King Tut and His Treasures

The pharaoh Tutankhamun is one of the most famous Egyptian rulers in history. Known by many as 'King Tut,' Tutankhamun is most famous for the incredible treasures in his tomb. Undisturbed for over 3,000 years until archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered it, thousands of priceless artifacts lay inside, ready to tell the story of the life and death of the pharaoh.

Do the interactive exercises below to find out about King Tut and his treasures. 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.

King Tut and his Treasures, an interactive worksheet by serene
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For teachers: Click on the image below to download a printable worksheet.

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.

The Milky Way (video)

The Milky Way is our home galaxy. It can be seen in the sky if the night is dark enough, a cloudy white stripe of stars too far to be seen individually with the naked eye.

Listening comprehension cloze test
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Listening comprehension True/False statements

Worksheet
Here is a worksheet based on a video about our galaxy, the Milky Way. There are two listening comprehension exercises (gap-fill and True/False) and a vocabulary exercise (students complete a number of sentences using the words given in a box). 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 OK.)

Quiz
Milky Way Quiz: Test Your Galaxy Smarts

How Smart Are Orangutans? (TED Ed video)

Along with humans, orangutans belong to the Hominidae family tree, which stretches back 14 million years. But it’s not just their striking red hair that makes orangutans unique among our great ape cousins. Lu Gao shares some amazing facts about these incredibly intelligent great apes from Asia.

Pre-watching vocabulary task
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Listening comprehension cloze test
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Listening comprehension True/False statements

Orangutan Quizzes

FREE Interactive Orangutans Quiz
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Worksheet 

Here is a worksheet based on the animated TED Ed video about how smart orangutans are. There are two listening comprehension exercises (gap-fill and True/False) and a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle). B/W copy and Answer Key provided.

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How Tsunamis Work

Here is a TED Ed video about how tsunamis work. Watch the video and do the tasks below.

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Worksheet

Here is a worksheet based on a TED Ed video about how tsunamis work. There is a vocabulary matching exercise and two listening comprehension exercises (gap-fill and True/False). B/W copy and Answer Key provided.

To download the worksheet 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.

American History X (movie trailer)

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

 

Worksheet
Here is a worksheet based on the trailer of the film American History X. There is a gap-fill exercise and a set of comprehension questions for class discussion. Answer key as well as some teacher's notes are provided.

To download the worksheet click here.

 

The Dog and the Hummingbird (the story of an unlikely friendship)

April 26, 2016. A rescued dog saves a baby hummingbird from death and the two become unlikely best friends.

Task 1.
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Task 2.

Worksheet
Here is a worksheet based on the video above. There are two comprehension exercises (gap-fill and  True/False) and a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle). Answer key included.

To download the worksheet click here.

 

Octopus Escapes from Aquarium (video)

April 12, 2016. Inky the octopus has successfully escaped an aquarium and re-entered the ocean.

Task 1.
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Task 2.

Worksheet
Here is a worksheet based on a short BBC video about the escape of an octopus from a New Zealand aquarium. There is a vocabulary matching exercise as a pre-listening activity, a True/False comprehension exercise, a grammar exercise (students are given the transcript and are asked to put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense, active or passive) and finally there is a trivia quiz about octopuses. Answer key included.  

To download the worksheet click here.

Octopus Trivia Quizzes

The Ultimate Octopus Quiz - HowStuffWorks
Octopus Quiz - Fun Facts you Need to Know!
An Octopus is Amazing Quiz
The Giant Pacific Octopus Trivia Quiz - Fun Trivia Games 

Global executions hit 25-year high (video)

April 06, 2016. Amnesty International says there were more executions worldwide in 2015 than in any year since 1990. Paul Chapman reports. (SOURCE: Reuters)

Here is a worksheet based on the video above. It contains a vocabulary gap-fill exercise as a pre-watching activity and a True/False comprehension exercise.

To download the worksheet click here.

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History through the eyes of the potato (TED-Ed video)

Baked or fried, boiled or roasted, as chips or fries; at some point in your life you’ve probably eaten a potato. But potatoes have played a much more significant role in our history than just that of the dietary staple we have come to know and love today. Leo Bear-McGuinness shares how without the potato, our modern civilization might not exist at all. (SOURCE: TED-Ed)

Task 1. Pre-watching vocabulary activity

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Task 2. Watch the video (English subtitles available) and decide whether the following statements are True or False.

Here is a worksheet based on the video above. It contains a vocabulary matching exercise, a True/False exercise, a set of comprehension questions and a vocabulary gap-fill exercise.

To download the worksheet click here.

