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ORIGINAL INDEX OF  ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRACTICE  ON THIS WEBSITE

Grammar Correction (please scroll to the next box) Grammar Rules (At-a-glance) Grammar Practice Articles (Definite, Indefinite, None) Adjectives Nouns Pronouns Prepositions & Particles Gerunds v Past Participle v Infinitive (with/without TO) Verbs Tenses Modal Auxiliaries Cloze Questions & Question Words Reported Speech Clauses Comprehension Common & Useful Phrases Specific Vocabulary Practice Special Constructions Functional English Comparative Language Studies Creative Writing Sequencing Practice Intonation & Stress Practice Spelling & Pronunciation Specific Speaking Practice Group Singing Practice Subjects for Debate or Discussion Tailor Your Language An Introduction to the Classics (Lesson Plans, Memory Aids, Varied Activities, etc.) Learning Aids Reading Practice Icebreakers Christian Works RELATED PAGES Christmas Index (ESL/EFL) Songs (listed by singer) General Feedback & Requests for Help  Your Grammar Questions (verbs, tenses, concept questions, etc.)

GRAMMATICAL CORRECTION

SONG:  I Saw Her Standing There sung by The Beatles JOKE:   Spelling Practice (Proposed EU Spelling Changes)

GRAMMAR RULES (At-a-glance)

Word Order Conditional Sentences (zero, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, mixed conditionals) Tenses Verbs: regular v irregular, gerund v infinitive Overview Spelling & Pronunciation Construction Rules:  Phrasal Verbs

DEFINITE v INDEFINITE ARTICLES

SONG: The Anthem sung by Good Charlotte SONG: This Love sung by Maroon 5 SONG: Young Hearts Run Free sung by Candi Staton SONG: When The Sun Goes Down sung by Arctic Monkeys SONG: It's My Life sung by Bon Jovi SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

ADJECTIVES

SONG: In The Ghetto sung by Elvis Presley SONG: I Swear sung by Michael Montgomery SONG: I'm So Tired sung by The Beatles SONG: Think For Yourself sung by The Beatles RULES & PRACTICE: for comparative & superlative adjectives GAPPED TEXT: Story by Ben Whitmarsh entitled Driven To... Business Vocabulary (adjectives + nouns) Comparative & Superlative Possessive & Demonstrative  SONG: Crashed The Wedding (Busted)

NOUNS

SONG:  Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex sung by Beyonce SONG:  Sk8ter Boi sung by Avril Lavigne SONG: In The Ghetto sung by Elvis Presley SONG:  Roxanne sung by Fall Out Boy, The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy POEM: The Leaky Boat by Iris Boarder GAPPED TEXT: Story by Ben Whitmarsh entitled Driven To... Business Vocabulary (verbs + nouns / adjectives + nouns) SONG: These Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

PRONOUNS

Subject Pronouns, Object Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns (grammar notes) Subject Pronouns, Object Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns SONG: Crashed The Wedding (Busted) SONG: I'm So Tired sung by The Beatles SONG: Think For Yourself sung by The Beatles SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

PREPOSITIONS & PARTICLES

CONSTRUCTION RULES:  Verb + particle v verb + preposition SONG: Crashed The Wedding (Busted) SONG:  Mobile sung by Avril Lavigne SONG:  I Will Survive sung by Gloria Gaynor SONG:  The Anthem sung by Good Charlotte SONG:  We Are The Champions sung by Queen SONG:  The Show Must Go On sung by Queen GAPPED TEXT: Story by Ben Whitmarsh entitled Driven To... SONG: This Love sung by Maroon 5 SONG: Family Portrait sung by Pink SONG: Learning to Fly sung by Pink Floyd SONG: No More I Love Yous sung by Annie Lennox SONG: Single by Natasha Bedingfield  SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

GERUND v PAST PARTICIPLE v INFINITIVE (with/without TO)

