12796-lyrics-youre-gonna-lose-that-girl-by-the-beatles.html http://busyteacher.org/12796-lyrics-youre-gonna-lose-that-girl-by-the-beatles.html If you have some time to spend on it, you can play the song to your students before you hand them the worksheet. Have them trying to guess how many times they listen to "gonna" and "will". You can also discuss about the characters' decisions . Have fun!]]> Emmanuella Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:04:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/12523-friends-worksheet-season-2-episode-11-the-one.html http://busyteacher.org/12523-friends-worksheet-season-2-episode-11-the-one.html Friends worksheet, season 2, The One with the Lesbian Wedding. "I now pronounce you wife and wife."Talking/vocabulary building exercise on spirits, pressure management and weddings.Listening comprehension - "true or false" exercises; exercise on explai ...]]> bjobr Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:56:59 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/12180-role-plays-relationships.html http://busyteacher.org/12180-role-plays-relationships.html 4 unusual and fun situations for students to role play. Tested in the classroom. Students love them and get all involved and enthusiastic. Perfect for intermediate level and up. For your convenience role plays have been marked 1a, 1b etc. You give card ...]]> passwordroleplays Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:17:32 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/12045-song-lesson-coldplay-green-eyes.html http://busyteacher.org/12045-song-lesson-coldplay-green-eyes.html This is a simple "fill in the gaps" exercise made with the song "green eyes" by Coldplay. Students will enjoy listening to this song while trying to find the right word that goes with each sentence! You can make a “brainstorm” first by aski ...]]> maristela.fidelis Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:20:15 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/12024-song-worksheet-loving-you-by-aloe-blacc.html http://busyteacher.org/12024-song-worksheet-loving-you-by-aloe-blacc.html This worksheet offers a gap fill activity, a present simple / present continous activity, an irregular verbs activity, a speaking activity (students imagine her side of the story and come up with dialogues), and and activity practicing "should / should ...]]> evasch Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:50:57 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11978-the-cure-love-song-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/11978-the-cure-love-song-worksheet.html A relatively simple vocabulary and sentence worksheet but with good discussion questions and the end. The vocabulary exercise helps the student practice noticing slight differences between very similar words i.e. home - whole, fun - young. The final ac ...]]> cretaro76 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:57:04 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11934-summer-wine-snap.html http://busyteacher.org/11934-summer-wine-snap.html This is a warmer I used with my elementary students (though it can be adjusted for any level). The activities are based on the song "Summer Wine" by Lee Hazlewood (1966). Though adjustable, the plan is as follows:1. Pre-listening (teams or pairs): stud ...]]> Moomrik Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:36:45 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11800-dont-give-up-by-josh-groban.html http://busyteacher.org/11800-dont-give-up-by-josh-groban.html A song worksheet based on the hit "Don't give up" by Josh Groban. Student listen to parts of the song and complete five activities that includes listening for detail to fill in gaps, antonyms, word order and a discussion activity to wrap it up. This is ...]]> Gerhardbadenhorst Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:31:07 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11666-can-bonomo-love-me-back.html http://busyteacher.org/11666-can-bonomo-love-me-back.html This is a song from the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. It is a lovely song and easy to sing. It will attract students atttention as it's a fresh song. This song belongs to Turkey. The teacher can use the contest itself in order to create a speaking topic.]]> samanyolu Sun, 17 Jun 2012 02:44:37 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11496-a-disastrous-date.html http://busyteacher.org/11496-a-disastrous-date.html A humorous presentation on what can make a first date go wrong. It gives students ideas to further discuss the subject and to practise vocabulary related to relationships. Ask your students to list top three things which can spoil the first date. Colle ...]]> kiwistar Fri, 01 Jun 2012 02:14:07 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11437-love-profusion-uncountable-nouns.html http://busyteacher.org/11437-love-profusion-uncountable-nouns.html This worksheet uses words from Madonna's "Love Profusion" so students are able to practice countable and uncountable nouns.   I'd reccommend first having the students fill out the chart, after they peer check with one another ask what they got f ...]]> CarissaPeck Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:46 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11432-song-hey-there-delilah-by-the-plain-white-ts.html http://busyteacher.org/11432-song-hey-there-delilah-by-the-plain-white-ts.html Some of my pre-intermediate level students wanted me to make a worksheet with this song because they love it so much. I had a listen, and I instantly fell for it too! The singer goes a bit fast, but he sings very clearly, and the vocabulary is quite ba ...]]