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Activities for teachers of
English from A to Z.
By
Gabriela Morales A. & Solange Oyanedel A.
2013
Index
Acknowledgment
For our teacher who encourage us to create this teachers resource book.
Introduction
This Teacher of English resources book contains an activity per letter of the
alphabet with photocopiable and downloadable ideas to use in classroom. The
book aims to give teachers extra materials and to give students extra practice.
The activities in this book are designed to help your students. They encourage
students to talk about themselves, compare opinions and views about the world,
and practice the kind of the situations they are likely to encounter in real life.
In addition, every activity involves an element of teamwork. Trough role plays,
language games, information gap, etc students work together to share or check
information, and agree on outcomes or solutions.
As a whole, every activity encourages purposeful interaction where students need
to speak and listen to each other, but also build their confidence and introduce a
more personal dimension of their learning.
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Listening
Name of the activity: Are all carrots orange?
Teachers instruction:
Introduce your students to vegetables. Ask them if they know a vegetable that does
not exist in other country or in the other way around (vegetables that exist in other
countries but not in theirs).
Teacher explains to the students that there are a lot of differences between
vegetables among the world. Ask them: Can you imagine a white carrot?
Introduce your students to listen an audio about carrots.
Audio Instructions:
Listen carefully
Listen twice
Fill in the gap with the missing word
Just one word per gap
Audio:
http://www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/learningenglish/2007_11/audio/mp3/se-
ag-growing-carrots-11-26-07.mp3
(Downloadable)
re all carrots orange?
Listen to the track and fill in the gaps with the missing information.
Carrots are grown on ________ and in family gardens throughout the world. Carrots are
easy to raise and easy to harvest. They taste good. And they contain a lot of carotene,
which the body makes into vitamin A.
When people think of carrots, they usually picture in their mind a vegetable that is long,
thin and orange in color. But carrots come in many different ________ and shapes. And
not all carrots are orange.
For example, Paris Market carrots are about five centimeters around. Imperator carrots are
thin and about twenty-five centimeters long. And Belgian White carrots are, as their
________ suggests, white.
For the best results, carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold ________ for
a long time. The soil also should have no rocks.
To prepare your carrot garden, dig up the soil, loosen it and turn it over. Then, mix in some
plant material or ________ fertilizer.
Weather, soil conditions and age will affect the way carrots taste. Experts say warm days,
cool ________ and a medium soil temperature are the best conditions for growing carrots
that taste great.
Carrots need ________ to develop their full sugar content. This gives them their taste. If
they are harvested too early, they will not have enough sugar. But carrots lose their
sweetness if you wait too long to pull them from the ground.
The best way to judge if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its color. Usually, the
________ the color, the better the taste.
Most people do not know that carrots can be grown during the winter months. If the winter
is not cold enough to freeze the ground, you can grow and harvest carrots the same way
as during the _________ months.
If the ground does freeze in your part of the world, simply cover your carrot garden with
________ a layer of leaves or straw. This will prevent the ground from freezing. You can
remove the ground cover and harvest the carrots as they are needed.
Carrots are prepared and eaten many different ways. They are cut in thin pieces and
added to other vegetables. They are cooked by themselves or added to ________. Or,
once they are washed, they are eaten just as they come out of the _________.
A
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Speaking
Name of the activity: Complainers guests!
Teachers instruction:
Teacher introduces a topic of staying in a hotel by asking students to tell you about some
of the places they have been to on vacation.
Role play:
Two vacationers have complaints about a hotel, but the hotel owners feel that their
complaints are either unjustified or completely incorrect!
Students are dived in groups of four, pair A: Vacationers, pair B: Hotel owners.
Students are given a set of pictures; they have to discuss what is happening in them.
Teacher invites groups to act out their role play for the class.
omplainers guests!
C
Level: Pre- intermediate
Skill: Listening
Name of the activity: Eggs are beneficial
Teachers instruction:
Introduce your students to eggs. Ask them: Do you like eating eggs? How do you
cook eggs fries, scrambled, or raw?
Explain to the students they are going to hear an audio about eggs, they have two
develop two activities. First chose the correct alternative and fill in the gap.
