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WHAT'S NEW === English Language Lesson Plans - Grammar, Vocabulary & SpeakingEnglish Language Lesson Plans - Grammar, Vocabulary & Speaking

We've just added two new lesson plans for general English at elementary level.

As with all our lesson plans, there are photocopiable worksheets for students and full teacher's notes.

Lesson plans include work on grammar, vocabulary and speaking. Each lesson plan includes language explanations, controlled speaking and writing tasks, and communication exercises -

  • Grammar - Comparative
  • Vocabulary and Speaking - Shops and Places in Town

    4th January 2010

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  • WHAT'S NEW === General English Lesson Plans x10General English Lesson Plans x10

    We have a whole new section and 10 new lesson plans.

    Lesson Plans for General English have begun with 10 lessons at elementary level - and there's plenty more to come.

    Lesson plans include work on vocabulary, reading and speaking -

  • Reading - 'English-Speaking Countries'
  • Vocabulary - 'The Odd-Word-Out' 1 / 2 / 3
  • Vocabulary - Compound Nouns 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
  • Vocabulary - Countries and Nationalities
  • Vocabulary and Speaking - Rooms in a House

    15th October 2008

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  • WHAT'S NEW === 6 new Lesson Plans & 3 new Crosswords for Medical English6 new Lesson Plans & 3 new Crosswords for Medical English

    Our Medical English section has increased with six more lesson plans and three more crosswords.

    • Advanced Lesson Plans - Vocabulary - Medical Words and Meanings 1 and 2
    • Advanced Lesson Plans - Vocabulary - Medical Terms / Common Words 3 and 4
    • Intermediate Lesson Plans - Vocabulary - Phrasal Verbs
    • Intermediate Crosswords - Medical Equipment
    • Advanced Crosswords - Medical Terms / Common Words 1 and 2

    7th August 2008

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    WHAT'S NEW === Lesson Plans and Crosswords for Medical EnglishLesson Plans and Crosswords for Medical English

    We've expanded our Medical English section with two more crosswords and three more lesson plans.

    • Advanced Crosswords - Nutrition and Digestion 1 and 2
    • Advanced Lesson Plans - Reading and Speaking - Health and Well-Being
    • Advanced Lesson Plans - Vocabulary - Medical Terms / Common Words 1 and 2

    9th June 2008

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    WHAT'S NEW === Compound Nouns / Irregular Verbs / Rooms - CrosswordsCompound Nouns / Irregular Verbs / Rooms - Crosswords

    We've added 5 new crosswords and taken the total number of crosswords in our Crossword section to 74 units.

  • Elementary - Compound Nouns 1
  • Elementary - Compound Nouns 2
  • Elementary - Compound Nouns 3
  • Intermediate - Irregular Verbs
  • Advanced - Rooms

    Crosswords are a great way to re-enforce target vocabulary and provide valuable controlled practice.

    21st May 2008

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  • WHAT'S NEW === Improved and Expanded - Phrasal Verbs SectionImproved and Expanded - Phrasal Verbs Section

    We've improved our Phrasal Verbs Section and increased the number of available units by 18.

    There are now 30 topic based units to choose from. New units include Trade and Business / Food / Travelling / Love / Information / Money / Feelings and Emotions / Behaviour and many more.

    8th April 2008

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    WHAT'S NEW === 3 New Units of 'Find Someone Who...'3 New Units of 'Find Someone Who...'

    We've added three more units to our 'Find Someone Who...' section, taking the total number of units to 50 and the total number of worksheets to 100.

    The new units are -

  • Achievements
  • Studying and Using English
  • Past Obligation - 'Had to...'

    17th March 2008

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  • WHAT'S NEW === Medical English - Medical Professionals - Crosswords and Lesson PlanMedical English - Medical Professionals - Crosswords and Lesson Plan

    We've got two more crosswords and another lesson plan for our Medical English section - all connected to Medical Professionals.

    • Elementary Crosswords - Medical Professionals 1 and 2
    • Elementary Lesson Plan - Reading and Vocabulary - Medical Professionals

    6th January 2008

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    WHAT'S NEW === Christmas Materials and Resources - Crosswords / 'Find Someone Who..' / Topics for Fluency




    Christmas Materials and Resources - Crosswords / 'Find Someone Who..' / Topics for Fluency

    It's Christmas and time for some seasonal resources. We've added -

  • Christmas Elementary Crossword
  • Christmas Intermediate Crossword
  • 'Find Someone Who...' Speaking Worksheets
  • 'Topics for Fluency' Speaking Worksheets

    10th December 2007

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  • WHAT'S NEW === Medical English - Dentistry Crosswords and Medical Lesson PlansMedical English - Dentistry Crosswords and Medical Lesson Plans

    We've just added two new crosswords and two new lesson plans to our Medical English section. This brings you a total of 31 medically related crosswords and 34 medically related lesson plans.