Cliff Divers Jump 30 Metres from Victoria Falls! (video)

March 18, 2016. Two cliff divers have practised their skills near Victoria Falls as they leap 30 metres into the Zambezi River.

Task 1

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Task 2

Vocabulary

• Caution is care that you take in order to avoid danger or mistakes. e.g. You should use caution when operating the electric saw.
• When you cast/throw caution to the wind(s), you stop being careful and do something that you know has risks. e.g. After thinking about it for years, he finally threw/cast caution to the wind, quit his job, and started his own company.
• If you up something, you make it higher. e.g. The restaurant upped [=increased] its prices.
• When you tackle something difficult, you deal with it. e.g. We found new ways to tackle the problem.
• A boundary is something (such as a river, a fence, or an imaginary line) that shows where an area ends and another area begins. e.g. Those two trees mark the boundary of our property.

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WORKSHEET
Here is a worksheet based on the activities above.

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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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Sparrow defies nature and joins Japanese family

Feb 08, 2016. A sparrow has become the newest member of an elderly couple in Japan. Julie Noce reports. (Reuters)

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Task 2

Watch the video again and answer the following questions.

1. What is Yoshiko's job?
2. How did she meet Pee-chan?
3. How long has the sparrow been living with the elderly couple?
4. How does it spend its days?
5. Do Mr and Mrs Fujino have any little grandchildren?
6. How does Yoshiko feel about having the sparrow at home?
7. When are Japanese people allowed to capture sparrows as pets?

Britain hit by 100-mile band of snow

Here is a short video to help you revise some weather vocabulary.
Jan 17. A band of snow and ice brings freezing temperatures to Britain. Report by Conor Mcnally.

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Orwell's 1984 Summary (Video SparkNotes) worksheet

Here is a worksheet based on George Orwell's 1984 Summary SparkNotes video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9JIKngJnCU

Click here to download the worksheet.


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The Pink Panther in "Shocking Pink" (listening cloze test)

Pink tries to have a quiet afternoon interrupted by a voiceover (a person you cannot see) persuading him to try various do-it-yourself tasks.

Vocabulary

• If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing or completing something. e.g. The ​students accomplished the ​task in less than ten ​minutes.
• When you are shiftless, you are lazy and not interested in anything. 
• Something that is leaky has a ​hole or ​crack in it that ​allows ​liquid or ​gas to get through. e.g. a leaky boat/pipe.
• A faucet (North American English) is a tap on a bath or sink.
• An adjustment is a small change that improves something or makes it work better. e.g. She made some slight adjustments to the recipe.
• When something, such as a pipe, is clogged, it has become blocked, so that nothing can get through. e.g. The sink was clogged by/with dirt and grease.
• A temblor is a (somewhat formal) North American English word for an earthquake. 
• A trunk is a large, strong box used for holding clothes or other things especially for traveling.
• A blunderbuss is an old-fashioned kind of gun with a wide opening at the end. 

Task

Watch the video and fill in the gaps in the extract. For full screen view, click here. 

Alice in Wonderland classic celebrates 150 years (video)

For 150 years, Alice in Wonderland has delighted and inspired generations of children and adults.

Task 1

Task 2 

Watch the video again and answer the questions.

1. What was Charles Dodgson's job at the time when he created Alice's story?
2. Who did he take on a cruise in 1862?
3. What is the pen name he used when he published his book?
4. When was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland published?
5. What is the title of its sequel?
6. When was it published?
7. What sort of things can you find in Alice's shop in Oxford?
8. Which characters didn't exist in the original manuscript?
9. How do some literary critics explain the timeless attraction of Alice's story?

Task 3

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The incredible history of China's terracotta warriors (worksheet)

Here is a worksheet based on the TED-Ed video about the incredible history of China's terracotta warriors. It contains a True/False exercise, a set of comprehension questions and a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle). Answer Key included. 

 
To download the worksheet, click here. 

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The incredible history of China's terracotta warriors (TED-Ed video)

The Terracotta Army is a part of a massive burial tomb built for Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.

  

Task 1

Watch the video and answer the following questions.

1. When was the terracotta army discovered?
2. How many clay soldiers were found in the underground chambers surrounding the emperor's tomb?
3. How old was Ying Zheng when he came to power?
4. How did he become the first emperor of China?
5. How many years did he reign over China?
6. What were his most important accomplishments?
7. Why did he spend his last years searching for the elixir of life?
8. Besides the terracotta soldiers, what other figurines were found in the underground necropolis?
9. How many laborers worked on the project according to archaeologists?
10. What features make each statue unique? 
11. Why hasn't the emperor's tomb been excavated yet?
12. What is the emperor's tomb thought to contain? 

Task 2

Task 3

 

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