SONG: I Will Survive sung by Gloria Gaynor SONG: Whenever Wherever sung by Shakira SONG: Crashed The Wedding (Busted) SONG: This Love sung by Maroon 5 SONG: These Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield SONG: When The Sun Goes Down sung by Arctic Monkeys SONG: Thunder In My Heart sung by Leo Sayer SONG: Goodbye My Lover sung by James Blunt SONG: No More I Love Yous sung by Annie Lennox

VERBS

CONSTRUCTION RULES:  Phrasal verbs Phrasal Verbs & Single Verbs SONG: In The Ghetto sung by Elvis Presley Talk v Say v Tell v Speak Like/Not Like Not like (for advanced students) Want/Don't want (for advanced students) Verb Lists  Irregular Verbs + gapped exercise  verbs + gerund or infinitive Recipe:  verbs for describing processes in cookery

TENSES

Overview of the Tenses Concept Questions Which tense to use after AND? MIXED TENSES  POEM:  All That The Book Claims Is True by Iris Boarder (Practice: Simple Future, Simple Present (Active & Passive), Present Perfect, Simple Past, Past Continuous, Past Perfect) SONG: This Love sung by Maroon 5 SONG: I Will Survive sung by Gloria Gaynor SONG: Family Portrait sung by Pink SONG:: My Way sung by Frank Sinatra & Robbie Williams SONG:  Roxanne sung by Fall Out Boy, The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy SONG: Lemar If There's Any Justice In The World SONG: Radio Ga Ga sung by Queen Simple present v past simple SONG: Single sung by Natasha Bedingfield SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles PRESENT TENSES SONG: Fix You sung by Coldplay (Practice:  Simple Present) SONG: Things I'll Never Say sung by Avril Lavigne (Practice: Simple present & present continuous) SONG:  Tubthumper sung by Chumbawumba (Practice: simple present) SONG:  In The Ghetto sung by Elvis Presley (Practice: simple present & present continuous) SONG:  No More I Love Yous sung by Annie Lennox PAST TENSES SONG: Goodbye My Lover sung by James Blunt SONG:   We Are The Champions sung by Queen (Practice: Present Perfect) STORY for beginners by Carl Boarder entitled Mr. Hungry (Practice: Simple Past) GAPPED TEXT: Story by Ben Whitmarsh entitled Driven To... (Practice:  Simple Past (active/passive), Past Continuous, Past Perfect) FIND SOMEONE WHO.... : (Practice:  Present Perfect x2) FIRST CONDITIONAL SONG:   I Don't Want To Talk About It sung by Rod Stewart 2ND CONDITIONAL & MIXED SONG: Lemar SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

MODAL AUXILIARIES

Can (Milling:  Find someone who......) Would like to  (Milling:  Find someone who......) Could + infinitive (Pairwork: Making suggestions) WOULD  = wanted to SONG: Lemar SHOULD = happened to SONG: Lemar Modal & Auxiliary Verbs SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

CLOZE

SONG:      Barbie Girl sung by Aqua SONG:      The Strangest Thing sung by George Michael SONG:      I'm Going Slightly Mad sung by Queen SONG:      Shut Up sung by Black-eyed Peas SONG:      Radio Ga Ga sung by Queen SONG:      Crazy sung by Gnarls Barkley SONG:      With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles (total cloze) SONG:      With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles (random cloze) JOKE:       Lipstick lip prints on mirrors (lesson plan for teenage groups, or younger)  CLASSIC:  Great Expectations by Charles Dickens CLASSIC:  Quotes by William Shakespeare (memory aids) CLASSIC:  The Seven Ages Of Man by William Shakespeare (lesson plan & classroom management)

QUESTIONS & QUESTION WORDS

SONG:  Radio Ga Ga sung by Queen subject/object questions + question words

REPORTED SPEECH

SONG:  Do You Want To Know A Secret sung by The Beatles SONG:  Things We Said Today sung by The Beatles SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

