Movie Worksheet: The Pursuit of Happiness
For secondary school students (13/14 years old). To introduce the moving film starring Will Smith and his son Jaden. Comprehension activities: double choice / matching excercises. Movie trailer...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Validation
This worksheet contains vocabulary and questions connected to a short film called Validation. It contains pre-watch vocabulary activity and questions which should be asked while watching. It can be...
View ArticleChristmas Word Scramble
Students will cut out and manipulate letters to make as many words as they can. After the students have a word, they write the word in the appropriate column at the bottom of the worksheet. Then, they...
View ArticlePast Participles Crossword
It is a crosword containing past participles and infinitives of some common irregular verbs. The solution is "You have to learn irregular verbs by heart." Good as a warm-up, revision, excercise. It...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Dreamcatcher
I used this worksheet to introduce the topic 'Dreams' to my intermediate listening class. It is based on a news report about a guy who is a Native American descendant and makes dreamcatchers. The...
View ArticleThe Chaos- Poem for Pronunciation
Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), who wrote under the pseudonym of Charivarius, was a Dutch writer, traveler and teacher. In 1922 he wrote The Chaos (also often known by its opening line, Dearest...
View ArticleSynonyms and Antonyms
This powerpoint firstly gives lots of examples related to synonyms and antonyms. And then come exercise part comes which is more enjoyable than explanation one. Students are expected to find out if the...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Faith of the Heart (Star Trek Enterprise Theme)
This is actually a really good song if you aren't a Star Trek fan or just not a fan of the series. Anyway, the vocalist sings quite clearly. All you have to do is play the song for your students and...
View ArticlePlurals Board Game (with Pets)
I created this board game in order to practice plural forms of pets with my young English learners. It's always a difficulty for young learners not to forget this slippery "s" at the end of nouns. We...
View ArticleMy Superhero - Game
This is a worksheet for a game about superheroes. Every st completes the worksheet including a drawing, inventing a name, the hero's strengths and his/her cryptonite. When finished, the teacher...
View ArticleGlobal Communication Worksheet
This is a worksheet for revising global communication related vocabulary at intermediate level. There are 2 different activities in which students are asked to match the columns and fill in the gaps...
View ArticleMixed Conditionals Revision Worksheet
This is a worksheet for revising conditional sentences at intermediate level. There are 3 activities in which students are asked to choose the correct verb tense, complete the sentences and comment on...
View ArticlePractice: Forming Plural Nouns
A chart for practicing plural nouns. Could also be used as a quiz. The uploaded file has singular nouns in the left column and blank boxes in the right column for students to fill in the plural forms...
View ArticleClassroom Objects
A fun activity to practise vocabulary skills. The task is simple and the students can complete it on their own, without any guidance - it helped me by keeping them busy while I had to prepare the next...
View ArticleClothes
A worksheet containing the basic clothes vocabulary. Cartoons coloured in bright colours are used, making the worksheet 'friendly' and appealing to young learners. The worksheet can be used as it is,...
View ArticleThe Most Wonderful Times of the Year: Teaching about the 4 Seasons
The 4 seasons is a fun topic for English learners because there is so much to talk about. You can touch on weather and holidays. For some, the seasons here may be very different from their country of...
View ArticleGreat Work: 5 Basic Activities to Teach about Occupations
Being able to talk about jobs is very important to ESL students, no matter what their level or situation. Younger children will need the vocabulary to have conversations and be able to express their...
View ArticleWhere There Is No Smartphone: Ways to De-Technologize Your EFL Lessons
ESL/EFL websites are flooded with new techniques to add technology to the classroom, and help online has moved almost entirely in the direction of needing more and/or adapting teaching materials for a...
View ArticleYou Can Bank on It: 5 Strategies to Teach the How-To’s of Banking
Banking is a very important subject for adult English learners. It is a challenge to manage one’s money when the business is being conducted in a language you are still learning. From filling out forms...
View ArticleRoll Over, Rover: 5 Easy Ways to Teach About Pets
Everyone needs to know how to talk about pets for different reasons. Some students may have pets, and some may not have them, but certainly may need to talk about them in everyday conversation. Either...
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