Olympic success

by Pete Sharma
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Olympic success

Level: Intermediate and above

Worksheet

Teacher's Notes

This week's activities:

• Completing the missing information in a chart of Olympic venues
• Matching headings to the correct paragraph in an article
• Reading an article about the recent Olympic vote to choose the host city for the 2016 games
• Deciding if words are nouns, verbs or both
• Completing a fluency task arising from the article

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Related Websites

Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself. Please be patient while these pages load - they are worth the wait!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympics
http://www.olympic.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0MHsUOHDOs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Y_dqByI4M&feature=player_embedded
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070508053810AAFaUKH

http://www.marcoping.com/blog/img/2016.jpg

The future of Starbucks

by Pete Sharma Visit Pete's Website

Level: Intermediate and above
Worksheet
Teacher's Notes

This week's activities:
Ranking factors when deciding which coffee house to go to
Completing the missing dates and figures in a time line
Reading an article about Starbucks
Deciding if words from the article are nouns, verbs or both
Discussing questions arising from teh article

Related Websites
Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

Please be patient while these pages load - they are worth the wait!

http://www.starbucks.com/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7219458.stmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks

http://www.reviewcentre.com/fi4424-brand-Coffee+Shop.html

http://www.businessenglishonline.net/e-lessons/index.htm

Cricket

The subject of this week’s lesson is cricket, a traditional sport that is loved by millions of people, but which is also baffling to many others.
Level

Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)

Student's Worksheet PDF (29K) DOC (47K)
Teacher's Notes PDF (25K) DOC (43K)

Glossary based on the Macmillan English Dictionary and the Macmillan Essential Dictionary

PDF (24K) DOC (48K)

Related Websites

Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/default.stm

The cricket section of the BBC Sports website. Includes a section on laws and equipment. Intermediate level and above.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket

The entry for cricket in Wikipedia. Lots of information. Intermediate level and above.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Do-the-English-Love-Cricket?&id=669823

A text (approximately 300 words) addressing the question ‘Why do the English love cricket?’ Intermediate level and above.

http://www.insideout.net/e-lessons.htm