Monthly Archives: July 2011

Summertime …

Posted on 30/07/2011 by argavalaki

Enjoy your summer holiday!

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What I did on my holidays …

Posted on 29/07/2011 by argavalaki
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The Show Must Go On – Queen

Posted on 20/07/2011 by argavalaki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ADh8Fs3YdU This worksheet is based on the song The Show Must Go On by British rock band Queen. Before listening, the students are given a number of words from the lyrics and are asked to rewrite them in rhyming pairs. … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs´ Stanford Commencement Address (2005)

Posted on 20/07/2011 by argavalaki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtbJM9ksxo8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLl59Q2GuC0 This worksheet is based on the video of Steve Jobs´ Stanford Commencement Address (2005). On the first page there is a set of comprehension questions for the students to discuss after watching the video. On the second page there … Continue reading →

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Colin Firth and The King´s Speech

Posted on 19/07/2011 by argavalaki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHTZWMr0xn8 This is a set of comprehension questions based on a short (14 min) extract from a CBS 60 Minutes TV show video. Besides the interview of Colin Firth, the video presents very interesting information about the real story behind … Continue reading →

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Brothers in Arms-Dire Straits

Posted on 19/07/2011 by argavalaki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhdFe3evXpk&ob=av2e This is a worksheet on the classic anti-war song by Dire Straits. It contains a gap-fill listening activity, a vocabulary exercise and comprehension questions. Teacher´s notes with a pre-listening activity and an answer key have been included. Download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/61430828/Brothers-in-Arms-Dire-Straits

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Grenade – Bruno Mars

Posted on 18/07/2011 by argavalaki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6iYWJxHqs&ob=av2el This worksheet contains a variety of listening tasks (fill in the blanks, put the lines in the correct order, correct the mistakes), a vocabulary exercise, a grammar exercise on second conditional, and a set of comprehension questions. Download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/61458551/Grenade-Bruno-Mars

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Crime and Punishment – The Death Penalty

Posted on 18/07/2011 by argavalaki

Apart from an article based on a true story, the worksheet contains a set of comprehension questions, two vocabulary exercises, a roleplay task and some questions for class discussion. Download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/60253812/Crime-and-Punishment-The-Death-Penalty

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New Zealand quake

Posted on 17/07/2011 by argavalaki

http://www.newsy.com/videos/christchurch-quake-new-zealand-s-darkest-hour/ This worksheet is based on a short video about the New Zealand earthquake (Feb. 22, 2011). It contains a set of comprehension questions, a gap-filling exercise and a vocabulary exercise. Download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/60209673/New-Zealand-Quake

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So-such-too-enough

Posted on 17/07/2011 by argavalaki

I prepared this ppt to help my students understand clauses of result with so/such…that, as well as the use of ´too´ and ´enough´ (adverbs of degree). I tried to give some clear explanations with many examples. (11 slides) Download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/60208373/so-%E2%80%93-such-too-enough

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