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    Your English: Word grammar: wherever

    Whereverpossible, Tim Bowen tries to help out those who struggle with word grammar.

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    Your English: Collocations: energy

    Read the fruits of Tim Bowen's boundless energy in this blast of collocations.

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    Your English: Phrasal verbs: sleep

    Did you ever sleep over at a friend's house when you were a child? And do you intend to nod off in front of the TV when you're older? Tim Bowen dreams up a batch of phrasal verbs for all ages.

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    Experiments: Magnetic pennies

    A fun Science Museum experiment that gets students thinking about magnets and how they work. The step by step teaching notes and worksheets help teachers and pupils get the most from the experiment and develop language learning skills. The lesson culminates in an open-ended investigation. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s ...

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    Experiments: Gas from garbage

    This experiment is designed to demonstrate that biomass, especially when stored in warm, damp conditions, produces gas. Step by step teaching notes and worksheets help teachers and pupils get the most from the experiment and develop language learning skills. Pupils are guided through predicting the results and writing up the ...

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    Experiments: Energy Pairs

    This simple experiment reinforces vocabulary and concepts associated with energy. Students match sentences halves to make statements on energy or ‘energy pairs’. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise and consolidate concepts connected to energy, including renewable and non-renewable sources and how we use energy in our everyday lives. Students ...

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    Experiments: Follow the energy path

    A simple but revealing experiment in which pupils measure and record the temperature of hot water as it cools down in two different containers: one metallic, one ceramic. Matching and word-order activities help students to revise relevant vocabulary. Students then write a report using the past tense. Key vocabulary and ...

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    Experiments: Ear gongs

    In this experiment, pupils see how sounds travel much more effectively through materials such as metal and string than through air. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise relevant vocabulary and verbs in the imperative. Students then complete a report using present and past tenses. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s ...

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    Coughing and Sneezing

    A song video and interactive games on the topic of having a cold.

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    Experiments: Conductors and insulators

    Which materials are good conductors and which are good insulators? This experiment uses polystyrene foam, metal, wood, glass and plastic to explore the properties of conductors and insulators. Step by step teaching notes and student worksheets help teachers and students get the most from the experiment and develop language learning ...

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    Experiments: 3D shadows

    In this experiment, pupils learn how to produce the illusion of a 3D shadow using two different coloured light sources and colour-filtered glasses. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise related vocabulary and prepositional phrases. Students then discuss the outcome of the experiment with a partner and write a report ...

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    Your English: Word grammar: while

    While this word is extremely useful, once in a whileit can be hazardous, as Tim Bowen explains ...

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    The train

    This mini-play features a middle-aged couple, who are on a train from London Bridge to Dartford, on their way to a doctor's appointment. The lesson contains a downloadable MP3 audio file and a PDF with student worksheets and teacher's notes.

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    Primary Teachers' Survey

    If you teach English to children aged 5-11, we would like your help!

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    Business Spotlight: Emotional roller coaster

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, looks at the personal conflicts two managers faced as they took the most difficult management decisions of their careers. 

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    Your English: Collocations: cynical

    Have you ever made a cynical remark or employed cynical tactics? Tim Bowen gives the lowdown on this popular collocate for the sceptics among us.

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    The Turner Prize

    A worksheet with reading and vocabulary activities on the topic of modern art and the history of the Turner Prize.

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    Experiments: Shape-shifting slime

    In this experiment, students transform a boring polystyrene cup into something more interesting. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise related vocabulary and verbs in the imperative. Students then discuss the outcome of the experiment with a partner and write a report using the past tense. Key vocabulary and practical ...

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    Our Planet

    A song video and interactive games on the subject of taking care of our planet.

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    Mingling puzzle: Past perfect and past simple

    A mingling game at upper intermediate level to practise the past perfect and past simple.