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    • Advanced Crosswords - Dentistry 1 and 2
    • Elementary Lesson Plan - 'Should' for Advice
    • Upper-Intermediate / Advanced Lesson Plan - Compound Adjectives with ILL and WELL

    29th November 2007

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    WHAT'S NEW === 23 New Units - 'Find Someone Who...' for Speaking Fluency23 New Units - 'Find Someone Who...' for Speaking Fluency

    We've just doubled the number of 'Find Someone Who...' Worksheets and added a whole new section.

    With an extra 23 units and 46 worksheet handouts 'Find Someone Who...' Worksheets for Speaking Fluency provide topic based handouts covering themes which include Films, Fears, Love and Money.

    With 2 handouts per unit, 'Find Someone Who...' worksheets are a great way to provide speaking fluency practice based on common topics.

    20th November 2007

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    WHAT'S NEW === Medical English - Lesson Plans and Resources




    Medical English - Lesson Plans and Resources

    We've made a few changes to the English and added a whole new section - Lesson Plans.

    We've hundreds of lesson plans for General English and ESP on their way but for now we've started things off with Lesson Plans and Resources for Medical English.

    • Over 30 lesson plans - grammar, vocabulary, reading and speaking
    • Over 250 flashcards showing over 60 medical images
    • Crosswords for medical English at all levels of language proficiency

    Teaching medical professionals and students is rewarding yet challenging work. We've produced over 30 lesson plans, 250 flashcards and 29 crosswords all specifically for Medical English to help you take the strain out of lesson preparation. the English lesson plans are instant and guaranteed for classroom success.

    Clear teacher's notes set out the aim and procedure for each lesson. Photocopiable worksheets for students provide productive, stimulating classroom activities.

    15th October 2007

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    WHAT'S NEW === Sentence Stems for Speaking Fluency - 5 New UnitsSentence Stems for Speaking Fluency - 5 New Units

    5 new units of 'Sentence Stems for Speaking Fluency' -


  • Favourites
  • Talking and Communication
  • Travel
  • People
  • Weather and Seasons

    120 more speaking prompts to generate discussion and communication in the classroom.

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  • WHAT'S NEW === 5 New Elementary Crosswords5 New Elementary Crosswords

    With the introduction of 5 new crosswords our Crossword Category now has 65 units while the Elementary Section has 29.

  • Daily Routine Action
  • Days, Months and Seasons
  • Machines
  • Past Simple Verbs 1
  • Past Simple Verbs 2

    Crosswords are a great way to re-enforce target vocabulary and provide valuable controlled practice.

    1st June 2007


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  • WHAT'S NEW === 14 New Flashcards - Shops




    14 New Flashcards - Shops

    14 flashcards in black & white and colour, with text, without text, plus in mini-set format -

    baker's / bookshop / butcher's / chemist's / DIY shop / greengrocer's / hairdresser's / launderette / newsagent's / off-licence / pet shop / petrol station / supermarket / travel agent's

    18th May 2007

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    WHAT'S NEW === 5 new 'Topics for Fluency' units - Animals, Friends, Houses, Fears and Telephones5 new 'Topics for Fluency' units - Animals, Friends, Houses, Fears and Telephones

    the English 'Speaking for Fluency' category just got bigger by 5 new units.

  • Animals
  • Friends
  • Houses
  • Nerves, Fears and Phobias
  • Telephones

    In both 'cut-up slip' and 'worksheet' formats 'Topics for Speaking Fluency' are the ideal way to generate active, meaningful communication in the classroom.

    'Speaking for Fluency' - now with 25 units and hundreds of question prompts.

    6th May 2007

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  • WHAT'S NEW === Advanced Crosswords - Animals, Phobias, Trade & BusinessAdvanced Crosswords - Animals, Phobias, Trade & Business

    We have 3 new crosswords covering 3 new topics in our 'Advanced' Crosswords Resource section -

  • Animals
  • Phobias
  • Trade & Business

    Making a total of 21 advanced crosswords and 60 crosswords in all.

    18th April 2007

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  • WHAT'S NEW === Flashcard Mini-SetsFlashcard Mini-Sets

    Our 'Flashcard' resource just got a whole lot bigger with the introduction of a completely new section - 'Flashcard Mini-Sets'.

    We've taken all our flashcard categories and put them into Mini-Set files with 6 images per page. This brings you over 750 flashcards in 69 files and 39 categories.

