English Language Teaching Materials

In this section, you'll find a growing selection of ELT materials which you can download and use in class - all have worksheets and many have audio files to download. Some are tried and tested; others are new ideas written specially for this site - so any feedback and suggestions for improvement would be very welcome!

Teacher Reflection
Eclecticism
ELT concepts
Matching opinions and their opposites
B1 upwards
Awareness of reasons for mishearing
Misheard song lyrics
Matching correct and misheard phrases
B1 upwards
Awareness of reasons for mishearing
Misheard song lyrics
Matching correct and misheard phrases
A1 upwards
Pronunciation - stress patterns
verbs and pronouns
Finding sentences in a grid; chant
A1 upwards
hard v heart - final devoicing
minimal pair discrimination
A2 upwards
vowel sound in learn, bird, word, surf
Competitive team word-making game
A2 upwards
Pronunciation: unstressed final syllables
distinguishing similar sounding words
A2
Present Perfect
Good and bad news
Picture differences information gap
B1 upwards
Narrative
Surprising situations
Story-telling
brazilian pronunciation
A1 upwards
Pronunciation: R and H minimal pairs
Street names
Pairwork: describing and finding locations on a map
C1
Listening Skills
Music
Authentic Listening
ELT Materials: Watery World Quiz
B1 upwards
Extended listening
Geography
General knowledge quiz
ELT Materials: Listeners Club
B1 and B2
Listening skills
Communication
Authentic Listening
ELT Materials: Head or Heart?
A2
Grammar: verb + infinitive
Personality
Doing a personality test
ELT Materials: Ana's Bag
A1
Grammar: past simple
Going out
Deducing from the evidence in a picture
ELT Materials: The Escape
A2
Writing: narrative
Adventure
Writing a narrative from a picture story
ELT Materials: Dogs and Owners
B1
Vocabulary
Describing people
Describe and identify
ELT Materials: Patagonia
B2 upwards
Vocabulary
Voyages of exploration
Reading and vocabulary, Internet research
ELT Materials: The Life of a Tree
B1
Listening, Writing
Life cycles
Listening to a life story, Writing an 'autobiography'
ELT Materials: The Word Blender
A2 upward
Pronunciation: connected speech
Food
Identifying features of connected speech
ELT Materials: Crazy Email
A2
Reading
Holidays
Reading to find contradictions
ELT Materials: Mirror Crossword
A2 upward
Pronunciation: sounds and spelling
Letters versus sounds
Doing a crossword
ELT Materials: Internet Debate
B2 upward
Speaking: giving opinions
Internet censorship
Class debate
ELT Materials: Under The Water
B1
Reading
Mystery
Read and discuss

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