Here's a list of latest additions to the A2 elementary library.
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| Can I try it on? (paper-based resource) (27/08/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Vocabulary | Shopping (basic) | | Dress the model then go clothes shopping yourself! For audio recordings of the clothes shop dialogues, please go to resource 14621 Can I try it on? (audio recordings). | | A2 |
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| Can I try it on? (audio recordings) (27/08/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Listening | Shopping (basic) | | Audio recordings to accompany resource 11404 Can I try it on? (paper-based resource). This file is quite large and will probably work best if you save it to your computer and then play it. | | A2 |
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| Would you like a glass of wine? (paper-based resource) (23/08/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Listening | Food and drink (basic) | | Learners list (and even taste!) their favourite drinks then practise offering and accepting some. For audio recordings of dialogues between native speakers, please go to resource 14622 Would you like a glass of wine (audio recordings). | | A1 | A2 |
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| Would you like a glass of wine? (audio recording) (23/08/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Listening | Food and drink (basic) | | Accompanies resource 11061 Would you like a glass of wine? (paper-based resource). This is quite a large file and will probably work best if you save it to your computer and then play it. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Topical lesson: Don't listen to football in the car (21/07/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Reading | Topical resource [The Week] | Topical lessons: health | | The 'Health & Science' feature from p19 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes work on reading to check predictions, saying figures, and comparisons using 'as ... as'. The PDF is the magazine page. The Flash file is an interactive version of task 1.3. | | A2 |
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| Dutch or German? (07/07/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Pronunciation | Vocabulary | Travel | | Helps learners with the 'tricky' nationality words. See topical lesson 13752 for the more regular ones. The Flash file contains interactive versions – Matching for initial practice and Snap for a quick-fire revision game. | | A1 | A2 | B1 |
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| Football crazy (01/06/2010) | |
| | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Young learners (under 12) | Sport | | A colourful resource with a whole host of activities including matching, sequencing and anagrams. The Flipchart file is a version for interactive whiteboards and the Flash file has whizzy games of the sequencing tasks. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Disco fever (01/06/2010) | | 
| | | Related resources: Speaking | Grammar | Teenagers | Questions (basic) | | Students visit nightclub managers to ask about location, opening hours, prices, music and dress code. Includes a series of Syntex activities for students to rearrange the words and punctuation into the correct order. | | A2 | B1 |
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| I broke the record (17/05/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Leisure activities (basic) | | Irregular verbs that are useful for talking about sports and games: an interactive snap game matching infinitives and their corresponding past simple forms and an interactive magnet activity on collocations with those verbs. | | A1 | A2 | B1 |
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| I had a great holiday (17/05/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Holiday/Vacation | | Irregular verbs that are useful for talking about holidays: two interactive snap games to practise infinitives and the corresponding past simple forms and two interactive magnet activities on holiday collocations with those verbs. | | A1 | A2 |
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| You'll know them all soon (19/04/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Future (basic) | | An interactive snap game to practise contractions with the 'will' future. | | A2 |
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| I've learnt it all (19/04/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Present perfect (basic) | | An interactive snap game to practise contractions with the present perfect. | | A2 | B1 |
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| It wasn't difficult (19/04/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Past (basic) | | An interactive snap game on contractions of the verb 'to be' in the past simple. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Topical lesson: Are you old? Well that depends (30/03/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Reading | Topical resource [The Week] | Topical lessons: health | | The 'Health & Science' feature from p20 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: a sequencing activity for the stages of life (plus interactive version), a writing task describing older people, and discovering rules for forming nationalities (with interactive version – Magnet). The first PDF is the magazine page. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Letter game (30/03/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Spelling | | Spelling practice for all ages and all levels. Ideal as a warmer or a ten-minute filler. | | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 |
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| Victorian times (15/03/2010) | |
