Lesson Plans & Worksheets: General

Phrases to politely disagree with "but" review.

Contrasting conjunctions and other linking expressions cards with four speaking activities.

Linking and intrusive sounds when letters are said next to each other

Changed sounds in IELTS Listening answers at natural speed

Students build up words with three consonants at the beginning and end by adding sounds to shorter words, to make pronunciation easier and make sure they don't add syllables.

Minimal pairs and homophones with consonant + consonant groups of sounds like pl and ngs

Putting words together to make tag questions personalised speaking practice

Different continuous tenses in one speaking game

Different continuous tenses review games

Different continuous tenses speaking

A fun board game on types of words which are usually countable and uncountable in which students move around depending on the answers of their partners (without the need for a dice).

Countable nouns that have the same meaning as uncountable nouns matching game

Countable and uncountable presentation through guessing the place game

Deciding how many/ much countable and uncountable nouns discussion

A speaking game in which students try to get particular answers with how much and how many questions, including Make Me Say Yes and a card game, good for quantifiers with count and non-count nouns.

Students make sensible or silly drawings in response to how many or how much questions and answers with there is/ are, countable and uncountable nouns, and prepositions of position.

Speaking on news vocabulary

Students use relative clauses to explain useful vocabulary for the B2 First exam, also useful practice for talking around unknown vocabulary in the Cambridge First Speaking test.

Students use relative clauses to define what the listener doesn't know in informal personal chats, following on from typical small talk questions and answers.

Students complete sentences together with relative clauses to make sentences they both agree on, also good practice for the language of opinions.

Similar and different looking at both sides phrases

Articles and quantifiers with count and non-count nouns to make general statements and with other meanings review

Similar but not identical conversational reaction phrases

Short texts with tips on how to do true/ false/ not given, diagram labelling, etc, followed by comprehension questions of that type.

Students review expressions that have different meanings in the UK and US and so could be confusing with a fun jigsaw exercise.

An easy and fun introduction to embedded questions through a quick reactions game and common small talk questions.

Common small talk questions, taboo small talk questions, and ones in between that need to be made indirect, with embedded questions presentation and practice.

Possession and requests language with have practice games, including cards with suitable numbers, objects and situations, plus personalised speaking.

Using a coin for more fun practice of likes and dislikes language with and without third person S, with a coin choosing topics, answers and who to ask about.

Fun double consonants before suffixes presentation/ practice

Suffixes that work like magic E practice, with simplest responses fast reactions game

Homophones and consonant clusters with consonant blends like bl- and -nd

Listening to consonant blends quick reactions game

Consonant blends in common words speaking

Minimal pairs and homophones with consonant clusters for low-level learners

Initial and final consonant blends personalised pairwork speaking

Basic consonant blends practice

A fun board game to revise Elementary textbook grammar, vocabulary, etc.

Students practise vocabulary and pronunciation by joining collocations of a certain number of syllables, including not putting extra syllables into consonant clusters practice.