Commonly confused words in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Commonly confused words in English

General

The worksheet deals with commonly confused words in English and includes activities in which students study 16 pairs of confusing verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs.

idioms with fruit and veggies
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Idioms with fruit and veggies

General

With this 2-page worksheet, your students will discover 14 common idioms with fruit and veggies and learn in what contexts they can be used.

make and do collocations
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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To make or to do, that is the question

General

In this worksheet, we focus on make and do collocations students often confuse and then on more demanding fixed phrases with make and do.

questioning techniques
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How to ask better questions

General

Teach your students not only how to form questions in English but also what types of questioning techniques they can use to get better answers.

B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Phrasal verbs with over

General

With this worksheet, your students will learn 10 phrasal verbs with ‘over’ and discover what kind of meanings ‘over’ connotates.

money phrases and idioms
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Penny, nickel & dime – money phrases and idioms

General

This three-task vocabulary worksheet focuses on money phrases and idioms. Actually, a common denominator here is names for American money.

practising writing
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Latest crime news headlines

General

This worksheet focuses on two goals: extending crime vocabulary and practising writing. It can also serve as a good supplement to crime lesson plans.

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.

happy and sad idioms
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Happy and sad idioms

General

The goal of this worksheet is to teach eight happy and sad idioms. There are four tasks all together in which your students will discover new idiomatic expressions and practise using them both in speaking and in writing.

reporting verbs
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Movie quotes you should know!

Grammar Lifestyle

With this worksheet, your students will learn some classic movie quotes, use them to practise reporting verbs and do some fun pairwork activity.

reported speech
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Practise reported speech with Vogue interviews

Grammar Lifestyle

Use Vogue 73 Qs interviews to teach your students reported speech with our original lesson plan and discover new facts about their favourite celebrities!

expressing opinions in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Expressing opinions in English – phrases and argument game

General

Teach your students words and phrases for expressing opinions in English and practise them in the argument battle challenge!

verbs that change their meanings
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Verb patterns – changes in meaning

Grammar

Using this worksheet, you will teach your students some verbs that change their meanings when they are followed by a gerund or an infinitive.

verb patterns
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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What’s the future of baby boomers? (verb patterns)

Global Issues Grammar

This lesson plan for upper-intermediate students focuses on the topic of retirement and includes verb patterns exercises and a debate point.

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.

English lesson plan for adults
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Colour psychology – idioms

General Lifestyle

This lesson plan for adults only looks into the world of colours and how they are used in the movie industry. Students will also learn different colour idioms.

eggcorns
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Eggcorns: funny linguistic errors

General

This worksheet looks into an interesting linguistic phenomenon, i.e. eggcorn. Students will learn the term and identify top 10 most common eggcorns.

structures of used to
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Sleep more! Your brain needs it! (+ structures of used to)

Grammar Lifestyle

The lesson plan includes exercises on idioms and fixed phrases connected with sleep, and focuses on different structures of “used to”.

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