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To be used for an introductory lesson. Best suited for adult learners or mature learners. I used this for intermediate to advanced level students. It includes normal topics that I continue to us ...
A great evaluation tool to give your students at the end of the school year. This checklist can be used as part of your yearly self reflection and professional portfolio. Students rate statements ...
If your students have problems with auxiliary verbs, they are not alone. Don't despair, help is at hand! This colourful 10-slide power point presentation will guide your students in the confusing ...
This is a stamp sheet for elementary students to use as an incentive for students to volunteer, do their homework, follow rules, etc. It includes seasonal illustrations (spring and summer) and so ...
When teaching past necessity, I have found this critical path very helpful. It helps students differenciate between necessary and unnecessary actions in the past and how to express whether they we ...
A single page containing the basic information your students need to remember about reported speech. It includes definitions of direct and reported speech, the 6 changes involved in reported speec ...
The pupils have to fill in the gaps with 15 missing words ( 13 verbs and 2 possessive adjectives ) to be able to use the simple present with "he". In class they listened to a dialogue between Ama ...
2 Teams of 2 players (a clue giver and a guesser), a deck of 44 cards, a timer (2mn rounds). Find and Pronounce as many words as possible. Rules: - the clue giver draws a ...
This presentation is made for recycling grammar (passive voice). It is suitable for students with intermediate and upper-intermediate language level. Colorful pictures from presentations are aimed ...
This presentation is made for recycling grammar (frist and second conditionals). It is suitable for students of different ages and different language level. Colorful pictures from presentations ar ...
Print these cards out and cut them in pieces. There are different ways to use them, for example you can make the board game like Snakes and Ladders or some other. As well as that you can use cards ...
This presentation works perfectly for grammar revision among young learners (elementary level). Best fits for "Family and Friends 5" course. On these slides you can fing 17 different test question ...
This sheet is intended for beginners to test their understanding level, and revise the general first lessons provided in class. It is a great way to freshen up their minds and simply put their com ...
This worksheet was created to assess students at a beginner's level. I have used it with my elementary level students, mainly adults, as well as with 6th and 7th graders. It covers topics like cou ...
This worksheet is aimed at Croatian pupils and their EFL teachers to help them save their time. I find that recommended tests to go with Project are very demanding for my pupils, and I always wast ...
This is Jeopardy-style presentation based on the New Matrix course book for Intermediate ESL learners. Themes: Body language, Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous / American vs. British E ...
This worksheet is about distinguishing present simple, present continuous, simple past, and going to. It provides students with examples to analyse and to complete with the correct form of the ver ...
It is a simple worksheet that I have prepared for my pupils of 1st year in middle school and I intend it to be used by both pupils and teachers. You may use it to give pupils the main actions don ...
This is a PDF document that contains a First Aid kit in which students have to identify the elements that the kit contains and their corresponding names. It is perfect for introducing new vocabula ...
This is puzzle related to emergencies. Students have to look for the words provided in the box next to the puzzle.The idea is to provide students with new vocabulary or refresh their knowledge. It ...
This is a colouring worksheet for elementary students where they first have to colour circles with the matching colour, then answer the question about their favourite colour and lastly colour in a ...
Despite a common image of an overworked, grumbling about pay teacher, several different studies around the globe independently revealed an amazing fact: people who choose to be teachers are happie ...
The test is for the 4th graders. It contains basic questions using structures such as can/have/do and wh-questions. The grammar areas are: possesive 's, adjectives describing people, present ...
This worksheet will help kindergarten students to recognize and memorize colors through the pictures association. Students will feel familiarized with the images and will work better. It can be a ...
Brief test to check some grammar points of your elementary students. Personal information questions in a club or a spa situation, colours, animals, the weather, cardinal numbers up to 100. Multipl ...
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