Slap the board - A vocabulary revision activity

      Slap the board is an energetic vocabulary activity - it can be used for revision, presentation and testing - which involves students running to and hitting the board.

      Average: 3.1 (17 votes)

      Getting to know you question tags

      This is a communicative exercise to practise using question tags with rising intonation when you are not sure that your ideas are right.

      Average: 3.5 (15 votes)

      Comparatives and superlatives through pictures

      A short but fun way to revise comparatives and superlatives is to give students a blank piece of paper and ask them to draw an easy to draw object, such as a star, a tree, a flower or a house on it.

      Average: 3.8 (52 votes)

      Class secrets for modals for possibility

      This is a speaking exercise for modal verbs used to express possibility, for intermediate / upper-intermediate classes.

      Average: 3.7 (14 votes)

      How to measure advanced level students' progress

      No matter what textbook(s) you may use, you will need some special tasks for a lesson which is dedicated to measuring the progress of your advanced level students.

      Average: 3.7 (14 votes)

      The last time

      This is a speaking exercise for pre-intermediate level learners and above. It revises time references and past simple.

      Example: ' When was the last time you were really happy?' - 'Two weeks ago - it was my birthday'.

      Average: 4 (5 votes)

      Why bother?

      This is a speaking exercise to practise clauses and infinitive of purpose:

      Average: 3.9 (7 votes)

      Alien abduction

      This role-play can be used with students who are studying about aliens (a common course-book topic), for the practice and revision of narrative tenses or as a lead in to writing newspaper stories.

      Average: 4.5 (21 votes)

      When I'm 75

      This is a speaking exercise for the future perfect and future continuous forms for intermediate and upper-intermediate students.

      Average: 4.1 (19 votes)

      The best place in the world

      This is a speaking exercise for pre-intermediate and intermediate level learners which provides them with an opportunity to review and practise the superlative form whilst personalising it.

      Average: 3.3 (14 votes)
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