Adjectives - Describing People
This is a usefull worksheet that helps busy teachers review some adjectives with their children and using these adjectives they can review and describe their family members. The adjectives are about...
View ArticleClass Survey: Do You Like (hamburgers, pizza, tomatoes...)?
This is a class survey about food likes and dislikes. Ss have to make questions around the room using the phrase: Do you like__? Ss use the pictures to complete the main structure. Example: A: Do you...
View ArticlePuff the Magic Dragon
This is a discussion worksheet that I used with my Puff the Magic Dragon reading series. I paired stronger students with weaker ones as some of the questions were quite challenging. Once completed, I...
View Article111 Riddles and Brainteasers
111 riddles and brainteasers for children and adults. Particularly good in an EFL setting. The language is safe for children.I usually start off a lesson with a riddle. It can help with behaviour...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Coraline
Coraline (2009) is a 100 minute animated adventure. An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets. This is a...
View Article100+ Tongue Twisters
Over 100 tongue twisters. These are very useful for EFL learners and are an meaningful reward on a Friday afternoon. There are difficult tongue twisters and also easier versions.Particularly useful for...
View ArticleProverbs
Proverbs. Often an interesting starting point for discussion. Also useful for writing exercises.A change is as good as a restA dog is a man's best friendA friend in need is a friend indeedA good...
View ArticleRead and Draw
An easy elementary worksheet for children between 6 and 8 to practice reading comprehension and the use of"Have got/Has got". First they have to draw people according to each reading taking into...
View ArticleThe United Nations
This is a reading comprehension/discussion worksheet that is designed to be used with advanced adult ESL students. There are a number of advanced vocabulary words. It describes when the UN was founded...
View ArticleUNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira
This worksheet describes the latina pop star Shakira and her involvement in UNICEF as a Goodwill Ambassador. It is designed for the advanced ESL student, whose primary orientation is Hispanic. It can...
View ArticleOn Writing
When you work to inspire young writers in school, you may find this presentation useful. I have made an excerpt from Sol Steins advice on how to write in an interesting way. I have used this...
View ArticleSimple Present Quiz
Choose the correct verbs and auxs. Have students choose the correct verbs and auxs in the missing spaces. This is intended to check students' knowledge on the basic use of present tense. An easy way to...
View ArticleShort Movie Worksheet: Inbox
It is a short film activity called Inbox. It is ideal for elementary and pre intermediate students to practice Simple Past Tense. It is a silent film but there are pre watching, while watching, post...
View ArticleThe Skeleton Dance
Step by step instructions with pictures and lyrics to learn 'the skeleton dance'. A fun Halloween song that can also be used to practise body parts. Suitable for all grades. The youtube video link is...
View ArticleThe Polite Robber - Reported Speech
Reported speech powerpoint activity that I created for a class / group activity. It is based on a real life, true crime carried out by a very polite man who robs a petrol station. Each slide shows the...
View ArticlePolice and Witness Dialogue - Talking about the Past
Reporting a crime. Past simple, past continuous, and questions activity. Reading, speaking, gap fill writing & role play activity cards. The first card is a reading dialogue for partners. The...
View ArticleShops and Shopping Boardgame
Shopping boardgame for two or more players to practise vocabulary for shopping, shops and money, food, clothes, pets etc. Also some simple grammar including the verb 'to be' and plurals, and some...
View ArticleJoke - Adverb or Adjective?
A very funny doctor, patient 'joke' worksheet with adverb or adjective gap fill. It can be used as a reading, or adverb / adjective exercise, or as a fun warmer or cooler. Suitable for teenagers and...
View ArticleAdverb or Adjective? - Class 'gap fill' Powerpoint Activity
A funny doctor and patient joke activity. An adverb versus adjective gap fill powerpoint activity. Great for a class or group activity, or a warmer / cooler. Suitable for teenagers and adults. I have...
View ArticleTalking about the Past: Detective and Suspect Dialogue and Activity
Two part, past simple, past continuous, and questions, police and suspect activity cards. The first is a 'partner' reading or role play activity. The second is a speaking, gap fill role play activity...
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