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Intermediate: Grammar

Trains Across America Target Language: Present Simple, Superlatives Description: Revision of superlatives, reading a travel ad, travel vocabulary, use of Present Simple for future events. Duration: 50 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G1 American English Version British English version

What Did You Ask? Target Language: Reported questions. Description: A quick tense review followed by a reading based activity which focuses on reported questions and the tense changes involved. Extra worksheet included for speaking activity at the end. Duration: 70 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G2 American English Version British English version

Crime And Punishment Target Language: Passive - past simple and other tenses. Description: Some useful crime vocabulary is also taught while teaching the passive voice using the past simple and other tenses. General knowledge quiz and a "Guess The Movie" speaking activity included. Duration: 80 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G3 American English Version British English version

Then Again, If... Target Language: Second conditional. Description: Review of past simple structure. Reading about a girl's dream date followed by focus on the second conditional. Use of second conditional in a "You're The Mayor!" group activity. Duration: 75 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G4 American English Version British English version

How Long? Target Language: Present perfect continuous. Description: This is a lesson centered around an article about somebody's life changing decision. After speaking about him, students then talk about their own life experiences. Duration: 65 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G5 American English Version British English version

Looking Forward Target Language: Future tenses. Description: After an exercise on time markers, we read about a company manager's plans for the coming month. A review of most of the future tenses in English is then followed by a Predictions speaking activity. Duration: 70 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G6 American English Version British English version

You Can't Change The Past Target Language: Third conditional. Description: Students read about Tamara's disastrous evening and then do some grammar work on the third conditional. Lesson finishes with a writing chain game. Duration: 55 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G7 American English Version British English version

Bored Of Being Bored Target Language: -ing/-ed adjectives. Description: Some useful work on word families starts off this lesson about adjectives such as bored/boring, interesting/interesting. Students use them in a speaking activity before participating in a grammar auction where the error-strewn sentences must be found. Duration: 50 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G8 American English Version British English version

Both Of Us Study English Target Language: both \ neither of us. Description: Talking about personal likes and dislikes to help with the tricky both/neither area of grammar. Duration: 50 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G9 American English Version British English version

In Case It Rains Target Language: Conditional expressions: in case, in the event of, unless, provided, etc. Description: Lesson plan which looks at words and expressions often used in conditional-type sentences: unless, in case, etc. Students read these expressions in context in contract excerpts. Finishes with an in case/in the event of game. Duration: 50 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G10 American English Version British English version

Changes Target Language: Used To. Description: How has Teresa's life changed since she won the famous reality TV show? Grammar focus on used to for past habits. Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G11 American English Version British English version

The Broken Laptop Target Language: Use of should/shouldn't have for the past. Description: Doug returns his broken laptop computer to the store and finds out there are some things he should and shouldn't have done. Good computer related vocabulary. Duration: 70 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G12 American English Version British English version

Hurricane Herbert Target Language: Weather vocabulary, modal verbs of obligation and permission. Description: The first part of the lesson is an exercise on some more advanced weather vocabulary. Students then read a newspaper article giving some advice dealing with hurricanes. The second half of the lesson focuses on the modal verb usage in the newspaper article and the lesson finishes with a fun "Hurricane Facts" game. Duration: 70 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G13 American English Version British English version