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This text and exercise can be used with higher level classes as a fun activity. After the matching task, they could try and make up their own silly author names and books or share any amusing names in their own language.

What do you call some of the most unlucky people in Britain?

Justin Case, Barb Dwyer and Stan Still. It sounds like a bad joke, but a study of online telephone records has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with those names in the UK. Joining them on the list are Terry Bull, Mary Christmas, and Anna Sasin. And just imagine having to introduce yourself to a crowd as Doug Hole, Tim Burr or Dawn Hobbs. Researchers also scoured phone records in the US and found some unlikely names there too. Spare a thought for Anna Prentice, Annette Curtain and Bill Board the next time you sign your name.     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 >>

Consider the following activities.

1. Children collect pictures of animals and make a collage by sticking them (on) to a large sheet of card which is then displayed on the wall of the classroom.     read more >>