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Mingling activity asking about different disasters, using the 'Find someone who' format. It is followed by a pair or small group activity of putting disasters into categories. Useful when the top ...
This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review words with the "short u" sound. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they ca ...
It's a set of flashcards that can be used for various purposes, but specially for playing the "Guess What I Am" Game. This game is very popular, and by using these flashcards you can adapt the gam ...
This is about your house, street, town. Your task is to fill in the name of the street, town and the number of the house, your phone number. You can color it and add some more information. This w ...
Flashcards with cartoon chracters for describing people. There are 12 flashcards which can be used for activities with children. They can describe colours of clothes, hair, eyes and some body part ...
This is a set of cards for teaching or revising Saint Patrick´s day related vocabulary. They can be used as conversation cards, memory games or classroom posters.
This is a set of colourful cards that you can use as bingo or matcing cards for children in class. The aim is to find the animal according to the description. These cards are useful for reading ...
These are 16 photo flashcards of common vegetables. They can be used for vocabulary building and review. They are; onion, green pepper, tomato, lettuce, mushroom, brocolli, potato, carrot, pumpkin ...
These alphabet flashcards can help students learn & review the 26 letters of the alphabet along with pronunciation. There are three sample words for each letter, so pronunciation can be practi ...
These IPA flashcards can help students learn & review the international phonetic alphabet. There are three sample words for each sound/symbol, therefore pronunciation can be practiced in conte ...
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Here's another poster that you might want to have on your classroom wall - it's about keeping your voice down during discussions. And we all know how loud those can get!
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Classroom signs don't have to be lame, right?
We've honestly tried to find a decent 'No cell phones' classroom poster/sign around, but after googling for 10 minutes all we could see was a bunch ...
Here's another high-quality poster for your classroom - it encourages smiling, so make sure you smile all the way - when you print it out, carry it to your classroom and when you put it up on the ...
Thanks to "vanda51" for the fairy tale flashcards, my young learners love them! I've only added a few cards with words on them to make them come up with stories. I use it for past simple primarily ...
Here is another set of 24 flashcards, this time for practising reported questions. There are 12 cards containing yes/no questions and 12 containing wh-questions. They can be used after the student ...
Here is a set of 24 flashcards for practising reported statements, commands and requests. Cut them and laminate them. You can use them any way you want. I usually put my students into groups of si ...
This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review numbers 60 through 99. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can be use ...
This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review numbers 20 through 59. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can be use ...
This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review numbers 1 through 16. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can be used ...
This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review common clothing vocabulary. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can b ...
This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review present continuous sentences. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they can ...
This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review words with the "short a" sound. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, they c ...
This set of cards is designed to help students practice or review "there is" and "there are" sentences. Printed double-sided, the cards can be used as flashcards; printed on two separate sheets, ...
These instructions are designed to explain how to use the series of "Memory-Flashcard" sets of cards, such as "There is/are", "Present continuous", "Short a words", and "Clothes". The game called ...
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