>Big Grammar Book: Intermediate Level (Printable Worksheets)

>Title: Big Grammar Book: 140 worksheets for English lessons
Level: Intermediate
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2006
Pages: 331
Size: 2.83 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

This great value manual features 104 photocopiable worksheets and tests. The book is divided into six parts as follows:-

1. Grammar
2. Vocabulary [+/-]

3. Spelling
4. Reading
5. Speaking & Listening
6. Research

Contents
• Adjective Pairs – ‘-ing’ and ‘-ed’ Adjectives
• Verb ‘to have’
• List of Common Abstract Nouns
• Make or Do
• Question Tags Using Verbs ‘could’, ‘would’ and ‘should’
• What’s Wrong With This Picture?
• Hotel Anagrams
• Music Genres
• Picture Dictionary – Quiz
• Word Pyramid
• Advanced Spelling Challenge
• Beat the Spell-checker – Going on Holiday
• Just Vowels – Mixed Emotions
• Any Answers
• Famous Britons – Reading Comprehension
• The London Underground – Alphabetical Order
• Advanced Homophones
• Any Answers – Think of an Answer
• Class Survey – Food & Drink
• Tongue Twisters
• 125 Years of the Central Library in Derby, UK – Quiz
• American English
• American States and their Nicknames
• Anagrams of World Cities
• etc.

All worksheets and tests come with answer keys.

>Oxford Word Magic (CD-ROM+eBook)

>Title: Oxford Word Magic CD-ROM
level: Beginner
Author(s): Maidment Stella
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2005
Size: Mb
Format: CD-ROM
Quality: ready to install
Language: British English

“Oxford Word Magic” teaches 1500 English words the fun way, through pictures, sound and games. It’s the fun way to learn English! “Oxford Word Magic” learn the important words for 35 topics with [+/-]

this book and CD-ROM. Read and listen to the stories, look at the pictures, and practise vocabulary through speaking or writing exercises or by playing games. Use Word Magic at home, or in the classroom with students working alone, in small groups or as a whole class.

Key features
• Book: 1,500 key words grouped into useful topics and presented through lively stories illustrated by attractive and humorous pictures.
• CD-ROM: A very useful multimedia version of the dictionary, with sound, animation and interactive games and exercises.
• A firm favourite now updated to show large graphics in crisp, bright colours on Mac OS X, and Windows 98, 2000, ME and XP. You won’t be able to drag your students away from their computers!

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>MacMillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners 2nd Ed (CD-ROM)

>Title: MacMillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners 2nd Ed (CD-ROM)
Author(s): Carla Wilson
Publisher: Macmillan Education
Date: October 2007
Size: 450 Mb
Format: ISO + Patch
Language: British and American English

Discover the CD-ROM with the whole of the dictionary plus much more… This new edition has sections on improving writing, language awareness and expanding vocabulary in addition to the main dictionary. [+/-]

Enlarge your vocabulary
• NEW Click on the thesaurus button next to every word to access a list of synonyms.
• Understand difficult words with over 1300 illustrations, animations and photographs, and more than 300 sound effects.
• Create your own wordlists to revise, improve and extend your vocabulary.
• Explore the Language Study pages to develop your vocabulary in particular areas of English, and discover the world with 200 interactive maps in the atlas.

Improve your pronunciation
• Hear the pronunciation of every word in British and American English at the click of a button
• Record, play back and improve your pronunciation, and search for other words that are pronounced in the same way

Personalize your search
• NEW Display only as much information about each word as you want, and add your own notes or translations to every entry in the dictionary
• Use the Super Search to look for groups of words that are of particular interest to you.

Exploit your dictionary
• NEW Over 200 interactive exercises to improve your writing skills
• NEW Connect instantly through weblinks to carefully selected websites offering cultural and encyclopedic information
• Quick Find gives you instant dictionary definitions of words and phrases in documents, email or web pages. Just hover your mouse over the word you want to see.

The MED CD-ROM is Windows Vista compatible.