> margagracia Thu, 24 May 2012 02:59:34 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11326-song-youre-my-everything.html http://busyteacher.org/11326-song-youre-my-everything.html This is a gap-filling listening activity for the song Ýou're My Everything' by Santa Esmeralda. Hope you enjoy it!]]> babyiloveu Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:19 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11279-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-walk-off-the-earth-5.html http://busyteacher.org/11279-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-walk-off-the-earth-5.html I use this for my TOEFL class when we work on subject/verb agreement (the verbs are in present and past tense). I do NOT pre-teach the vocabulary as I want them to get used to getting meaning from context OR realizing that to answer questions you don't ...]]> CarissaPeck Tue, 15 May 2012 14:46:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11065-listen-order-fill-in-gaps.html http://busyteacher.org/11065-listen-order-fill-in-gaps.html This is a listening worksheet. As students listen, they put paragraphs in the correct order. When they listen to the song again, they focus on filling the gaps with words next to the paragraph.To intermediate or more advance students, you can delete th ...]]> Siuli1009 Tue, 01 May 2012 14:26:49 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11023-love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.html http://busyteacher.org/11023-love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.html This is a vocabulary activity. Students have to fill in the song using words based on the pictures showed. It is a good idea to ask them to complete the song before listening to it. After some minutes the teacher may ask them to work in groups of two o ...]]> thibyra Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:13:25 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10972-song-gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know.html http://busyteacher.org/10972-song-gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know.html This is a popular song which is useful for introducing or practicing "used to + infinitive". It contains a sequencing exercise, gap-fill and a glossary for the slang terms. This song would be suitable for pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper intermedi ...]]> brennaja Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:47:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10879-im-only-me-when-im-with-you-by-tailor-swift.html http://busyteacher.org/10879-im-only-me-when-im-with-you-by-tailor-swift.html Songs are a great opportunity of grasping everyday english and expressions we hardly ever find in books. In this worksheet, students complete the lyrics of the song by both choosing the correct phrases from a choice given and using pictures as a guide.]]> maragata Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:41:19 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10850-call-me-maybe-by-carly-rae-jepsen.html http://busyteacher.org/10850-call-me-maybe-by-carly-rae-jepsen.html This activity contains fill in the gaps exercises, identify the mistake in the sentence, organize the sentence. It's fun and very easy to understand! You can use it for beginner level students.   [youtube=http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW ...]]> monica_dorada Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:07:12 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10833-song-worksheet-who-needs-love-by-razorlight.html http://busyteacher.org/10833-song-worksheet-who-needs-love-by-razorlight.html The worksheet consists of 3 tasks: filling in the gaps, correcting the mistakes in lyrics and putting the lines in correct order. I would also recommend translating the lyrics with the students into a mother tongue and learning unknown vocabulary as a ...]]> Rosemary_4444 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:39:47 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10528-song-youre-beautiful.html http://busyteacher.org/10528-song-youre-beautiful.html Song You`re beautiful by James Blunt. Teachers can work on vocabulary with words from the song and the definitions and listening comprehension. This worksheet has 3 different exercises: first students fill in the gaps with words given, second, they ...]]> isa1984 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:46:32 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10524-listening-i-deserve-it-by-madonna.html http://busyteacher.org/10524-listening-i-deserve-it-by-madonna.html This is a simple listening worksheet for the song "Ideserve it" by Madonna. You will find two exercises: a) fill in the blanks and b) Answer T or F. The tense I wanted students to work on was the present perfect simple. Below the task there are the ver ...]]