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Big How to Run Your Own English Course (Printable)

Title: Big How to Run Your Own English Course:
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2007
Quantity: 36 Essential Documents for Planning and Running Your Course
Pages: 87
Size: 2.16 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

The documents that make up the English Banana.com Schools pack are not meant to be a fully exhaustive collection. This pack is a quick starter guide to running an English course and contains all the forms and paperwork you need to plan a course, enrol and assess learners, as well as keep sufficient records. Some of the documents are self-explanatory, e.g. the Class Posters or the Teacher’s Expenses Claim Form, while others have detailed notes, e.g. the Lesson Plan and Schemes of Work. [+/-]

Levels:
We have created materials that can be used for courses at three distinct levels, because the free teaching materials on English Banana.com are largely aimed at these levels.

The levels are:

Beginner – from students with absolutely no knowledge of English or the alphabet (zerobeginners) to students who are starting to form basic sentences and who know survival English.

Elementary – students who are quickly improving and learning more vocabulary week in week out, and who are able to confidently make simple sentences. They can attempt to make complex sentences, but are still making a lot of mistakes in all areas of the language.

Intermediate – these students have overcome all the basic difficulties of learning the English language and are starting to branch out in their reading, writing, speaking and listening by experimenting with more difficult vocabulary and longer, more complex sentences. Mistakes happen, but they occur less frequently than at Elementary level and students are able to interact confidently in English in a wide range of social situations.

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Big Better English Lessons (Printable Worksheets)

Title: Big Better English Lessons
Level: Intermediate
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: Banana English.com
Date: 2007
Pages: 372
Size: 3.05 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High

Language: British English [+/-]

This great value collection features 201 photocopiable worksheets and tests. The book is divided into six parts:
1. Grammar
2. Vocabulary
3. Spelling
4. Reading
5. Speaking & Listening
6. Researchdescription

Contents
• 80 Opposite Adjectives – Complete the Table
• Adjectives (Group 1) – Adverb, Noun and Verb Forms
• Adjectives (Group 1) – Comparative and Superlative Forms (Tough Version)
• Conjugate a Verb Today! (information, positive, positive, negative, question)
• Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make
• Identify Common Errors
• Trace Letters and Numbers
• 150 Words which are both Verbs and Nouns
• Building a Sentence Using Subject-Verb-Object
• Personal and Possessive Pronouns (gap-fill)
• Really Useful List of 100 Irregular Plural Nouns in English
• Using Present Perfect Continuous – have/has been + -ing
• At Home – Rooms in a House
• Fun with -ing Verbs
• Learning Polish
• Polite, Neutral or Rude Language
• Polite or Impolite Sentences – Buying a Ticket at the Train Station, Matching Activity
• A-Z of Computer Words – Nouns
• Using a Computer to Write a Letter – Nouns, Verbs
• How to Tell the Time – Blank Clocks Template
• 100 Great English Oxymorons – Phrases that Contradict Themselves!
• Expressing Likes and Dislikes
• and 150 more...

All worksheets and tests are followed by answer keys.

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Big Resource Book: 101 worksheets for English lessons (Printable)

Title: Big Resource Book: 101 worksheets for English lessons
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2005
Pages: 128
Size: 1.32 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

This is the fifth book Matt Purland has produced. 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. [+/-]

This book is divided into sections according to type of language skills being practised, namely grammar, vocabulary, spelling, reading, speaking & 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.

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.

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Big Grammar Book: Advanced Level (Printable Worksheets)

Title: Big Grammar Book: 45 worksheets for English lessons
Level: Advanced
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2006
Pages: 98
Size: 1.84 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

This great value manual features 45 photocopiable worksheets and tests. The book is divided into four parts as follows: [+/-]

1. Grammar
2. Vocabulary
3. Reading
4. Research

Contents
• A Boring/Fascinating Worksheet About Adjectives
• The Great Alphabet Challenge!
• Noisy Words 1 – Animal Noises
• The Battle for Derby Bus Station
• A First Class Quiz
• Amazing Inventions
• Animals
• Describe a Painting
• Famous Britons 1 - 3
• Famous Britons - When Were They Born?
• Fears and Phobias
• Smokefree UK – Quiz
• Spotlight on Australia
• Spotlight on Canada
• Spotlight on Derby, UK
• Spotlight on Mexico
• The Classic Hits of S Club 7 and S Club
• Creative Writing - Write a Story
• You Either Know It Or You Don’t! 1 - 6
• etc.

