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Meat-free Meat
Would your students enjoy a meat-free burger that's pink and juicy? Have they ever tried one?
This worksheet has vocabulary mix and match exercises, a gap-fill reading and discussion questions.
It's perfect for upper-intermediate and advanced students.
Automation
Could a robot do your job - or that of your students? Automation is set to affect us all, as artificial intelligence and robots replace us in the workforce.
This worksheet looks at upcoming changes, with a gap-fill reading, mix and match exercises, idiom building and more.
Your students will learn expressions including:
- a game changer
- to pick up steam
- a fraction of the cost
- sit idly
- the Industrial Revolution
and more besides!
The lesson rounds off with discussion questions. Do your students already use AI? You could ask about Alexa, Siri, Cortana and smart devices. How well do they work?
This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate levels and above.
Do you watch TV very much?
This worksheet combines a review of adverbs of frequency (often, never, occasionally etc.) with a conversation about TV viewing habits.
It's also a great way to review Present Simple questions and build some up-to-date vocabulary.
Vocabulary covered includes binge watch, dramas, comedies, classics, subscribe and more.
Following the lead-in, there is a question-gap-fill reading, vocabulary-building exercises, grammar analysis and discussion.
This worksheet is great for elementary-level students looking to improve their confidence.
Absent Diners
Restaurants always make a good topic for reading and discussion!
This worksheet looks at the problem of people no-showing for reservations.
Following the lead-in, and vocabulary matching exercise, there is a gap-fill reading, additional vocabulary practice and extended discussion.
Your students will learn language including:
- exacerbate a problem
- do something on a whim
- have limited success
- do something sheepishly
- ...and much more!
This worksheet is for intermediate to advanced level classes
Could you quit social media?
Are your students active on social media? Are they uploading photos of their meals to Instagram or are they glued to Twitter or Facebook?
Or perhaps they prefer to call people instead?
This worksheet has short vox-pop readings, with vocabulary-building exercises and discussion questions.
This worksheet is written for upper-elementary students and above.
The New Enemy: Plastic
There have been a lot of stories in the new recently about the environmental costs of plastic. Get your students talking about it!
This worksheet has a lead-in quiz, followed by a short reading, vocabulary building exercises and discussion.
It is written for intermediate levels and above.
Fluency Builder: Time Expressions
This worksheet is in two parts.
The first page looks at 'It's time to Go' vs 'It's time we went'. There are two short conversations, followed by a speaking practice exercise.
The worksheet also looks at other common time expressions including:
- for the time being
- it's only a matter of time
- have the time of your life
- from time to time
...and more.
The lesson rounds off with discussion questions using the target language.
What do you do at New Year?
How do people celebrate New Year around the world?
This worksheet has three themed mini readings, with speakers telling us what they do at New Year.
Following a lead-in and gap-fill reading, there are vocabulary building exercises and discussion.
The discussion is in two parts. The first reviews expressions from the text (allowing your students to personalise the language). The second half is themed to New Year.
This worksheet is written for lower-intermediate level students.