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The Education System in the United Kingdom (Easier)
This presentation introduces slightly younger/ less advanced students to the education system of the United Kingdom. It gives them an idea of the timetable, subjects and main issues of relevance to...
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Speaking - School
This exercise is to practice speaking skills. You ask students to get into pairs and to answer the questions. But they must talk for a minute:) Therefore one of them is checking the time when another...
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Song Worksheet: Another Day in Paradise (Simple Present)
I use this with my basic class to teach simple present with a focus on habits and facts. The issue of homelessness is common enough for everyone to talk about and to have thoughts on. There is a...
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Myths about Alcohol
If you lead the Speaking club, it is a nice topic to discuss. Students mostly share their experience and knowledge. Some facts could be logically understandable or you can use this link to discover...
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Communication Strategies
This worksheet provides students with some useful expressions to give and ask for an opinion, agree, disagree, show interest (normal response, stronger response, when you don't understand and explain...
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Expressing Opinion
This PowerPoint Presentation is good for teens to express their opinion. Included is some helpful expressions when expressing your opinion along with several opinionated statements for your students...
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Going Green
This worksheet has students think about the idea of 'going green'. There is a short reading, some vocabulary to be introduced, a matching activitiy and finally some questions for free discussion. In...
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Homelessness: Is Sleeping in the Street a Crime?
Centres around a short reading on 'homeless spikes'. Spikes are being used to deter homeless people from sleeping in city centres and new ones have just been added in Manchester, UK. Includes a news...
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Phenomenal Women
The activities of this lesson are focused on reading and speaking and are based around a wonderful poem "Phenomenal Woman". As a warmer students look at photos of famous women and discuss what makes...
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Quotes Presentation
A power point presentation with some quotes and sentences for students to share opinions about. I used it from intermediate level on. In the presentation also there are opinion sentences that can be...
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Channel One News
This is a worksheet I use with Channel One News. Before watching the news, students try to predict what the news will be about on that day in a classroom discussion. During the video, students fill in...
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FCE Speaking Practice (Parts 2 and 3)
This is a powerpoint I use to practise the FCE speaking parts 2 and 3 with my students. All the students can particpate in the descriptions and discussions in general. It is a whole class exercise and...
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ESL Unit: A Food Contest
A free-to-use ESL unit suitable for intermediate level learners. This unit includes speaking, reading, listening, vocabulary and grammar practice. Links are provided for the audio clips for the...
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FCE Speaking Test Parts 3 and 4
The worksheet has been designed to aid students who are preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate test. It focuses on the speaking activities of the third and forth part of the test. The test can...
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Video Worksheet: Why We Love Repetition in Music? (TedEd)
Listening activity using a TedEd video about music and rhythm. The multiple choice questions were copied from the website of TedEd, but a list of vocabulary and some discussion topics were added. The...
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Give Opinions
Have the students share their opinions about the items included. Hope you find it useful in speaking classes.
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Movie Worksheet: Mind Your English (Vocabulary and a Debate Topic)
The comedy show "Mind your English" is the perfect tool when teaching English. The segment can be found on Youtube (the link is included into worksheet). It's a simple worksheet with vocabulary from...
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Defining Relative Clause Production
Students are supposed to work in groups of 3-4 and complete the task. The task includes sentences like ' We like.... I wouldn't prefer.... Politicians are people ...". Students are supposed to...
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Is Your Boss Spying on You?
This is a complete lesson that I have prepared and given to my vocational classes. It consists of a reading comprehension with vocabulary and discussion + grammar covering infinitive of purpose. You...
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ESL Discussion Topics: Money
A great conversation worksheet for introducing the topic of money. It includes vocab, reading of people's opinions and a long discussion section. There is also a follow-up on some of the grammar...
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The Improvisation Game - 45 Second Speeches with 98 Fun Mini-speech Topics
A great speaking exercise to get both your shy and bold students enthusiastic about speaking English. The goal of the game is to make a 45 second improvised speech on a random topic (98 topics are...
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Debate Topics 1
Students must make a good argument, keep the audience involved, and finally, gain the decision in their favour. Students speak for or against the topic. They must choose 2 topics and write their...
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Debate Topics 2
Students must make a good argument, keep the audience involved, and finally, gain the decision in their favour. Students speak for or against the topic. They must choose 2 topics and write their...
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Debate Topics 3
Students must make a good argument, keep the audience involved, and finally, gain the decision in their favour. Students speak for or against the topic. They must choose 2 topics and write their...
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Movie Worksheet: Brexit Advanced
This was designed to discuss the arguments which led to the referendum result on 23rd of June. It has interesting vocabulary to work with, it envolves a great deal of speaking because students must...
