New Year worksheet
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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Out with the old, in with the new

General

This New Year worksheet contains a lot of speaking activities. Students also watch a video about New Year’s traditions and discuss the celebration in different cultures.

speaking lesson about TV shows
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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Dissecting TV shows

General

In this speaking lesson about TV shows, students do a variety of speaking activities and watch two trailers.

expressions with good and bad
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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When bad means good

General

In this lesson students discover different meanings as well as expressions with good and bad. They also get an opportunity to put them into practice while reacting to some real-life situations.

reported speech practice
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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How does silence make you feel?

General Grammar

In this lesson students discover the power of silence, work on improving their listening skills and focus on reported speech practice.

reduplication in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 45 min
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A super-duper language phenomenon (reduplication in English)

General

In this lesson about reduplication in English students discover the meaning of common reduplicatives and practise them in everyday conversations.

synonyms of the word important
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Do we need each other? (synonyms of the word important)

Global Issues Technology

In this lesson students engage in a discussion about human relationships. They discover synonyms of the word important, watch a video and reflect on the future of face-to-face interaction. 

practise past modals with riddles
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Whodunit (practise past modals with riddles)

General Grammar

In this lesson based on whodunits, students get an opportunity to practise past modals with riddles and speculate about murder mysteries.

new words coined
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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A glossary of coronaspeak

General

This lesson plan is built around new words coined during the coronavirus pandemic. Students will guess their meanings and have a chance to use them in speaking.

giving good and bad news in English
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Good news or bad news, which do you want first?

Business General

This lesson plan deals with functional language for giving good and bad news in English. Students will learn useful expressions and do a role-play.

foreign food names
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Easier to eat than pronounce

General

The lesson plan focuses on the pronunciation of foreign food names. Students learn to pronounce such names in American and British English and have some fun.

travel and transport idioms
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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At a crossroads and other travel and transport inspired idioms

General

This lesson plan deals with travel and transport idioms. Students get a lot of exercises to discover their meanings and practise them in writing as well as speaking.

difference between say tell speak and talk
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Just say it! Differences between say, tell, speak and talk

General

This lesson plan deals with the difference between say, tell, speak and talk. Students get exercises that help them understand uses of these verbs.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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How animals help humans

General

Practise new vocabulary. Work on your students’ listening skills and let them talk about how animals can help heal veterans and let them get back to society.

phrases with get
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Now I get it! – phrases with get

General

A lesson plan which is built around phrases with the verb ‘get’. It is prepared for stronger students (B2) and consists of various tasks.

giving advice
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Giving advice and making suggestions

General Grammar

This worksheet focuses on giving advice and making suggestions. It is a standalone worksheet which can be used with many different lesson plans from our website.

passive structures
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? (passive structures)

General Grammar

Teach your students advanced passive structures and discover the world of weird conspiracy-thinking and tin-foil hat men.

travelling lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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Invest in travelling instead of stuff

Global Issues

This travelling lesson plan deals with travelling as collecting experiences. Students will practise building words and learn vocab related to travelling.

animal rights lesson
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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What rights should animals have?

Global Issues

This flipped classroom worksheet is all about animal rights and is based on a TED Talk about the great work some lawyers do to treat chimpanzees better.

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