This worksheet looks at some common idiomatic language themed around how people met.
There is a mix-and-match idiom game which you can either cut up or (if you're short of time) hand out as it is. This is followed by some short readings.
The lesson continues with idiom practice and discussion.
Expressions covered include:
* pluck up the courage
* love at first sight
* lose touch with someone
* a mutual friend
* have a crush on someone
and more.
This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate and advanced-level students.
Are you (or your students) confident when standing up in front of others? Can they deliver a speech or presentation with panache?
This worksheet looks at some ways we can become better public speakers. There is a reading, vocabulary practice and discussion. Expressions covered include:
* to find something nerve-wracking
* to parrot something
* to have someone in stitches
* to relish the prospect of doing something
...and much more!
There are exercises to consolidate the language, and your students will have the opportunity to use them in discussion at the end of the lesson.
This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate and advanced learners.
Do you have particularly academic students? Did they do a great deal of homework when they were younger? Do children nowadays have to work much harder than in previous generations?
Taking homework as its theme, this worksheet has a gap-fill reading, collocation practice exercises and discussion.
This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate level students and above.
Do we all have different kinds of friends? Has Facebook changed the way we keep in touch with friends? Are friends who we meet in the real world different to our (numerous) online friends?
This worksheet has a reading on the changing nature of friendship. There are vocabulary exercises, summarising, discussion and more.
This worksheet is written for advanced-level classes.
There have been a number of stories in the media recently about the dangers of high levels of sugar in our diet. Do we realise how much sugar we are consuming? Should the government pass laws to force food manufacturers to lower sugar levels?
This worksheet has a task-based reading, followed by collocation practice and discussion questions.
Your students will learn expressions including...
* on the wane
* public enemy number one
* to reach a consensus
* a sobering thought
This worksheet is for upper-intermediate and advanced levels.
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