I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
Test Your Grammar Skills
Sentence Building 5
Write six sentences using this word order:
article noun verb (present continuous) preposition article noun
For example:
A man is swimming in the sea.
Tip: don’t forget to start with a capital letter and put a full stop at the end!
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Using Modal Verbs 1 – Plans for the Weekend
What are your plans for the weekend?
Make a note in the boxes below of all the things that you might do, could do, should do, must do, can do and will do.
Test Your Vocabulary Skills
Verbs and Synonyms 1
A synonym is a word or phrase that has either the same or a very similar meaning to another word or phrase. For example, ‘wash’ and ‘clean’.
Look at the verbs on the worksheet and find a synonym for it.
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Using Modal Verbs 3 – Planning a Surprise Party
Imagine you are planning a surprise party for your friend’s birthday.
Make a note in the boxes below of all the things that you might do, could do, should do, must do, can do and will do.
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When Can I Use 'When'? (Past and Future Tenses)
Write 10 sentences using 'when' plus past continuous verbs. Use the following template to help you:
I/he/she etc. was ____[past continuous]____ when ____[past simple]____.
For example:
* I was washing the car when the phone rang.
* I was emailing my sister when a cat jumped onto my windowsill.
Test Your Research Skills
American English 1
Despite most of them having English as their first language, British and American people sometimes use different words to talk about the same things.
Match the British English word on the left with the American English equivalent on the right.
Test Your Creative Writing Skills
Write a Story
Write a story of around 600 words, starting with the following sentence:
Story Title: _________________________________
“It’s enormous!”....
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Advanced Homophones 1
Example questions...
Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings.
Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words:
1. heard ___________________________
2. knit ___________________________
3. carrot ___________________________
4. air ___________________________
Comes with an answer sheet.
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Homophones 5
Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings.
Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words:
1. leak ___________________________
2. dear ___________________________
3. cheque ___________________________
4. bore ___________________________
Test Your Spelling Skills
Just Vowels - Mixed Emotions 2
Fill in the gaps to spell fifteen different emotions:
Examples
1. _ o _ e _ _
2. _ i _ e a _ a _ e
3. e _ e _ _ e _ i _
4. _ u _ _
Complete with an answer sheet
Italian Bingo pack: This is a simple starter game for students. There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on the wall or share it with the class as a hand-out.
Let's Talk in Italian!: This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
Let's Write in Italian pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Italian.
* Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction.
Welcome to the Let’s Write in Hindi! pack.
There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Hindi. The students could write about a topic in Hindi before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic to see how much they have progressed.
It could also be used as an introduction to guided writing. Students can write sentences as a class and share the sentences together and they can then write them on their own. Alternatively, students could work in pairs - one student dictates to the other what to write down about what they see in the picture.
These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Welcome to the Italian Bingo pack.
This is a simple starter game for students.
There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Talk about the picture and then ask your students to select and write down 5 items from the
picture. Then look at the picture and pick out all the key vocabulary you want them to talk about.
The first student to have all their items read out is the winner.
With 57 different settings and 114 different game cards, there are plenty chances for great
vocabulary.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Welcome to the Japanese Bingo pack.
This is a simple starter game for students.
There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Talk about the picture and then ask your students to select and write down 5 items from the picture. Then look at the picture and pick out all the key vocabulary you want them to talk about.
The first student to have all their items read out is the winner.
With 57 different settings and 114 different game cards, there are plenty chances for great
vocabulary.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Welcome to the Let’s Write in Mandarin! pack.
There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Mandarin. The students could write about a topic in Mandarin before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic to see how much they have progressed.
It could also be used as an introduction to guided writing. Students can write sentences as a class and share the sentences together and they can then write them on their own. Alternatively, students could work in pairs - one student dictates to the other what to write down about what they see in the picture.
These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Are you learning Persian? Are you looking for a fun way to learn Persian? I have developed a way to learn different languages based on my experience as an ESL teacher. This pack has 57 different settings for students to talk about in Persian. The worksheets themselves are in English and the students do need to translate the places and objects they see into Persian. At the end of the session, the students can play a fun game of word bingo to show they have mastered that day's vocabulary. Try it, it is a lot of fun for everyone!
* Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction.
Persian Bingo pack: This is a simple starter game for students. There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on
the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Let's Talk in Persian!: This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
Let's Write in Persian pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Persian. The students could write about a topic in Persian before and then after a topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic.
Welcome to the 'Let’s Write in Persian!' pack.
There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Persian. The students could write about a topic in Persian before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic to see how much they have progressed.
It could also be used as an introduction to guided writing. Students can write sentences as a class and share the sentences together and they can then write them on their own. Alternatively, students could work in pairs - one student dictates to the other what to write down about what they see in the picture.
These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Welcome to the 'Let’s Talk in Russian!' pack.
This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
There are lots of different ways you could use this pack. You could laminate them into two cards and get each student to talk about what they had seen in their picture.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Welcome to the 'Let’s Talk in Polish!' pack.
This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
There are lots of different ways you could use this pack. You could laminate them into two cards and get each student to talk about what they had seen in their picture.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
This Space bundle is out of this world! It is uses a huge number of different resources. It has images from NASA, English story writing prompts and the keywords students need to know about this topic. Try it today!