80 Opposite Adjectives – Complete the Table (Tough Version – Group 1) - Fill in the missing gaps. This is a great lesson for encouraging discussion - is there only one possible answer or more than one answer? Which answers are the best? Which new words have you learnt today?

Test Your Grammar Skills Adjectives (Group 2) – Adverb, Noun and Verb Forms (Tough Version) Complete the table with the most suitable words.

Test Your Grammar Skills Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make 1 Believe it or not, English native speakers sometimes make mistakes when using their own language! To find them, simply read a daily newspaper regularly or check out some of the leaflets at an English Tourist Information Centre or library! Identify one mistake in each sentence below and write the letter of the category that it belongs to out of the following: A. apostrophes B. articles C. capital letters D. clumsy style E. commas F. extra or missing words G. spelling mistakes

Test Your Research Skills A First Class Quiz Examples of some of the research questions 1. What is the name of the company that delivers mail in the UK? a) UK Postal Service b) Royal Mail c) BT 2. When was it founded? a) 1635 b) 1861 c) 1949 3. Who was the King or Queen of England at that time? a) King Charles 1 b) King Henry VIII c) Queen Victoria

Test Your Creative Writing Skills Write a Story 1 Use the picture above to give you an idea for a story. The story must also include the following things: A person called Alison Brown A place called Trafalgar Road A dog with an amazing talent An underwater hiding place

Design a Game 4 Template Boards I have collected 4 different blank board templates - the idea is for children to develop their own board games and their own rules. They then need to teach the rest of the class how to play their game. Lots of talking, discussion and communication skills.

Test Your Reading Skills Playground Signs – Reading Comprehension This picture was taken at Carsington Water reservoir in Derbyshire. Look at the questions below and write “true”, “false”, or “we don’t know” next to each one: Examples 1. The signs are on a gate at a children’s playground. 2. The playground is closed. 3. Children aged 12½ years old can use the playground. Complete with answers

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Finish the Sentences 1 Read the following sentences out loud. Students have to write an appropriate ending to each sentence. A correct answer is a sentence that makes sense, both in meaning and grammar (note: this could also be a straight writing exercise): Example questions... 1. I live in a _______________________________________________. 2. My favourite colour is _______________________________________________. 3. I have a dog called _______________________________________________.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Lesson Plan – Which Animal is No.1? Level: Elementary Skills: Speaking & Listening and Vocabulary Time: About 50 minutes Aim: To learn and discuss new vocabulary associated with animals; to consider superlative forms (most, least, easiest, hardest) Materials: Board and pen; flashcards / pictures of animals Procedure: 1. The teacher introduces the topic of animals with flashcards, pictures, video, etc. and discusses animals briefly with the students, e.g. “Have you got any pets? What?” etc. Introduce the topic of the lesson and write it on the board: “Which animal is number one?” Elicit different kinds of animals and make a blank table (see the board plan above) with the headings: “domestic animals”, “farm animals” and “wild animals”.... Find out the rest now!

You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different cheeses being shown in each of the photos. I have combined two different presentations about food with a set of 31 different teaching activities you can try in the classroom. The activities are short, fun and easy to organise. They will help to improve your students' vocabulary and memory skills. I added these resource to help you get more out of each purchase you make with me. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about The World of Cheeses. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of cheese. The students can then discuss which cheese they like and how they eat them. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Make target setting an interactive, hands on activity! This ideas is based on a simple 3D square based pyramid net. There is space on each side for students to write down their monthly English, Maths and Social targets. There is also a space for their name and something they learnt in the previous month. I added the motivational quotes so students appreciate what they are learning towards. I added the positive behaviour system, where the students move around the track each time they achieve their pyramids targets! The harder they work, the faster they move around the track. Lots of fun for everyone! I have created this worksheet in black and white so teachers can either print them on white paper or onto different coloured papers, the idea being to change the colour of the pyramid every month, so everyone knows which pyramid they should now be following.

This is a fun art project for a class. I have created an easy mini printable paper kit, which you can print out and assemble and create a class of mini lucky leprechauns. The pack comes complete with printable leprechaun kits, and a step by step PowerPoint presentation show you and your class how to assemble these wonderful men. I really hope you like them as I have dreams of making them for lots of different occasions throughout the year! It is a fun way to celebrate St Patrick's Day on 17th of March and make sure every child in the class has something nice to bring home with them.

Chopin: The Story of the Boy Who Made Beautiful Melodies Fun presentation of Chopin's life story, complete with a summary of the key facts, a quiz, and a writing activity. This is a great way of studying the life of a famous person.

You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different locations being shown in each of the photos. This contains a pets presentation, pets creative writing prompts and a teachers guide explaining how to do 31 different teaching ideas using these photo flashcards. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are your students studying about vegetables or healthy living? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different vegetables being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are your students studying about life cycles, babies or human reproduction? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different pregnant bumps being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different locations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

In September, these are the most common primary history teaching units: Ancient Egypt Relics, Ancient Egyptian Tombs, Ancient Rome, Ancient Roman Gladiators (also has some pictures of Roman soldiers as a bonus!) and life in the stone age. These presentation packs could be used as PowerPoint presentations, either for the start of a unit, or as an interesting review of the different ideas the students have had during the topic. The materials could also be printed out and help to make an instant display. These photos are are great way to encourage talking and research in the classroom.

Talk a Lot End of Course Oral Examination and Verb Forms Practice A nice little booklet for revising and testing the different verb forms and for a pre-made oral exam testing your students grammar skills. It comes complete with a handbook on how to get your students to speak more in their English lessons. For a pound, these are a really bargain!

When I am teaching and revising grammar, the big thing I hate it needing to only check all my answers at the end. I like to be able to give a question. Get the students to show their answers on mini white boards and immediately check their answers and discuss why the answer is correct. I have taken the 2015 SPAG short answer test papers and marking schemes and combined them into a single PowerPoint. There are two different levels of questions, those for Levels 3 - 5 and the more advanced level 6. It is worth going through all of them to both check the advanced groups basic understanding and the other group to inspire them to greater things! Please leave me a comment on how you found them.