> Lucrecia Ric Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:41:01 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10523-stitch-by-stitch-from-the-voice.html http://busyteacher.org/10523-stitch-by-stitch-from-the-voice.html This listening activity consists of a reading text about The Voice and the first season winner of the competition. It is a lead-in activity to the lyrics of the song Stitch by Stitch. Teacher's Notes are gap-filled. ]]> ssagiyeva Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:39:42 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10477-roxette-it-must-have-been-love-.html http://busyteacher.org/10477-roxette-it-must-have-been-love-.html What can be better than such a great song after a long lesson. Your students will both work and enjoy this one of the best songs ever. I don't know what else to add)) but it said that 72 characters left)) well I can say that after this activity you can ...]]> nez Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:15:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10281-cheers.html http://busyteacher.org/10281-cheers.html Special occasions and celebrations might require a few words. Offer a toast in honor of someone or for an achievement. This worksheet promotes ideas for giving a toast. Ideal for simple public speaking to gain confidence.Be creative and enthusiastic! P ...]]> Singted Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:09:59 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9874-i-will-always-love-you-song-worksheet-whitney.html http://busyteacher.org/9874-i-will-always-love-you-song-worksheet-whitney.html My students asked me to pay tribute to Whitney Houston, so I decided to make this exercise. Besides the tribute you can also link it to future tenses. Giving extra emphasis on the I will part... ask them if they think its about the future, present or p ...]]> c_nassif Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:45:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9828-whitney-houston-i-will-always-love-you-song.html http://busyteacher.org/9828-whitney-houston-i-will-always-love-you-song.html A worksheet to commemorate Whitney Houston's death. I have done it at my students' request. The worksheet consists of three exercises which must be done while listening to the song and two other post-listening exercises, looking at the global comprehen ...]]> soniawham Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:20:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9771-15-valentines-day-opinions.html http://busyteacher.org/9771-15-valentines-day-opinions.html To create this worksheet I used real quotations with various people's opinions about this holiday that were shared on the Internet. You can give the worksheet out to your students asking them to choose the opinions they agree with or just find interest ...]]> lastochka82 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:01:11 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9669-one-year-of-love.html http://busyteacher.org/9669-one-year-of-love.html This is a very beautiful song, originally composed by John Deacon for the film "Highlander", and sang by Freddy Mercury.I found a wonderful acoustic version sang by Stevie Ann, a Dutch singer. The tasks the studentshave to do while listening include fi ...]]> sbl_maria Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:29:08 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9686-valentines-day-mixed-quotes.html http://busyteacher.org/9686-valentines-day-mixed-quotes.html A game where students have to read out the beginnings of quotes about Valentine's Day/Love, and find the correct endings. e. g. 'Love...' - 'conquers all.' VirgilWorks at all levels pre-int -> advanced, depending on how much time/help/direction you ...]]> a.daley Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:35:32 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9648-wedding-traditions.html http://busyteacher.org/9648-wedding-traditions.html In this worksheet the students will have to read a text about different wedding traditions and then they will have to do different comprehension activities. They will improve their vocabulary by means of matching words to the right picture. They will a ...]]> mss1973 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:07:11 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9623-love-story-of-a-modern-era.html http://busyteacher.org/9623-love-story-of-a-modern-era.html Easy worksheet for pre-intermediate or intermediate students. They can read a text about a couple who started dating thanks to facebook and revise verb patterns quickly. Later they can learn few words about relationship, well, things like break up, go ...]]> barbora m Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:35:50 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9562-relationship-nicknames-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9562-relationship-nicknames-worksheet.html This is a Valentine's worksheet, it will help you to teach your students some of the romantic nicknames but also some idioms related to this specific day.To finish the lesson I also added a Bob Marley song "Baby I Love Your Way", the students have to ...]]> marielada7 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:42:04 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9561-be-a-perfect-poet-for-valentines-day.html http://busyteacher.org/9561-be-a-perfect-poet-for-valentines-day.html Your students can be perfect poets for Valentine's day! I wrote poem lines in alphabetical order with full of lovely words.I provided an example for how to write an acrostic poem.You can write a poem with these words ,whoever you would like to or whate ...]]