I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
A fun way of teaching Spanish numbers during Halloween.
I have added some Halloween Themed worksheets - I gave the words in English - what are they in Spanish? A great translation task.
You can then take these translated worksheets and use them in 31 different teaching activities in the classroom.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different skeletons being shown in each of the photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about the Halloween Skeleton Counting Song.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different groups of skeletons. The students can then discuss what they think each skeleton was saying or thinking.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
A fun way to learn the Polish numbers during Halloween.
I have also included a set of Halloween themed worksheets your students could translate into Polish and a set of 31 teaching activities you could use with the pictures from these resources.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different skeletons being shown in each of the photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about the Halloween Skeleton Counting Song.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different groups of skeletons. The students can then discuss what they think each skeleton was saying or thinking.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Practise…
• speaking and listening skills
• sentence building with 8 intermediate-level verb forms
• connected speech
• International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
• information exchange
• reading comprehension
• role playing
• discussion questions
…including tests and full answers!
Discover…
• 20 common English idioms
• 20 common English phrasal verbs
• 20 common English slang words and phrases
• 40 essential vocabulary words and phrases
100% Photocopiable
Sentence Focus Activities
2. Sentence Blocks + Sentence Blocks (without Function Words)
5. Sentence Block Extensions
6. Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds
8. Connected Sentence Cards
11. Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant & Vowel Sounds
14. Connected Speech Template + Cut-Up IPA Sentence
Word Focus Activities
19. Discussion Words + IPA Version + Visualisations
22. Discussion Words Question Sheet
25. Information Exchange
28. Multi-Purpose Text:
• Original Text + Spot the Difference
• Guess the Function Words
• What’s the Question? + True, False, or Unknown?
• Glossary of New Words
Focus on Non-Literal Speech
34. Role Play with Non-Literal English + Features of Non-Literal English – Part 4 39. 20 Common English Idioms + Matching Game + Activities
42. 20 Common English Phrasal Verbs + Matching Game + Activities
45. 20 Common English Slang Words and Phrases + Matching Game + Activities
51. Unit Vocab. Reference: Looking for a Job, Applying for a Job, Job Interviews, and Motivation
Free Practice Activities
57. What Would You Do?
58. Discussion Questions + Preparing for a Job Interview – 20 Typical Questions
60. Agree or Disagree?
Continuous Assessment Tests
61. Vocabulary Test + Lesson Test
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.
80 Opposite Adjectives – Complete the Table (Tough Version – Group 2) - Another set of words for your students to learn and discover. This is a great way of getting the students to think about the different words they know and try to discover their opposites. Which words were hard? Which were easy? Why?
Test Your Grammar Skills
Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make 3
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 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
Test Your Vocabulary Skills
Adjective Pairs – ‘-ing’ and ‘-ed’ Adjectives
This worksheet helps your students revise the verb form , ‘-ing’ adjective: ‘-ed’ adjective:
Test Your Grammar Skills
Make or Do 1
Example questions...
Complete each gap below with either make or do:
1. _______________ a bet
2. _______________ a job
3. _______________ the dishes
4. _______________ a skirt
5. _______________ the cleaning
6. _______________ your hair
Test Your Grammar Skills
School Variety Show – Who Did What?
Passive Voice – Future (with will) and Past Simple
Instructions:
You’re involved in helping to organise your school variety show.
You are at a meeting to discuss who will do what job at the variety show. Use passive voice (BE + past participle) to write full sentences using future form with will, to show who is scheduled to do what:
1. a) PHOTOS > TAKE > JOE (STEVEN) The photos will be taken by Joe.
But when the day of the variety show finally arrived, absolutely nothing went to plan! The person in brackets actually did the job in question, so write a sentence using active voice with past simple form to show what actually happened:
1. b) Steven took the photos.
Then write a sentence using passive voice with past simple form that you can put in your after-show report:
1. c) The photos were taken by Steven.
In summary, you have to write three sentences for each question:
i) passive voice with future form (will)
ii) active voice with past simple form
iii) passive voice with past simple form
Note: each group of three sentences could also be drilled orally.
Test Your Grammar Skills
Make or Do 2
Example
Complete each gap below with either make or do:
1. _______________ the laundry
2. _______________ an appearance
3. _______________ something crazy
4. _______________ a phone call
5. _______________ a fuss
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Make or Do 3
Example questions...
Complete each gap below with either make or do:
1. _______________ some yoghurt
2. _______________ the best of things
3. _______________ more than 120 miles per hour
4. _______________ an appointment
5. _______________ your homework
6. _______________ some arrangements
Test Your Grammar Skills
Pre-Intermediate Lesson – Correct the Errors
Check out the following sentences made by Polish students at a recent pre-intermediate spoken English lesson. The students were talking about going on holiday in Poland.
Consider the error(s) in each sentence and suggest corrections:
1. We visited to Mexico City.
2. I was in Olsztyn on the lake.
3. You can visit Ocean Museum in Gdynia.
4. It’s a lot of tourists in Zakopane.
5. I was there in the ski.
Test Your Grammar Skills
Question Tags Using Verbs ‘could’, ‘would’ and ‘should’ 2
Add an appropriate question tag to the end of each question.
For example: They wouldn’t listen, would they?
1. You should get a refund if the concert doesn’t happen, _________________________
2. The learners who finish first could do some extra reading practice, ___________________
3. You should never switch off a computer without first closing it down, __________________
Some fun resources for anyone teaching about chocolate. This pack includes a presentation, two fin chocolate related quizzes and an English story writing prompt.
Test Your Reading Skills
Advanced Homophones 2
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:
Examples...
1. flee ___________________________
2. hail ___________________________
3. wholly ___________________________
4. cheap ___________________________
Comes with an answer sheet
Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills
Class Survey 1 – Food & Drink
Complete the survey by asking people in your class about what they eat and drink. Ask them: ‘Do you like …?’
Write the names of the people that you ask on the left and put either a tick () or a cross (x) for each food and drink.
Perfect for collecting data.