| | | Related resources: Reading | Writing | Past (basic) | | A reading comprehension about the Victorian era in Britain with follow-up sentence writing to consolidate the present and past simple. Best suited to learners studying in Britain so that they can compare Britain then and now. Includes some great pictures and an interactive version of the T/F task (Flash icon). | | A2 |
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| Maze of terror (09/03/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Reading | Writing | Young learners (under 12) | Supernatural | | Children try to find their way through a nightmarish maze of spiders, witches and killer seaweed without losing all their limbs! Practises present tenses, adverbials of place and parts of the body. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Fortune teller (02/03/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Listening | Grammar | Young learners (under 12) | Future (basic) | | The classic paper-folding game for predicting the future. Also practises following instructions and spelling the names of colours. Can be adapted to practise likes and dislikes and spelling the names of animals or shapes. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Kitchen quartet (17/02/2010) | |
| | | Related resources: Speaking | Vocabulary | Young learners (under 12) | Everyday words | | Beautiful pictures of kitchen furniture, utensils and appliances for a Happy Families game. Includes suggestions for a version with lots of running around! The first PDF contains the lesson notes, the second PDF contains the cards, and the Word document contains an editable version of the lesson notes. | | A1 | A2 | B1 |
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| 'Summer Holiday' by Cliff Richard (19/01/2010) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Holiday/Vacation | | A cheerful tune to get students in the holiday mood! They put the pictures in order as they listen, do a gap-fill of pronouns and possessive adjectives, work on spelling, and write and speak about their own dream holidays. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Turning over a new leaf (23/12/2009) | | 
| | | Related resources: Speaking | Young learners (under 12) | Seasonal resources | | Colourful PowerPoint slides using the 'going to' future for plans/decisions, prepositions + -ing, and 'try to' or 'try -ing'. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Old year, new year (23/12/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Writing | Young learners (under 12) | Seasonal resources | | A contemplative start to the year with this motivating resource about the past year's achievements and the new year's resolutions and ambitions. Uses the present perfect simple for past events with present results. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Christmas baubles (30/11/2009) | | 
| | | Related resources: Pronunciation | Vocabulary | Seasonal resources | | Decorate the tree with the Christmas words only – don't be fooled by the words that look or sound similar! | | A2 | B1 |
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| Tasty crisps tasting panel (23/11/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Vocabulary | Adjectives and adverbs (basic) | | A fun activity to practise the comparative and superlative and food adjectives by tasting and comparing different types of crisps. Could also be done with biscuits for the sweet of tooth! | | A2 | B1 |
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| 'Tom's Diner' by Suzanne Vega (23/11/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Writing | Grammar | Teaching ideas | Music | | Practise the present continuous with this modern classic. Students get to write their own descriptive passage or song. Shows that simple language can be very evocative. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Can you spell your name, please? (28/10/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Vocabulary | Polite responses | | A first lesson for false beginners. Assumes passive understanding of basic expressions such as 'What's your name?' and 'How are you?'. Includes some fun ideas for using alphabet cards. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Food, glorious food (28/10/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Vocabulary | Shopping (basic) | | A medley of delicious activities on the subject of food and food shopping: vocabulary games, 'Find someone who...', flashcards and role-plays. Practises 'would like' and containers and quantities. | | A2 |
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| If you see a black cat, you'll have good luck (28/10/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Conditionals (basic) | | The first conditional in the context of superstitions. Lots of opportunity for comparing superstitions across cultures and even inventing some! | | A2 | B1 |
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| Where? Where? Where? (20/10/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | | Greg loses absolutely everything! Ideal for practising 'Where is/are...?' and prepositions of place or '...has lost his...'. For suggestions on how to use this type of resource, see the Illustrated stories notes in 'Teaching ideas'. | | A1 | A2 |
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| The Monster March: dancing 'The Monster March' (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 3: Children match the drawings and the actions and then, of course, get up and dance! Useful for practising the present continuous.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 |
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| The Monster March: monsters battle (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 4: Practise letters and numbers with this gruesome battleships game.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A1 | A2 |
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| The Monster March: true or false (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 5: Kids read sentences about some weird and wonderful monsters and mark the sentences true or false. Practises parts of the body and 'has got'.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 |
