ORIGINAL INDEX OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRACTICE (Source: Musical English Lessons International) |
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GRAMMAR RULES (At-a-glance) |
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DEFINITE v INDEFINITE ARTICLES |
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SONG: I Swear sung by Michael Montgomery
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SONG: Roxanne sung by Fall Out Boy, The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy
SONG: These Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield
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SONG: Mobile sung by Avril Lavigne
SONG: Single by Natasha Bedingfield
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GERUND v PAST PARTICIPLE v INFINITIVE (with/without TO) |
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MIXED TENSES PRESENT TENSES SONG: Fix You sung by Coldplay (Practice: Simple Present)
SONG: Tubthumper sung by Chumbawumba (Practice: simple present)
SONG: In The Ghetto sung by Elvis Presley (Practice: simple present & present continuous)
PAST TENSES
GAPPED TEXT: Story by Ben Whitmarsh entitled Driven To... (Practice: Simple Past (active/passive), Past Continuous, Past Perfect)
FIRST CONDITIONAL 2ND CONDITIONAL & MIXED |
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Can (Milling: Find someone who......)
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SONG: Shut Up sung by Black-eyed Peas
SONG: Crazy sung by Gnarls Barkley
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QUESTIONS & QUESTION WORDS |
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- SONG: My Way sung by Frank Sinatra & Robbie Williams
- SONG: Paranoid sung by Black Sabbath
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SONG: Roxanne sung by Fall Out Boy, The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy
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SPECIFIC VOCABULARY PRACTICE |
Business Vocabulary
- Clerical (Men of the Cloth): Poem by Richard Harris Barham
Humour: Jokes, Puns, etc. with exercises & explanations.
Prostitution: SONG: Roxanne sung by Fall Out Boy, The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy
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SPECIFIC GRAMMAR CONSTRUCTIONS |
- JOKE: Lipstick lip prints on mirrors
- could + infinitive (making suggestions)
- I think + be going to + infinitive (speculating, anticipating)
- I think + simple future (speculating, anticipating)
- SONG: This Love sung by Maroon 5 (NEVER + Full Infinitive)
- Saying the same things differently
- SONG: (Crazy by Gnarls Barkley) Transfer (Constructions)
2a-I remember when + to lose one's mind/life (please scroll to next box)
2b-There is/was something so pleasant about that phase.
2c-There is/was so much space
2d-Even your emotions had an echo
2e-Does that make me crazy?
2f- All I remember + gerund
2g-To be + prepositional phrase
2h-Maybe I'm crazy, (but nevertheless ..........)
2i-I didn't know enough/I just knew too much
2j-Well, I think you're crazy just like me.
2k-to hope ( that) + clause/ to hope + full infinitive
2l- That's my only advice. (My only advice is ........)
2m-Who do you think you are?
2n-Ever since I was little, (+ clause)
2o-It looked like fun/It's no coincidence (that) I've come
2p-Come on now + phrase (+ function)
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COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE STUDIES |
Humour: Puns, etc. with exercises & explanations
Humour: A humorous account of an amateur football match in Germany to be compared with writing without humour.
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SONGS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS & GROUP SINGING PRACTICE |
- NURSERY RHYMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
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INTRODUCTIONS TO SUBJECTS SUITABLE FOR COMPOSITION, ROLEPLAY, DEBATE OR DISCUSSION |
Christmas Expectations: cultural differences in traditions, gifts, comparison of climates on 25th & how this affects traditions (Song: Christmas Time sung by Darkness)
Death (Terminal Illness, Palliative Care, Bereavement Processes, Suicidal Tendancies) SONG The Drugs Don't Work sung by The Verve
Depression: offering support (Song: Fix You sung by Coldplay)
Depression: reasons for teenage depression (essay: Education in Britain)
Drugs (Legal v Illegal) SONG: The Drugs Don't Work by The Verve
Health: A.D.D. & the symptoms with/without medication (Song: These Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield)
Improving one's Lifestyle (song: It's My Life sung by Bon Jovi)
Lifestyles: (Song by Frank Sinatra & Robbie Williams: My Way)
Make-up JOKE: (lesson plan for teenage groups, or younger)
Medical
Facial Tics (Read & Discuss: Social Advantages & Disadvantages plus Ways of curing a tic)
Mental Health Issues
Music: Punk or Rock? The lyrics of some of Avril Lavigne's songs and a link to an article by Jessica Zietz
Prostitution SONG: When the Sun Goes Down by The Arctic Monkeys
Prostitution SONG: Roxanne sung by The Police, Sting, George Michael, Puff Daddy, Fall Out Boy
Relationships: Types of marital problems (Song: Family Portrait sung by Pink)
Relationships: Effect on health, etc. ( Song: Crazy sung by Gnarls Barkley)
Relationships: The effects of a marriage breakdown on the children (Song: Family Portrait sung by Pink)
Relationships: Should parents stay together for the sake of the children? (Song: Family Portrait sung by Pink)
Relationships: Bewailing one's lack of success in love & apportioning blame (song: Lemar)
Relationships: The effects of being in love (Song: These Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield)
Relationships: Conditional v Unconditional Relationships (Song: These Words sung by Natasha Bedingfield)
Teen drinking (post-discussion after song by Chumbawumba: Tubthumper)
Violence (William Bolton) Essay discussing a range of issues.
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