    In both black & white and colour, mini flashcards are ideal for pair work or group work on thematically based vocabulary.

    20th March 2007

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    WHAT'S NEW === 5 New 'Sentence Stems for Speaking Fluency' Units - Countries, Education, Learning English, Time, Shopping5 New 'Sentence Stems for Speaking Fluency' Units - Countries, Education, Learning English, Time, Shopping

    Our 'Sentence Stems for Speaking Fluency' section just got bigger by 5 new units and 120 new speaking prompts. These topic based units are ideal to generate discussion and communication in the classroom. Topics include -

    Learning English / Education / Shopping / Time / Countries

    'Sentence Stems for Speaking Fluency' - now with 26 units and over 600 speaking prompts.

    7th March 2007

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    WHAT'S NEW === 'Find Someone Who...' - 3 New units - Present Continuous / Present Simple / 'Would like...''Find Someone Who...' - 3 New units - Present Continuous / Present Simple / 'Would like...'

    We've just added 3 new units to our 'Find Someone Who...' resource.

  • Present Continous
  • Present Simple - 'Someone who always...'
  • Would like...

    With 2 worksheets per unit, 'Find Someone Who...' worksheets are a great way to provide controlled speaking practice of grammatical structures.

    21st February 2007

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  • WHAT'S NEW === Elementary Crosswords - Months / Hobbies / ShopsElementary Crosswords - Months / Hobbies / Shops

    With 3 new elementary crosswords there's more to the English vocabulary resource section.

  • Months
  • Hobbies & Leisure Activities
  • Shops & Places in Town 2

    Our Elementary Crossword resource now has 24 crossword units and the overall Crossword section has 57.

    Either given as homework or set as a classroom activity, crosswords are a great way to reinforce and practise vocabulary.

    11th February 2007

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  • WHAT'S NEW === National Flags & Nationality - 19 Colour Flashcards




    National Flags & Nationality - 19 Colour Flashcards

    We now have a set of 19 'National Flags and Nationality' flashcards, all in colour, with and without text.

    Complementing our set of 19 'Countries' this new flashcard set is ideal to present, elicit and practise the target vocabulary of 'nationalities' -

    Argentinian, Australian, Brazilian, British, Canadian, Chinese, Egyptian, French, Hungarian, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, Russian, Spanish, Taiwanese, Thai, American

    28th January 2007


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    WHAT'S NEW === Christmas - 4 sets of 14 flashcard images




    Christmas - 4 sets of 14 flashcard images

    It's Christmas time and we've got some flashcards for the occasion. Four sets of flashcards in colour and Black & White, with text and without text.

    Each set contains 14 flashcards showing all the essentials of Christmas - Santa, Christmas tree, Christmas pudding, crackers and many more.

    14th December 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === 20 Units of - 'Find Someone Who...' Worksheets for Grammar Practice20 Units of - 'Find Someone Who...' Worksheets for Grammar Practice

    We've just added a whole new section to our Green Page.

    20 units of 'Find someone who...' worksheets. With 2 worksheets in each unit we have a total of 40 new worksheets.

    Covering a full range of grammatical structures - Present Simple / Present Perfect / Past Simple / Future 'Going to...' / Future Continuous / 'Used to...' / 'Have to...' and many more.

    Great for controlled speaking practice of grammatical structures.

    8th December 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === 17 Colour Flashcards - 'Clothes - Patterns & Colours'




    17 Colour Flashcards - 'Clothes - Patterns & Colours'

    Two sets of colour flashcards with text and without text - 'Clothes - Patterns & Colours'.

    Each set contains 17 flashcards showing Patterns and Colours - checked, floral, paisley, polka dot, striped, tartan, black, blue, brown, green, grey, orange, pink, purple, red, white, yellow.

    29th November 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === Advanced Crosswords - Books & Reading / Health & Hospitals / Compound Adjectives - Describing PeopleAdvanced Crosswords - Books & Reading / Health & Hospitals / Compound Adjectives - Describing People

    Our 3 new 'Advanced' Crosswords cover the topics of books, health and people -

  • Books & reading
  • Health & Hospitals
  • Compound Adjectives - Describing People

    the English crossword resource now has a total of 18 advanced crosswords and 54 crosswords in all.

    12th November 2006

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  • WHAT'S NEW === We have Countries - set of 19 'Countries' Flashcards




    We have Countries - set of 19 'Countries' Flashcards

    This new set of flashcards to the English show 19 different countries -

    Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, The USA

    In black & white or colour, with and without text. Flashcards are the ideal way to present, elicit and practise target vocabulary.

