Warmup: Hard Work
Simple discussion questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work if your students have the ability.
Duration: 5-15 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
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On a Scale From 1-5: Hard Work
Individual opinion-sharing.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work.
Another fun activity.
Duration: 10 minutes
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Word Library: Hard Work
Vocabulary list and useful phrases.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Vocabulary that students should remember.
Useful everyday phrases that students can remember to understand native English speakers.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Advanced
Get In Line: Hard Work
Put the letters in the correct order.
Students unscramble the words and then make a sentence with the words.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Adverbs of Frequency: Hard Work
Individual activity. Students create a sentence using the adverb.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual work.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Mixed Sentences: Hard Work
Students put the words in the correct order.
The teacher’s key is included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Choose a Block: Hard Work
Look at the jobs and decide which job can be allocated to which person.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual activity.
Students choose a job from a word bank and allocate it to a celebrity.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Advanced
Research, Read & Repeat: Hard Work
Students do research and find interesting information that they can discuss.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
More suggestions on the worksheet.
Duration: 10-20 minutes.
Level: Pre-intermediate – Intermediate
Match the Column: Hard Work
Where do I belong?
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students need to match the word on the right with the word on the left. This is excellent for expansion of vocabulary.
Duration: 5-8 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Can You Name 5: Hard Work
Fun thinking.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Fill The Gaps: Hard Work
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Find the correct words and fill the gaps.
Reading and pronunciation practice.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Will & Won’t: Hard Work
Fun predictions & mini conversations.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity OR pair work.
Students use the “W” words to start mini conversations.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
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Missing Letters: Hard Work
Class contest.
Teacher’s key included.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity. Encourage quick thinking.
Duration: 5-15 minutes depending on student ability.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
News: Hard Work
Students write some simple sentences about the lesson topic in a box.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
This activity can be extended into an easy conversation between two students OR the teacher can ask random students to read what they wrote.
Duration: 10-15 minutes, depending on your students’ abilities and how much you want to extend the activity.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Your Teacher Says: Hard Work
Fun Activity/fun debate. The teacher reads a sentence to the students. The teacher says whether the sentence is True or False. Students argue Yes or No!
Talkmor Suggestions:
Teacher-student activity.
Duration: 10-30 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Descriptions: Hard Work
Students write short sentences in two different boxes.
Use the sentences to ask questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Student activity.
Students can use their “description sentences” to ask each other questions. They take turns to do this.
Duration: 10-15 minutes.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
Warm Down Discussion: Hard Work
Discussion Questions.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Pair work.
Duration: 10-20 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate
