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Vocabulary Builders: Colour Language

Is there a colour language? Increase students’ vocabulary by exploring words and meanings related to colours.

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Vocabulary Builders: Words of Wisdom

Idiomatic phrases can make the English language really fun—learn ways to find out what they mean.

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Vocabulary Builders: Getting the hang of get, go and take

Boost your students’ vocabulary with expressions using three of the most commonly used English verbs: get, go and take.

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Vocabulary Builders: Internet Language

What is the difference between patois, jargon, and slang? Get your students to discover more about language variations!

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Vocabulary Builders: Here Come the Newbies!

Where do new words come from? Increase students’ vocabulary by exploring words and meanings. 

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Vocabulary Builders: IT metaphors

Help your students master information technology jargon.

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Vocabulary Builders: Truly loving collocations

Get your students to truly love collocations and teach them words that are most commonly used together. 

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Vocabulary Builders: Getting into a love of phrasal verbs

Get your students into a love of phrasal verbs and teach them about the three most common verbs used with phrasal verbs.

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Digital Skills for Teens—Pre-Intermediate

Worksheets which are designed to help your Pre-Intermediate teenage students learn new online skills.

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Digital Skills for Teens—Intermediate

Worksheets designed to help your Intermediate teenage students learn new online skills.

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Digital Skills for Teens—Upper Intermediate

Worksheets designed to help your Upper Intermediate teenage students learn and new online skills.

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Digital Skills for Teens—Elementary

Worksheets designed to help your Elementary teenage students learn new online skills.

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Vocabulary Builders: Watch your vocabulary take off!

See your students’ vocabulary take off as they learn all about forming and using phrasal verbs.

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Vocabulary Builders: An introduction

Check out the lesson plans and worksheets designed to help your students build their vocabulary.

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Vocabulary Builders: Finding what follows—Patterns in verbs, adjectives, and prepositions

Find out how learning patterns of words helps you to discover the patterns of the English language.

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Vocabulary Builders: The hunt is on!

Can’t find exactly the word you want to use when searching in an online dictionary? Here’s help for the hunt.

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Vocabulary Builders: Don’t lose it—use it!

Have you ever learnt a great new word only to forget it the very next day? Try three different ways to remember new words.

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Cambridge English: First Practice Tests

Practice tests for all aspects of the Cambridge English: First exam

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Cambridge English: Advanced Practice Tests

Practice tests for all aspects of the Cambridge English: Advanced exam

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IELTS: International English Language Test - a brief overview & exam orientation

A simple breakdown of the exam and what it entails for students.