CLAUSES

SONG: My Way sung by Frank Sinatra & Robbie Williams SONG: Paranoid sung by Black Sabbath

COMPREHENSION

SONG:  Do You Want To Know A Secret sung by The Beatles SONG: I Saw Her Standing There sung by The Beatles SONG: These Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield SONG: Family Portrait sung by Pink SONG: Fix You sung by Coldplay SONG:  Roxanne sung by Fall Out Boy, The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy POEM: Beano to Beussent POETIC PROSE: The Snake by D.H. Lawrence

COMMON & USEFUL PHRASES

SONG:   We Are The Champions sung by Queen GAPPED TEXT: Story by Ben Whitmarsh entitled Driven To... Proverbs with exercises

SPECIFIC VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Abbreviations for text messages Anagram Store Cupboard Antonyms of negative/positive words & phrases SONG:  Mad World  Business Vocabulary  verbs + nouns adjectives + nouns words & phrases to denote degrees of probability when talking about the future.  Clerical (Men of the Cloth): Poem by Richard Harris Barham Confidential Subjects SONG:  Do You Want To Know a Secret   CV Examples Degrees of Certainty (Song: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley) Degrees of Insanity Idioms + exercise Degrees of Quantity  (Song: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley) Legal Vocabulary & Reading Comprehension  Musical Idioms  (matching exercise) Musical Vocabulary (musicians, instruments, verbs) Expletives & Exponents Sporting Terms & Vocabulary (lists only) Health Idioms + exercises Humour:  Jokes, Puns, etc. with exercises & explanations.   Joke notices Imperial Weights Odd Man Out  (matching exercise) Overview of The British Legal System by John Mortimer  Parts of the body & verbs of action (for beginners) SONG:  The Happy Song Phrasal Verbs & Single Verbs Phrases which include the word TIME + two exercises Probability: Words & Phrases to denote degrees of probability when talking about the future.  Prostitution:  SONG:  Roxanne sung by Fall Out Boy, The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy Proverbs Requests in the office Requests at school Requests at mealtimes Synonyms SONG:  Mad World  Synonyms SONG: I Saw Her Standing There Talk v Speak v Say v Tell Explanations & practice of variations in construction and use (including phrasal verbs & idioms) Types of Meat + exercises Violence & Cruelty (categories & terminology) Vocabulary for cooking recipes Vocabulary used in Britain, America, Australia, New Zealand Ways of Laughing (Song:  Crazy by Gnarls Barkley) Words & Phrases used in The Holy Bible Persons v people (brief explanation only)

SPECIFIC GRAMMAR CONSTRUCTIONS

JOKE: Lipstick lip prints on mirrors  could + infinitive (making suggestions) I think + be going to + infinitive (speculating, anticipating) I think + simple future (speculating, anticipating) SONG: This Love sung by Maroon 5 (NEVER + Full Infinitive) Saying the same things differently SONG:  (Crazy by Gnarls Barkley) Transfer (Constructions) 2a-I remember when + to lose one's mind/life (please scroll to next box) 2b-There is/was something so pleasant about that phase. 2c-There is/was so much space 2d-Even your emotions had an echo 2e-Does that make me crazy? 2f- All I remember + gerund 2g-To be + prepositional phrase 2h-Maybe I'm crazy, (but nevertheless ..........) 2i-I didn't know enough/I just knew too much 2j-Well, I think you're crazy just like me. 2k-to hope ( that) + clause/ to hope + full infinitive 2l- That's my only advice. (My only advice is ........) 2m-Who do you think you are? 2n-Ever since I was little, (+ clause) 2o-It looked like fun/It's no coincidence (that) I've come  2p-Come on now + phrase (+ function)

FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH

Giving Instructions (recipes) Making requests:  at the office, school, table Making requests (exponents v expletives) Formal v Informal English (letter-writing) SONG: Paperback Writer Describing a visit to a restaurant Bewailing one's lack of success in love & apportioning blame SONG:  If There's Any Justice In The World Empathising, Offering support +  being: supportive, sympathetic, understanding SONG: Fix You sung by Coldplay Reminiscing: The Umbrella Club by Martyn Richards Writing a Review  SONG: Paranoid sung by Black Sabbath Making suggestions JOKE (Lesson Plan - Ideal for teenagers) Speculating, Anticipating, Hazarding a Guess JOKE (Lesson Plan - Ideal for teenagers) Giving feedback SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE STUDIES

Saying the same things differently Tailoring Your Language: Multi-syllable Verbs v Phrasal Verbs Tailoring Your Language: Exponents v Expletives Tailoring Your Language: Bodily Functions Analysis of errors made by Marlene Sanabria, a non-native speaker from Colombia Humour:  Puns, etc. with exercises & explanations Humour:  A humorous account of an amateur football match in Germany to be compared with writing without humour. Describing Bodily Functions British v American spellings British v American, Australian, New Zealand vocabulary Christianity:  The Lord's Prayer Talk v Speak v Say v Tell  Explanations & practice of variations in construction and use (including phrasal verbs & idioms) CV Examples Formal v Informal English (letter-writing) SONG: Paperback Writer Degrees of Certainty (Song: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley) Degrees of Quantity  (Song: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley) Prison v Work (Matching Exercise)

CREATIVE WRITING

SONG: I Saw Her Standing There sung by The Beatles CHRISTMAS CAROL:  We Three Kings SONG: Paranoid sung by Black Sabbath (Writing a review) SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

SEQUENCING PRACTICE

TEXT: Jumbled Jokes CHRISTMAS SONG:  Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) sung by The Darkness SONG: Thunder In My Heart (sung by Leo Sayer) SONG: Laura (sung by The Scissor Sisters) SONG: I Don't Want You Back (sung by Eamon) SONG: Spin (sung by Darren Hayes) SONG:  Complicated (sung by Avril Lavigne) SONG:  Mad World (sung by Gary Jules) SONG:  Cool I Am sung by Shakira SONG:  Hey Mr. D.J. sung by Shakira SONG:  Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex (sung by Beyonce) SONG:  Tubthumper sung by Chumbawumba SONG:  Dy-na-mi-tee sung by Ms. Dynamite SONG:   In The Ghetto sung by Elvis Presley SONG:   Business sung by Eminem SONG:   Shut Up! sung by Kelly Osbourne SONG:   I'm Going Slightly Mad sung by Queen SONG:   I Don't Want To Talk About It sung by Rod Stewart SONG:   Fix You sung by Coldplay SONG:   When The Sun Goes Down sung by Arctic Monkeys SONG:   Goodbye My Lover sung by James Blunt SONG:   Boys Will Be Boys sung by The Ordinary Boys SONG:   Staying Alive sung by The BeeGees SONG:   No More I Love Yous sung by Annie Lennox SONG:   It's My Life sung by Bon Jovi  SONG:   Radio Ga Ga sung by Queen SONG:   Single sung by Natasha Bedingfield SONG:   With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

SPELLING & PRONUNCIATION

Spelling Differences (UK v US spellings) Writing Tips Spelling Rules JOKE:  Spelling Practice (Proposed EU Spelling Changes) JOKE:  Lipstick lip prints on mirrors Lesson Plan & dictation (ideal for teenagers & younger pupils) SONG:   Shut Up! sung by Kelly Osborne SONG:   We Are The Champions sung by Queen SONG:   Underneath Your Clothes sung by Shakira SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles (digraphs, trigraphs, etc.) INFO:     British v American spellings Chants for competitive situations JOKE:    The cat Tricky Tongue Twisters

STRESS & INTONATION

Stress & Intonation Tips SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles SONG: She's Leaving Home sung by The Beatles SONG: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sung by The Beatles SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles

