past modals
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 45 min
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He couldn’t have seen a ghost!

Grammar

In this grammar lesson, students learn a few idioms for expressing emotions, discover how to use past modals as well as practise them in speaking activities.

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.

mixed conditionals
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Mixed conditionals for Business English

Business Grammar

The lesson plan introduces the rules of mixed conditionals and makes Business English learners practise them through various activities.

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.

narrative tenses
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Narrative tenses – using Past Simple/Continuous/Perfect for storytelling

Grammar

This lesson plan focuses on narrative tenses: Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect. It can serve as a great revision of these three tenses.

love and relationship vocabulary
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Love is not always a bed of roses

General

This lesson plan includes tasks built around love and relationship vocabulary, but mainly words and expressions we use when things go wrong in a relationship.

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.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Complaining and responding to complaints

Business General

Teach your students some informal and formal expressions for complaining and practise them in a role-play activity with a twist.

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