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”....
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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.
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The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story .
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A nice little booklet for revising and testing the different verb forms and for a pre-made oral exam testing your students grammar skills.
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For a pound, these are a really bargain!
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Title Where am I?
Author Sonali Zohra
Illustrator Sonali Zohra
Reading Level 2 (It is suitable for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help.)
Language English
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Test Your Grammar Skills
Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make 4
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