Audio Instructions:
Listen carefully
Listen twice
Chose only one alternative
Fill in the gap with the missing word
Just one word per gap
Audio:
http://www.mansioningles.com/Sonidos3/eggs.mp3
(Downloadable)
ggs are beneficial
I. You are going to listen to a short radio interview about eggs. Before you
listen, read the following questions.
1. Approximately when was it proved that eggs are good for your health?
a) In the late 1990s.
b) In the 1980s.
c) In the early 1990s.
2. Scientists also say that eggs.
a) Raise your serum cholesterol.
b) Do not raise your serum cholesterol.
c) Do not improve your sex life.
3. Mr. Adams has
a) Less orders for eggs than before.
b) More orders than before.
c) The same amount of orders as before.
E
II. Listen again and complete the following.
Mr. Adams, tell us a little bit about the egg business, if you will erm just about
everybody eats eggs at one time or __________. Are more people eating eggs
nowadays? And whats the __________ of eggs been doing?
Okay, the as to eating eggs, back in the 80s and early 90s we got a bum
wrap er saying that eggs are had er high cholesterol content,
salmonella was an ____________, and beginning in the late 90s all the scientific
___________ proved that eggs were good for you, and that they did not raise your
serum cholesterol. And as we have gone in the past twelve __________, particular
the Atkins diet has kicked in, and now theyre even labeling er eggs as aas
a... a what are they calling it? Theyre calling it a functional food. They say it
helps __________, it helps your _____________, it helps your _____________
______________ and we can just hardly we can just hardly keep up with
orders Eggs are better than ____________ scotches! We gotta go. That wasI
just thought Id put that inMr. Adams, thank you so much.
Level: Beginner
Skill: Speaking
Name of the activity: Guess someone who likes...
Teachers Instruction:
Teacher writes the following words on the board: dogs, cats, swimming, skiing, music,
books, etc.
Teacher points to each word and encourages students to ask: Do you like dogs? Do you
like swimming? Answer: yes, I do. Or no, I dont.
Students are going to ask each other about thing they like and dont like.
Students are given a worksheet, they have time to read it and check vocabulary.
Report:
Once the activity finish, students have to report what their classmates said.
uess someone who ???
G
Level: Upper-intermediate
Skill: Speaking
Name of the activity: It is my opinion!
Teachers instruction:
Teacher writes the following quotation on the board No man is an island John Donne.
Ask students to first tell you what it means, and then ask if they agree with the quotation.
Encourage students to give reasons.
Students are invited to discuss a variety of subject at a debate.
Students are dived in groups of four, pair A: Favor and pair B: Against.
Students are given a quotation to prepare their presentation.
When everybody is ready, invite the first group up to the front of the class.
Write the quotation on the board in order to everybody understands.
Finally ask the class to vote for the most persuasive.
t is my opinion!
I
Level: Beginner
Skill: Listening
Name of the activity: Kevins house
Teachers instruction:
Introduce your students to the audio activity. Ask them: Where do you live? How is
your house? Who do you live with?
Teacher explains to the students that they are going to listen and audio about the
house of Kevin.
Audio Instructions:
Listen carefully
Listen twice
Chose only one alternative
Audio:
http://www.mansioningles.com/Sonidos3/kevinhouse_improved.mp3
(Downloadable)
evins house
Listen to Kevin speaking about his house and choose the best answer.
1. Where does Kevin live?
a) In a garden
b) Under a bridge
c) On an island
2. Who does Kevin live with?
a) Alone
b) With his children
c) With his son
3. How is Kevin's house?
a) Big
b) Small
c) Horizontal
4. How is Kevin's garden?
a) At the back of the house
b) At the front of the house
c) On the bridge
5. In which city does Kevin live in?
a) The Yorkshire Dales
b) North Korea
c) North Wales
K
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Speaking
Name of the activity: Mad about shopping
Teachers instruction:
Teacher writes these questions on the board: What is the most expensive thing
you have ever bought? What is your favorite place to go shopping? What is the
best bargain you have ever bought?
