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My Teacher Ate My Homework - Different Ways Of Eating

This is a worksheet with a Ken Nesbitt's poem of the same name. It is a short funny poem that contains many verbs that refer to eating (nibble, gobble, etc.) The synonyms of eat are bold, and students...

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Verb Prefixes - dis and mis

A prefix is a group of letters added before a word to alter its meaning. The prefix 'dis' is generally used to make a word negative. The prefix 'mis' means badly, wrongly or incorrectly. This English...

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Verb Prefixes - de and re

A prefix is a group of letters added before a word to alter its meaning. The prefix 'de' is used to reverse the verb's actions. It can also mean 'down' such as in the words decrease or decline. The...

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Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary verbs, or helping verbs, add meaning to the main verb of the sentence. This literacy was created with young learners in mind and asks students to complete sentences by adding auxiliary...

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Virtual Classroom: Drama Universal Questions

  This resource includes a list of questions and tasks to guide your study of any play. Non-specific, it can be used with a wide variety of plays, tailored to specific works and used in the context of...

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The Moon Reading Comprehension

  Does the moon produce light of its own? How long is a lunar month? This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts about the Moon with accompanying study questions for students to answer....

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Reading about Tools

    This worksheet, based on a text taken from Bonamy's textbook, contains a few exercises to revise the names of tools and to teach reading. It was originally made for 16–19-year-old college students...

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Virtual Classroom: Compare & Contrast – Choices Guide

  This resource includes is a list of questions and tasks to guide students as they compare and contrast multiple versions of the same scene/speech available on Digital Theatre+. There are different...

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Test: Past Simple

  Based on file 7 of the English File Elementary Fourth Edition, this test covers grammar (Past Simple (to be, regular and irregular verbs), vocabulary (word formation and expressions with go, get,...

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Easy Reading Test

  This test consists of 12 simple tasks with options, answer sheet and keys to check your students' work. It can be used as an easy evaluation of reading comprehension or as preparation for a writing...

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Animal Exercises

This worksheet is for child-beginners to practise words sand speak on the topic of animals. It includes revision, spelling, reading exercises and the Present Simple tense. Pictures and simple tasks...

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Zero Hour (Ray Bradbury) Reading activities

  Students read the amazing short story 'Zero Hour' by Ray Bradbury. This guide provides before, while and after reading activities. Students describe their ideas relating to the story, answer...

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The Very Hungry Worksheet

  This worksheet is for young beginner and elementary students. It’s an activity to work on the fruit and colors vocabulary, is and are "to be" verb forms, health and unhealthy food and basic reading...

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A Doll's House – Quiz Questions

  Test your students’ knowledge of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. These questions have been curriculum mapped against QCR and AQA, to ensure you and your students meet the learning objectives.

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Workshop Lesson: Restaurants And Menus

  In this lesson, students review vocabulary and grammar at A2 level related to the topic of restaurants and menus. Classroom desks are arranged into six "learning islands" where the students, divided...

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Extension Questions for A Doll's House

  Deepen your students knowledge and understanding on Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. These extension questions have been curriculum mapped against QCR and AQA, to ensure you and your students meet the...

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Reading Comprehension – Abraham Lincoln

  Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809. He was the 16th President of the United States of America, serving from March 1861 through April 1865, until he was assassinated. Students can read...

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Study Guide – Characters: Romeo and Juliet

  This Digital Theatre+ Study Guide examines Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet from a literary and contextual, as well as a dramatic perspective, to provide thorough access to key points of the...

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Research Activity – The Rat

  Where do rats live? What do rats eat? Find out some interesting facts by completing this fun research activity. This resource can also be used as an extra resource when teaching students about the...

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The Moon Cloze Activity

  Who was the first man to land on the moon? What is the tallest mountain on the moon? This science resource asks students to read through the facts about the moon and fill in the missing words from...

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Study Guide – Language: Romeo and Juliet

    This Digital Theatre+ Study Guide explores the language used in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet from a literary, contextual, and dramatic perspective. It includes examples of language...

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American Elections Debate

  This group activity can also be done in pairs. It includes 4 tasks and a warm-up: Warm-up: ask what students already know about the electoral college; Task 1: watch and discuss a video it; Task 2:...

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Extension Questions – Frankenstein

    Test your students’ knowledge of the novel Frankenstein. The questions have been written to deepen and expand their understanding and to encourage discussion of key issues in the text.

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Extension Questions – An Inspector Calls

  Test and expand your students’ knowledge on An Inspector Calls. Students can discuss the characters including the theme of gender. These questions have been curriculum mapped against QCR and AQA, to...

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Tips To Be More Productive At Work

  This reading comprehension exercise is based on an article from The Guardian newspaper. It's aimed at students preparing for a technical degree, or adults working in the field of Human Resources. It...

