Praise and Criticism
How important is praise and criticism for teenagers?
Taken from an ELT Forum Teacher Development pack.

BEGINNERS

The Romans
Skills practice for teens: this month - Reading. This activity is taken from Sky Starter Activity Book.

The Eurovision Song Contest
Worksheet 1a
Worksheet 1b
From Pair Work 1

Holidays!
Packing. Practice in asking questions and describing position using two pictures.
From Beginners' Communication Games.

Two Houses – Both alike?
This great worksheet practises reading skills and house vocabulary. For teacher's notes, click here. For more information on the Sky course, click here.

Keeping Fit
How to do keep fit exercises. Vocabulary of body movements with pictures.

TXT English
That's GR8! Introduces students to the topic of mobile phones and text messaging. For Teacher's notes, click here. Similar activities can be found in New Snapshot.

The Lottery Ticket
Students can practise their reading skills with this entertaining story - and then predict what happens next. Teacher's notes included. Adapted from Instant Lessons, Elementary.

Find the Hidden Sentences
Practice in word order using a simple game. From Top Class Activities.

Islands in the Sun
Matching pictures of islands to their names. Taken from Have Fun with Vocabulary!

Large numbers
A great new activity focusing on large numbers.
Comes complete with teachers' notes.

Past tense of ‘to be’
A great new activity focusing on the past tense of ‘to be’.
Comes complete with teachers' notes.

Sports
A great new activity focusing on Sports vocabulary and verbs. There are also teachers' notes for this activity.

House and Homes
An interesting practice exercise using vocabulary for House and Homes comes complete with teachers' notes.

Past and Holiday
A great new activity focusing on verbs in the past and holiday vocabulary. Comes complete with teachers' notes.

Giving Invitation
A fun worksheet focusing on Giving Invitations.
There are also teachers' notes for this activity. This activity is adapted from Sky

Family Relationships
A great practice exercise for Family Relationships’, with family tree diagram.
There are also teachers' notes for this activity.
Suitable for Pre-Intermediate Upper Secondary students

What's in the house?
Vocabulary of items around the house.
Crossword Puzzle
Wordsearch
Answers

Bands and Music
Describing people, reading and writing letters to describe yourself.
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Lesson Plan
Catherine and Francis
Here's a full lesson with reading and presentation. You can use the reading to have students find the main topic and detailed information - then teach vocabulary, comprehension, pronunciation and phrasal verbs using the downloadable worksheets.

Past perfect
A fun exercise practising past perfect to describe events. Comes complete with teachers' notes. This activity has been adapted from Energy 3.

Personality
An exercise on personality, from Opportunities Intermediate by Michael Harris, David Mower and Anna Sikorzynska. For more information visit the Opportunities Companion Website.

Wild Animals
Photos of animals with matching exercises, from the Longman Photo Dictionary.

Looking for a job
Roleplay between babysitter and employer, from Pair Work 2.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online is a fantastic free web dictionary.
These vocabulary quizzes show you how to use it.

British Geography

The story of Coca-Cola