Students interview a partner to know if s/he is a shopaholic. Then they share their
answers with their classmates.
ad about shopping
1. Ask and answer these questions with your partner, Tick your partner answers.
Questions
Yes
Sometimes
No
a. Do you ever decide to go shopping because you are bored?
b. Do you avoid giving yourself a budget when you shop?
c. Do you try to go shopping every weekend?
d. Do you ever regret spending too much money in a shop?
e. Do you like shopping in towns and cities you dont know?
f. Do you like forward to shopping in the sales?
g. Do you ever arrange to go shopping with your friends?
h. Do you want to go in every new shop you see?
i. Do you prefer shopping to any other free time activity?
j. Do you keep looking for bargains even on holidays?
k. Do you enjoy buying things you dont really need?
l. Do you love comparing prices in different shops before you buy?
M
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Listening
Name of the activity: Orchids at US botanic garden
Teachers instruction:
Introduce your students to the audio activity. Ask them: What kinds of flower do
you like the most? Have you ever plant a flower plant? Do you like orchids?
Teacher explains to the students that they are going to watch and listen to a video
about orchids.
Audio Instructions:
Watch and listen carefully
Watch and listen twice
Chose only one alternative
Audio:
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/listening/236.html
(Downloadable)
rchids at US botanic garden
Watch and listen the video about orchids at US botanic garden and choose
the best answer.
1. Clive has been taking care of the orchid collection at the U.S. Botanic Garden
over the last ____ years.
a) 48.
b) 31.
c) 17.
2. How many species of orchids are there at the Botanic Garden?
a) 20,000.
b) 8,000.
c) 5,000.
3. Clive says orchids are prone to ____.
a) Virus.
b) Worms.
c) Diseases.
4. There are nearly ____ plants in bloom shown at the annual exhibit.
a) 200.
b) 2,000.
c) 50,000.
5. Temperatures below 50F initiate flower buds.
a) True.
b) False.
c) It's not said on the video.
O
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Speaking
Name of the activity: Punch Lines
Structure: Past Tenses
Teachers instruction:
Make enough copies of the fifteen jokes for the students to have one joke each,
with as much variety as possible in the class. Copy the same number of
corresponding punch lines. Give out one joke to each student and one punch
line to each student, the punch line should not correspond to the joke the
student has. Make sure that somewhere in the class there is a punch line for
every joke, if you have more than fifteen students, do the activity in two groups
or more.
Students should read their joke and walk around the class telling it until they
find the person who has the corresponding punch line.
The objective of the activity is to find their own punch line and to give away the
original punch line. When they have done this, they should sit down and
practice the complete joke and when every student is sit down, students can tell
their complete joke to the whole class.
Punch lines
Punch lines
Punch lines
Punch lines
Punch lines
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Speaking
Name of the activity: Quick baccalaureate
Teachers instruction:
Teacher explains to students that they are going to play a game.
Teacher gives a sheet with the game per students
To motivate the students teacher propose the game as a race! The student who
wins the quick baccalaureate will received a price.
Teacher gives the instructions and guides the game all the time
Repeat the instruction twice or as many as necessary.
Games Instruction:
For each category on the left, students have to think in an appropriate word that begins with the letter at the top of the column. The student, who takes less time to do it, will win!
Report:
The students who win have to report what s/he writes on the sheet per column.
Teacher and students have to check if the answers are right.
uick baccalaureate
For each category on the left, think of an appropriate word that begins with the letter at the top of the column.
E
N
G
L
I
S
H
Boys names
Girls names
Animals
Sports
Fruits
Countries
Cities
Verbs
Cartoon characters
TV programs
Q
Level: elementary
Skill: speaking
Name of the activity: Rooms in a house
Teachers instruction:
First :copy and cut up the house plans. You will need one copy for each
pair.
Divide the students into pairs.
Give one student in each pair house plan A and the other house plan b. they
should not show each other their plans.
The object of the game is for each student to find out the names of the
missing rooms and write them in on the plan.
To do this, they will have to tell each other about the rooms in their house
plan: the . Is next to the . , the is on the ground floor etc.
Rooms of the house Do not show your house plan to the partner. Now tell your partner a description of the plan , in order she / he can fill his/her own house plan. Ex: the .. is next to the
Do not show your house plan to the partner. Now tell your partner a description of the plan , in order she / he can fill his/her own house plan. Ex: the .. is next to the
Do not show your house plan to the partner. Now tell your partner a description of the plan , in order she / he can fill his/her own house plan. Ex: the .. is next to the
Do not show your house plan to the partner. Now tell your partner a description of the plan , in order she / he can fill his/her own house plan. Ex: the .. is next to the
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Listening
Name of the activity: Singing together!