This set of worksheets and tests come with answer keys as well. Learners can use these materials to practise your English and teachers can use them as extra exercises for your students in class.

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Big Grammar Book: Intermediate Level (Printable Worksheets)

Title: Big Grammar Book: 140 worksheets for English lessons
Level: Intermediate
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2006
Pages: 331
Size: 2.80 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

This great value manual features 104 photocopiable worksheets and tests. The book is divided into six parts as follows: [+/-]

1. Grammar
2. Vocabulary
3. Spelling
4. Reading
5. Speaking & Listening
6. Research

Contents
• Adjective Pairs – ‘-ing’ and ‘-ed’ Adjectives
• Verb ‘to have’
• List of Common Abstract Nouns
• Make or Do
• Question Tags Using Verbs ‘could’, ‘would’ and ‘should’
• What's Wrong With This Picture?
• Hotel Anagrams
• Music Genres
• Picture Dictionary – Quiz
• Word Pyramid
• Advanced Spelling Challenge
• Beat the Spell-checker – Going on Holiday
• Just Vowels - Mixed Emotions
• Any Answers
• Famous Britons - Reading Comprehension
• The London Underground – Alphabetical Order
• Advanced Homophones
• Any Answers – Think of an Answer
• Class Survey – Food & Drink
• Tongue Twisters
• 125 Years of the Central Library in Derby, UK – Quiz
• American English
• American States and their Nicknames
• Anagrams of World Cities
• etc.

All worksheets and tests come with answer keys.

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Big Grammar Book: Elementary Level (Printable Worksheets)

Title: Big Grammar Book: 194 worksheets for English lessons
Level: Elementary
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2003-2006
Pages: 347
Size: 3.78 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

This great value manual features 194 photocopiable worksheets and tests. The book is divided into six parts as follows: [+/-]

1. Grammar
2. Vocabulary
3. Spelling
4. Reading
5. Speaking & Listening
6. Research

Contents
• Alphabet Fun
• Common Irregular Verbs
• Countable and Uncountable Nouns
• How to Get from Bed to Work in 27 Easy Steps! – Fill in the Blanks
• 50 Popular Female/Male Names in the UK
• Accessories
• Alphabetical Order 1 - Rooms
• Fantastic Food
• Places in a Town
• Learn to Spell 50 Common Words
• Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct
• Asking Questions
• etc.

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Big Grammar Book: Entry Level (Printable Worksheets)

Title: Big Grammar Book: 101 worksheets for English lessons
Level: Entry Level
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2003
Pages: 124
Size: 2.62 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

This great value manual features 101 photocopiable worksheets for students of English at Entry Level. It is suitable for use with adults or in schools at Key Stages 3 and 4. It’s the third fantastic book from English Banana and the aim this time is to practise grammar, grammar and, er, more grammar! [+/-]

It’s jam-packed from cover to cover with a great selection of photocopiable worksheets taken from the popular English Banana.com website. Teachers can dip into and use in class with students at Entry Level (ESOL Core Curriculum Entry Levels 1 & 2). It is also ideal for students to work with at home since the answers are all printed at the back.

The book is divided into four parts and is graded in difficulty, so that it begins with some basic stuff and builds up to more challenging grammar activities. It features a selection of Essential English worksheets which provide practice for crucial basic areas of knowledge for learners at Entry Level, like using numbers, writing the alphabet, spelling days and months correctly, and so on.

