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Upper Intermediate - vocabulary


Foreign Words in English
Answer Sheet
There are thousands of foreign words in the English language - but where did they all come from? Students do a worksheet consisting of some of the most common foreign words in use today and classify them according to where they originated from. A good dictionary-use activity.

Vocabulary 1
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General Upper Intermediate vocabulary with quite a lot of legal and education vocabulary.

Weights and Measures
Answer Sheet
Help students to live in a world far from their usual metric comforts. This type of exercise is vital for students living in an English-speaking country and facilitates a stress-free everyday life.

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Body Idioms
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Students get practice with idioms related to parts of the body and also their definitions.

Vocabulary 2
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General Upper Intermediate vocabulary with quite a lot of vocabulary pertaining to facial expressions, movements of the body and gestures.

Animal Idioms
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Idioms connected with animals.

Musical Instruments
Answer Sheet
Students classify these musical instruments according to how they are played.

Semantic Grids

These vocabulary grids help students to think about the precise meaning of words that seem identical and to realize the small differences between them.

Verbs of Watching and Seeing

Verbs of Talking and Speaking