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Quick Filler


Quick Fillers

Many teachers dread running out of materials in a lesson. If you're looking for something to fill a twenty-minute space in your class, try some of these!

Our Vocabulary Listings also make great fillers.

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Title: New Year 'Find Someone Who'
Target Structure: New Year Mixer Activity
Level: Pre-Intermediate+
Time: 20 minutes
   
Description: A mixer activity is a great way to start the new year. This worksheet can be used in the first lesson back in January.

It's very simple to set up: there are ten 'find someone who' tasks, which will get your students talking to their classmates.

We have two versions of the worksheet. One has a focus more on Christmas, and the other has an emphasis more on the holiday and New Year.

This worksheet is ideal for lower-intermediate level classes.
     



 
Title: All About 'Off'
Target Structure: Phrasal Verbs
Level: Intermediate
Time: 60 minutes
   
Description: This worksheet looks at some common phrasal verbs using 'Off'.

Your students will learn:

* Set off (for a place)
* Call off (an event)
* A product taking off
* Make off with
* Be laid off
* Put off doing something

The worksheet includes the ever-popular caption competition, and there are discussion questions to help your students personalise the language.
   
Alternative British English Version
   
     



 
Title: All About 'Up'
Target Structure: Phrasal Verbs
Level: Intermediate
Time: 45 minutes
   
Description: This worksheet is a great filler lesson, helping your students build their knowledge of phrasal verbs.

Phrasal verbs include: make up (a story), look up (a word), give up (smoking), turn up (late), cheer up and blow up (a bridge).

There is a gap-fill exercise, followed by a caption quiz and lots of discussion questions.

It's great both for vocabulary building and discussion practice!
   
Alternative British English Version
   
     



 
Title: Conversation Builder: Shopping
Target Structure: Discussion / Fluency Building
Level: Intermediate
Time: 45 minutes
   
Description: Do your students find shopping a pleasure or a chore? Find out with this discussion-based worksheet!

The worksheet begins with a pre-discussion task. Students need to decide if they agree or disagree with a number of statements.

The discussion is divided into three sections. It's a great way to get students talking about their everyday lives, using the language they've been learning in your lessons!

This worksheet is written for intermediate-level classes, but with extra pre-teaching, you'll be able to use it with lower-level students.
     



 
Title: Well, well, well!
Target Structure: Expressions Using 'Well'
Level: Intermediate
Time: 30+ minutes
   
Description: This worksheet looks at some common expression using well. They include:

* well-read
* well-known
* well-worth

Students begin by guessing the speech bubbles. There's a caption quiz where the target language needs to be matched to the photo.

The lesson rounds off with some discussion questions, where your students will have the opportunity to use the new expressions about themselves.
   
Alternative British English Version
   

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