> jasminergid Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:39:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9560-saint-valentines-day-powerpoint-presentation.html http://busyteacher.org/9560-saint-valentines-day-powerpoint-presentation.html This is a PowerPoint presentation for teaching or revising Saint Valentine's day related vocabulary.This is a very simple vocabulary lesson with audio followed by a matching activity.Recommended for elementary students.]]> vanda51 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:36:59 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9557-saint-valentines-day-multiple-choice-activity.html http://busyteacher.org/9557-saint-valentines-day-multiple-choice-activity.html This is a multiple choice activity for teaching Saint Valentine's Day related vocabulary.Recommended for elementary students who are asked to look at the pictures and then choose the correct option.The answer key is included.]]> vanda51 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:34:49 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9552-the-story-of-us-listening-comprehension.html http://busyteacher.org/9552-the-story-of-us-listening-comprehension.html This worksheet although a love song it is not the typical lovey dovey one. It talks about heartbreak with an upbeat tempo. It has several mini activities that must be done, not just fill in the blanks (e.g. put sentences in order, underline the wrong ...]]> murmura8000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:28:43 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9481-song-it-will-rain-by-bruno-mars.html http://busyteacher.org/9481-song-it-will-rain-by-bruno-mars.html I prepared this worksheet as a reward for a 14-year-olds class. It features simple yet effective exercises to revise vocabulary on feelings and verbs. Since this song repeats many parts, I recommend it for elementary-level students, but those in pre-in ...]]> margagracia Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:04:23 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9482-saint-valentines-day-presentation.html http://busyteacher.org/9482-saint-valentines-day-presentation.html I made this presentation long ago. Once I used it during my lesson, students loved it very much. This presentation is for senior students, intermediate or upper-intermediate level. It's colorful and lovely. I think, students will love it. I wish all o ...]]> GalaG. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:49:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9260-wedding-vocab-and-discussion.html http://busyteacher.org/9260-wedding-vocab-and-discussion.html Students have match the picture with the wedding vocab. Then discuss their own weddings.It worked really well with a group of Saudi housewives. We also watched the wedding of Charles and Diana. Students had to answer questions on the clip and true/fals ...]]> jossykate Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:41:54 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9168-song-worksheet-rolling-in-the-deep-by-adele.html http://busyteacher.org/9168-song-worksheet-rolling-in-the-deep-by-adele.html I devised this song worksheet for a 14-year-olds class, and they loved it! I have used a song that they're listening to all the time, so it's very motivating. At the same time, it includes a fair variety of activities: fill in the gaps, order the verse ...]]> margagracia Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:32:45 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9104-thank-you-for-loving-me-by-bon-jovi.html http://busyteacher.org/9104-thank-you-for-loving-me-by-bon-jovi.html This worksheet can be used after studying Gerunds and Infinitives as a summing up activity.1. Ask the students to fill in the gaps in the song with the approprate verbal (Gerund or Infinitive)2. Listen to the song and check.I used it with Upper-Interme ...]]> diangelo Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:22:30 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/8744-just-for-fun-buy-husband.html http://busyteacher.org/8744-just-for-fun-buy-husband.html This is a two page worksheet for reading and speaking. You can use it for the discussion when finishing the theme "Relationships", "Marriage" or "Choosing a partner" with your intermediate, upper-intermediate or advanced students. You can simply organi ...]]> VDV Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:44:48 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/8733-st-valentines-day-powerpoint-presentation.html http://busyteacher.org/8733-st-valentines-day-powerpoint-presentation.html Saint Valentine's Day.The topic of this color presentation is St.Valentines Day. Can be used for holiday English lessons with school children. They can learn the history, customs and traditions, Valentine Rhymes & messages, Sayings and Aphorisms a ...]]> Evgenia89 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:00:25 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/8577-whod-d-have-known-song-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/8577-whod-d-have-known-song-worksheet.html Using Lily Allen's "Who'd have known," students find specific details from the lyrics (or the music video) which suppoer the topic sentence (of the relationship being good or bad). Great practice for students still trying to grasp forming a cohesive pa ...]]