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My Favourite Halloween Costume - Writing Exercise

My Favourite Halloween Costume - Writing Exercise

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Halloween worksheet - This creative writing exercise asks students to write about the best Halloween costume they have ever been in and go through the entire process of creating it and the reactio ...
7 Views 16,452 Elem
The Titanic

The Titanic

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This worksheet aims at practising different skills, after having read some information about the Titanic accident. It includes comprehension questions, vocabulary exercises, past simple and past c ...
5 Views 23,584 Elem
Movie Worksheet: 1001 Arab Inventions

Movie Worksheet: 1001 Arab Inventions

I made this worksheet when my students were learning about inventions. They watch the video about 1001 inventions made by Arabs and fill in the blanks or answer the questions. After watching the v ...
9 Views 20,556 Pre-IntInt
Writing: Means of Transport

Writing: Means of Transport

Rania Foka
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The worksheet aims at facilitating learners' writing through illustrations of means of transport. They will have to describe in a simple way how each one of them is used by people. An example ha ...
2 Views 17,236 Elem
Reading Comprehension+ Writing

Reading Comprehension+ Writing

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This is a test given to visually impaired pupils in a preparatory school. The passage is about a voluntary kid who helped a blind child see the world. The writing is about founding a club to help ...
5 Views 20,855 ElemPre-IntInt
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Grade 3 Review Test

Grade 3 Review Test

Just a test I made for my class of 3rd graders. This reviews some grammar, spelling and science information from the Grade 2 Spectrum series of textbooks. Included is a fill-in-the blanks activity ...
7 Views 18,759 ElemPre-Int
Writing Practice - Tenses Review

Writing Practice - Tenses Review

This writing worksheet asks students to present the given information using the appropriate tenses. It can be adjusted to include targeted vocabulary and expressions. "You are applying for a ...
3 Views 27,277 Pre-IntInt
Writing Practice - Past Continuous - Make Up Your Alibi

Writing Practice - Past Continuous - Make Up Your Alibi

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This worksheet is an adapted version of the Business Alibi Game originally by UsingEnglish.com. Yesterday at 2:35 pm a laptop with very important data on it was stolen from a manager’s desk. ...
4 Views 45,627 Pre-IntInt
Writing Practice - Past Simple

Writing Practice - Past Simple

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This exercise asks your students to use the simple past tense in writing. This can be adjusted to include targeted vocabulary or expressions. Write about what Peter did last Saturday using Simple ...
6 Views 63,811 ElemPre-IntInt
Writing Practice - Present Continuous

Writing Practice - Present Continuous

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This exercise asks the students to describe several pictures using present continuous. You can add specific requirements for the task, e.g using targeted vocabulary or conjunctions such as 'while' ...
9 Views 81,725 ElemPre-Int
Writing Practice - Simple Present

Writing Practice - Simple Present

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This is a simple exercise to help your students practice writing using the simple present tense. It can be adjusted to include the targeted vocabulary or expressions that they have learned. " ...
3 Views 70,417 ElemPre-IntInt
Initial Test- 6th Grade

Initial Test- 6th Grade

Molnos Ildiko
It's a test for the beginning of the year- a placement test- for students who learnt English for 3 years. Exercises can be used for the appropriate grammar or vocabulary part. It contains some gap ...
5 Views 35,861 Elem
First Steps of Writing in English

First Steps of Writing in English

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This worksheet is used by our staff for teaching writing the first words in English for very young learners.. It is based on pronunciation in order to make it easier for kids to get used to differ ...
13 Views 24,761 Beg
Creative Writing Template

Creative Writing Template

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This is a creative writing template I made for my intermediate ESL students. It's a 4 page worksheet that includes: topic, brainstorm, timeline, key points section, first draft, final draft and ed ...
3 Views 17,192 ElemPre-IntInt
It's Debatable

It's Debatable

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This a debate writing outline I made for my intermediate/advanced ESL students. The intent is for students to be able to write arguments and supports for both sides of the debate topic. It include ...
3 Views 9,744 Pre-IntIntAdv
Street Safety

Street Safety

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Writing activities about street safety- writing lesson plan.
2 Views 8,418 Int
Seasons and Extreme Weather

Seasons and Extreme Weather

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This worksheet aims to engage students in talking about seasons and the problems extreme weather can cause. Since there is no specific focus on grammar (except a small task on modals), it can be p ...
11 Views 25,815 Pre-IntIntAdv
Paul on Adventure Holiday

Paul on Adventure Holiday

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This worksheet has been designed in order for learners to practise the use of the simple future form through an illustrated adventure story. There are unavoidable facts shown in the pictures so t ...
3 Views 8,365 Pre-Int
Do You Like Reading?

Do You Like Reading?

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Do you like reading? A writing activity to talk about your reading habits (do you like reading? what's your favourite book, why do you like this book? What influence did the book have on you, do y ...
4 Views 8,929 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
What Happened on Your Last Holiday

What Happened on Your Last Holiday

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It is a worksheet for learners to practice the use of past simple and past continuous through misfortunes they had during their last last holiday. There are pictures and cues so that the writing c ...
9 Views 18,298 Pre-Int
Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

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It is the story of the Little Red Riding Hood with comprehension questions so that we can ensure that students have understood it. Students will have to draw pictures from the story to have fun, a ...
9 Views 28,118 Pre-Int
Reading Worksheet

Reading Worksheet

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This worksheet is designed for EFL/ESL learners to use when they read books in English and make some records. Title, author, publisher, pages, vocabulary, and reflection are all included in this w ...
5 Views 9,560 Int
Making Sentences Game

Making Sentences Game

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Find an English magazine or newspaper and cut out about 40 words ensuring you have a balance of parts of speech and stick them onto a sheet of paper in no particular order something like in the pi ...
4 Views 24,984 All
How To Write a Letter of Application for a Job

How To Write a Letter of Application for a Job

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I used these steps to teach my students how a formal letter of application must be organized. When students are getting ready to perform a job interview role play, they have to write this letter ...
9 Views 24,857 Pre-IntInt
Quick Test on Conditionals, Modals & Writing

Quick Test on Conditionals, Modals & Writing

When trying to check an A2 - B1 student's knowledge about these grammar aspects, this worksheet might come in handy. As a student works through the worksheet, the teacher might reinforce the knowl ...
3 Views 18,198 Int

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