Teachers instruction:
Introduce your students to the audio activity. Ask them: Do you like listening to
music? Do you enjoy singing in the shower? Do you think you sing well?
Teacher explains to the students that they are going to watch and hear a video
about a song
The song is called Wake me up when September ends. Students first, have to
watch and listen to the video, then, listen again and fill in the blanks with the
missing information.
Audio Instructions:
Watch and listen carefully
Watch and listen twice
Write the right missing word
Audio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU9JoFKlaZ0
inging together
Listen to the song and write the missing words in the blank
Wake me up when September ends
by Green day
Summer has come and passed.
The innocent can never .
Wake me up when September ends.
Like my father's come to pass.
Seven years have gone so .
Wake me up when September ends.
Here comes the again,
Falling from the stars.
in my pain again,
Becoming who we are.
As my memory
But never forgets what I lost,
Wake me up when September ends.
Summer has come and passed.
The innocent can never .
Wake me up when September ends.
the bells again
Like we did when Spring began.
Wake me up when September ends.
Here comes the again,
Falling from the stars.
in my pain again,
Becoming who we are.
As my memory
But never forgets what I lost,
Wake me up when September ends.
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never .
Wake me up when September ends.
Like my father's come to pass.
Twenty years have gone so .
Wake me up when September ends.
Wake me up when September ends.
Wake me up when September ends.
S
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Speaking
Name of the activity: Time off
Teachers instruction:
Give each student a copy of the activity and talk to them about the thing we do
when we have a time off, tell them that you need their help to know what the 6
people need for do their activities.
When they have finished encouraged them to talk about their options with a
partner.
Time off These 6 people have different plans for their time off. What things do they need?
Write on the corresponding lines using the key words below, and then talk with
your partner about it.
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Listening
Name of the activity: Underground
Teachers instruction:
Introduce your students to the audio activity. Ask them: Could you name means of
transport in your country? Are there means of transport that exist in your country
but not in other? Do you like traveling by underground? Do you know other name
for underground?
Teacher explains to the students that they are going to listen to an audio about
means of transports underground.
Audio Instructions:
listen carefully
listen twice
Chose only one alternative
Fill in the gap with the correct missing word
Audio:
http://www.mansioningles.com/Sonidos3/TheLondonUnder.mp3
(Downloadable)
nderground
You will hear a woman buying a ticket of underground in London. Read de
questions first, then listen to the audio and choose the best answer.
1. How much does the ticket cost?
a) 4.40
b) 3.50
c) 5.30
2. Which platform does the train
leave from?
a) Platform 5
b) Platform 3
c) Platform 4
3. What time does the last train
leave?
a) 11.40
b) 11.30
c) 7.40
Fill in the gap with the missing information
, an off-peak travel card
please for zones 1 and 2.
Thats 5.30.
Thanks. platform for
Fenchurch Street?
Platform 3. Down the stairs on your right hand side.
. the last train leaves
Fenchurch Street for here?
The last one is at 11.40.
U
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Listening
Name of the activity: Valentines Day
Teachers instruction:
Tell students that you want to write a love letter with the lyrics of a song but, you
dont have the complete lyrics. Ask students to complete the missing words of the
lyrics for you.
Give them a copy of the lyrics song (my valentine by Paul McCartney) an play the
song the necessary times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=f4dzzv81X9w
alentines Day
Listen carefully and try to complete the lyrics song.
What if it rained?
We didnt _____
She said that someday
soon
The sun was gonna____.
And she was right,
This _____ of mine,
My _______.
As days and nights,
Would _____ me by
I tell myself that I was
_______ for a sign
Then ____ appeared,
A love so fine,
My valentine.
And I ____ love her for life
And I will never let a day
go by
Without remembering the
________ why
She makes me certain
That I can _______
And so I do,
without a _______
I know that ______ soon
the sun is gonna shine
And shell be there
This love of _____
My valentine.
(instrumental)
What if it rained?
We didnt care.
She said that someday
soon
The ____ was gonna
shine
And she was right
This love of mine,
My _________.
V
Level: Intermediate
Skill: Speaking
Name of the activity: When and where?
Teachers instruction:
Write this question and possible answer on the whiteboard. When was released
the movie Titanic? a) 1996 b) 1997 c) 1998.
