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You need one board pen per pair of students (no writing involved).
Put your students in pairs - standing opposite each other, one student holds ...
Read the description of the objects and colour. This is an interesting worksheet for young learners (8 to 10 years old). Students must colour the objects according to the description that is belo ...
A set of 36 cards for Animals vocabulary which can be used for teaching new words, memory games, conversation cards, oral test, group work, classroom posters, etc.
In this activity students have to write the missing letters on each word. It was designed for elementary students so the task is very simple and related to weather vocabulary.
A set of 27 cards for Physical description vocabulary which can be used for teaching new words, memory games, conversation cards, oral test, group work, classroom posters, etc.
It is a collection of six slides which contain seven words each, all related to the topic of health. The words appear on the screen one by one every four seconds. The aim of the exercise is to do ...
A set of 24 Jobs and occupations Flash-cards which can be used for teaching new words, memory game, conversation cards, oral test, group work, classroom posters, etc.
Students are supposed to match the pictures with the correct collocations. This is quite useful to teach the students what language the teacher is going to use during their classes. It helps them ...
Here's a short funny story for your learners. It can be used as a warm up. I usually give my students this one together with a few other short funny stories (one per student) and then give them a ...
I was to teach my students of primary grades prepositions. An idea came to my mind.. I thought why not make it a listening & speaking activity. I have managed to use some of the prepositions. ...
This is the second part of my worksheets "Let's read and write about...'. Student have to read the text on the given topic, then they do some after-reading tasks. First they have to match the word ...
This 'must-have' collection contains 43 full-size full color highly motivating images related to the topic of St. Valentine's Day that your ESL learners will surely have a lot to discuss about.&nb ...
This is actually a PPT presentation that I've converted into a PDF file. Its contents aim to foster ss awareness of Present Progressive for present actions. By showing students contextualized exam ...
This is a collection of 45 lovely beginner-level coloring pages kindly provided by Crayola (also available from their website) in their 'My Very Own Coloring Book' series.
Example titles include: ...
Tell your students that they are going to listen to music (choose an instrumental piece without any words) for 2 or 3 minutes and ask them to write anything they want during listening. Younger stu ...
Here's a set of 6 lovely coloring pages kindly provided by Crayola (also available for free download on their website) what will work very well for your Mother's Day lesson. Each coloring page has ...
Today we're happy to share this lovely collection of four coloring pictures for your St. Valentine's lesson. The images have been kindly provided by Crayola and are also available for free downloa ...
Students make a circle. Each one has a small sheet of paper and a pen. Each student has to write one question on the sheet of paper. Questions can be various, on whatever topics they want. Then st ...
This worksheet is about classroom language for kids. They have to trace and color the picture, so you have the following words: sit down, read. write, listen, stand up. Kids trace the words in or ...
Each of these full-color flashcard contains 9 bright illustrations and the corresponding words for each of them. Sometimes arrows are used to illustrate which part of the picture the word is refer ...
The Talent Show Everyone selects one talent or special gift that they possess and can demonstrate for the group. They introduce themselves, explain what their special talent is, and then perform ...
Each flashcard contains 9 full color illustrations and the corresponding words. The sets of pictures are great for games. I use them to build vocabulary on parts of body and engage my students' sp ...
Each flashcard contains nine full color illustrations and the corresponding words to explain them. The sets of pictures are wonderful for games. I use them all the time to build vocabulary on part ...
Each flashcard contains 9 full color illustrations and the corresponding words. The sets of pictures are great for games. I use them to build vocabulary on parts of body and engage my students' sp ...
This is a game that you can do to break the ice and learn the names of students on the first day in class.
It can be done at all levels and it can be played in ten minutes or half an hour dependi ...
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