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.

crime lesson plan
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 90 min
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Helping ex-cons find a job – advanced crime lesson plan

General

Use our crime lesson plan to teach your students some advanced vocabulary and get them involved in a meaningful discussion about ex-cons and jobs.

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.

advanced tense review
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Flipped Lesson 30 min
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The story of Frida Kahlo (+ Advanced Tense Review)

General Grammar

Get your students interested in the life and work of Frida Kahlo and check their knowledge using our interactive video focused on advanced tense review!

sports phrasal verbs
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Sports phrasal verbs you need to know

General

Thanks to this worksheet, students discover eight sports phrasal verbs in context and learn how to use them in a series of 3 activities.

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.

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!

C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Flipped Lesson 30 min
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Why is spoken poetry awesome?

General

This flipped classroom worksheet is based on a fabulous speech by Sarah Kay on poetry and it is prepared for C1/C2 (advanced) learners.

lesson plan for educators
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 30 min
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Let’s be better educators!

General

The lesson plan is prepared for B2 learners who are educators, teachers or any other professionals whose field of interest is education.

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.

asking questions
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Questions no one knows the answers to

General Grammar

This TED Talk lesson plan on asking questions includes exercises on both indirect and direct questions and makes students use them a lot in speaking.

writing text messages
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Texting is killing language

General

This ESL lesson plan touches upon the development of language, especially in terms of SMS. Students will also practise writing text messages in English.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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10 ways to have a better conversation

General

Teach your students new vocabulary, watch a cool TED Talk and let them discover how to have better conversations using our ESL leson plan!

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