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| The Monster March: strange meetings (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 6: Emma, Kevin, Lucy and Tom met some very strange monsters. Learners correct the descriptions. Also practises the past simple.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 |
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| The Monster March: draw a monster alien from space! (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Reading | Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 7: kids read the description and draw the monster they have read about.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 |
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| The Monster March: parts of the body (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 8: a gap-fill of the lyrics to practise parts of the body.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 |
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| The Monster March: verbs and prepositions (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 9: a gap-fill of the lyrics to practise verbs and prepositions.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 | B1 |
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| The Monster March: heads, eyes, legs and teeth for ... silent monsters (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 10: Intriguing riddles that describe everyday objects as monsters.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Time to Play: look, number and colour (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 2: Kids match the verbs and pictures then colour the pictures in.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Time to Play: children playing (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheets 3 & 3a: Kids identify who is doing what. The pictures can be cut up and used as flashcards.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 |
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| Time to Play: correct Sean's maths homework (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 4: more practice with numbers. Useful for EAL or CLIL maths.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Time to Play: what's the time? (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 5: Clocks, pictures and everyday activities to teach telling the time, 'It's time to + verb' and 'It's time for + noun'.
The MP3 files of the song, the teaching actions, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 |
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| Union Song: this is the world (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 3: Kids find Europe and the other continents on an atlas. Useful for EAL or CLIL geography.
The MP3 files of the song, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Union Song: European capitals game (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheets 4 & 5: A tour of Europe with quiz questions. The map could also be used to practise 'has got' and famous monuments or the past simple with 'I went to ..., I saw ... and I spoke ...'
The MP3 files of the song, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 |
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| Union Song: EU cloze (21/09/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Action songs | | Worksheet 6: A gap-fill of the lyrics to practise the spelling of the countries.
The MP3 files of the song, the lyrics and the teacher's notes can be found with Worksheet 1. | | A2 |
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| Postcards from the edge (09/09/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Reading | Writing | Letters, emails and postcards (basic) | | Authentic postcards sent by British English speakers to their friends and families, with some ideas for using them in class. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Planning a party (09/09/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Grammar | Teenagers | Future (basic) | | Half the class plans a party, the other half a picnic, then they swap information. Practises 'will' for spontaneous decisions, offers and promises and 'going to' for plans and intentions. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Future tenses board game (09/09/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Grammar | Teenagers | Future (basic) | | Some tricky decisions to make using the 'will' future. Also practises 'will' for predictions, 'going to' for plans and intentions, and the present continuous for the future. Ideal for teenagers or young adults on a language course in England, but can easily be adapted for other contexts. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Topical lesson: Wine choice (26/08/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Reading | Topical resource [The Week] | Topical lessons: food and drink | | The 'Food & Drink' feature on p31 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes a T/F and a text ordering activity (with whizzy versions), a review of comparative and superlative adjectives and a wonderful wine-tasting role-play. The second PDF is the magazine page. | | A2 | B1 | B2 |
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| Daily life collocations (30/06/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Vocabulary | Teenagers | Everyday words | | A lively mingle activity where students find the match for the other half of their collocation. Also useful for practising tenses. Includes a worksheet for consolidation work and instructions for different ways to exploit the resource. | | A2 |
