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 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 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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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.