Esl biography gap fill
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Lesson plans
How Donald Trump got rich - a tale of three Trumps
Lead-in: the Trump family. Jigsaw reading (graded English): Donald Trump, Fred Trump (father), Frederick Trump (grandfather). Grammar follow-up: participle clauses. (Advanced version).
Gap fill exercises
Jerry Yang - co-founder of Yahoo! - gap fill
Short biography of Jerry Yang (c 300 words / 14 gaps) adapted from Wikipedia (November 2011). Gapped for verb tenses (past simple, past continuous) and other biography-related words.
Book references
New Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate students' book
Module 1 Past and present Pages 6 - 7 past and present
Listening and speaking: life circles. Listening and speaking about 10 important dates, places, people etc. in your / someone's life.
Straightforward Advanced Student's Book
1C Growing Up Pages 10 - 11 Growing up on television
Longer piece on Granada Television's 7-up programme following the lives of 14 seven-year-olds from 1964 to the present.
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B2 First - Reading: Gapped Text Exercises
First Certificate in English (FCE)
Gapped Text Exercise 2 - Drifting The Slow Lane On A Welsh Canal
Sentence Gap Fill reading exercise about a trip on a canal boat.
Exercise Number: FCE097 | Walkthrough Video
Gapped Text Exercise 3 - History of the Toaster
Sentence Gap Fill reading exercise about a the history of the toaster.
Exercise Number: FCE098 | Walkthrough Video
Gapped Text Exercise 4 - The Box Of Tricks
Sentence Gap Fill reading exercise about a short story called "The Box Of Tricks".
Exercise Number: FCE099
Gapped Text Exercise 1 - A Name To Bear
Sentence Gap Fill reading exercise about a cowboy at work.
Exercise Number: FCE096
Gapped Text Exercise 5 - The Open Boat
Gapped text reading exercise about a short story called "The Open Boat".
Exercise Number: FCE104
Gapped Text Exercise 6 - Arctic Warming
Gapped text reading exercise about warming in the Arctic regions.
Exercise Number: FCE105
Gapped Text Exercise 7 - Space Junk
Gapped text reading exercise about the problem of space junk.
Exercise Number: FCE106
Gapped Text Exercise 8 - The Golden Gate Bridge
Gapped text reading exercise about the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Exercise Number: FCE107
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