Instant Lessons

This is a simplified version of our popular worksheet 'The Menace of Spam'.

There is a text with a gap-fill exercise, followed by comprehension work and preposition practice. Students also have the chance to summarize the text, and have a discussion on email / spam.

The vocabulary and grammar is suitable for lower-intermediate students and above. You can also make the text even easier by pre-teaching more vocabulary.

It is said that around 80% of all email sent is spam. This worksheet for intermediate and advanced level students looks at some of the issues behind unsolicited email.

There is vocabulary work, a reading passage, follow-up questions and discussion work. Anyone who has a computer probably gets spam on a regular basis, making this worksheet great for getting your students to express their opinions in English!

There is also a lower-level version of this worksheet, called 'The Problem of Spam'.

How is technology changing modern warfare? In the future, will battles be fought by machines, rather than humans?

This worksheet has a (discussion provoking) reading, comprehension questions, and vocabulary / collocation exercises.

There are a number of questions at the end, giving your students the chance to comment on the topic. You can easily adapt the worksheet to bring in contemporary conflicts.

This worksheet is for upper-intermediate and advanced students.

Do you have students who need to send and read emails in English? If so, this worksheet could be just what you're looking for!

The worksheet begins with an email gap-fill exercise, followed by analysis of common expressions. There's a final task, where students have to write example emails.

The task could be emailed to you, or written in the lesson. (The worksheet includes blank email templates.)

For Intermediate-level students.

Are your students wondering what to get you for Christmas? This worksheet gives some ideas for Christmas gifts with a difference.

There's a reading, with vocabulary and collocation practice. There are also lots of questions themed to Christmas and present-giving in general.

It's a great December lesson for higher-level students.

As the number of cars on the roads increases, so does pollution. One solution to this problem is the electric car.

This worksheet has a reading, plus lots of exercises to build vocabulary, collocation and discussion skills.

'Car Wars' written for advanced-level students. There is a British-English version with minor spelling changes.

We live in a world where we throw away, rather than repair. Many cities are drowning under the weight of trash produced.

This worksheet looks at the problem of the growing amount of waste. There are vocabulary and collocation exercises, plus a reading and discussion questions.

'The Disposable Society' is written for higher-level students.

There is also a British-English version which has minor spelling and vocabulary changes.

This worksheet looks at our effect on the environment, with particular attention to global warming. What can we do to reduce our carbon footprint?

This worksheet has a reading, vocabulary building exercises, and lots of discussion. It's great for higher-level students.

There's also a British-English version with minor spelling changes.