Intermediate-Level Worksheets

Acting is a job that everyone has an opinion about. Many would see it as an unusual career choice - but do any of your students wish they had become actors? This worksheet has a gap-fill reading, broken up into sections. Your students will learn new expressions including:

• an inspirational teacher (like you...)
• to have the edge
• a highly competitive field
• an aspiring actor
• to have a thick skin

The lesson rounds off with an extended discussion, covering both the new language and the topic of becoming an actor. This worksheet is for intermediate to advanced-level students.

This revamped worksheet looks at the topic of what to do (and not to do) in a job interview. There's a task-based reading, plus exercises on language used to give advice. Students can make mini-presentations on topics, and then work in groups having discussions on interview experiences. This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students. (Updated October 2015)

Did your students experience a hi-tech education? Do they all have electronic dictionaries and English-learning apps on their smartphones?

This worksheet looks at the role of technology in the classroom, and the apparent link between countries with low technological use but high academic achievement. The worksheet has a prediction quiz, gap-fill reading, comprehension questions and extended discussion.

This is a great worksheet for practicing the social function of apologising. After the lead-in, there is a vocabulary matching exercise followed by a short conversation for your students to practice. Your students will then look at using 'should have' for expressing regret. (e.g. I should have phoned.') This language work is consolidated by extensive role-play. Students also learn lots of fixed expressions, including: I got stuck in traffic My cell / mobile phone had no signal This worksheet is for intermediate-level classes.

Movies always make a good topic for the ESL classroom! This worksheet will help your students with basic invitations (would you like) as well as review present simple 'do you' questions. There is a lead in exercise, a vocabulary builder (how many movie genres do you students know) and a gap-fill conversation. Your students will then be able to roleplay inviting classmates out to see a movie. This worksheet is written for upper-elementary to pre-intermediate level classes.

It is said that managers typically spend thirty to fifty percent of the working day in meetings. Is it time well-spent? Do your students feel their meetings are productive? This worksheet looks at the topic of business meetings, with ideas on how to make them more productive. After the lead-in, there is a reading, vocabulary / idiom building practice and lots of discussion. This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate and advanced-level students.

Ordering in a restaurant is enough of a challenge for students, but doing so over the phone adds another layer of difficulty! This worksheet has a conversation with vocabulary and expression building and lots of role-play using our in-dining hotel menu. This worksheet is written for pre-intermediate level students and above.

Help your students to sound more natural in their speech patterns! This worksheet looks at two-word fixed phrases - sometimes called binomials. Examples covered include: * safe and sound * peace and quiet * null and void * nip and tuck * kiss and make up After the lead-in, there is a gap-fill quiz, where your students need to guess the second half of each phrase, along with the meaning. This is followed by additional vocabulary practice and discussion questions. If you're looking for an extra challenge for your class, we have included some cards to cut up with additional phrases for your students to match.