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Young learner topics: Holiday photo album
An activity to relate general knowledge about travel and places and associated language points, available at three difficulty levels.
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Young learner topics: Haiku poems
An activity to practice short poems and associated language points, available at two difficulty levels.
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Young learner games: The moving game
A board game that helps students give and understand instructions.
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Young learner games: Find the difference
A spot the difference game that helps students talk about present activities.
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Young learner games: Activity dominoes
A domino card game to help students talk about habit using the present simple.
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Cambridge English First: Use of English: Language focus: Time expressions
This lesson aims to help students prepare for the key word transformation section of the exam (part 4) by focusing on time expressions with the present perfect.
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Impressions: Lucky in love
In this lesson, students learn vocabulary related to relationships.
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Impressions: Clothes and accessories
In this lesson students learn vocabulary related to clothes and appearance.
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Mingling game: Present simple and continuous
A whole-class mingling game to practise the difference between the present simple and continuous.
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Card game: Present simple
Students take part in a small-group card game to practise the present simple.
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Ideal room: There is / there are
Students talk about their ideal room and then compare with their partner’s using there is and there are. They end the activity with a timed memory game working in groups of four.
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Explain! Past perfect continuous
A speaking card game at intermediate level to practise the use of past perfect continuous.
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Experiments: Pay-me game
Students complete exercises on related vocabulary, sentence order and where to use the infinitive / gerund, and design a poster. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s notes are included.
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Lesson Share: Grammar: Pawn shop
Maria Sándor’s winning lesson incorporates a role-play that practises both negotiation skills and the present simple vs present continuous.
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Experiments: Water purifier
In this experiment, pupils observe how dirty water can become clean using a few simple pieces of equipment. Students complete gap-fill exercises to practise related vocabulary and identify mistakes in a series of images relating to the experiment. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s notes are included.
