Vocabulary Worksheets

This worksheet looks at some common idioms taking 'time' as the theme. Your students will learn about: * from time to time * in the nick of time * have time on your hands * have a whale of a time * it's only a matter of time There are exercises where students guess the meaning and rewrite sentences using the new expressions. Finally, there are discussion questions, which give your class the opportunity to personalise the language.

Find out about your students reading habits with this discussion worksheet! The lesson starts out with a pre-discussion task, with students making notes on the book they're currently reading, or one they have read recently. This is followed by discussion questions where students talk about their favourite books and authors. They can also ponder whether it's important to read books, and discuss the growing trend of e-books. This worksheet is written for intermediate-level classes.

Can your students explain to a plumber about a pipe that is leaking? Could they ring up an electrician and explain how the circuit breaker keeps tripping? This handout has great vocabulary and expressions - and if you have students planning to live abroad, they're bound to need this!

This worksheet looks at some common phrasal verbs using 'Off'.

Your students will learn:

• Set off (for a place)
• Call off (an event)
• A product taking off
• Make off with
• Be laid off
• Put off doing something

The worksheet includes the ever-popular caption competition, and there are discussion questions to help your students personalise the language.

If your students like talking about movies (or films: we have a British-English version) then this discussion worksheet could be just what you need. The worksheet is written so that it will work with students who either watch movies on DVD (or downloaded) or at the movie theater. There are questions about the last movie you saw, etiquette if you're watching on the big screen, and viewing habits at home. You can also use the extension activity: the top ten movies of all time. Your class can work in groups, deciding which movies are 'must see', giving reasons. The class can then vote on which ones make it to the final top-ten list. This worksheet is written for pre-intermediate level students.

How well can your students talk about their country? The worksheet starts off with by asking students to list three things they like / dislike about their country. There are then a series of questions which students can use as starting points for an extended discussion on their country / countries. Topics covered include other people's image of the country, the media and more. This worksheet will work well with students from different countries, or just the one. It's written for intermediate-level classes, but can easily be adjusted for other levels.

This worksheet looks at some common expressions associated with getting married. It will also give your students the opportunity to talk about wedding customs in their country. There is a vocabulary exercise, followed by a conversation, and extended practice of some of the expressions. The lesson rounds off with discussion on the topic of weddings. This lesson is for intermediate-level students.

This worksheet is a great filler lesson, helping your students build their knowledge of phrasal verbs.

Phrasal verbs include:

• make up (a story)
• look up (a word)
• give up (smoking)
• turn up (late)
• cheer up
• blow up (a bridge)

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!