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How long have you worked there?

How long have you worked there?

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Structure: Present Perfect Simple
Time: 45 to 60 min
Level: Lower-Intermediate
Improve your students' accuracy in their spoken English with this Present Perfect communicative lesson.
'How long have you worked there' looks at for and since. There's a gap-fill conversation followed by practice exercises.

Handouts Online has lots of worksheets on the Present Perfect - you can see the list here. The handouts are professionally produced with an emphasis students gaining confidence the target language.

There are step-by-step notes for the teacher and an answer key for all exercises.

Your Last Vacation / Your Last Holiday

Your Last Vacation / Your Last Holiday

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Structure: Theme Lesson - Holidays
Time: 30+ min
Level: Elementary
This lesson has great fluency practice for lower-level Students. If they've been introduced to the Past Simple, they can handle this.

'Your Last Vacation' (or 'Your Last Holiday' for the British-English version) has collocation / vocabulary practice, a gap-fill dialogue, role-plays plus discussion questions. It's ideal for building conversation skills.

'Your Last Vacation' is just one of many 'Theme Lessons' in our library. We have built a number of worksheets with some common situations / topics that your students need. Lessons include: ordering at a restaurant, going to a doctor, asking questions at a bank ... and more!

Explaining Statistics

Explaining Statistics

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Structure: Describing Charts / Graphs
Time: 45 min
Level: Pre-Intermediate
If you have students who need to be able to explain charts and graphs, this is just what you need.

This handout has pages of bold pie-charts and graphs for your students to work with. They will learn to express percentages, fractions and trends.

This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students, but you can adjust it for lower-level students.

Our worksheets work well for both general English and business English students.

We also have an extensive collection of business English materials.

Making an Appointment

Making an Appointment

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Structure: Telephone English
Time: 30 min
Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate
This business-English worksheet looks at making appointments over the telephone.

There is lots of practice of the Present Continuous for future plans, and your Students will have the chance to brush up on their telephone English.

There is a conversation, information-gap activity, role-plays and discussion.

The worksheet is designed for elementary to pre-intermediate level Students.
Ordering Coffee

Ordering Coffee

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Structure: Vocabulary, Role Play
Time: 40 min
Level: Elementary
Handouts Online has lots of situation-based worksheets. They teach the language your students will need in order to get by on a daily basis.

Can your students order a a double-latte with ease? Find out with this worksheet!

There's a conversation, role-play practice and lots of easy discussion questions to keep your students busy.

It's a great way of increasing your lower-level students' confidence with English.

This lesson is part of our larger collection of situation-based lessons. Your students will learn real-life English that will help them when needing to use the language in practical situations. You'll find lessons on doctor's appointments, meeting friends, inviting people over, complaining, making reservations, shopping and more

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

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Structure: Present Simple for Routines
Time: 40+ min
Level: Elementary
This worksheet is great for practicing the Present Simple tense. There are lots of different activities, including reading, writing and plenty of speaking.

There's also lots of useful vocabulary and collocations for your students to learn. It's ideal for building your students' confidence and fluency.

Our members have access to a huge library of grammar-based worksheets. If your students are having difficulty with a particular topic, you can print out instant extra practice sheets here. We have handouts on tenses, conditionals, adjectives and much more! Check our main index for more info. Remember that you are allowed to make photocopies of these materials. In addition, you can find a specific grammar point using our instant lookup system. Try it today!

Phrasal Verbs: All About 'Out'

Phrasal Verbs: All About 'Out'

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Structure: Phrasal Verbs using 'Out'
Time: 30+ min
Level: Intermediate
This is a great worksheet to help your students build their vocabulary!

There are six different phrasal verbs, all themed around the word 'out'. There is a gap-fill exercise introducing the expressions, followed by a caption quiz (pictured left).

The lesson rounds off with discussion questions, so that your students can use the new language about themselves.

Our extensive collection of Phrasal Verb worksheets can be found here.

Your students will need a good command of phrasal verbs in order to communicate naturally with native speakers. Our worksheets cover hundreds of the most common!

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

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Structure: Reading, Vocabulary, Discussion
Time: 90 min
Level: Upper-Intermediate to Advanced
This worksheet looks at some common expressions used when reading and talking about crime.

There are four different crime stories in a newspaper format, with a gap-fill exercise.

There are extended exercises, recycling the vocabulary and collocations. There are also discussion questions about crime.

The lesson rounds off with a crossword, which can also be set as homework.

Handouts Online has stacks of reading-based worksheets. These reading-based lessons have proved a big hit with our members! They're all based around a short article on a topic which is bound to go down well in your lessons! Topics include email/spam, lotteries, the environment and more. We've designed these lessons so that there are lots of opportunities for your students to express their opinions on the topic. They're great as instant lessons.

Talking about Movies

Talking about Movies

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Structure: Reading, Vocabulary, Discussion
Time: 30 min
Level: Elementary
Movies make a great discussion topic. However, many lower-level students lack the language skills to talk about it effectively. This two-page worksheet teaches some useful phrases and has info-gap exercises and speaking practice. Recommended for elementary and pre-intermediate level students. We also have a British-English version called 'Talking about Films'.

Movies make a great discussion topic. However, many lower-level students lack the language skills to talk about it effectively. This two-page worksheet teaches some useful phrases and has info-gap exercises and speaking practice. Recommended for elementary and pre-intermediate level students. We also have a British-English version called 'Talking about Films'.

Past Simple Irregular Verb Crossword

Past Simple Irregular Verb Crossword

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Structure: Irregular Verbs
Time: 20 min
Level: Elementary
If your students need practice of past simple irregular verbs, this could be just the ticket. This crossword is suitable for lower level students, and can be used either in the lesson, or as homework.

Handouts Online has a great variety of materials. We don't just have grammar worksheets. There are also crosswords, wordsearches, cards and games. Members also have unrestricted access to our flashcard collection.

Looking into the Future

Looking into the Future

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Structure: Future Perfect Simple and Continuous
Time: 60 min
Level: Intermediate
'Looking into the Future' is a great way of building your students' abilities with more complex future tenses. This worksheet has extensive practice of both the future perfect, and the future perfect continuous (progressive). There's a conversation, grammar-based exercises and lots of speaking at the end. There's a choice of having a discussion, or (if you have lots of students) a 'find someone who' exercise. This worksheet is designed for intermediate classes, but can easily be adjusted for other levels.

Handouts Online worksheets are designed so that they can be used with students of any nationality. In addition, they're great for both monolingual and multilingual classes All the worksheets have notes giving a suggested teaching method. There is also an answer key to all exercises.

Occupation Flashcards

Occupation Flashcards

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Structure: Various
Time: 20 + min
Level: Various
These flashcards can be used in so many ways! If your students have mastered the vocabulary, you could also use them for Present Simple questions and statements. Why not use them for a game of 'Guess my Job'? The possibilities are endless!

Handouts Online has a great selection of flashcards to help your lower-level students. They come in different sizes, and in black and white or colour. Our flashcard collection for members can be found here. Access to all our flashcards is included in your Handouts Online membership!

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