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Spot the misspelled words and see if you can correct them.

A great way of improving reading skills whilst learning important health and safety information. With a useful reading tips handout.

Select from is/are to create grammatically correct sentences.

Fill-in exercise for Entry Level students. Covers prohibitory, warning and mandatory signs.

Two cloze exercises. A great way of improving reading and grammar skills alongside vocational knowledge.

Spelling mnemonics is a huge list collected by Stella Jales and her students. Includes spellings for all levels (from ‘said’ to ‘accommodation’)

Useful help sheet for those of you that are ‘getting into’ Tarsia Formulator and want to know how to use the centre of each of your puzzles as a simplified version or starting point. Also gives ideas for making puzzles more challenging.
See our Good Software – Tarsia Formulator entry for more information.

A clear and useful handout / poster suitable for L1/L2 students.

A fabulous interactive PPT originally written for National Poetry Day 2007 (but ideal at any time!). Each page (many with type-in boxes) provides a separate task – ideal for groups or pairs. Provides a complete lesson through from initial discussion to presentation, feedback and reflection.

An original and thought provoking 24 piece hexagonal jigsaw puzzle where pairs or small groups of learners must match examples of text (e.g. novel, board game rules, bus timetable) to their main purpose (e.g. descriptive, instructional, informative, persuasive). Use for revision or as an ice breaker or starter activity. Guaranteed to create promote discussion as learners solve puzzle.