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Test Your Patience! Nonsense Quiz 1 (English jokes) Warning: this quiz does not make any sense! 1. Why did the chicken cross the road? 2. How many beans make five? 3. If I have twelve sweets and give Tom four, how many sweets does Tom have? 4. What is the capital of Australia? This wonderful quiz comes complete with a teacher answer sheet - trust me - you will really need it!

Test Your Research Skills Out of this World! 1 Example questions... How much do you know about the solar system that we live in? Fill in the gaps below: 1. ___________________ is the closest planet to the sun. 2. ___________________ is the largest planet in the solar system. 3. ___________________ is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. This worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Research Skills Watching TV in the UK 1 There are five terrestrial television channels in the UK: BBC1 BBC2 ITV 1 Channel 4 Five Example questions... Write the name of the channel that shows each of these programmes: 1. Eastenders _____________________________ 2. The Simpsons _____________________________ 3. Brookside _____________________________ The worksheet includes an answer sheet.

Test Your Reading Skills Famous Britons – Reading Comprehension Look at the data showing when these famous Britons were alive and how long they lived for, then answer the questions on the next page: Examples Famous Briton Dates: Age when they died: Sir Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727 85 years old Alfred the Great 849 – 899 50 years old Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1340 – 1400 c. 60 years old 1. Who was born in 849? 2. Who was born in the fourteenth century? 3. Who died in 1922? 4. Who died in the seventeenth century? 5. Who was born in 1642? Complete with answers

Test Your Spelling Skills Just Vowels - Mixed Emotions 1 Examples Fill in the gaps to spell fifteen different emotions: 1. a _ _ _ _ 2. _ o _ _ i e _ 3. a _ _ a i _ 4. _ a _ Complete with answer sheet

Test Your Spelling Skills Just Vowels - Mixed Emotions 2 Fill in the gaps to spell fifteen different emotions: Examples 1. _ o _ e _ _ 2. _ i _ e a _ a _ e 3. e _ e _ _ e _ i _ 4. _ u _ _ Complete with an answer sheet

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Lesson Plan – Which Animal is No.1? Level: Elementary Skills: Speaking & Listening and Vocabulary Time: About 50 minutes Aim: To learn and discuss new vocabulary associated with animals; to consider superlative forms (most, least, easiest, hardest) Materials: Board and pen; flashcards / pictures of animals Procedure: 1. The teacher introduces the topic of animals with flashcards, pictures, video, etc. and discusses animals briefly with the students, e.g. “Have you got any pets? What?” etc. Introduce the topic of the lesson and write it on the board: “Which animal is number one?” Elicit different kinds of animals and make a blank table (see the board plan above) with the headings: “domestic animals”, “farm animals” and “wild animals”.... Find out the rest now!

The chronicles of crows: A Tale of the Springtime (1848) - I have included the full poem, complete with the original pictures. I then provide it with the pictures and no words, and then the words and no pictures and finally as a simple CLOZE, where the students need to complete the missing word in the second line of each part of the poem. The pictures without words are a charming Victorian border. The students could write their own Spring poems in this section and make a lovely Spring display. I have always been drawn to crows, not in any dark teenage-poet way, but because they are big, handsome, super-clever, and remind me of the chilly Michigan spring. It seemed so charming at first, with the crows working together, building their homes, laying their eggs and raising their babies in great swooping flocks. But the story takes a ghastly turn as the nearby farmers gather to get rid of the rookery. I kept thinking that the smart, sassy crows would eventually outwit the mean, brutish humans. How wrong I was. The crows are shot and made into pies, even the young ones, and the birds that survive are left to mourn, “How well we know / There is no joy unmixed with woe.” Um, anyway, happy spring, and here’s a Monday assortment of pertinent items to help you get over the sense of mortal dread sinking in your chest after that morbid Victorian warning.