SPEAKING

Speaking Tips JOKE:  Lipstick lip prints on mirrors Lesson Plan & dictation (ideal for teenagers & younger pupils) Find Someone Who.... (range of milling exercises) SONG: This Love sung by Maroon 5 (Exercise 5) VIDEO:  Using Mr. Bean to teach English First Conditional questions (milling & matching exercise) SONG:  Do You Want To Know A Secret? (milling exercise) SONG: Shut Up (dictation) POEM:  The JackDaw Of Rheims by Richard Harris Barham SONG:  Roxanne sung by Fall Out Boy, The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy (roleplay) Tricky Tongue Twisters SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles (Reported Speech) SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles (2nd Conditional) SONG:  (Crazy by Gnarls Barkley) Transfer (Constructions) 2a-I remember when + to lose one's mind/life (please scroll to next box) 2b-There is/was something so pleasant about that phase. 2c-There is/was so much space 2d-Even your emotions had an echo 2e-Does that make me crazy? 2f- All I remember + gerund 2g-To be + prepositional phrase 2h-Maybe I'm crazy, (but nevertheless ..........) 2i-I didn't know enough/I just knew too much 2j-Well, I think you're crazy just like me. 2k-to hope ( that) + clause/ to hope + full infinitive 2l- That's my only advice. (My only advice is ........) 2m-Who do you think you are? 2n-Ever since I was little, (+ clause) 2o-It looked like fun/It's no coincidence (that) I've come  2p-Come on now + phrase (+ function) Also:  See Subjects for Debate or Discussion

SONGS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS & GROUP SINGING PRACTICE

COACH SONGS: There Were Ten In The Bed Ten Green Bottles One Man Went to Mow A Meadow Old MacDonald's Farm CHANTS FOR YOUNG SUPPORTERS ON SCHOOL SPORTS DAYS For a swimming competition For any sport XMAS SONGS Pop Songs Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) sung by The Darkness Carols While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (Carol for Christians) Away In A Manger (Carol for Christians) We Three Kings  (Carol for Christians) Fun Songs Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (for children) We Wish You A Merry Christmas (for children) All I Want For Christmas (for children) Jingle Bells (for children) I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Clause (for children) NURSERY RHYMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Tommy Thumb Wiggly Woo The Happy Song

