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All About 'Run' (part 1)
All About 'Run' (part 2)
All About 'Run' (part 3)

All About 'Run'

Structure: Idioms, Vocabulary
Time: 45 min
Level: Intermediate

This is a great worksheet to help your intermediate-level students boost their vocabulary.

All the expressions contain the word 'run'. Your students will study:

run out of (coffee)

run over (a cat)

run for president

run into someone (meet)

run a bath

There are five different exercises to introduce, recycle and personalise the language. It includes discussion questions for your class.

Phrasal Verbs: Crime (part 1)
Phrasal Verbs: Crime (part 2)
Phrasal Verbs: Crime (part 3)

Phrasal Verbs: Crime

Structure: Phrasal Verbs
Time: 45 min
Level: Intermediate +
This worksheet is another great filler lesson, helping your students build their knowledge of phrasal verbs. Our crime phrasals cover: * let someone off * make off with something * hold up * break in * tip off * break out There is a gap-fill exercise, followed by a caption quiz and lots of discussion questions. It's great both for vocabulary building and discussion practice!
All about 'Make' (part 1)
All about 'Make' (part 2)
All about 'Make' (part 3)

All about 'Make'

Structure: Idioms using 'Make'
Time: 45 min
Level: Intermediate and above

This worksheet looks at some common expressions used with 'make'.

Language studied includes:

  • make a difference
  • make it (to an event)
  • make do (with or without something)
  • make a change
  • make a fortune

After the warm up, there is a gap-fill prediction exercise, followed by consolidation practice.

You can set the picture caption quiz either in the lesson or as homework.

The lesson rounds off with discussion questions using the target language.

This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students.

Talking Figures (part 1)
Talking Figures (part 2)
Talking Figures (part 3)

Talking Figures

Structure: Different kinds of numbers
Time: 45 min
Level: Pre-Intermediate and above

Numbers can be tough for students, so we are releasing a new version of 'Talking Figures'.

This worksheet has been revamped, and now includes the following:

  • Cardinals, Ordinals
  • Decimal Point, Fractions
  • Percentages, Phone Numbers
  • Currencies, Degrees
  • Squared, Cubed

The lesson includes a bingo game with ten bingo cards. It's a great way to bring some fun to the difficult task of learning how to say different kinds of numbers in English.

This lesson is for pre-intermediate levels and above. Note that the PDF is large and may take a little longer than usual to download.

We also have the number bingo game available as a separate download.

Number Bingo (part 1)
Number Bingo (part 2)
Number Bingo (part 3)

Number Bingo

Structure: Numbers
Time: 20 min
Level: Pre-Intermediate and above
Are you looking for a filler exercise to help your students build confidence with numbers? This bingo game reviews the following: Cardinals, Ordinals Decimal Point, Fractions Percentages, Phone Numbers Currencies, Degrees Squared, Cubed There are ten bingo cards so that you can repeat games. If you're short of time, we have the caller cards available as a list, so that you can just choose them at random, rather than cut up more cards. This bingo game also forms part of our 'Talking Figures' lesson.
Will you let go! (part 1)
Will you let go! (part 2)
Will you let go! (part 3)

Will you let go!

Structure: Idiom and Phrasal Verb Building
Time: 45 min
Level: Intermediate and above
If you are looking to build your students' knowledge of phrasal verbs and idioms, this set would be a good place to start! Taking 'let' as the theme, the following expressions are covered: * let [yourself] go * let me see * let [someone] in * let [someone] down * let [someone] off Following the warm-up, there is a gap-fill prediction exercise, with practice exercises and discussion. This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students and above.
Travel Phrasal Verbs (part 1)
Travel Phrasal Verbs (part 2)
Travel Phrasal Verbs (part 3)

Travel Phrasal Verbs

Structure: Phrasal Verbs
Time: 40 min
Level: Lower-Intermediate

These phrasal verbs are great for your lower-level classes.

There's an opening quiz, consolidation practice, caption writing quiz and discussion.

Your students will study:

  • set off
  • pick someone up
  • drop someone off
  • look around a place
  • check in online / at the airport
  • look forward to

This worksheet is written for lower-intermediate level classes.

Driving Idioms (part 1)
Driving Idioms (part 2)
Driving Idioms (part 3)

Driving Idioms

Structure: Idiom / Vocabulary Building
Time: 45 + min
Level: Intermediate and above
This worksheet looks at some common expressions taking driving as a theme. Expressions include: * a backseat driver * drive someone crazy * jump/run a red signal * down the road (in the future) * on the road to recovery The worksheet has a lead-in question, followed by an exercise where students need to guess the meaning of the idioms. There are follow-up exercises to recycle the language, followed by extensive discussion questions. This worksheet is written for intermediate-level classes.