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“Cheating on the Internet” - reading »

Shared by Anonymous Ss read the article about cyber-cheating and answer the question:Would you stay with your husband/wife/partner if this happened to you? Excerpt Soon after getting the computer, Jennifer's husband, Simon, (not their real names) started using the Internet nightly. At first, she didn't worry. But soon he was spending more and ... more »
 

“60-second pitch” - presentation »

Shared by SalesRep Excerpt Imagine that you have a business idea and you’ve been trying for weeks to set up a meeting with the CEO to discuss it. One day, as you walk into the cafeteria at work to get your morning coffee, there he is, standing by the coffee machine. This ... more »
 

“San Francisco vs London” - reading and comparative adjectives »

Shared by Adam Procedure Show Ss some pictures of London and San Francisco. Choose some well known tourist spots. Ask Ss to describe the pictures and to say where they were taken. To complicate things a bit you can add one or two pictures taken somewhere else. more »
 

“Stolen DVD player” - speaking game »

Shared by Anonymous Learners work in pairs. One person is a police officer. Another person is a witness who've seen a man steal dvd player from a shop. The witness is presented with a picture of a thief and had to remember and then describe what the thief looked like to ... more »
 

“Bars vs Pubs - US vs UK” reading »

Shared by Adam Procedure Ss are divided into 3 groups. One group gets a reading passage about bars in California, another group gets a reading passage about pubs in Britain. The third group gets nothing. more »
 

“Death of an Innocent” - DUI lesson plan »

Shared by Miko Lead-in Bring an empty bottle of wine / beer or liquor to the classroom. Ask your Ss to close their eyes or simply turn off the light if it's dark outside. Make Ss smell the bottle and guss what the lesson will be about. Alcohol of course. Alcohol Ask students what ... more »
 

Confusing words - work and education »

Shared by Adam Procedure Put the words into the sentences. You can change form the words if necessary. Complete the sentences with the words given. Sometimes one word might appear more than once. Excerpt career course duty employment job work, achieve deal manage face succeed more »
 

“Passive continuous” presentation and practice »

Shared by Anonymous Passive continuous activities. Note that the table can be used to present the structure - write a few examples by hand and use it to induce the structure. Procedure Change the sentences into passive continuous so that both sentence mean the same. Complete the table. Excerpt 1)I was cleaning the garden whole day ... more »
 

Prepositions activity »

Shared by Anonymous Task Ss complete each sentence with one preposition only. Excerpt 1)The headmaster accused the boy _________ stealing. 2)I must apologize _________ not replying sooner, but I'm afraid I've been rather busy lately. 3)My parents don't approve _________ smoking. 4)Do you believe _________ God? more »
 

“How to write a report?” - process writing »

Shared by Adam Teaches students how to write a report. Procedure Read these paragraphs from the report and put them in the correct order. Write a paragraph heading above each paragraph. There is one heading extra. Use your imagination to complete the header of the report. Find the synonyms of the following words in the above ... more »