Express Publishing ELT

Intermediate levels and above

Beginning and ending stories.

“Techniques to begin your story”
An interesting beginning is as important as an interesting ending. An interesting beginning will catch the reader’s attention and make him/her want to continue reading.     read more >>

1. Think of a number… double it… add ten… divide by two… take away the first number… and the answer is? (always 5)

2. Think of a number… multiply it by three… add one… multiply this by three… add the number you first thought of… add two… take away five… divide by ten… and the answer is… (the number you first thought of)     read more >>

This is a supplementary article from the “Art and Craft in the Young Learners Class” article depicting an example of how to make a predictor.

Predictor
(Pairs)

Focus: Any language area
Level: Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate
Time: 10′+
Materials: Paper, pencil     read more >>

How many prepositions can you find in the dialogue?
You’ve got your simple prepositions – up / down. Then there are complex prepositions containing two – due to, or three words – as far as. The final sentence has three prepositions together out from under. What are we to make of them? What do they do?     read more >>