INTRODUCTIONS TO SUBJECTS SUITABLE FOR COMPOSITION, ROLEPLAY, DEBATE OR DISCUSSION

Anger Management Apportioning blame Australia's unique wildlife Aviation: Learning to Fly sung by Pink Floyd + Unusual Poems by James Morrow The Albatross & Concorde & The Tempest Being married v staying single (song: Single by Natasha Bedingfield) Censorship (Song by Darren Hayes: Spin) Changes in Britain Changing one's life: (song: It's My Life sung by Bon Jovi) Christianity: The Lord's Prayer Christina Aguillera (Kelly Osbourne's comments about her) Christmas Expectations: cultural differences in traditions, gifts, comparison of climates on 25th & how this affects traditions (Song: Christmas Time sung by Darkness) Christmas Recipes Christmas Traditions Christmas:  The Story of the Nativity Christmas:  A magical time for children Christmas:  Food, drink & family get-togethers Conservation & endangered species Death (Terminal Illness, Palliative Care, Bereavement Processes, Suicidal Tendancies)  SONG The Drugs Don't Work sung by The Verve Depression:  offering support (Song: Fix You sung by Coldplay) Depression:  reasons for teenage depression (essay: Education in Britain) Dieting (reasons: real & imagined, types of diets) (Song by Darren Hayes: Spin) Drinking habits (pre-discussion before song by Chumbawumba: Tubthumper))   Drugs (Legal v Illegal) SONG: The Drugs Don't Work by The Verve European Community (Spelling Practice Joke:  Proposed EU Spelling Changes) Faiths & conflict Essay by James Morrow Farms:  Mad Cow Disease  Farms:  Foot & Mouth Epidemic Farms:  The Cloning of Sheep Felony Murder:  Reading Comprehension + Exercises by Maria Barone Food & Drink (Paris & Italy) Football Memories Trevor Dykes) A humorous description of his 'Match of the Day'   Friendship:  SONG: With A Little Help From My Friends sung by The Beatles Haute Cuisine Health: Infectious Diseases (Song by Darren Hayes: Spin)   Health: A.D.D. & the symptoms with/without medication (Song: These Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield) Improving one's Lifestyle (song: It's My Life sung by Bon Jovi) Infidelity: Aftermath (Song by Eamon:  I Don't Want You Back) Infidelity and the reasons why (Song by Eamon:  I Don't Want You Back) Infidelity v Fidelity (Song by Eamon:  I Don't Want You Back) Infidelity: Men's reactions (Song by Eamon:  I Don't Want You Back)  Infidelity: Women's reactions (Song by Eamon:  I Don't Want You Back)  Lifestyles: (Song by Frank Sinatra & Robbie Williams: My Way) Lipstick lip prints on mirrors JOKE (lesson plan for teenage groups, or younger)  Listening:  The Art of Listening The Wise Old Owl LSD Make-up JOKE:  (lesson plan for teenage groups, or younger)  Medical Health & Death (idioms) Speaking about Bodily Functions (exponents) Facial Tics (Read & Discuss: Social Advantages & Disadvantages plus Ways of curing a tic) Mental Health Issues Degrees of Insanity (idioms) Song by Annie Lennox: No More I Love Yous Song by Queen:  I'm Going Slightly Mad Song by Black Sabbath: Paranoid wrongly titled, but this can be elicited Paranoia and the Externalised Perceptual Misalignment Hypothesis Cognitive Illusions:  Weaving the Fabric of Reality  A Unified Theory of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder The SHADOW programme Music + violence:  Readers' Opinions Music: Punk or Rock? The lyrics of some of Avril Lavigne's songs and a link to an article by Jessica Zietz   Negative v Positive ways of looking at things (song: Paranoid sung by Black Sabbath) Obesity (causes, metabolism, etc.) (Song by Darren Hayes: Spin) Political Correctness (Song by Darren Hayes: Spin) Politics: Election Procedures in Britain & other countries (Song by Darren Hayes: Spin) Pollution (sound) (poem by James Morrow) Prostitution  SONG: When the Sun Goes Down by The Arctic Monkeys Prostitution  SONG: Roxanne sung by The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy, Fall Out Boy Recipes National Dishes Relationships: Current & Former (Song by The Beatles: And I Love Her) Relationships:  Types of marital problems (Song: Family Portrait sung by Pink) Relationships:  Effect on health, etc. ( Song: Crazy sung by Gnarls Barkley) Relationships:  Dysfunctional families (Song: Family Portrait sung by Pink) Relationships:  The effects of a marriage breakdown on the children (Song: Family Portrait sung by Pink) Relationships:  Should parents stay together for the sake of the children? (Song: Family Portrait sung by Pink) Relationships:  Declaring one's feelings (Song: Thunder In My Heart sung by Leo Sayer) Relationships:  Bewailing one's lack of success in love & apportioning blame (song:  Lemar) Relationships:  The effects of being in love (Song: These Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield) Relationships: Conditional v Unconditional Relationships (Song: These Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield) Relationships: responsibilities within relationships (Song: Young Hearts Run Free) Relationships: happy marriages, life after death, dreams (Story by William Bolton:  True Love Never Dies) Relationships:  Initial attraction and how to react) (Song by The Beatles: I Saw Her Standing There) Relationships:  stalking, revenge, unrequited love) (Story by William Bolton: Stalker) Religious Intolerance (Well-presented essay by James Morrow) Reminiscing: The Umbrella Club by Martyn Richards Spin Doctors (Song by Darren Hayes: Spin) Starvation (causes, medical aspects) (Song by Darren Hayes: Spin) Teen drinking (post-discussion after song by Chumbawumba: Tubthumper) Teen Violence & Music: The Real Connection (Essay by Marcus Strife) Teenagers + Violent Computer Games + Music (Article by Bibi Boarder) Traffic congestion (poem by James Morrow) Travel:  Paris Sewers Travel:  Paris Restaurant Travel:  Italian Vineyards Travel: Beanos:  Beussent & Bruges   Using contrast to describe family members Violence & Cruelty (categories & terminology) Violence often caused by drinking (post discussion after song) Violence (William Bolton) Essay discussing a range of issues. Waste of Natural Resources Wildlife: Monotremes & Echidnas Wildlife: ways to observe &/or help Wisdom:  Are all old people wise?  How is wisdom acquired? The Wise Old Owl Women in Business (Paris, Italy) Word Families (gapped exercise)

