All Sentence structure articles – Page 2

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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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    The corpus principle – Language rules

    In the English classroom, student demand for simple yet reliable language rules has never been higher. In this article, Jamie Keddie looks at how corpora can allow learners to see rules for themselves and, in doing so, build up an understanding of how language works.

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    Lesson Share: Grammar: Using proverbs

    A lesson to teach proverbs and use them to remind students of, and clarify, language rules which may cause them difficulties.

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    Cambridge English Advanced: Reading and Use of English Part 3

    This lesson aims to help students prepare for part 3 of the Advanced Reading and Use of English paper.

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    The corpus principle – Songs

    Jamie Keddie looks at how we can harness popular technologies, such as media players or lyric search sites, to illustrate language points in the classroom.

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    When I Listen to a Song

    A song video and interactive games on the topic of how you feel when you listen to a song.

  • Photo of a teenager dressed as a detective or tools to suggest the idea of finding out who did what. If too complicated, photo of students asking each other questions.
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    Grammar: Doctor Who?

    Here are four games from Jim Scrivener based around the theme of finding out who someone is or who did something. Great for five-minute fillers, or end-of-term lessons!

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    Lesson Share: Grammar: Tag teams

    To practise making tag questions by guessing information about other students.

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    Substitution words 2 - answers

    Look at part of a conversation between two people. Decide which replies are possible.

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    Substitution words 1

    A British English worksheet to match the beginning of each phrase or sentence on the left with a or b on the right.

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    Substitution words 2 – worksheet

    Look at part of a conversation between two people. Decide which replies are possible.

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    Yesterday

    A British English worksheet to play a game to practise past simple regular verbs using questions and short answers.

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    A sign of the time

    A British English worksheet to play a board game to practise using the past simple.

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    Word order

    A British English worksheet to look at each sentence and decide where the object of the sentence should go.

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    Writing skills: news story

    To help students produce writing with a higher occurrence of lexical variation, complex sentences and appropriate use of passive structures.

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    Did you know …?

    A British English worksheet to match two parts of a sentence.

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    Did you know …?

    A British English worksheet to match two parts of a sentence.

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    My kind of people

    An American English worksheet to write sentences about people, places, and times.

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    Indirect questions

    A British English worksheet to put the questions into the correct form to complete the sentences. Match the beginnings of sentences with the correct endings.