Instant Lessons

There's lots of vocabulary and jargon with cell phones. This worksheet looks at some of the most commonly used language.

There is a lead-in, followed by a dialogue, vocabulary practice, role-play and discussion.

This worksheet is written for intermediate-level classes.

Do your students enjoy a cup of coffee (or similar) at a local cafe or coffee shop? Has there been a growth in the market in the last twenty years?

This worksheet has an interview with the owner of an independent coffee shop. Following the warm-up, there are vocabulary exercises, a reading, comprehension questions and lots of discussion.

Your students will learn expressions including:

• to make a point of doing something
• to set something apart (from ...)
• the secret to [your] success
• plain sailing

This worksheet is for intermediate to advanced level classes.

The skyline in many cities is changing rapidly, with the construction of ever-taller skyscrapers. Would your students like to live in one? Do they benefit the local community?

This worksheet has a lead-in picture quiz, followed by a gap-fill reading, collocation practice and discussion. Expressions studied include:

• the uber rich
• the preserve of [someone]
• a marked increase
• a blue chip company

It is written for upper-intermediate and advanced-level students.

It is said that we have over a hundred thousand dreams in a lifetime. However, the purpose of dreams is not understood. Perhaps your students can throw some light on the topic with this reading and discussion worksheet.

Following the lead-in, there is a vocabulary matching exercise, a gap-fill reading, comprehension questions, more vocabulary work and lots of discussion.

Language learned includes:

• short-term memory
• a brilliant idea
• the periodic table
• a complete mystery
• and more ...

This worksheet is for intermediate levels and above.

• sleep like a log
• catch forty winks
• sleep rough
• lose sleep over something
• a night owl
• sleep on something

How well can your lower-level students ask and answer questions about someone's company?

This worksheet starts off with a quiz. (Can your students guess when some famous companies were founded?)

This is followed by a pre-conversation gap-fill on question words. (Matching when, what, how many, where).

There is a conversation for your students to practice in pairs (or with you), comprehension questions, role-playing and personalisation.

This worksheet is ideal for upper-elementary and pre-intermediate level students.

For how much longer will we be paying for goods by cash? Have you started using your telephone to make payments? Do your students feel comfortable paying electronically?

Following the lead-in, there is a vocabulary mix-and-match, a reading passage, comprehension and vocabulary exercises, finishing with extended discussion.

Vocabulary covered includes

• withdraw
• transaction
• contactless
• die out

and more.

This worksheet is written for intermediate-level classes.

Are there are lot of commercials on TV showing people guzzling cans of cola? Do your students consume a lot of 'lite' or low-calorie drinks?

This worksheet looks at the suggestion that low-calorie drinks might not be any better for us than the regular version - or even worse. There's lots of vocabulary - fads, guzzle, a twist (as in a surprise) and more.

This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate levels and above.