indefinite pronouns
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 90 min
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Everyone has it, but no one can lose it: indefinite pronouns

Grammar

With this lesson plan students learn how to use indefinite pronouns and get the opportunity to put them into practice through a series of written and oral exercises.

lesson about kindness and irregular past forms
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Kindness means everything (irregular past forms)

General Grammar

In this lesson based on a video about kindness, students revise irregular past forms, practise them by re-telling a story in the past and eventually tell their own stories.

expressing cause and effect
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Today’s teens are going through a lot (cause and effect)

Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson, students learn and practise expressing cause and effect, discover new collocations and discuss problems faced by modern teenagers.

quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What is your city like? (too much, too many, enough/not enough)

Global Issues Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson students practise the use of quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns (too much, too many, (not) enough) while talking about typical problems faced by most cities. 

uses of Present Continuous
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How beauty filters are changing the way we want to look

Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson inspired by a video about body dysmorphia students revise and practise the different uses of Present Continuous as well as reflect on the influence of beauty filters on teenagers’ lives.

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.

modal verbs
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What are your travelling tips? (modal verbs)

Grammar Lifestyle

Thanks to this worksheet, students will discover and practise modal verbs (can, have to, should), watch a video and discuss different travelling tips and rules.

used to
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Life used to be different

Grammar Lifestyle

Use our B1 lesson plan to teach your students how to use the structure of ‘used to’ and compare the school life now and then.

already just yet
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Have you done it yet? Present Perfect: already, just, yet

Grammar

This lesson plan deals with Present Perfect and already, just, yet. We want to show students how to use these words in specific situations. Apart from practical tasks, students will also role-play two scenarios.

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.

telling stories in English
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Be a better storyteller

Grammar

This lesson plan is all about telling stories in English and it might be a great supplement to lesson plans on narrative tenses.

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.

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!

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.

lesson on making predictions
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The future of space exploration (lesson on making predictions)

Grammar Technology

Talk with your students about SpaceX and future of space travel using this ESL lesson plan on making predictions and expressing probability.

passive voice
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How is bubble gum made (passive voice)

Grammar Technology

Teach your students how to use passive voice to talk about processes and discover how bubble gum is made.

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