Video Session: Robin Hood - Men in Tights
Robin Hood - Men in tights is a parody of Robin Hood films directed by Mel Brooks. Its use of puns as a humorous resource makes this film both entertaining and linguistically rich for ESL students. The...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: "Friends" Episode - A Baby On The Bus
In this episode, number 6 of the second season, Joey and Chandler have to take care of Ross´s baby for a day and they accidentally forget him on the bus. There are other secondary stories too,...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: The Big Bang Theory Episode 1 Season 1.
This is a worksheet about the first episode of the sitcom The big bang theory. It's a good way to study while entertaining the students. The grammar point focused on is the simple present. The...
View ArticleJokes for ESL Adults
This worksheet contains some jokes for ESL students, to add some humour to your class, and also to look at some puns in English.Works best with a higher level but can be good for Intermediate students...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Psych - Scarry Sherry
Video class to help students to improve their listening and reading skills.The first time, the students watch it both language and subtitle in English, or just the audio. The idea is to elicit the Ss...
View ArticleThe 'Jeely Piece' Song
There is always a lot of focus on British vs American English. This worksheet can be used to show that there are big differences in language throughout the UK alone, with focus on a Scot's Dialect. In...
View ArticlePOSTER: April Fool's Day Poem
Here's a lovely poem by Myra Cohn Livingston that we've turned into a hi-res poster - Â just in time for the April Fool's Day! Simply print it out and it's guaranteed to keep your learners smiling for.....
View ArticleThe Pick Five No-winner
A rather funny reading worksheet for both ESL and EFL students. It focuses on the use and form of the second conditional through a series of comprehension, grammar, and pronunciation activities. The...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Partly Cloudy
I used this worksheet for my intermediate students. Before watching the video (Partly Cloudy, a Pixar CGI animated short film directed by Peter Sohn) the students get acquainted with the main heroes...
View ArticleRiddles: Team Game
A team game whereby students listen to a riddle, and they have to guess what it is. Maximum points are awarded for giving the correct answer at a first attempt, and lesser points are awarded...
View ArticlePronunciation Practice Worksheet [Consonant W]
A one-page compilation of sentences and tongue twisters aimed at practising the pronunciation of the W-consonant. The resource is acknowledged, some sentences are added by me. The teachers should read...
View ArticlePostcards from Somewhere
This is a Mad Lib-like activity I created where students must make a list of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and other words, that they then plug into a template of a postcard from a vacation. Hilarity...
View ArticleVideo Worksheet: Mr Bean at a Judo Class
This is a multiple choice worksheet to practice simple past. Students watch Mr Bean's video and they have to choose the correct option according to what they saw in the video. Â Â This activity is for...
View ArticleBoundin' Cartoon Worksheet
Some very simple example of what you can do with this awesome movie of PIXAR studio. It is really entertaining and fun itself. It takes only five minutes to watch and about 20 minutes to work out the...
View Article'Garfield' Worksheet - Vocabulary and Speaking
This lesson is woven around a 'Garfield' comic strip. You can start by showing this trailer from YouTube (see below) and asking ss to guess the movie. Then ss may be asked to tell what they know about...
View ArticleCartoon Captions Matching Game
Here is a read-and-match activity devised to get your students talking, laughing and learning/revising vocabulary in an unusual context. Use it to generate a discussion about gender stereotypes,...
View ArticleFuture Forms Cartoons
Grammar can be fun. Here you will find a selection of cartoons which illustrate various uses of different future forms (Will, going to, Present Continuous & Present Simple). It can be used as a...
View ArticleVideo Worksheet: Legend of Boneknapper Dragon
The worksheet on video for teenagers of good level. I've put in here more work than fun (for Ss), so it could be divided into two parts. New-words-presentation is needed. All creative tasks they could...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Along Came Polly
Work the film Along Came Polly in class in order to learn expressions and English words in a funny and practical way.Activities: correct the underlined mistakes, match the pictures with the...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Along Came Polly
Interesting activity for secondary students regarding the film "Along came Polly". It is a very motivating activity and very easy for medium level students in order to check their knowledges and...
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