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Title
Automation
Target Structure
Reading, Vocabulary & Discussion
Level
Upper-Intermediate to Advanced
Time
60 minutes
Your Notes
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Description
Could a robot do your job - or that of your students? Automation is set to affect us all, as artificial intelligence and robots replace us in the workforce.
This worksheet looks at upcoming changes, with a gap-fill reading, mix and match exercises, idiom building and more.
Your students will learn expressions including:
- a game changer
- to pick up steam
- a fraction of the cost
- sit idly
- the Industrial Revolution
and more besides!
The lesson rounds off with discussion questions. Do your students already use AI? You could ask about Alexa, Siri, Cortana and smart devices. How well do they work?
This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate levels and above.
Title
A Halloween Party
Target Structure
Invitations
Level
Upper-Elementary, Lower-Intermediate
Time
40 minutes
Your Notes
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Description
Help your students with the language of invitations with this halloween party themed lesson.
Your students will learn expressions including:
* would you like to
* that sounds great / I'd love to
* the more the merrier
* I'm going as (a vampire)
* and more!
The lesson opens with a lead-in where your students tell each other about a recent party.
This is followed by a mix-and-match with students finding the two halves of sentences which will be used in the dialogue.
Following the dialogue, there are comprehension questions, and role-plays, with students going around the room, inviting and accepting invitations to halloween parties.
This worksheet is written for lower-level classes.
Your students will learn expressions including:
* would you like to
* that sounds great / I'd love to
* the more the merrier
* I'm going as (a vampire)
* and more!
The lesson opens with a lead-in where your students tell each other about a recent party.
This is followed by a mix-and-match with students finding the two halves of sentences which will be used in the dialogue.
Following the dialogue, there are comprehension questions, and role-plays, with students going around the room, inviting and accepting invitations to halloween parties.
This worksheet is written for lower-level classes.
Title
Absent Diners
Target Structure
Reading, vocabulary building, discussion
Level
Intermediate to Advanced
Time
60+ minutes
Your Notes
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Description
Restaurants always make a good topic for reading and discussion!
This worksheet looks at the problem of people no-showing for reservations.
Following the lead-in, and vocabulary matching exercise, there is a gap-fill reading, additional vocabulary practice and extended discussion.
Your students will learn language including:
* exacerbate a problem
* do something on a whim
* have limited success
* do something sheepishly
...and much more!
This worksheet is for intermediate to advanced level classes
This worksheet looks at the problem of people no-showing for reservations.
Following the lead-in, and vocabulary matching exercise, there is a gap-fill reading, additional vocabulary practice and extended discussion.
Your students will learn language including:
* exacerbate a problem
* do something on a whim
* have limited success
* do something sheepishly
...and much more!
This worksheet is for intermediate to advanced level classes
Title
All About 'Play
Target Structure
Idiom Building, Vocabulary, Discussion
Level
Intermediate
Time
40 minutes
Your Notes
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Description
Build your students' knowledge of idiomatic English with this worksheet!
Your students will learn expressions including:
* play it safe
* play it by ear
* play a joke on someone
* play by rules
* play second fiddle to someone
The lesson opens with a gap fill quiz, where your students can speculate on the meaning. This is followed by a caption quiz to consolidate the expressions.
The lesson rounds off with discussion questions, allowing your class to personalise the language.
This lesson is written for intermediate-level students.
Your students will learn expressions including:
* play it safe
* play it by ear
* play a joke on someone
* play by rules
* play second fiddle to someone
The lesson opens with a gap fill quiz, where your students can speculate on the meaning. This is followed by a caption quiz to consolidate the expressions.
The lesson rounds off with discussion questions, allowing your class to personalise the language.
This lesson is written for intermediate-level students.
Title
The History of the World Cup
Target Structure
Discussion, Vocabulary, Fluency
Level
Upper Intermediate +
Time
60+ minutes
Your Notes
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Description
Boost your students' vocabulary and fluency with our World Cup themed reading worksheet.
Following the lead-in, there is a short reading on the history of the tournament. Your students will learn vocabulary including 'inaugural', 'boycott', 'pundit' and more.
Following some vocabulary consolidation exercises, the worksheet rounds off with discussion questions on the World Cup.
Following the lead-in, there is a short reading on the history of the tournament. Your students will learn vocabulary including 'inaugural', 'boycott', 'pundit' and more.
Following some vocabulary consolidation exercises, the worksheet rounds off with discussion questions on the World Cup.
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