    24th October 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === They're here! - 5 New 'Sentence Stem' Units for Speaking FluencyThey're here! - 5 New 'Sentence Stem' Units for Speaking Fluency

    Entertainnment / Holidays / Money / Moods & Emotions / Miscellaneous 7

    5 new units of 'Sentence Stems for Speaking Fluency' bring you 120 more speaking prompts to generate discussion and communication in the classroom.

    13th October 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === Elementary Crosswords - Countries 2 / Nationalities 2 / ShapesElementary Crosswords - Countries 2 / Nationalities 2 / Shapes

    With 3 new elementary crosswords the English vocabulary resources just got bigger and better.

    Our Elementary Crossword resource now has 21 crossword units and the overall Crossword section has 51.

    Crosswords are a great way to practise and re-enforce topic based vocabulary.

    29th September 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === Set of 10 Flashcards - 'Containers'




    Set of 10 Flashcards - 'Containers'

    Our new set of 10 flashcards show containers - bag, bottle, box, can, carton, jar, packet, tin, tub & tube.

    In both Colour and Black & White sets, with text and without text, the English 'Blue Section' now has 4 more resource files and 40 more flashcards.

    19th September 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === Topics for Speaking Fluency - Music & TelevisionTopics for Speaking Fluency - Music & Television

    We've just added two new units to our 'Topics for Fluency' section - Music and Television.

    In both 'cut up slip' and 'worksheet' format, 'Topics for Fluency' provide great speaking practice on 20 different topics.

    10th September 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === NEW - Flashcards with text captionsNEW - Flashcards with text captions

    Our 'Flashcard' resource just doubled in size with the introduction of a whole new section - 'Flashcards - Images with Text'.

    Flashcards with text captions - over 750 flashcards, 34 categorised sets, black & white or colour options, all with text captions.

    Flashcards are the perfect way to present, elicit and practice target vocabulary.

    22nd August 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === 10 NEW units of 'Sentence Stems for Speaking Fluency'10 NEW units of 'Sentence Stems for Speaking Fluency'

    10 themed units of 'Sentence Stems for Speaking Fluency' providing 240 sentence stems to initiate communication and provide essential speaking fluency practice.

    Cities / Environment / Fashion & Clothes / Food & Eating / Friends / Jobs & Work / Love & Marriage / Machines & Technology / Music / Television

    Sentence Stems are a great way to activate discussion in the classroom.

    14th August 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === 3 New Elementary Crosswords - Countries / Nationalities / Prepositions3 New Elementary Crosswords - Countries / Nationalities / Prepositions

    There are now 3 new elementary crosswords available from the English - making a total of 18 elementary crosswords and 48 crosswords in all.

  • Countries
  • Nationalities
  • Prepositions of Place & Direction

    Either given as homework or set as a classroom activity, crosswords are a great way to reinforce vocabulary.

    5th August 2006

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  • WHAT'S NEW === New Set of 19 Flashcards - 'Hobbies & Leisure Activities'




    New Set of 19 Flashcards - 'Hobbies & Leisure Activities'

    With 38 new flashcards the English 'Blue Section' now has 34 categories and over 750 flashcards.

    With either black & white or colour sets to choose from, our set of 19 'Hobbies & Leisure Activities' flashcards helps you present, elicit and practise the target vocabulary of hobbies and leisure.

    17th July 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === Topics for Speaking Fluency - 3 more units - Holidays, Food and SportTopics for Speaking Fluency - 3 more units - Holidays, Food and Sport

    the English brings you more - 3 more units of Speaking Fluency topics - Holidays, Food & Eating and Sport, taking this great teaching resource to a full 18 units.

    In both 'cut-up slip' and 'worksheet' formats 'Topics for Speaking Fluency' are the ideal way to generate active, meaningful communication in the classroom.

    7th July 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === BUILD YOUR WORD FAMILIES - Nouns & Verbs units 4 and 5BUILD YOUR WORD FAMILIES - Nouns & Verbs units 4 and 5

    BUILD YOUR WORD FAMILIES just expanded by 2 more units - Nouns & Verbs 4 and Nouns & Verbs 5

    Now with 14 units 'Build Your Word Families' is an invaluable vocabulary resource and an ideal way to expand student vocabulary knowledge.

    26th June 2006

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    WHAT'S NEW === NEW - 'Daily Routine Action' Flashcards




    NEW - 'Daily Routine Action' Flashcards

    With 34 new flashcards the English just got bigger and better!

    In black & white or colour, our set of 17 'Daily Routine Action' flashcards helps you present, elicit and practise the target vocabulary of everyday action.

    12th June 2006

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    Our brand new site went online on 1st June, packed with teaching resources for the language classroom.

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    • 15 units of 'Topics for Fluency'
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