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Personal Information

Personal Information

It's good for beginner and elementary learners to improve their writing. The students have the clues of what they are going to write about. They complete their personal information in the chart fi ...
5 Views 23,811 BegElem
Song Worksheet: I'm Sorry by Buckcherry

Song Worksheet: I'm Sorry by Buckcherry

Objectives: pupils will be able to demonstrate basic listening and reading comprehension skills as well as HOTs – inferring (reading between the lines) and generating possibilities. Aft ...
4 Views 10,223 Int
Introducing Me and My Family

Introducing Me and My Family

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This is a worksheet to help first graders to learn how to introduce themselves and their family members. The worksheet is designed in a way with some help initially and then no help. There are two ...
7 Views 25,742 Elem
Prompts to Write a Story

Prompts to Write a Story

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Prompt students to develop their writing skills by drawing a sequence of pictures and describing what had happened in each of them. I bet students will find it entertaining and easy to write the s ...
4 Views 21,486 All
Description of a Person

Description of a Person

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Using as many adjectives as you can describe a person important to you. It can be your family member, someone famous or yourself. Don’t just list the qualities, explain. Use minimum 50 words ...
4 Views 18,103 Pre-Int
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Song Worksheet: I Wanna Be Yours by Arctic Monkeys

Song Worksheet: I Wanna Be Yours by Arctic Monkeys

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The song about romantic feeling expressed through unromantic objects. The author wants to be a portable heater, coffee pot or even a car to be closer to his partner. The great song by Arctic Monke ...
7 Views 20,078 ElemPre-Int
Pre-writing PowerPoint Presentation

Pre-writing PowerPoint Presentation

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This will be useful for any teacher of writing at any level. I teach business English for a wide range of levels but this can be used for school teachers also. Please let me know of any mistakes ...
3 Views 13,262 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Manners and Behaviour

Manners and Behaviour

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Manners and behaviour was initially designed for interactive whiteboards but not only. What are good manners? Do we behave differently when we want to impress that special someone? Our classes rea ...
23 Views 28,931 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: Always by Bon Jovi (Past Perfect vs Past Simple)

Song Worksheet: Always by Bon Jovi (Past Perfect vs Past Simple)

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Use the song "Always" to teach the difference between past perfect and past simple. Moreover, it offers a chance to practice the writing skills inventing love stories. After some group works there ...
13 Views 63,313 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: JC'S Father and Son ( Describing Personality)

Song Worksheet: JC'S Father and Son ( Describing Personality)

A very popular song from the 70's about a father and a son who have problems communicating. This worksheet includes a pre-reading task for prediction, a listening task (inserting the lines in the ...
3 Views 14,674 AdvExam
Parent's Day Letter Writing Assignment

Parent's Day Letter Writing Assignment

This is letter writing assignment intended for intermediate to advanced ESL students.The questions are prompts for writing a thank you letter aimed at parents. The prompts include: a cherished mem ...
3 Views 20,862 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: The Great Race (Heroes and Villains)

Movie Worksheet: The Great Race (Heroes and Villains)

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A worksheet to assist the study of the film "The Great Race"(the classic Tony Curtis comedy); a great film to deal with a range of ideas in a very 'safe' environment. The worksheet is focussing on ...
1 Views 10,028 ElemPre-IntInt
Film Review That Needs Revision

Film Review That Needs Revision

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This worksheet was desinged after I had a student submit a film review but that unfortunately had too many mistakes. I thought why not give it to the whole class to let them see where the errors a ...
3 Views 23,623 Pre-IntInt
Write Your Own Fairy Tale

Write Your Own Fairy Tale

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Use this worksheet after having introduced the 'Elements of Fiction'. It's a great organizer to help students write their own fairy tale in line with a Story Arc Organizer. Includes vocabulary su ...
8 Views 25,582 ElemPre-Int
Simple Essay Outline (Ekwefi- Ezinma Mother-Daughter Relationship)

Simple Essay Outline (Ekwefi- Ezinma Mother-Daughter Relationship)

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A simple essay outline (minimum 14 sentences without relevant quotes from the novel and their explanations). This may be used to introduce students to writing essays in the English Literature clas ...
4 Views 15,157 BegElemPre-IntInt
Recount Story Slide Show

Recount Story Slide Show

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This slide show will explain the generic structure and there is a worksheet how the students make a past story by picture given. Students can make the stories by their own imagination of the pictu ...
4 Views 15,786 Pre-Int
Build a paragraph

Build a paragraph

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This is a group work for 4-5 intermediate/upper intermediate students of EFL (tried out in Austria). The group work will help students revise the structure of a "typical" pro/con essay i ...
6 Views 15,866 IntAdv
Vikings at Sea

Vikings at Sea

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This is a text from BBC Primary history with vocabulary translated into Norwegian, but feel free to adjust to your own laguage, and comprehension tasks. Fits about one lesson (60 minutes) at inter ...
4 Views 11,206 Adv
Reading about Brighton

Reading about Brighton

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This is a basic reading comprehension about Brighton, a city in the South of England. Using there is/ are, there isn`t and there aren´t. Useful for 3º Primary School. Revision of vo ...
6 Views 14,756 Elem
My Family's Eating Habits

My Family's Eating Habits

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This is a writing task about a family's eating habits. It is divided into 4 short paragraphs which analyse what the family eats during the day. It mainly practises present simple, its time express ...
7 Views 60,366 BegElem
Creative Writing

Creative Writing

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This is a creative writing activity for elementary/primary students. Creative writing exercise allow children to make up a story of a girl and a book she is reading at the moment, then write their ...
3 Views 16,918 BegElem
Song Worksheet: Viva La Vida by Coldplay

Song Worksheet: Viva La Vida by Coldplay

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This is a worksheet to practise listening, speaking and writing skills. First, students complete the lyrics, then they analise the metaphors and finally produce a narrative text. It can be enriche ...
3 Views 17,099 IntAdv
Spring Acrostic Poems

Spring Acrostic Poems

Creative Writing Prompts,
This is a ppt of 6 slides with acrostic poems about spring. I made them to motivate the students for creative writing. You can edit the slides and show only the beginnings and students ...
5 Views 11,906 Pre-Int
Song Worksheet: I Like Flowers (Spring Flowers)

Song Worksheet: I Like Flowers (Spring Flowers)

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This is a PPT of 6 slides about spring and flowers. On the first slide there is a link of a song on YouTube. It´s called "I like the flowers...." . On the next slide there is a cloze text a ...
4 Views 16,729 Pre-Int
Healthy Life Expectancy Is Shorter in the UK Than Abroad

Healthy Life Expectancy Is Shorter in the UK Than Abroad

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A text dealing with health and five different tasks for advanced students. 1) True/ False sentences; 2) Answer questions about the text in your own words; 3) Rephrasing; 4) Find synomys; 5) A topi ...
9 Views 15,694 AdvExam

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