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Saving energy at home

  There are many things we can do to save energy around our homes. Saving energy reduces pollution that creates a healthier living environment. Children read through the text and learn some easy ways...

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Reading Comprehension – Charles Dickens

  This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts and information about the famous writer Charles Dickens who was born on 7th February in 1812. He created some of the most famous fictional...

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Extension Questions – Macbeth

  Test your students’ knowledge of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. These questions will help deepen and expand your students’ understanding of the text. They can be used for homework or to prompt classroom...

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Biography – Barack Obama

  This biography about Barack Obama can be used when teaching students about political and historical figures. Students carry out research and find out more interesting facts about the 44th president...

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Reading Passage: Indigenous Peoples Day

  This reading activity worksheet is based on Indigenous Peoples Day vs Columbus Day and focusses on reading, comprehension and discussion. Students discuss the questions and choose the answers.  It...

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Relationship Map – Frankenstein

  This relationship map will help deepen your students’ understanding of how the characters are linked in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly.

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Biography – Charles Dickens

  Learn some interesting facts and information about the famous British writer Charles Dickens, born on 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth, England. He is the author of a large number of well-loved...

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The Election Day (USA)

  This text is adapted from the NYT and provides information and language practice for upper intermediate students. It includes two reading comprehension exercises. It can also be read to students as...

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Famous People – Charles Dickens

Students learn some interesting facts and information about the famous 19th-century writer Charles Dickens, the creator of some of the most well-known fictional characters. This fill-in-the-blank...

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End of Term Test – Third Year Sport section

  This test is to improve comprehension and is based on text from a sports section. It concerns philanthropy and language about family life. It includes fill-in-the-blank exercises and a writing...

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Reading Comprehension – Robert Burns

  This reading comprehension for young learners includes some facts about the famous Scottish poet, Robert Burns. Students answer the questions such as: 'If you had met Robert Burns, what would you...

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Reading Comprehension – Burns Night

    This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts about Burns Night. Scottish people all around the world observe Burns Night with a Burns Supper to celebrate the life of the poet, Robert...

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Reading Comprehension – Chinese New Year

  Chinese New is celebrated on February 1 this year. This information sheet includes some interesting facts about the Chinese New Year. Children read through the reading comprehension and answer the...

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MoneyTok Financial Advice on TikTok

  Students learn about financial advice that young people find on a popular platform TikTok. Students develop their vocabulary with the help of collocation-focused interactive assignments. Learners...

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ESL Worksheet – Pronouns (I, you, he, and she)

  This short and easy printable worksheet covers pronouns. Pronouns are words like I, you, he, and she. This handy resource is perfect for ESL learners to study and understand pronouns. Students use...

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Fill in the blanks activity – Dogs

  Use this time-saving cloze activity worksheet to help your students become better readers. Children read through the passages and use the words from the word bank to fill in the blank spaces. Cloze...

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Wishes In The Present Lesson Plan

  This lesson plan is designed for intermediate ESL students comfortable with forming sentences and completing activities. It introduces verb forms used after 'to wish' for wishes about the present....

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Shortening Relative Clauses: A Free ESL Lesson Plan

  One of the earliest maxims taught in writing to “Omit needless words!” This free ESL Lesson Plan focuses on shortening relative clauses, a practical way of eliminating unnecessary words, and...

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Reading comprehension - Welcome Back to School

  The first day back to school is just around the corner! This back-to-school poem will make your child's transition that little bit easier. Students read the poem and then answer the questions. There...

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Queen Elizabeth II Cloze Activity

  Queen Elizabeth died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Children read through the facts about Queen Elizabeth II and fill in the spaces using words from the word bank. A cloze...

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King Charles III Cloze Activity

  Download and print this handy worksheet and teach your children some interesting facts about the King of the United Kingdom. Children read through the facts about King Charles III and fill in the...

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How to swap a paper clip for a house

  This is the true story of a man who wanted a house but had no money. He started by swapping a paper clip for another object. After many swaps, he finally found his house. The story is in simple...

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: the Logical Vision of the Nonsensical World

    This worksheet explores the methodology of Victorian author Lewis Carroll, such as word codes, elaborate word plays, nursery rhymes, and puzzles to train people in systematic reasoning to...

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Choose the correct emphatic pronoun

  Emphatic pronouns are compound personal pronouns such as 'myself', 'yourself', 'himself', 'ourselves', and 'themselves'. They are used to put stress on the subject. Use this handy worksheet to help...

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Heinrich, The Cat

  This reading activity has all the pre- and post-reading tasks: lead-in, vocabulary pre-teach, set the scene, gist task, reading for specific information, follow-up, and pronunciation practice. By...

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