MED CD-ROM+Patch (450 Mb)
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Patch only (9.81 Mb)
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>Big Talk a Lot Spoken English Course Book 1 and 2 (Printable)

>Title: Talk a Lot Spoken English Course Book 1
Level: Elementary
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: April 6, 2008
Pages: 169/177
Size: 810.21/837.33 Kb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

• Complete 12-week spoken English course
• All materials, instructions and answers are included
• Brand new and unique learning method
• Learn and recall questions, answers and negatives using 8 common verb forms
• Learn 400+ essential vocabulary words
• 100% photocopiable [+/-]

Talk a Lot is a great new way to learn spoken English, and quite a departure from the standard ELT course book. Instead of spending hours reading and writing, students havethe opportunity to engage in challenging and fun speaking and listening activities with their friends.

On this course students learn how to think in English as well as Talk a Lot!

The Talk a Lot course objectives are very simple:

• Every student talking in English
• Every student listening to and understanding English
• Every student thinking in English, and
• Every student taking part in class

Talk a Lot is structured so that every student can practise and improve English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, word and sentence stress, and interpersonal skills, by working in pairs, groups and one to one with the teacher.

The main benefits of Talk a Lot are:

• Students have to think in English during lessons in a controlled and focused way
• Students learn how to memorise correct English structures naturally, without abstract and unrelated grammar lessons
• Students learn how to construct eight different common verb forms, using positive, negative and question forms, as well as embedded grammar appropriate to their level. The verb forms studied are: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Modal Verbs, Future Forms, and First Conditional
• Students learn 400+ essential vocabulary words by heart
• Students enjoy following a simple and effective method that produces results quickly

The ten lesson topics studied in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 are: Town, Food, Shopping, Health, Transport, Clothes, Work, Family, Home, and Free Time.

The ten lesson topics studies in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 2 are: Crime, Sport, Music, Weather, Animals, Cars, The Human Body, Colours and Numbers, Life Events and Nature.

Big_Spoken_English_1.rar
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>Big How to Run Your Own English Course (Printable)

>Title: Big How to Run Your Own English Course: 36 Essential Documents for Planning and Running Your Course
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: July 5, 2007
Pages: 87
Size: 2.19 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

The documents that make up the English Banana.com Schools pack are not meant to be a fully exhaustive collection. This pack is a quick starter guide to running an English course and [+/-]

contains all the forms and paperwork you need to plan a course, enrol and assess learners, as well as keep sufficient records. Some of the documents are self-explanatory, e.g. the Class Posters or the Teacher’s Expenses Claim Form, while others have detailed notes, e.g. the Lesson Plan and Schemes of Work.

Levels:
We have created materials that can be used for courses at three distinct levels, because the free teaching materials on English Banana.com are largely aimed at these levels.

The levels are:

Beginner – from students with absolutely no knowledge of English or the alphabet (zerobeginners) to students who are starting to form basic sentences and who know survival English.

Elementary – students who are quickly improving and learning more vocabulary week in week out, and who are able to confidently make simple sentences. They can attempt to make complex sentences, but are still making a lot of mistakes in all areas of the language.

Intermediate – these students have overcome all the basic difficulties of learning the English language and are starting to branch out in their reading, writing, speaking and listening by experimenting with more difficult vocabulary and longer, more complex sentences. Mistakes happen, but they occur less frequently than at Elementary level and students are able to interact confidently in English in a wide range of social situations.

>Big Check It Again! (Printable Worksheets)

>Title: Big Check It Again!: Learn how to spot common mistakes in written English – and avoid making them!
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2005
Pages: 98
Size: 2.38 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

This new book will help you as you aim to make your written English:

a) clearer (and therefore more valuable to both you and your reader)
b) more impressive (making you or your company look more professional) [+/-]

The sources for these texts are wide-ranging: they are not simply misprints culled from humble parish magazines. They reflect what I have been reading over the past twelve months. I ended up finding so many mistakes that I thought they would form the basis of a useful workbook for anyone who wants to improve their written English. Not just students of English, but anyone who writes with the hope of someone reading their work – i.e. anyone who writes with the purpose of communication. The examples in this book include professional texts written by employees of major organisations, such as a national broadcaster, an international bank and a popular film monthly. There are also examples adapted from texts produced by smaller organisations, such as a large further education college, a regional tourism marketing group and a specialist publishing company. Amateur texts, written by people who don’t write for a living, are represented by material adapted from the likes of a local folk club’s “What’s On?” flyer, a local carnival brochure and a large cathedral’s weekly newsletter.

