The tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (TED Ed video)

The marriage of Orpheus, the greatest of all poets and musicians, to Eurydice, a wood nymph, was heralded as the perfect union. Anyone could tell the couple was deeply in love. However, ...

Do the interactive exercises below to find out about their tragic story. When you finish, click the "Finish" button at the end to check your answers.

For full screen view click the button at the bottom left hand corner of the worksheet.

Orpheus and Eurydice, an interactive worksheet by serene
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For teachers: Click on the image below to download a printable worksheet.

Grammar and Vocabulary Jeopardy Game (powerpoint)

Game categories:

• Present Simple or Continuous
• Present Tenses: Stative Verbs
• Personality Adjectives
• Word formation: Negative prefixes
• Phrasal Verbs with Up

Grammar and Vocabulary Jeopardy Game from Areti Gavalaki

You can also download the game here.

Wonderful Tonight (song worksheet)

Here is a worksheet based on Eric Clapton's song Wonderful Tonight. There are five tasks: Listen and put the pictures in the correct order, Rewrite the words in rhyming pairs, Listen and complete the lyrics, Answer the questions, and Write questions in the Present Tenses. B/W copy and Answer Key provided.

To download the worksheet, click here. The preview looks a little messed up but when you open the file after downloading, it is all right.

To view an online version, click here.

Passive Voice Jeopardy Game (powerpoint)

Game Categories:

• Passive Verb Tenses
• Active to Passive
• Active to Passive Questions
• Passive Reporting Structures
• Passive to Active. 

Passive Voice Jeopardy Game from Areti Gavalaki

You can also download the PowerPoint here.

Grammar Review Jeopardy Game (powerpoint)

Game categories:

• Verb Tenses
• Comparison
• The Passive
• Countable / Uncountable Nouns
• Question Tags

Grammar Review Jeopardy Game from Areti Gavalaki

You can also download the powerpoint here.

To play the game online, click here.

The Grasshopper and the Ant

Here is a worksheet based on an animated video of the famous Aesop fable, The Grasshopper and the Ant. There is a grammar exercise to revise reporting verbs and Reported Speech as well as a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle). Answer key provided.

To download the worksheet click here.

The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde (worksheet)

Here is a worksheet based on an animated film of The Selfish Giant, the famous story written by Oscar Wilde. It contains a gap-fill exercise, a crossword puzzle and an exercise in which students are asked to write suitable comprehension questions for a set of statements about the story practising wh-questions in the Past Simple and Continuous mainly.

To download the worksheet click here.

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The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (worksheet)

Here is a worksheet based on an animated film of The Happy Prince. It contains a True/False exercise, a set of comprehension questions, a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle) and a grammar exercise (reported speech). Click here to watch the video on YouTube.

To download the worksheet click here.

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Passive Voice Review Jeopardy Game

Here is a game I have created using Jeopardy Style Review Game Creator.

Game Categories

• Passive Verb Tenses
• Active to Passive
• Active to Passive Questions
• Change of construction
• Passive to Active

Click on the picture below to play the game.

http://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=802287#.VfKz4302FIE

To download this game in powerpoint format, click the link below.
Passive Voice Jeopardy Game (powerpoint)

The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde (video)

Here is an animated film of The Selfish Giant, the famous story written by Oscar Wilde.

Comprehension Questions

1. Where did the children use to play after school?
2. How long had the Giant been away?
3. What did he see when he came back?
4. What did he do to keep the children out of his garden?
5. Why didn't the Spring come in the Giant's garden?
6. Who did the Snow and the Frost invite to stay with them?
7. Where did the lovely music come from, which the Giant heard one morning?
8. Where was the little boy standing and why was he crying?
9. How did the tree try to help the boy?
10. What decision did the Giant take?

  Vocabulary

• A blossom is a flower on a tree. When a tree blossoms, it produces flowers.
• A gruff voice has a rough low sound.
• A trespasser is a person who goes on somebody's land without their permission.
• When somebody is prosecuted, they are officially charged with a crime in court.
• A linnet is a small brown bird that makes a pleasant sound.
• A wicked person is an evil (bad) person.
• If you are feeble, you are very weak, especially because you are old or ill.

  Irregular Past Forms Quiz

There is a number of irregular past forms in this story. Take the following quiz to check how well you remember them.

The Selfish Giant (irregular past forms) » Create A Quiz

Grammar Review Jeopardy Game

Here is a game I have created using Flash Jeopardy Review Generator.

Game categories:

• Verb Tenses
• Comparison
• The Passive
• Countable / Uncountable Nouns
• Question Tags

Click on the picture below to play the game.

 

https://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=172697#.VfK3vX02FIE 

To download a powerpoint version of this game, click here.

Bang Bang - My Baby Shot Me Down (song)

Bang Bang (Nancy Sinatra) - YouTube 

(two versions - three pages) I used this worksheet as a follow up activity after teaching "used to" and "would" for past habits. The students listen to the song once and number the pictures in the correct order. Then they listen again and complete the lyrics with the past simple of the irregular verbs in the song. In the second version they have to sort a number of words into rhyming pairs and then complete the lyrics with these words. I have also included a few comprehension questions.

Download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/75246259/Bang-Bang-My-Baby-Shot-Me-Down-Song 

Would - used to - be used to - get used to

A clear and simple presentation of the form and usage of "would", "used to" and "be used to"

Would, used to, be used to from Areti Gavalaki
 

Soup Ladle Stops Tiger Attack (reading + passive voice)

This worksheet is based on a BBC news article. It contains a True / False comprehension exercise, a crossword puzzle, two exercises on passive voice, a cloze test to practise articles and a roleplay task.

Download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/64985579/Soup-Ladle-Stops-Tiger-Attack 

You can find an online version here:  http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6763

The Cutty Sark (reading + passive voice)

On the first page there is an article taken from CBBCnews followed by two comprehension exercises (True/False statements and Find Synonyms in the text) and an exercise on passive voice. On the second page there is the story that inspired the naming of the Cutty Sark. It is followed by two vocabulary exercises (students practise guessing meaning from context).

Download:  http://www.scribd.com/doc/62340546/The-Cutty-Sark 

You can find an online version here:  http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4076

Grammar and Vocabulary Jeopardy Game

This is a game I've created using Flash Jeopardy Review Generator

Game categories:

• Present Simple or Continuous
• Stative Verbs
• Personality Adjectives
• Word Formation (Negative Prefixes)
• Phrasal Verbs with Up

Click on the picture below to play the game.

 

https://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=399734#.VfK4Tn02FIE

Steve Jobs´ Stanford Commencement Address (2005)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtbJM9ksxo8
http://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 is a brief but clear explanation of the third conditional for the students to read before they complete a number of conditional sentences about Steve Jobs´ life.

Download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/61088712/Steve-Jobs-Stanford-Commencement-Address

Grenade - Bruno Mars

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

So-such-too-enough

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)

So - Such Too - Enough from Areti Gavalaki