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Title
I passed with flying colors!
Target Structure
Idiom / Vocabulary Building
Level
Intermediate +
Time
45 minutes
Your Notes
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Description
This worksheet looks at some common idioms connected with color. Expressions include:
* a white lie
* red tape
* the black market
* a blue collar job
* be tickled pink
The worksheet has gap-fill exercises, where students need to guess the meaning of the idioms from context. There are further exercises to recycle the new language, followed by discussion questions, allowing your class to personalise the idioms.
This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students and above.
* a white lie
* red tape
* the black market
* a blue collar job
* be tickled pink
The worksheet has gap-fill exercises, where students need to guess the meaning of the idioms from context. There are further exercises to recycle the new language, followed by discussion questions, allowing your class to personalise the idioms.
This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students and above.
Title
Can you tell me about Thanksgiving?
Target Structure
Theme - Festivals / Holidays
Level
Pre-Intermediate
Time
40 minutes
Your Notes
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Description
How well can your students talk about holidays and festivals?
This worksheet has a conversation about Thanksgiving with gap fill exercises and true/false comprehension questions.
The worksheet continues with substitution speaking exercises looking at other festivals and holidays around the world - Bonfire Night, Independence Day and Coming of Age Day.
The lesson rounds off with the opportunity for your students to personalise the language and talk about a festival or holiday they know about.
This worksheet has a conversation about Thanksgiving with gap fill exercises and true/false comprehension questions.
The worksheet continues with substitution speaking exercises looking at other festivals and holidays around the world - Bonfire Night, Independence Day and Coming of Age Day.
The lesson rounds off with the opportunity for your students to personalise the language and talk about a festival or holiday they know about.
Title
A Halloween Party
Target Structure
Invitations
Level
Upper-Elementary, Lower-Intermediate
Time
40 minutes
Your Notes
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Description
Help your students with the language of invitations with this halloween party themed lesson.
Your students will learn expressions including:
* would you like to
* that sounds great / I'd love to
* the more the merrier
* I'm going as (a vampire)
* and more!
The lesson opens with a lead-in where your students tell each other about a recent party.
This is followed by a mix-and-match with students finding the two halves of sentences which will be used in the dialogue.
Following the dialogue, there are comprehension questions, and role-plays, with students going around the room, inviting and accepting invitations to halloween parties.
This worksheet is written for lower-level classes.
Your students will learn expressions including:
* would you like to
* that sounds great / I'd love to
* the more the merrier
* I'm going as (a vampire)
* and more!
The lesson opens with a lead-in where your students tell each other about a recent party.
This is followed by a mix-and-match with students finding the two halves of sentences which will be used in the dialogue.
Following the dialogue, there are comprehension questions, and role-plays, with students going around the room, inviting and accepting invitations to halloween parties.
This worksheet is written for lower-level classes.
Title
Do you watch TV very much?
Target Structure
Adverbs of Frequency / Present Simple
Level
Elementary
Time
60+ minutes
Your Notes
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Description
This worksheet combines a review of adverbs of frequency (often, never, occasionally etc.) with a conversation about TV viewing habits.
It's also a great way to review Present Simple questions and build some up-to-date vocabulary.
Vocabulary covered includes binge watch, dramas, comedies, classics, subscribe and more.
Following the lead-in, there is a question-gap-fill reading, vocabulary-building exercises, grammar analysis and discussion.
This worksheet is great for elementary-level students looking to improve their confidence.
It's also a great way to review Present Simple questions and build some up-to-date vocabulary.
Vocabulary covered includes binge watch, dramas, comedies, classics, subscribe and more.
Following the lead-in, there is a question-gap-fill reading, vocabulary-building exercises, grammar analysis and discussion.
This worksheet is great for elementary-level students looking to improve their confidence.
Title
That's my brother!
Target Structure
Possessives, Basic Family Questions
Level
Elementary
Time
45 minutes
Your Notes
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Description
This worksheet reviews possessive pronouns, the possessive 's' as well as basic personal questions.
It's a great lesson for personalising: your students can show some family photos from a smartphone and get their classmates to ask questions.
You can use the lesson to teach useful expressions such as 'who's that on the left / right / in the middle'?
Following the lead-in, there is a simple conversation, a question-answer matching exercise, controlled practice and personalisation.
This worksheet is written for elementary-level classes. It's a great way to get your lower-level students speaking at length.
It's a great lesson for personalising: your students can show some family photos from a smartphone and get their classmates to ask questions.
You can use the lesson to teach useful expressions such as 'who's that on the left / right / in the middle'?
Following the lead-in, there is a simple conversation, a question-answer matching exercise, controlled practice and personalisation.
This worksheet is written for elementary-level classes. It's a great way to get your lower-level students speaking at length.
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