>Big Additional Free English Learning Resources (Printable Worksheets)

>Title: Big Additional Free English Learning Resources: 60 worksheets for English lessons
Level: All
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2003-2006
Pages: 289
Size: 2.85 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

This is the first ever English Banana book! This book brings together some of the very best worksheets for teachers and students of English from the English Banana.com website. [+/-]

Whether you are a teacher or a student we hope that you will find something here to inspire you and make English language learning fun and relevant. The worksheets can be photocopied freely and are primarily intended for use with Entry Level students, although they will also provide useful practise for learners at all levels.

These worksheets have been written by an experienced English language teacher and used in English classes with learners from a wide variety of countries. At the back of the book is a short collection of fun classroom games that have been similarly tried and tested. Some may be familiar while others are original. In publishing descriptions of these games we are not in any way claiming credit for inventing them or owning them – our aim has been to collect together games that work and get a great response from students. If you have descriptions of any other games that you would like us to make available on the website, please send us an email to info@englishbanana.com.

>Big Grammar Book: Entry Level (Printable Worksheets)

>Title: Big Grammar Book: 101 worksheets for English lessons
Level: Entry Level
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2003
Pages: 124
Size: 969.40 Kb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

This great value manual features 101 photocopiable worksheets for students of English at Entry Level. [+/-]

It is suitable for use with adults or in schools at Key Stages 3 and 4. It’s the third fantastic book from English Banana and the aim this time is to practise grammar, grammar and, er, more grammar!

It’s jam-packed from cover to cover with a great selection of photocopiable worksheets taken from the popular English Banana.com website. Teachers can dip into and use in class with students at Entry Level (ESOL Core Curriculum Entry Levels 1 & 2). It is also ideal for students to work with at home since the answers are all printed at the back.

The book is divided into four parts and is graded in difficulty, so that it begins with some basic stuff and builds up to more challenging grammar activities. It features a selection of Essential English worksheets which provide practice for crucial basic areas of knowledge for learners at Entry Level, like using numbers, writing the alphabet, spelling days and months correctly, and so on.

>Big Grammar Book: Elementary Level (Printable Worksheets)

>Title: Big Grammar Book: 194 worksheets for English lessons
Level: Elementary
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2003-2006
Pages: 347
Size: 3.81 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

This great value manual features 194 photocopiable worksheets and tests. The book is divided into six parts as follows:-

1. Grammar
2. Vocabulary [+/-]

3. Spelling
4. Reading
5. Speaking & Listening
6. Research

Contents
• Alphabet Fun
• Common Irregular Verbs
• Countable and Uncountable Nouns
• How to Get from Bed to Work in 27 Easy Steps! – Fill in the Blanks
• 50 Popular Female/Male Names in the UK
• Accessories
• Alphabetical Order 1 – Rooms
• Fantastic Food
• Places in a Town
• Learn to Spell 50 Common Words
• Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct
• Asking Questions
• etc.

>Big Activity Book (Printable Worksheets)

>Title: Big Activity Book
Level: Level 1 (Intermediate)
Author(s): Matt Purland
Publisher: English Banana.com
Date: 2004
Pages: 132
Size: 1.80 Mb
Format: PDF in rar
Quality: Excellent, printable
Language: British English

This is the fourth compilation of worksheets and activities from the popular English Banana.com website. The aim this time is to engage learners from about Level 1 (Intermediate) upwards in active English lessons. [+/-]

This extensive new collection provides a varied and interesting set of resources for practising a range of English language skills, from grammar to reading, and vocabulary building to developing research skills. It’s divided into subject areas and there is a comprehensive answer section, which also gives notes for how to use the material. We have included two special sections towards the back of the book:-

1. Classroom Games
The first is a collection of classroom games that have been tried and tested and really work. Some may be familiar while others are totally original. In publishing descriptions of these games and activities we are not in any way laying claim to having invented them. Our only aim is to disseminate ideas that work well at a range of levels and always seem to get a great response from learners.

2. Reference and Lists of Rhyming Words
The second special section is for reference and lists rhyming words, using the vowels and diphthongs from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). These pages provide support for learners as they come to identify spelling patterns and match together words with the sounds of English. However you use the book, we hope that you’ll enjoy learning English and come to a deeper understanding and appreciation of this fabulous language – which can be so entirely frustrating at times and so difficult to learn!