TAILOR YOUR LANGUAGE

Describing bodily functions Conversational Analysis Exponents & Expletives Phrasal Verbs & Other Types of Verbs

AN INTRODUCTION TO  THE CLASSICS

CHARLES DICKENS::  Full lesson plan with varied group & pairwork activities using two excerpts from Great Expectations RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM: Free gapped, sequencing & vocabulary exercises for use with a poem called "The Jackdaw of Rheims" SHAKESPEARE: Free gapped, matching & sequencing exercises as memory aids for quotes from Shakespeare:  As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, Richard II, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, The Tempest  SHAKESPEARE  Lesson plan + worksheets for The Seven Ages of  Man (As You Like It)

LEARNING AIDS

Advanced Grammar Constructions Verb Lists   Irregular Verbs + gapped exercise  verbs + gerund or infinitive Grammar Overview Tenses Overview  (selection of illustrative diagrams) + Concept Questions Study Tips for:   Exams listening reading speaking writing Course Books Cross Reference Lists

READING PRACTICE

FICTION Carl Boarder UK (for toddlers) Ben Whitmarsh UK William Bolton UK Mitchie Arcaina The Phillipines NON-FICTION Mary Neve US (ESL + songs) Marcus Strife US (Violence & Music) Maria Barone Italy (ESL) Marlene Sanabria Colombia (ESL) Izzy Cohen Israel (ESL / Ironic) Trevor Dykes Germany (Humorous) J.F.Mortimer UK (The Legal Profession) Dr. Michael Lim Singapore(Travel Reports from France & Italy) James Morrow (UK) Understanding Science & Coming To Terms with Living Peacefully alongside other Faiths & Peoples James Morrow (UK) Mental Health: A Unified Theory of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder James Morrow (UK) Mental Health:  Cognitive Illusions: Weaving the Fabric of Reality James Morrow (UK) Mental Health: Paranoia and the Externalised Perceptual Misalignment Hypothesis Martyn Richards The Umbrella Club POETRY Iris Boarder UK Apramita Chand, India Joshua Ward US Miranda Maxfield, US Jessica Blalock, US Ginger Dean, US Chris Davies, UK James Morrow (1) UK James Morrow (2) UK James Morrow (3) UK Martyn Richards UK Working Tom

ICEBREAKERS

Bingo Game:  SONG:  Things We Said Today sung by The Beatles Milling Exercises: Find Someone Who..... Milling Exercise: SONG: This Love sung by Maroon 5 (ex.5) See also 'sequencing exercises' for popular jigsaw listening exercises

CHRISTIAN WORKS

The Lord's Prayer Biblical Vocabulary & General Rules Prayers from Laijon Liu Pronouns used in The Holy Bible Reverently Humorous Poems by Iris Boarder (+ ESL/EFL practice for Christians) Christmas Carols (+ ESL/EFL practice for Christians)

My thanks to everyone who has inspired me, helped me, encouraged me and/or corrected me Bibi Baxter (formerly Bibi Boarder)