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How to create a gap-fill exercise in 5 minutes »

Shared by Karolina Czurak Creating a gap-fill exercises is a tedious process. Deleting words is time-consuming and simply boring. And then, you never now what words to cut out! more »
 

Work – discussion starters »

Just a bunch of questions which will hopefully spark a discussion on work. ... more »
 

Weather symbols – presentation idea »

Shared by Bob I'm sharing with you a couple of weather symbols that you can use with your students to make a weather forecast presentation. Cut out the symbols, place them on the whiteboard using magnets over a hand-drawn map of a continent or your country. Then ask Ss one by one ... more »
 

Icebreaker questions »

Shared by anonymous If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would you get? If you were an animal, what would you be and why? What is one goal you’d like to accomplish during your lifetime? When you were little, who was your favourite super hero and why? ... more »
 

Dicey questions – exchanging information »

Shared by anonymous Author: Richelle Hewin Roll the dice to find out which question word to use. Materials: Several dice (1 per pair / group of three works well)  Procedure Elicit question words from the class (e.g. 'What', 'How long', etc) Show the dice to the class to elicit what it is, and how many sides ... more »
 

Spy – true-false game »

Author: Jim Scrivener Many new language courses kick off in September and October. If its the time the first time the class has met, learners will need a chance to learn each others names. Here is an unusual game to try. Prepare a set of small cards one for each learner. On ... more »
 

Vocabulary Box Activities »

These activities have been collected and written down by those of us who find word boxes useful and funny. If you would like to share your ideas, please do ?. The more, the better!   ... more »
 

Teachers in this school always lie… »

This is another version of a well known task based on the idea that there are two people/groups. One of which always lies whereas the other always tell the truth. All you need to do is read to your students the following story and give them some time to come ... more »
 

First Conditional chaining »

Shared by Kate The idea is not new, but I've found it works really great with all groups of students. It is a typical grammar drill with a bit of meanigfulness added. It can be used to practice just about any conditional sentence, not only first conditional. This is how it ... more »
 

Paper Planes Icebreaker »

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