Advanced-Level Worksheets

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.

Are you a good driver? Do you enjoy being behind the wheel? Would you like to be able to sit back and relax as your car drives itself?

This worksheet looks at the topical subject of driverless cars. Would you trust a car with a computer behind the wheel? Would a computer crash take on a whole new meaning?

This worksheet has a reading, vocabulary building exercises and discussion. Everyone has an opinion on the topic, making this worksheet a great way to get your students speaking at length.

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.

Why is there a cultural taboo in some countries about eating insects? Would you feel apprehensive about munching on some chocolate-covered crickets? How about mealworm spaghetti?

This worksheet takes eating insects as its theme, with a warm-up, a gap-fill reading, vocabulary building and discussion.

It's a great topic to talk about - students of all levels and nationalities enjoy talking about food. Is there anything in your students' countries that foreign tourists would find difficult to eat?

This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate and advanced-level classes.

This worksheet continues our series of handouts on business news.

Following the lead-in question, there are four short reading topics with a gap-fill reading task.

Subjects covered include the stock market, a company takeover, economic outlook and dividend payment.

The worksheet continues with vocabulary and collocation exercises. Do your students know (and use) phrases such as...

• meeting analysts' expectations
• to scotch a rumour
• pay a record dividend
• the stock price tumbled

... and much more!

The lesson rounds off with discussion questions. There's also a quiz which you can set as homework.

This worksheet is written for advanced-level students.

How do people meet their soul-mates? Is it becoming more difficult to meet Mr or Mrs Right? Do your students think that online dating is a good way to go about it?

This worksheet has a reading, followed by vocabulary and collocation practice. There are lots of opportunities for discussion too.

This handout is written for upper-intermediate and advanced levels.