Test Your Research Skills You Either Know It Or You Don’t! 5 Use a research library or the internet to find the answers to this quick quiz: Example questions... 1. A female pig is known as a __________________. 2. Plutocracy is government by __________________. 3. The acronym RADA stands for _______________________________. 4. In the traditional English Christmas Carol ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ there were ________ ladies dancing and ________ geese a-laying.

Test Your Research Skills You Either Know It Or You Don’t! 4 Use a research library or the internet to find the answers to this quick quiz: Example questions 1. In the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final Brazil defeated _____________ 2-0. 2. The capital of the Australian state of Victoria is __________________. 3. The chemical symbol for silver is __________________.

Test Your Research Skills You Either Know It Or You Don’t! 6 Use a research library or the internet to find the answers to this quick quiz: Example questions... 1. Kazuo Ishiguro won the Booker Prize in the UK for his novel ____________________________________ in 1989. 2. Samuel Ryder founded the Ryder Cup golf tournament in 19_____. 3. Couples celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary after _______ years of marriage. 4. The acronym TESSA stands for ______________________________. 5. The acronym KG after your name stands for ____________________.

Test Your Grammar Skills Prepositions of Place – Where I Live Students write fifteen sentences about the important buildings and places in their town or city. Use one of the following prepositions of place in each sentence: next to near opposite behind in front of in on For example: “The bus station is next to the theatre.”

Test Your Grammar Skills Sentence Building 3 Write six sentences using this word order: article adjective adjective noun verb (present continuous) article adjective noun For example: A large black dog is biting the helpless burglar. Tip: don’t forget to start with a capital letter and put a full stop at the end!

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Nationalities 2 Examples... Write the name of the country that each person comes from: 1. An American comes from _____________________________________. 2. An Austrian comes from _____________________________________. 3. A Briton comes from _____________________________________. 4. A Cambodian comes from _____________________________________. The worksheet also includes a teacher's answer sheet.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Any Answers – Think of an Answer 1 Examples... 1. Did you have a good flight? 2. Is this the way to the church? 3. I’m tired. 4. Do you want to go out tonight? 5. How much sugar do you want in your coffee?

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Any Answers – Think of an Answer 2 Work with a partner. Take turns reading the questions and statements below. Think of a way to reply to each one. Talk about the context of each sentence. After practising out loud, write down your answers: Example questions... 1. My brother has just bought a new house. 2. Everyone’s gone out. 3. Can you lend me a pound for the bus home? 4. There’s something wrong with my car.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Any Answers – Think of an Answer 3 Work with a partner. Take turns reading the questions and statements below. Think of a way to reply to each one. Talk about the context of each sentence. After practising out loud, write down your answers: Example questions 1. What do you want for dinner? 2. When does this lesson finish? 3. Your brother has been caught speeding. 4. I’d like two first class stamps, please.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Common Idioms 5 Examples Idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious from the individual words used. Match the idioms with the meaning keywords below: 1. My hands are tied, I’m afraid. 2. Don’t jump the gun. 3. You’ll have to swallow your pride. Answer sheet included

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Glossary – Mobile Phones Examples Write the meaning of these phrases that are commonly seen on mobile phone displays: 1. Alarm clock __________________________________________ 2. Battery low __________________________________________ 3. Calculator __________________________________________ 4. Call duration __________________________________________

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Role Playing – Family 2. My dad’s new girlfriend Scene: Liam and Harriet are friends. They are at a bus stop having a chat. Harriet looks upset about something . . . Liam: So, are you going to tell me what’s the matter? Harriet: Well, it’s about my dad. Liam: Yes. What about him? The story unfolds, then the students extend it.

Fill in the missing words in the table by adding the correct suffix to the word stem. The first one has been done as an example. Contains an exercise and answers, followed by a blank template for future lessons.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills The Perfect Job 2 By pure coincidence, each person below has a job that matches his or her name. Can you say what each one does for a living? Example questions. 1. Gaby Soprano is … 2. Lucian The-Delayed-13.14-To-London-St. Pancras is … 3. Abdul M Ot is … Answers included.

Test Your Spelling Skills Advanced Spelling Challenge 9 Write the correct spelling of each word below, then translate the word into your own language. Note: this exercise does not include American English spellings . Incorrect Spelling: 1. garantee 2. exersise 3. liason 4. exeed Answers provided

Test Your Spelling Skills Anagram Challenge 2 See how many different words you can make using this selection of letters. Note: all your new words must be real words that are in an English dictionary! R O K B U H E P T S

Test Your Spelling Skills Anagram Challenge 3 See how many different words you can make using this selection of letters. Note: all your new words must be real words that are in an English dictionary! M I C R W E T P J A

Test Your Reading Skills Common Weights and Measures 2 Write out the following common weights and measures in full. For example: 12 ” = 12 inches. 1. 6 tbsp ________________________________________ 2. 10 fl oz ________________________________________ 3. 70 °F ________________________________________ 4. 10 qt ________________________________________ Complete with answers

Test Your Reading Skills Common Weights and Measures 1 Write out the following common weights and measures in full. For example: 12 ” = 12 inches. 1. 10 ” ________________________________________ 2. 5 ’ ________________________________________ 3. 3 yds ________________________________________ Complete with answers

Test Your Reading Skills Homophones 3 Examples 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. mind ___________________________ 2. it’s ___________________________ 3. course ___________________________ 4. due ___________________________ 5. warn ___________________________ Complete with worksheet