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| Write me a rainbow (29/05/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Writing | Vocabulary | Young learners (under 12) | Colours | | A colourful creative writing mini-project revising colours of the rainbow and days of the week. Students draft and edit their poems in small groups then present them to the class. Young learners will enjoy singing 'I can sing a rainbow' as a fun extra. | | A1 | A2 | B1 |
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| Topical lesson: The best ... unusual accessories for pets (13/05/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Reading | Topical resource [The Week] | Topical lessons: shopping | | The 'Consumer' feature from p33 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes: discussion about students' own pets, multiple choice reading comprehension questions, guessing vocabulary from context, work on prefixes and a speaking task designing a new pet accessory. The second PDF is the magazine page. The Powerpoint slides show lovely pictures of pets! | | A2 | B1 |
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| Which witch? (12/05/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Pronunciation | Homophones | | Make spelling fun with this Promethean flipchart resource for interactive whiteboards. Learners select the correct spelling among words which sound the same but are spelt differently and reveal the correct answers using an interactive magnifying glass. | | A2 |
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| Not totally irregular verbs (16/04/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Past (basic) | | This resource helps learners see that irregular verbs do follow some kind of logic! They learn them according to the pattern of changes and then practise with a noughts and crosses game. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Making sets (03/04/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Young learners (under 12) | Everyday words | | Children put pictures into circles of string to make sets. They can also draw their own or do the interactive Flipchart version where they drag the words into the correct circles, bedroom, kitchen or both. | | A2 | B1 | B2 |
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| Time game (01/04/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Telling the time | | Children practise recognising and saying what time they get up. Comes with an interactive activity matching digital times and their equivalents in words. | | A1 | A2 |
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| What did you buy? (23/03/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Young learners (under 12) | Everyday words | | Some cheery pictures of fruit, vegetables, toys, furniture, and clothes for children to practise the vocabulary and the structure 'I bought ... What did you buy?'. Works best with a colour printer. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Are you my mother? (23/03/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Speaking | Vocabulary | Young learners (under 12) | Animals (basic) | | A lovely resource that has children pretending to be animals and asking present simple questions to find their parents. You can pre-teach the animal vocabulary using the PowerPoint slides. Can be used in conjunction with the book 'Monkey Puzzle' by Julia Donaldson. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Topical lesson: Does swimming make you fat? (11/03/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Reading | Topical resource [The Week] | Topical lessons: health | | The 'Health & Science' feature from p17 of The Week magazine and accompanying lesson. Includes brainstorming, a crossword puzzle, comprehension and vocabulary exercises, and using words in new contexts. The second PDF is the magazine page. The flash file is a whizzy (T/F) version of task 3. | | A2 | B1 | B2 |
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| Multiplication grid (02/03/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Numbers | | Learners fill in a grid by multiplying the numbers from the rows and columns. They then test each other by calling out multiplication or division questions. Great for a CLIL/EAL maths lesson. | | A1 | A2 |
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| What does he do and what is he doing? (23/02/2009) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Teenagers | Present (basic) | | A resource to revise and reinforce the use of present simple and present continuous. The Matching whizzy activity is a more challenging combination of tasks 3 and 7. | | A2 |
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| Rooms and furniture puzzle (26/01/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Young learners (under 12) | Everyday words | | Children match the missing furniture to the spaces in the rooms. There's a Promethean Flipchart version for interactive whiteboards that also practises prepositions of place. | | A1 | A2 |
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| He really hates rabbits! (26/01/2009) | |
| | | Related resources: Grammar | Young learners (under 12) | Likes and dislikes | | Children match some amusing sentences with some gorgeous pictures to learn about like / don't like + -ing. The interactive Syntex task has children putting words in order to reconstruct some of the sentences. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Christmas word challenges (27/11/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Seasonal resources | | A medley of materials to challenge learners' knowledge of general and Christmas vocabulary. Activities range from the analytical to the creative, with something for everyone. | | A2 | B1 | B2 |
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| Picture grids (18/11/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Speaking | Listening | Young learners (under 12) | Numbers | | A variant of the classic battleships game where learners practise recognising and saying letters and numbers as they uncover a picture in the grid. | | A1 | A2 |