Ask the students to tell you who was in the movie (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate
Winslet).
Explain that students are going to ask each other general knowledge questions
using passive voice.
Divided students into pairs and give them a sheet A and B one for each. Give
students minutes to read and point you out some questions.
In pairs, students take turns asking each other the questions and giving the three
possible answers.
Point:
The student who answers the most quantity of correct questions is the winner!
hen and where?
In pairs, students take turns asking each other the questions and giving the
three possible answers.
W
Level: intermediate
Skill: Listening
Name of the activity: X- Ray
Teachers instruction:
Begin asking students what they know about X-Ray
Ex:
What it is an X- Ray?
For what X-Ray are useful?
When was invented X-Ray?
Give each student a copy of the activity
Tell students they are going to hear an audio about a person talking about
X-Ray.
Tell them that they are will have to complete the typescript and some other
exercises.
Play the audio as many times as it is needed.
Finish the activity asking them what new they learnt about X-ray
http://listenaminute.com/x/x-rays.html
- rays
1. Listen carefully the audio and complete the missing
words
X-rays ____________________. They were invented a really long time ago. I think
when ____________________, they were real, cutting edge technology. I think a
lot of people ____________________ could see photos of the inside of their body.
So OK, its only ____________________, but still, that was
____________________ fifty years ago. Today, we all have X-rays. Even when we
go to the dentist, we have X-rays ____________________. Of course, X-rays are
not just used in hospitals. Every time we go to an airport ____________________
through an X-ray machine. The security guys can check to see if we have anything
dangerous. Recently, I have seen X-ray machines in all kinds of places even
hotels. I even ____________________ schools.
2. listen again and correct the misspelling words
X-rays are iazangm things. They were invented a really long time ago. I think when
they were tenenvdi, they were real, ntcigtu-edge technology. I think a lot of people
were zedama they could see photos of the inside of their body. So OK, its only
photos of bnseo, but still, that was pretty high-tech fifty years ago. Today, we all
have X-rays. Even when we go to the ttdsine, we have X-rays taken of our ehtte.
Of course, X-rays are not just used in hospitals. Every time we go to an iatrpor we
have to pass through an X-ray machine. The tisuryce guys can check to see if we
have anything dangerous. Recently, I have seen X-ray machines in all kinds of
acpsel even hotels. I even heard they are in schools.
X
Level: Beginner
Skill: Speaking
Name of the activity: Yes or no!
Teachers instruction:
Write some yes/ no questions on the whiteboard. Are you good at spots, music,
dance, etc? Encourage your students to answer the question. Yes, I am / no, I am
not.
Divided the class into groups of four students and give group A worksheet A and
group B worksheet B.
Explain that each group has three minutes to form as many Yes / No questions as
they can from the words on the worksheet. Each group should choose one student
who will write down Yes / No questions the others call out.
Groups A and B have to face each other. The groups take turns asking and
answering the questions they have written.
Point:
For every correct response the groups that answer right gets one point. The group
with the most point wins!
es or no!
Form questions with the words in the box and answer Yes / No questions.
Y
Level: intermediate
Skill: listening
Name of the activity: Zoos
Teachers instruction:
Give each student a copy of the activity
Ask student some of the following questions:
Do you know what a zoo is?
What kind of animal we can find in a zoo?
How animals live in the zoo?
Do they have enough space?
Now tell students that they are going to hear a person talking about what he
thinks about zoos.
The first activity consists in filling the gap and the other in write a short text
about their personal opinion about zoos.
http://listenaminute.com/z/zoos.html
OOS
1. Listen and complete the text.
Zoos are very interesting, but Im not (1) __________________ with them. I like
looking at the animals, but I always feel sorry for them. They (2)
___________________. Most of the time they are in tiny cages. They must (3)
___________________. I think animals need freedom as much as we do. Zoo (4)
___________________ zoos are an important way of educating children. Of
course, thats true. However, with the Internet and television documentaries, there
are (5) ___________________ children can learn about animals. Zoos also argue
they are necessary to (6) __________________ species. That may be true too, but
most of the animals in zoos are (7) ___________________ of extinction. I suppose
zoos are OK if they only have endangered animals and (8) ___________________
for the wild.
2. Write what you think about Zoos
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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