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Reading Comprehension - The Selfish Giant
Students are asked to read through a part taken from the book: The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde. There are comprehension, vocabulary, and discussion topics for students to complete. There is also a...
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Reactions to US Elections Results: Trump's Victory
This worksheet includes a video about the reasons of Trump's victory and a short article from the New York Times (a reaction by a contributing opinion writer). We are not supposed to discuss our...
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Gun Control in America (Not Suitable for Kids)
This worksheet deals with the question of gun control in the US by making use of the very funny comedian Jim Jefferies and his show on gun control. A good lesson sheet for advanced (adult) learners to...
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Movie Worksheet: Humans in 1000 Years - Asap Science
This is a listening worksheet based on a YouTube Video: ASAP Science - Humans in 1000 years. Students have to fill the gaps, answer questions and write their opinion about what humans will be like...
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British Expression for Point of View
British words that help express your point of view that lead to writing a book review. The key is on the last page. In the first activity a teacher can elicit the expressions by getting students to...
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Movie Worksheet: Describing Pictures, Infographic
This is an infographic I made for a short video on how to describe pictures in English. It talks about the vocabulary and grammar for a great picture description. I think any level could use it...
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It's Music to My Ears...
This is a conversation worksheet about music. It is from a series of EFL worksheets to help low-fluency learners have conversations about topics. I originally designed it to be used with Japanese...
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"If I Were a Boy" - Second Conditional Practice
vfce-if-i-were-a-boy-second-conditional.docx [20.29 Kb] (Count: 679) This worksheet consists of two parts. In the first part, students fill in some gaps with second conditional structures before...
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Countries - Fact or Opinion?
This worksheet was created for primary/elementary students. A fact is a thing that is known or proved to be true. An opinion is a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something. Students read...
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American Culture
This is an extremely powerful and fun way to teach cultural awareness. This fun lesson is linked to a video which talks about common generalization that people have about Americans. Improve listening...
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Expressing Opinion Sentence Starters
English B2 Speaking. Expressing Opinion. 18 different ways to express your points of view in English other than "I think". Intermediate and upper-intermediate students are supposed to use varied...
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The Black Hole - Sci-fi Short Film
"The Black Hole" is a clever Sci-fi short film about finding possible/impossible technology in an office and about the moral implications of the character's actions. This worksheet asks students to...
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The PEEL Paragraph Scaffold
Here is a scaffold detailing all aspects of inclusions in a PEEL / SEEL / TEEL paragraph. This paragraph structure is used to elaborate on arguments or reasons that support the opinion or point of...
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'Hills Like White Elephants' Hemingway Short Story
This worksheet contains some tasks on vocabulary and for analysis of Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants". The story is rather simple in terms of language, but the analysis will...
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Corona Conversations: A Better You
A conversation and lesson about getting in shape while stuck inside. A YouTube video with vocabulary, expressions and conversation starters to talk about the current global pandemic. Being productive,...
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Caring & Sharing During the Pandemic
Teach vocabulary and expressions that focus on the positive things that are happening in the world during the global pandemic. Storytelling with illustrations is a powerful technique to get your...
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Talking About Autumn
A fun lesson for teaching vocabulary about autumn in context. A lesson about the fall based off an animated YouTube video, with questions and answers, vocabulary matching and language in context...
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Reading: A Hot Day
This booklet for complete adult beginners is also suitable for all ages. Written in past and past continuous tenses it shows preference language such as ‘either’ or ‘decided’, etc. It includes both...
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Sweat Shops
This lesson, based on a YouTube film, is about sweatshops. Students get to learn new vocabulary, watch a film, and answer open questions. The class can be divided into pairs to discuss questions...
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Equal Pay
This worksheet uses a video from elllo.org to discuss the issue of equal pay between men and women in France. There is some vocabulary work and functions to make suggestions. You can use it strictly...
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Inner Workings Video Worksheet
The activities in this worksheet are based on the short film "Inner workings". The activities were made to practice the "present simple" and vocabulary related to a daily routine. Other activities...
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Banksy: Video worksheet with speaking practice
This Speaking Club video worksheet can be included in a lesson about Art/ Street Art/ Artists, etc. It is based on a short piece of news about one of Banksy's pranks. It consists of a WARM UP...
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Happy News
Real-life stories focus on the good things that are happening in the world. Uplifting and powerful, this conversation-based lesson with comprehension and discussion questions, vocabulary, and...
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Unusual Art
This lesson for teen Pre-Intermediate students revises, (or introduces, if using another coursebook) types of art from Own. It encourages students to share their opinions on art. The lesson includes...
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Comic Strips
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. This comic...
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