> CarissaPeck Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:28:26 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/8561-the-first-time-you-fell-in-love-creative-writing.html http://busyteacher.org/8561-the-first-time-you-fell-in-love-creative-writing.html Creative writing prompt:  Think about the first time you ever fell in love. Who di you fall in love with and what happened? ]]> BUSYTEACHER_admin Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:29:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/8445-imagine-you-were-allowed-to-kiss-anybody-on-earth.html http://busyteacher.org/8445-imagine-you-were-allowed-to-kiss-anybody-on-earth.html Creative writing prompt:  Imagine you were allowed to kiss anybody on earth, who would you choose and why? How would you feel afterwards?]]> BUSYTEACHER_admin Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:21:16 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/8411-this-is-the-last-time.html http://busyteacher.org/8411-this-is-the-last-time.html This song is so catchy that it can be used for teenagers and adults. I have used it with my students (2º, 3º ESO) and they really liked it and were involved in the activity. After doing the worksheet, it was translated and we discussed what t ...]]> emares Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:02:24 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/8292-rolling-in-the-deep-by-adele-song-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/8292-rolling-in-the-deep-by-adele-song-worksheet.html Three exercises on Adele's song "Rolling in the Deep," which deals with the feelings of a woman after her relationship ends: pain and anger at her lover's betrayal and the desire for revenge. - The first exercise is to discover which words (from a list ...]]> Tuili Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:36:34 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/8123-always-a-bridesmaid-its-vs-it-s.html http://busyteacher.org/8123-always-a-bridesmaid-its-vs-it-s.html Always a Bridesmaid is a low to intermediate beginner worksheet that highlights the use of pronoun it vs. the verb form it's. "This" and "that" are also used frequently within the dialogue and provide good repetition and practice. Teacher might want to ...]]> mariacalidonna Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:53:55 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7718-somebody-to-love-song-worksheet-queen.html http://busyteacher.org/7718-somebody-to-love-song-worksheet-queen.html This song from the band Queen is great to work with indefinite pronouns some-, any, - no and every-. in this exercise the student has to complete first with the name of the pictures and then listen to the song and complete it with the missing words. It ...]]> nanacris Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:12:19 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7654-the-best-song-worksheet-tina-turner.html http://busyteacher.org/7654-the-best-song-worksheet-tina-turner.html This worksheet is on Tina Turner's song called 'The best'. Its main purpose is listening, it has comparative & superlative instances and mixed tenses such as present simple, continuous and present perfect. The song is a message of love and the ryth ...]]> Duilio Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:48:39 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7515-song-worksheet-the-promise.html http://busyteacher.org/7515-song-worksheet-the-promise.html This is a beautiful song by the great singer-songwiter Tracy Chapman. It´s a love song. It can be used to practise first conditional sentences, especially when they are used to make promises.]]> sbl_maria Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:58:13 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7066-saint-valentines-day-arts-and-crafts.html http://busyteacher.org/7066-saint-valentines-day-arts-and-crafts.html Useful and funny worksheet! Stimulate your students' creativity and imagination by making a colourful Saint Valentine's Day patchwork poster. Keep up the tradition of Saint Valentine's Day by making cards in class and encouraging your students to excha ...]]> MissV Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:12:31 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7029-honeymoon-questions.html http://busyteacher.org/7029-honeymoon-questions.html Questions about honeymoon. This actvity can be used as a filler, warmer or at the freestage step when the grammar topic is Past Simple or Second Conditional. I´ve tried this actvity several times with some adult students and they really enjoyed i ...]]> Fabi Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:08:34 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/6861-gatsby-quiz.html http://busyteacher.org/6861-gatsby-quiz.html A 20 mark contextual quiz which will ascertain whether or not student have read the text. This can be used at the start of teaching the novel or at the end as a tool for summarising basic facts about what students have read. Students can also keep the ...]]> gbirchfield Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:20:06 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/6671-shes-the-one-robbie-williams-song-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/6671-shes-the-one-robbie-williams-song-worksheet.html There are 3 different types of exercises the first grammar one aiming at the present and past form of to be,another that checks the listening skill by using homonyms columns working on word order the other to match and the.]]> margdiniz Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:10:45 +0000