In the posts, ' Ideas for the First Lesson ' and ' Ideas for Practising Dialogues ', I covered some activities which can be ...

This was first published on 7th Aug. I remember how, as a little boy, I used to devour all the books I could get my hands on, so it was har...

As promised, here's an activity of reordering jumbled sentences based on common idioms. All the sentences (from recent press reports) ha...

I thought I'd posted this, but I didn't, so here it is. They're all sentences in the simple past, taken from recent newspaper re...

Another batch of jumbled sentences for you to have fun with! They're all taken from recent newspaper reports. Answers are available in a...

Test your phonetic knowledge. This is suitable for intermediate upwards. Answers will be available in the next post. Have fun learning! Phon...

These sentences are extracts from three recent news reports. First, try to put the jumbled words into the right sequence. Then, see if you c...

Here are the answers as promised. Phonetics 1 KEY

I'm trying my darnest to crack into the Chinese market, hehe. This has been done by Google translator, so I have no idea what it says! I...

This is now superseded by this version: http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/11/dialogue-invitation-to-cinema-matching.html The dialogue is ...

This has been superseded by this post: http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/09/at-hotel.html The dialogue is in jumbled order. Pair up the ...

23 March 2010: The online version can be found here . Here's one for the elementary level. The theme is daily routine. Pay careful a...

This has been superseded by this one: http://aclil2climb.blogspot.com/2010/11/dialogue-at-airport-check-in-desk.html For an improved ver...

For an improved version of this quiz see here . This has been superseded by this: http://acliltoclimb.blogspot.com/2010/11/dialogue-at...

If you haven't attempted Part 1 , there's no better time than now. This one is quite difficult, and is suited for advanced levels. T...

Wizard's Widgets : 1b; 2b; 3a; 4b Unscramble these jumbled sentences! Peter walks two kilometres to his office every day. Music is an im...

Due to requests, I'm publishing the answers to some of the games and quizzes, but to prevent cheating, and since I know how much you all...

This one is especially for Betty. ;-P If you haven't played Part One yet, you'd be well advised to do so before attempting this on...

All teachers will be aware that it's always best to have too much prepared than too little, so it's always handy to have a stock of ...

This is now superseded by this one here: http://acliltoclimb.blogspot.com/2010/11/dialogue-in-restaurant-matching-game.html The dialogue is ...