Test Your Research Skills Currencies of the World 1 Match the currency with the country where it is used: Euro Lek Peso Real Yuan/renminbi Kuna Birr Gourde Rupee New shekel Yen Dollar Won Tugrik Dinar Worksheet comes complete with a teacher's answer sheet.

Test Your Reading Skills Chocolate Lovers Only 2 Can you work out which clues match these chocolate bars or sweets, which are all popular in the UK? Time Out Pear Drops Rolos Celebrations Curly Wurly Snickers Mint Imperials Fudge Flake Minstrels The worksheet comes complete with teacher answers sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Languages of the World 1 Students match the country on the with its principal language. The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Languages of the World 2 Write the principal language of each country (There is a long list on the worksheet!) The worksheet includes a teacher answer sheet.

Test Your Reading Skills Example questions... The Great British History Quiz! Tick below to say which is the correct answer: 1. When was the Battle of Hastings? a) 1492 b) 1066 c) 1812 d) Last Tuesday 2. How many wives did King Henry VIII have? a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) none - he was too shy to ever ask for a date 3. Who came to the throne after Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603? a)King Charles I b) King Ethelbert the Unready c) King James I d) King Ethelred the Unsteady The worksheet also includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Reading Skills The Novels of Charles Dickens 1 Complete the titles of these novels by Charles Dickens: Example questions... 1. B_______________ H _______________ 2. B _______________ R _______________ 3. D _______________ C _______________ 4. N _______________ N _______________ The worksheet also has an answer page.

Test Your Research Skills The Olympic Games 1 Match the city with the year to show when and where the summer Olympic Games have been held, then write out the list in chronological order:

Test Your Research Skills The UK Hit Singles Chart 1 Some example music questions For each pair of pop phenomena work out who has spent the most weeks inside the official Top 75 UK hit singles chart* 1. a) ABBA b) The Bee Gees ___________________________________ 2. a) Ant & Dec b) Pulp ___________________________________ 3. a) Pet Shop Boys b) Status Quo ___________________________________ The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Twenty Great Woody Allen Films Example questions... Complete the titles of these great Woody Allen films: 1. Love and ______________ 2. Bullets ______________ Broadway 3. Everyone Says ____________________________ The worksheet also includes an answer page.

Test Your Research Skills Watching TV in the UK 1 There are five terrestrial television channels in the UK: BBC1 BBC2 ITV 1 Channel 4 Five Example questions... Write the name of the channel that shows each of these programmes: 1. Eastenders _____________________________ 2. The Simpsons _____________________________ 3. Brookside _____________________________ The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

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!”....

Test Your Reading Skills 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.

Test Your Reading Skills Famous Britons – Reading Comprehension Look at the data showing when these famous Britons were alive and how long they lived for, then answer the questions on the next page: Examples Famous Briton Dates: Age when they died: Sir Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727 85 years old Alfred the Great 849 – 899 50 years old Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1340 – 1400 c. 60 years old 1. Who was born in 849? 2. Who was born in the fourteenth century? 3. Who died in 1922? 4. Who died in the seventeenth century? 5. Who was born in 1642? Complete with answers

Cut out from newspapers and magazines, or bring to class, examples of the following types of written texts, and ask your learners to identify them – either matching them from a list or using their judgement to decide what kind of text each one is. After they have identified each one, get them to think about what the purpose of each text is. What did the writer of each text wish to communicate and why – and to whom? Examples... Different types of written texts: * a postcard * a voucher * TV listings * a leaflet or a flyer

Test Your Spelling Skills Just Vowels - Oscar-winning Film Directors 2 Fill in the gaps to spell the names of ten Oscar-winning film directors: Examples 1. _ o _ e _ _ _ e _ _ o _ _ 2. _ o o _ _ A _ _ e _ 3. _ _ a _ _ i _ _ o _ _ _ o _ _ o _ a 4. _ o _ e _ _ _ i _ _ Complete with an answer sheet

Test Your Reading Skills Lesson Plan – Reading Race This is an effective activity for practising all the skills – reading, writing, speaking and listening – and what’s even better, students love it! Level: Pre-Intermediate (but could be higher or lower depending on the text that you choose) Skills: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Time: 50 minutes Aim: To practise all of the skills; to energise a lethargic class; to encourage pair work Materials: Board and pen; several copies of the text (including one for you)

Test Your Reading Skills The Girl Who Got Bigger and Bigger, by Matt Purland Reading Comprehension 1 Read the story and answer the questions below: example The Girl Who Got Bigger and Bigger, by Matt Purland There was once a girl who wanted to be grown up like her parents, so she made a special drink that would make her grow, and she did grow. She grew until she was as big as her parents, but she didn’t stop there. She kept on growing until her foot was the size of her house.... Example Questions: 1. How did the girl grow bigger? 2. How did her parents react to her growing bigger? Answers are included

Test Your Reading Skills The London Underground – Alphabetical Order Write these 30 London Underground (Tube) stations in alphabetical order: South Wimbledon Ealing Broadway All Saints Vauxhall South Woodford..... Comes complete with an answer sheet

Test Your Reading Skills The London Underground Using a map of the London Underground (https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/track/tube), find these stations and answer the questions below: Examples... 1. Covent Garden is on the Piccadilly Line . . . true or false? 2. Holland Park is on the Northern Line . . . true or false? 3. Waterloo is on the Northern Line . . . true or false? Comes complete with an answer sheet.

Test Your Reading Skills Elementary Homophones 3 Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings. Put together the words that sound the same: road their waste sale write tide sew saw wear vain some tail tea too weak Examples 1. to ___________________________ 2. tale ___________________________ 3. rode ___________________________ 4. sail ___________________________ Contains a worksheet