Instant Lessons

This worksheet looks at more advanced structures using 'able to'.

Language practiced includes: 'how long have you been able to' and 'I've never been able to'.

After the lead-in, there are four 'vox pop' readings, followed by practice exercises.

You can reinforce the target language with our class survey, or use out set of discussion question cards.

This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students.

This worksheet looks at some common expressions related to introducing yourself and inviting someone to your house.

There is a conversation, vocabulary-building exercises, role-play and discussion.

This worksheet is written for lower-intermediate level classes.

Are you (or your students) confident when standing up in front of others? Can they deliver a speech or presentation with panache?

This worksheet looks at some ways we can become better public speakers. There is a reading, vocabulary practice and discussion. Expressions covered include:

• to find something nerve-wracking
• to parrot something
• to have someone in stitches
• to relish the prospect of doing something
• ...and much more!

There are exercises to consolidate the language, and your students will have the opportunity to use them in discussion at the end of the lesson.

This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate and advanced learners.

This is a lower-level version of our worksheet 'Public Speaking'.

This worksheet looks at some advice on becoming a better public speaker.

Following the lead-in, there is a collocation matching exercise and then a brief gap-fill text.

Expressions studied include:

• give a presentation
• stand up in front of others
• take a deep breath
• fall asleep
• go on a course

Following comprehension questions, there is preposition practice and discussion questions.

This worksheet is written for lower-intermediate classes.

This conversation-based worksheet looks at gerund phrases. It's the kind of language elementary students need to become confident with in order to more intermediate-level structures.

Examples include: Watching TV is fun. / I enjoy playing tennis on Sundays.

This worksheet has vocabulary work, a gap-fill conversation, comprehension questions, language work, role-play and discussion.

It's written for elementary-level students. Some intermediate students would no doubt also benefit from a review of this language.

Help your students to master 'much' and 'many' with this worksheet.

There's a gap-fill conversation with two people making a shopping list for a party. There are practice exercises to improve accuracy and fluency with the target language, as well as vocabulary building. (A loaf of bread, a carton of millk etc.)

Your students will have the opportunity to role-play, using food and drink which they would want at a party.

Finally, there are a number of discussion questions, so that your students can talk about the topic more.

This worksheet is written for elementary-level students. It would also make good revision for pre-intermediate classes too.

Conditionals can be tough for students. This worksheet will help build their fluency when talking about unlikely or hypothetical situations.

The lesson begins with four gap-fill vox-pops, focusing on what people would do if they won the lottery. This is followed by vocabulary building, with expressions covered including -

• do something rash
• invest money
• go somewhere exotic ... and more

The lesson has a game where students need to match two halves of sentences and then put them into the second conditional.

The worksheet rounds off with a speaking activity where students must decide how they would spend five million pounds / dollars.

Get your intermediate-level students debating with our worksheet on becoming a vegetarian!

This handout has four short 'vox-pop' readings. Your students will learn vocabulary such as:

cruel

unappetizing

animal welfare

go without (food)

be a pain

This is followed by a true/false comprehension exercise.

The second part of the lesson has students prepare for a debate on the pros and cons of being a vegetarian. There are expressions highlighted for giving opinions - and disagreeing with others.