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Grammar: -ing forms and post modification

An article discussing -ing forms and post modification.

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Writing skills: formal and informal writing

To enable students to break down the different features of formal and informal English by working through a step-by-step text transformation at their own pace.

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Teaching writing: the forgotten skill

Advice and suggestions about teaching writing in the English classroom.

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Lesson Share: Memory games: Flash preview

A short activity to practise reconstructing a text.

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General: the first lesson of the year

Even if the teacher and class have all worked together before, it is still useful to have activities to welcome everyone back and mark the start of the new year.

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Find someone who…

An American English worksheet to ask and answer questions and to complete a chart.

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Family matters

An American English worksheet to find out information about members of the class by asking and answering questions.

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Imaginative materials: fab phone features

Mobile phones have many features and can provide great opportunities for activities. Here are a few ideas to get the most out mobiles in lessons.

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Are you experienced?

An American English worksheet to read a list of life experiences and find out how experienced you are.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Identity swap

This activity is good for practising questions and listening to the answers - which students don't do all the time!

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Weekend game

Students find out as much information about their partner’s weekend / holiday as possible, then tell the rest of the class and answer questions.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: The lying game

Is the teacher telling the truth or lying?

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Toilet paper information

A short activity about sharing personal information.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: True sentences

This exercise can produce a lot of language from the group with the minimum amount of effort from the teacher. It is designed to practise yes/no questions using various forms of the past tense.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Weekend

I've used this activity many times and have found that my students thoroughly enjoy not telling the truth!

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Mystery guest

The idea for this activity came from an old game show. It is important to note that it can only be done at the very beginning of the first class in a new group. It is essential that the students do not know each other.

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Lesson Share: Exams: Writing summaries

To prepare students to write a 70 word summary (Use of English Part 5) and to learn how to keep to the word limit.

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Minimal resources: Everyday objects

Jonathan Marks gives us some ideas for activities that make use of everyday objects that people carry around with them.

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Skills: responding to real-life events

When there is a tragic event in the world teachers often feel the need to address it in some way in classroom time. Finding a way to do this appropriately and sensitively can sometimes be hard. Help is here.