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| What do you think of him? (03/10/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Teenagers | Likes and dislikes | | Students listen to two girls discussing well-known personalities, learn some simple expressions for giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, then get to discuss the stars of their choice. | | A1 | A2 |
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| I can't find it! (03/10/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Teenagers | Everyday words | | A very useful resource that includes matching words and pictures for everyday objects, saying you've lost something, asking for help, and making suggestions. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Where is this place? (25/09/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Listening | | Learners consolidate basic directions through listening and repetition then practise using a map of London. Includes a spidergram on the different uses of 'right'. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Be careful! It's dangerous! (25/09/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Teenagers | Travel | | A crash between a skateboarder and a pedestrian provides the basis for practising the language of warnings and apologies. | | A2 |
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| Facing up to diphthongs (15/08/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Pronunciation | Teenagers | Diphthongs and difficult vowel sounds | | Students use a face as an aide memoire to learn the phonetic symbols for diphthongs. They follow up with a dictation activity to drill the sounds. They'll be too having too much fun to notice it's a drill, though! | | A2 | B1 |
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| Is there a hotel near here? (15/08/2008) | | 
| | | Related resources: Grammar | Determiners (basic) | | These activities are designed to present and practise there is/are and some/any with realistic communicative activities. They can also be used for review. Locations referred to include: hotels, rooms, and cities. The interactive version (Promethean Flipchart) is in two parts: 1 affirmative; 2 negative and interrogative. | | A1 | A2 |
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| My father's laugh: sounds good 4 (06/08/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Pronunciation | Teenagers | Diphthongs and difficult vowel sounds | | A resource to practise the sound 'a' in 'father', building up from the isolated sound to complete sentences, and ending with a freer production activity. The MP4 is the audio file. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Where are Sarah's parents? Sounds good 3 (06/08/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Pronunciation | Teenagers | Diphthongs and difficult vowel sounds | | A resource to practise the sound 'ere' in 'where', building up from the isolated sound to complete sentences, and ending with a freer production activity. The MP4 is the audio file. | | A1 | A2 |
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| My son lives in London: sounds good 2 (06/08/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Pronunciation | Teenagers | Diphthongs and difficult vowel sounds | | A resource to practise the sound 'o' in 'son', building up from the isolated sound to complete sentences, and ending with a freer production activity. The MP4 is the audio file. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Which girl's worse? Sounds good 1 (06/08/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Pronunciation | Teenagers | Diphthongs and difficult vowel sounds | | A resource to practise the sound 'ir' in 'girl', building up from the isolated sound to complete sentences, and ending with a freer production activity. The MP4 is the audio file. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Place your bets! (06/08/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Teenagers | Grammar overview | | A cool way to liven up error correction, revise structures or simply have some constructive fun through a 'betting' activity. Can be adapted for other levels or to suit the specific points that you've worked on with your students. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Topical lesson: Travel (16/06/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Reading | Topical resource [The Week] | Topical lessons: travel | | The 'Travel' feature from p37 of The Week magazine plus accompanying lessons. Includes A2 level activities for 'Last-minute offers' and B1/B2 level activities for 'Getting the flavour of'. Both include discussion about holiday preferences, scanning for specific information, and a travel agent role-play. The second PDF is the magazine page. | | A2 | B1 | B2 |
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| Making a school website (02/06/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Speaking | Writing | Teenagers | New technologies (basic) | | This communicative practice is designed to give students real-life, collaborative experience as they work together to develop two different pages that could be used in their school website while they review there is/are and prepositions of place. | | A1 | A2 |
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| E-Pals: International Friends (22/05/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Writing | Teenagers | Form-filling | | This activity is designed to practice the four skills and introduce common Internet skills (finding specific information on websites, filling out online forms). It is very basic and limited to production with the verb 'be'. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Are you a workaholic? (24/04/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Vocabulary | Business English | Jobs and recruitment | | Students interview each other about their past, present and future jobs, look at some job titles and what they would like/dislike about those jobs, discuss motivating factors and finally do a fun questionnaire with a serious message. Includes interactive versions of exercises 3, 4 and 5 (Matching, Ranking and T/F). | | A2 | B1 | B2 |
