About the Book
It's packed from cover to cover with worksheets that will really inspire learners, covering a huge variety of language areas. It's aimed at learners who are studying at about Level 1 and can be used with all types of English classes, as well as for home study, since the answers to all of the activities, plus notes for using the worksheets, are included at the back of the book. The book is similar to our last book - the "Big Activity Book" - in that it's divided into sections according to type of language skills being practiced, namely grammar, vocabulary, spelling, reading, speaking and listening, and research skills. There are some activities that continue on from worksheets in the last book, for example more worksheets on abstract nouns and common idioms, more material on adjectives and synonyms, and more advanced spelling challenges, as well as two brand new reading comprehension tests. We've included lots of exclusive material that has been written especially for this book and hasn't been available anywhere else before, including worksheets on 'its or it's', adverbs, syllables, understanding maps, and Calculator Code Words.
We hope that there's loads of stuff here for learners of English to get their teeth into - wherever you may be studying! Judging from the many emails we receive, you're finding our materials helpful in lots of different learning environments, including schools, colleges, prisons, and home schooling groups. The worksheets are designed to be flexible, so feel free to adapt them to suit your needs, whether you're teaching Basic Skills Literacy, ESOL, EFL, ESL, EAL, TESL, TEFL, TESOL, or even just simply English! It's all about helping learners to improve their English skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - and that's what the aim of English Banana.com has always been. We hope you will really enjoy using this book with your learners or as a self-study tool. Thanks once again to all my present and past learners who have helped in trialling these worksheets. Particular favorites that they liked were the 'Using Numbers - At the Chinese Restaurant' activity on pages 71-72, the Calculator Code Words on pages 65-67, and the Amazing Maze Game on page 81.
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Table of Contents:
i Introduction ii Contents 1 Grammar Skills 1 15 Common Grammar Mistakes in Written and Oral Work 4 Tips for Better Written and Oral English Work 5 Learning Verbs 1 6 Learning Verbs 2 7 Question Tags Using Verbs 'be', 'do' and 'have' (present tense) 1 8 Question Tags Using Verbs 'be', 'do' and 'have' (present tense) 2 9 Question Tags Using Verbs 'be', 'do' and 'have' (past tense) 1 10 Question Tags Using Verbs 'be', 'do' and 'have' (past tense) 2 11 Question Tags Using Verbs 'can', 'will' and 'must' 12 Question Tags Using Verbs 'could', 'would' and 'should' 13 Using Modal Verbs - A School Trip to Paris 14 Auxiliary Verbs in Question Forms - Complete the Sentences 1 (Verb 'to be') 15 Auxiliary Verbs in Question Forms - Complete the Sentences 2 (Verb 'to do') 16 Using Present Perfect Tense 1 17 Using Present Perfect Tense 2 18 Using Past Continuous Tense - What Were You Doing Yesterday at ... ? 19 'its' or 'it's' 1 20 'its' or 'it's' 2 21 Word Order with Made-Up Words 22 Order of Adjectives - Page 1 23 Order of Adjectives - Page 2 24 Adverbs Explain How We Do Things! 1 25 Adverbs Explain How We Do Things! 2 26 Focus on Prefixes 27 Focus on Suffixes 28 Prepositions of Time - 'on', 'at' and 'in' 1 29 Prepositions of Time - 'on', 'at' and 'in' 2 30 Vocabulary Skills 30 More Joy of Abstract Nouns 1 31 More Joy of Abstract Nouns 2 32 The Joy of Abstract Nouns - Adjectives and Abstract Nouns 33 More Common Idioms 1 34 More Common Idioms 2 35 Common Idioms - Body Parts 1 36 Common Idioms - Body Parts 2 37 Body Parts - Art Competition! 38 Everyday Signs and Notices 39 Right Place, Wrong Time! 40 Where Do You Work? (gap-fill) 41 More Adjectives and Synonyms 1 42 More Adjectives and Synonyms 2 43 First Names 44 Spelling Skills 44 Another 100 Commonly Misspelled Words 45 Advanced Spelling Challenge 5 46 Advanced Spelling Challenge 6 47 Advanced Spelling Challenge 7 48 Advanced Spelling Challenge 8 49 Just Vowels - Numbers 1-30 Part 1 50 Just Vowels - Numbers 1-30 Part 2 51 Find the Missing Syllables 1 - Adjectives 52 Find the Missing Syllables 2 - Adverbs 53 Find the Missing Syllables 3 - Hit the Shops! 54 The _ _ _ _ _ of William Shakespeare 55 '-able' or '-ible'? 56 Reading Skills 56 Reading Comprehension 11 - Car Park Query 57 Reading Comprehension 12 - Working out the Bill 58 Text Message Tales 59 He Never Stopped Moaning! (adjectives gap-fill) 60 Is it New Road, New Street or New Avenue? 61 Map of Melton Park 62 Giving Directions 63 Understanding Maps 1 64 Understanding Maps 2 65 Calculator Code Words 1 66 Calculator Code Words 2 67 Calculator Code Words - Mega List 68 Katie's Diary 69 Reading Katie's Diary 70 Katie's Diary - Reading Comprehension 71 Using Numbers - At the Chinese Restaurant (Information Page) 72 Using Numbers - At the Chinese Restaurant (Question Page) 73 How to Make a Chocolate Cake 74 How to Make a Chocolate Cake (Answer Page) 75 Everyday Abbreviations 76 Describing People 1 77 Describing People 2 78 Speaking & Listening Skills 78 Discuss Ethical Issues 1 79 Discuss Ethical Issues 2 80 Who's the Gooseberry? 81 The Amazing Maze Game 82 Can You Follow Instructions? 83 The Very Quiet World of Silent Letters 1 84 The Very Quiet World of Silent Letters 2 85 Sound-Alike Words 1 86 Sound-Alike Words 2 87 Information Exchange - General Purpose Template 88 Research Skills 88 Spotlight on the United Kingdom 1 89 Spotlight on the United Kingdom 2 90 Spotlight on the United Kingdom 3 91 Spotlight on the United Kingdom 4 92 Find the Odd One Out 1 93 Find the Odd One Out 2 94 Find the Odd One Out 3 95 Find the Odd One Out 4 96 Amazing Inventions 97 Units of Time 98 Things to Do in London 99 More Interesting Place Names 1 100 More Interesting Place Names 2 101 Student Self-Assessment Form 102 Answers to Worksheets and Notes for Use
About the Author :
The author has taught ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) in Further Education colleges in the UK for four years and currently teaches English to adults full-time. His qualifications include: BA Hons. Degree in Drama (University of Wales), Trinity Cert. TESOL certificate, and Certificate in Education FE (Further Education) (University of Derby). He has been writing for over ten years.
