Big activity book

big activiTy book
by Matt Purland

95 worksheets for English lessons

100% photocopiable! Includes full answers and notes for use Special sections - 'Games for the Classroom' & 'Rhyming Words'

Intermediate / Level 1

2004

englishbanana.com’s

big activiTy book
by Matt Purland

95 worksheets for English lessons
100% photocopiable! Includes full answers and notes for useSpecial sections - ‘Games for the Classroom’ & ‘Rhyming Words’

Intermediate / Level 1

englishbanana.com’s

big activiTy book

English Banana.com
info@englishbanana.com

ISBN 0 9546985 2 5

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Firstpublished in the UK by English Banana.com 2004 © Copyright Matt Purland 2004

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big activity book
Introduction

Calling all Active English Learners . . . !
Welcome to English Banana.com’s big activity book. This is the fourth compilation of worksheets and activities from the popular English Banana.com website. The aim this time is to engage learners from about Level 1(Intermediate) upwards in active English lessons. This extensive new collection provides a varied and interesting set of resources for practising a range of English language skills, from grammar to reading, and vocabulary building to developing research skills. It’s divided into subject areas and there is a comprehensive answer section, which also gives notes for how to use the material. We have includedtwo special sections towards the back of the book. The first is a collection of classroom games that have been tried and tested and really work. Some may be familiar while others are totally original. In publishing descriptions of these games and activities we are not in any way laying claim to having invented them. Our only aim is to disseminate ideas that work well at a range of levels andalways seem to get a great response from learners. The second special section is for reference and lists rhyming words, using the vowels and diphthongs from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). These pages provide support for learners as they come to identify spelling patterns and match together words with the sounds of English. However you use the book, we hope that you’ll enjoy learningEnglish and come to a deeper understanding and appreciation of this fabulous language – which can be so entirely frustrating at times and so difficult to learn! If you enjoy this book why not get online and log onto our website for more original and fun activities for learning English. Best of all, everything on the website is absolutely free! So for access to free printable worksheets, as well as funonline games and quizzes, get your mouse moving in our direction today – click on www.englishbanana.com. Finally, I must say a big thank you to all my learners who have been testing and trialling the material that appears in this book. It’s been great working with all of you. Thanks for showing me what you liked and didn’t like. Hope you really enjoy this book.

All the team at EnglishBanana.com
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Contents
i ii Introduction Contents

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Grammar Skills
What’s the Infinitive…? Troubling Tenses – Past Simple vs. Present Continuous 1 Troubling Tenses – Past Simple vs. PresentContinuous 2 Troubling Tenses – Past Simple vs. ‘going to’ 1 Troubling Tenses – Past Simple vs. ‘going to’ 2 Troubling Tenses – Mixed Tenses 1 Troubling Tenses – Mixed Tenses 2 The Funny Noise – Irregular Verbs in the Past Simple Tense Using Conjunctions – Mix & Match Cards 1 Using Conjunctions – Mix & Match Cards 2 Singular and Plural Nouns 1 Singular and Plural Nouns 2 Using Determiners 1 Using...