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 Hotel Anagrams Examples Do you know your "room service" from your "do not disturb"? Practise hotel vocabulary by unscrambling the following anagrams. They are all words or phrases to do with staying in a hotel: 1. RPECTOEIN 2. ROMO SEVRICE 3. HEOTL FLICTAEIIS Complete with an answer sheet.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills How Did You Feel When…? (English Idioms of Mood/Emotion) Describe the feelings Examples 1. When I received the concert tickets for Muse I was on cloud nine! 2. When my sister opened her birthday card and a cheque fell out she was tickled pink. 3. When I was waiting to go on stage to perform in front of the whole school I had butterflies in my stomach. Complete with an answer sheet.

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Glossary – Mobile Phones Write the meaning of these phrases that are commonly seen on mobile phone displays: Examples.... 1. Alarm clock __________________________________________ 2. Battery low __________________________________________ 3. Calculator __________________________________________ 4. Call duration __________________________________________ 5. Call register __________________________________________

Test Your Research Skills Music Genres 1 Students need to match the artist or group with the music genre that they are associated with. Answers 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 Talking About the Weather 3 Write two or three sentences to answer each of these questions: Examples 1. What is the weather like at the moment? 2. What is the weather usually like in your country, compared to another country?

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. Laura Whiteboard is … 2. Krzysztof Perm is … 3. Jonathan Script is … Answer sheet included.

Test Your Speaking Skills! Tongue Twisters Examples... Can you say these fantastic tongue twisters without getting tongue-tied...? M – Minnie Mouse makes many marshmallows for Mickey Mouse to munch on SH – She saw shy sheep She sells seashells on the seashore B – Bugs black blood Bugs black blood Lots more included...

Test Your Vocabulary Skills Word Pyramids Students are challenged to make 2 different word pyramids using the clues provided.

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 Advanced Spelling Challenge 10 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: example questions... 1. seperation 2. writen 3. Wenesday 4. temprature Complete with answer sheet

Test Your Spelling Skills Anagram Challenge 1 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! A J B M T E N P L S

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 Spelling Skills Beat the Spell-checker 1 – Going on Holiday Students read the sentences. Look at the words that have been highlighted by the spell-checker. They write the correct spelling underneath each highlighted word

Test Your Spelling Skills Beat the Spell-checker 2 – Shopping List Students read the shopping list. They look at the words that have been highlighted by the spell-checker. They write the correct spelling underneath each highlighted word. Answers Provided