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Big Talk a Lot Spoken English Course Book 1 and 2 (Printable Worksheets)

Title: Talk a Lot Spoken English Course Book 1-2
Level: Elementary
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2008
Pages: 169 + 177
Size: 2.91 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

Talk a Lot is a great new way to learn spoken English, and quite a departure from the standard ELT course book. Instead of spending hours reading and writing, students havethe opportunity to engage in challenging and fun speaking and listening activities with their friends. [+/-]

• Complete 12-week spoken English course
• All materials, instructions and answers are included
• Brand new and unique learning method
• Learn and recall questions, answers and negatives using 8 common verb forms
• Learn 400+ essential vocabulary words
• 100% photocopiable

On this course students learn how to think in English as well as Talk a Lot!

The Talk a Lot course objectives are very simple:

• Every student talking in English
• Every student listening to and understanding English
• Every student thinking in English, and
• Every student taking part in class

Talk a Lot is structured so that every student can practise and improve English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, word and sentence stress, and interpersonal skills, by working in pairs, groups and one to one with the teacher.

The main benefits of Talk a Lot are:

• Students have to think in English during lessons in a controlled and focused way
• Students learn how to memorise correct English structures naturally, without abstract and unrelated grammar lessons
• Students learn how to construct eight different common verb forms, using positive, negative and question forms, as well as embedded grammar appropriate to their level. The verb forms studied are: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Modal Verbs, Future Forms, and First Conditional
• Students learn 400+ essential vocabulary words by heart
• Students enjoy following a simple and effective method that produces results quickly

The ten lesson topics studied in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 are: Town, Food, Shopping, Health, Transport, Clothes, Work, Family, Home, and Free Time.

The ten lesson topics studies in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 2 are: Crime, Sport, Music, Weather, Animals, Cars, The Human Body, Colours and Numbers, Life Events and Nature.

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Big Check It Again! (Printable Worksheets)

Title: Big Check It Again!: Learn how to spot common mistakes in written English – and avoid making them!
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2005
Pages: 98
Size: 2.34 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

This new book will help you as you aim to make your written English:
a) clearer (and therefore more valuable to both you and your reader)
b) more impressive (making you or your company look more professional) [+/-]

The sources for these texts are wide-ranging: they are not simply misprints culled from humble parish magazines. They reflect what I have been reading over the past twelve months. I ended up finding so many mistakes that I thought they would form the basis of a useful workbook for anyone who wants to improve their written English. Not just students of English, but anyone who writes with the hope of someone reading their work – i.e. anyone who writes with the purpose of communication. The examples in this book include professional texts written by employees of major organisations, such as a national broadcaster, an international bank and a popular film monthly. There are also examples adapted from texts produced by smaller organisations, such as a large further education college, a regional tourism marketing group and a specialist publishing company. Amateur texts, written by people who don’t write for a living, are represented by material adapted from the likes of a local folk club’s “What’s On?” flyer, a local carnival brochure and a large cathedral’s weekly newsletter.

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Big Additional Free English Learning Resources (Printable Worksheets)

Title: Big Additional Free English Learning Resources
Level: All
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2003-2006
Pages: 289
Size: 2.74 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: British English

"60 worksheets for English lessons." This is the first ever English Banana book! This book brings together some of the very best worksheets for teachers and students of English from the English Banana.com website. Whether you are a teacher or a student we hope that you will find something here to inspire you and make English language learning fun and relevant. The worksheets can be photocopied freely and are primarily intended for use with Entry Level students, although they will also provide useful practise for learners at all levels. [+/-]

These worksheets have been written by an experienced English language teacher and used in English classes with learners from a wide variety of countries. At the back of the book is a short collection of fun classroom games that have been similarly tried and tested. Some may be familiar while others are original. In publishing descriptions of these games we are not in any way claiming credit for inventing them or owning them - our aim has been to collect together games that work and get a great response from students. If you have descriptions of any other games that you would like us to make available on the website, please send us an email to info@englishbanana.com.

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Big Activity Book (Printable Worksheets)

Title: Big Activity Book
Level: Intermediate
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2004
Pages: 132
Size: 1.04 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High, printable
Language: British English

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 included two special sections towards the back of the book:-

1. Classroom Games
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 and always seem to get a great response from learners.

2. Reference and Lists of Rhyming Words
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 learning English 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!

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