Loads of materials for ELT

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Loads of materials for English language teachers.

ESL site by Isabel Perez offers loads of materials on different topics and will be interesting for primary and secondary school teachers.

The site gives a lot to explore and try from pure grammar exercises to cultural issues and holidays

www.isabelperez.com

This is an example of exploring grammar issue

1. Complete the blanks with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

 

2. Fill the table at the end with adjectives from the text under two categories, according to their positive or negative meaning.

 

3. Look for synonyms of the following adjectives and substitute them in the text: kind, poor, splendid, elegant, beauty, clumsy and ugly.

 

Cinderella

 

Once upon a time... there ...............(live) an unhappy young girl. Unhappy she ...............(be), for her mother ...............(be) dead, her father had married another woman, a widow with two daughters, and her stepmother ...............(not like) her one little bit. All the nice things, kind thoughts and loving touches ............... (be) for her own daughters. And not just the kind thoughts and love, but also dresses, shoes, shawls, delicious food, comfy beds, as well as every home comfort.

 

All this was laid on for her daughters. But, for the poor unhappy girl, there ...............(be) nothing at all. No dresses, only her stepsisters' hand-me-downs. No lovely dishes, nothing but scraps. No nice rests and comfort. For she ...............(have) to work hard all day, and only when evening ...............(come) was she allowed to sit for a while by the fire, near the cinders.

 

That is how she ...............(get) her nickname, for everybody ...............(call) her Cinderella. Cinderella ...............(use) to spend long hours all alone talking to the cat. The cat ...............(say), "Miaow", which really meant, "Cheer up! You have something neither of your step sisters have and that is beauty." It ...............(be) quite true.

 

Cinderella, even...............(dress) in rags with a dusty grey face from the cinders, ...............(be) a lovely girl. While her stepsisters, no matter how splendid and elegant their clothes, ...............(be) still clumsy, lumpy and ugly and always would be.