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This worksheet can be used for a listening activity based on the poem Ithaka by Cavafis. It includes a gap-filling activity and reading comprehension questions, after which you could engage studen ...
To be used with the film Little Pig Is Flying. The children are to discuss then write the thoughts the squirrel is having when he meets little pig. The thoughts of the squirrel are to be wrote in ...
This worksheet is for practising different vocabulary, eg. appearance, clothes, dwellings, seasons... can be used with all levels except begginers and elementary students. Students can use their i ...
Describing Big Ben is a writing prompt for Elementary and Pre-Intermediate levels. The students have to write a paragraph based on the facts and a picture they see in a box. Moreover they can fo ...
This is a range of activities for all levels of students based on the plot by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Use the activity for your level of students. There are various activi ...
Group the students and task them to make their own poem about their pastime following the given sample. In this activity, they will be able to express their opinions about various pastime. They wi ...
This is a creative writing worksheet that practices descriptive adjectives and simple present verbs. You have to create a new flavor of jellybeans. Using the simple present tense, you can practic ...
When you work to inspire young writers in school, you may find this presentation useful. I have made an excerpt from Sol Steins advice on how to write in an interesting way. I have used this prese ...
a worksheet I use it with grade 7 to give them a sample of first person narrative . In addition to some questions to focus on what the student suppose to write in the introductory paragraph of a s ...
Simple worksheet that explains the characteristics of fictional text. It includes two skills: reading and writting. It contains well known fictional stories: The Ant and The Grasshopper, Little Re ...
I made this using the excellent BBC animation which looks at verb usage, prepositions and spelling. The participants watch the film while completing the exercises. The teacher can pause it between ...
Level: Good beginner/Intermediate. A simple activity which at first sight looks like a grammar-type exercise. However, the students must complete one of the 25 unfinished phrases of passages of s ...
I wish I could upload the whole kit in one file! I use this in the first day of class, but you can use it any day. This is how I do it: The students get: -One copy of this worksheet; -One card fr ...
This worksheet is an introduction to descriptive writing. The first section shows an example of how it is used. Then students are asked to describe their lunch in detail. In the second section stu ...
When students start to write, they often have troubles with making grammatically correct sentences. That's why they need to learn about fragments and run-on sentences. My worksheet will help you w ...
This is an activity for the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". It's nice to show the movie (subtitles in English on) to the class and do the activities in the class that follows. This two sheets of ...
This worksheet helps the students to write film/ book review using the adequate language and following an organised layout. Students first discuss their favourite book/ film and then they are giv ...
This sheet provides the suggested layout for opinion writing. After listening to the song and asking students to discuss their opinions of the topic of capital punishment, students are asked to lo ...
This worksheet is intended to encourage students to discuss capital punishment and what they think of it. The lesson is introduced by a song called " The Iron Lady" and then students are given an ...
The worksheet is intended to teach argumentative writing and the suggested layout. Students are prompted to the lesson by a short video about the topic of "Euthanasia". They first watch the video ...
This worksheet presents two different ways of saying the same thing: formal and informal language. It is followed by a practice exercise. Students need to tell the difference between formal and in ...
It's such fun getting a postcard! Students are given a sample postcard, which they can use as a model. They can cut out the blank postcard, make a drawing on the other side about their holiday (th ...
It is a modified article from Wikipedia. It talks about London, a brief history and states its importance to the world. It also contains information about London's sightseeings. It contains a voca ...
The worksheet is intended to teach argumentative writing and the suggested layout. Students are prompted to the lesson by a short video about the topic of "Euthanasia". They first watch the video ...
Students often have difficulties in creating written texts in English,especially when they don't feel very familiar with the practical use of the language. Writing through answering questions abou ...
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