Theme Lessons

Reality TV shows make such a good topic for reading and discussion!

Are these kind of shows just junk? Or do your students find them addictive viewing? Find out with this upper-level worksheet.

There's a reading, idiom work, debating, collocations and lots of discussion.

It's great for upper-intermediate and advanced-level students.

This worksheet will build your students' knowledge of some common idioms concerning money. The phrases include: 'a rip-off', 'be made of money', 'to break even' and more. There are five different exercises, including discussion at the end. This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students, but can be adjusted for other classes as well.

This worksheet is a great way to practice asking polite indirect questions.

The theme is a conversation at a tourist office. The worksheet practices phrases such as:

• 'Could you tell me ...'
• 'Do you know if ...'

There is lots of role-play practice to really get your students confident with the target structure.

For lower-intermediate students. There's both an American version, and a British-English worksheet available.

If you have very low-level students who need some basic travel-English, this worksheet will help them.

It's also great practice for students who make frequent singular / plural errors.

There's a conversation and lots of role-play practice. It will really get elementary-level students talking.

Can your students talk about their Christmas routine? What do they do on Christmas Day? What kinds of food do they eat?

This elementary-level worksheet has a conversation with question and answer practice.You can follow this activity up by getting your class to find out what you usually do on Christmas Day.

This is an American-English worksheet.

Click below to download the British-English version.

As the number of cars on the roads increases, so does pollution. One solution to this problem is the electric car.

This worksheet has a reading, plus lots of exercises to build vocabulary, collocation and discussion skills.

'Car Wars' written for advanced-level students. There is a British-English version with minor spelling changes.

We live in a world where we throw away, rather than repair. Many cities are drowning under the weight of trash produced.

This worksheet looks at the problem of the growing amount of waste. There are vocabulary and collocation exercises, plus a reading and discussion questions.

'The Disposable Society' is written for higher-level students.

There is also a British-English version which has minor spelling and vocabulary changes.

This worksheet looks at our effect on the environment, with particular attention to global warming. What can we do to reduce our carbon footprint?

This worksheet has a reading, vocabulary building exercises, and lots of discussion. It's great for higher-level students.

There's also a British-English version with minor spelling changes.