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| Vox Pops 2 (15/04/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Listening | Teenagers | Likes and dislikes | | An audio file of six speakers answering questions about what they and the world couldn't live without. Speakers 1 to 5 are easy to understand, but speaker 6 is harder. The accompanying resource includes full transcript, a true/false listening comprehension task and ideas for other activities. 2 mins 01 secs. The MP4 is the audio file. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Sports and hobbies (18/03/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Leisure activities (basic) | | A classic activity matching the sports and hobbies to the pictures and expanding vocabulary using verb collocations with go/play/do. The first two pages of this resource will look best if printed in colour. Alternatively, use the all-colour PowerPoint slides or interactive Promethean Flipchart version. | | A2 | B1 |
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| The Baker family tree (10/03/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Young learners (under 12) | Teenagers | Family (basic) | | Students use a family tree to complete sentences about family relationships, such as brother, grandparents, nephew. They then do a quiz to see how much they remember. | | A2 |
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| Studying English abroad (22/02/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Teenagers | Present (basic) | | The Rodriguez family go to England. Activities to practise using different forms of the verb 'be'. | | A1 | A2 |
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| Just do it! (22/02/2008) | | 
| | | Related resources: Grammar | Vocabulary | Teenagers | Imperative | | A quickfire recap on making imperatives using everyday verbs such as 'don't forget', 'pick' and 'put out'. It could be a useful lesson starter or revision exercise. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Add the apostrophes! (22/02/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Grammar | Punctuation | | A useful resource to check students' understanding and use of apostrophes. The questions become progressively more difficult. | | A2 | B1 |
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| A day in the life (22/02/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Teenagers | Present (basic) | | A range of tasks (complete the headlines, finish a student's account of her day and an interview with a working mother, write about yourself and role-play an interview) with clear progression. The interactive task is a version of the headline activity. | | A2 |
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| Happening in the here and now (22/02/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Grammar | Teenagers | Present (basic) | | A resource to provide practice of the present continuous tense in a variety of situations. Includes gap-filling as well as simple role play and improvisation. | | A2 |
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| A burglar's unlucky day (22/02/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Teenagers | Past (basic) | | A resource to practise all the forms of the past simple, regular and irregular.
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| Getting to know you ... (21/02/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Writing | Teenagers | Getting to know you | | Help students get to know each other with this lesson focused on personal information. Can also be used to establish students' level of language, range of vocabulary and knowledge of basic grammar structures. A handy introductory lesson. | | A2 |
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| A full life (21/02/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Reading | Grammar | Teenagers | Present perfect (basic) | | A touching poem about an old man's reminiscences as an introduction to the present perfect simple for life experiences. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Playing by the rules (21/02/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Teenagers | Modals (intermediate) | | Practice of must, mustn’t, needn’t. Includes two interactive activities in which students select sentences showing the correct use of these words (Magnet). | | A2 | B1 |
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| Students with problems (21/02/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Speaking | Grammar | Teenagers | Present (intermediate) | | A set of activities based around everyday school life to help distinguish between and practise different uses of the present simple tense. | | A2 | B1 |
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| Revision of can & can't (25/01/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Grammar | Teenagers | Modals (basic) | | Three tasks providing solid revision of the three most common uses of can. The Magnet interactive task asks students to match a verb (e.g. speak) to a relevant noun (e.g. Chinese). | | A2 |
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| What are you going to do? (25/01/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Writing | Grammar | Teenagers | Future (basic) | | Students make sentences about plans, based on a diary, using the going to future. They then write about their own plans. | | A2 |
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| Introducing dictionaries (25/01/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Vocabulary | Teenagers | Dictionaries | | A short but sweetly varied introduction to the language of dictionaries. There are four Magnet activities to go with task 6 which ask students to unjumble 4 dictionary-related words. | | A1 | A2 |
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