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A fun quiz to play with your students and at the end there's room for a lot of talking as well. My students love this kinda stuff. Read, think, and shout out the answer!
You have surely heard of this story about Jack and the beanstalk, haven't you? Well, here's a complete (!) lesson plan based around it: the total of 9 word documents including jumbled sentences th ...
As your English gets better you will want to express more complicated ideas and to link these ideas together. When you are reading or listening to English notice the words and phrases that are use ...
Colours: this cute worksheet can be used as a set of flashcards or for some kind of pairwork when S1 points at a fish and S2 has to name the colour (page 2 should be used), or in some other creati ...
Two sheets, one containing a table for a review of comparatives rules, general and exceptions, and a second sheet, designed using mostly real life examples so that the student can form his own sen ...
This is a page of praising cards. Cut out the pictures and them to praise kids for their success in studying every lesson. It's a good motivation as the kids are always interested in collecting an ...
'Oh no, not Hangman again' is a manual of games for the English language classroom (originally compiled by currently discontinued website englishdroid.com). The manual contains both old favou ...
Placement test - will come in handy when you quickly need to define the level of a new student.
60 questions.
Example:
Where are you from? A I’m France. B I’m from France. C Fr ...
This handout contains 14 gap-filling activities, where you need to complete the text with 20 words out of the 25 given words. Good exercises for students preparing for B2 level exams.
Time to do something special with your class! Treasure (or scavenger) hunts are absolutely popular with kids and teenagers, so why not have one - in class?!
Though this one is mainly meant as a b ...
It's a worksheet based on the famous film "You've Got Mail", is useful for discussing e-mailing, on-line dating and changes in our life in the 20-21 centuries.
The lesson is suitable for elementary to low-intermediate learners. It's basically a reading lesson with some vocabulary, speaking and writing integrated into it. It pre-teaches some key voca ...
We had an English Language Week in our school. The students who studied English for a year or two performed 4 plays. Here's the 1st one. Three more are coming soon.
In the archive you'll find:
F ...
A worksheet for the song "Help!", by the Beatles. For students at high-elementary or pre-intermediate level, this worksheet focuses mainly on indefinite pronouns (anybody, somebody, etc).
You're gonna like it! If you're like us, you're always looking for some nice visual aids for your lessons. Today we're sharing our lovely collection of Christmas images: Santas, snowmen, sno ...
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