English Speaking Activities
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Keep It or Leave It
In this speaking activity, students discuss summer habits and decide which ones they would keep in autumn and which ones they would leave for summer.
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The Great Summer Swap
In this speaking activity, students compare summer activities with autumn alternatives and decide which swaps they would accept or refuse. They explain their choices and give reasons.
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5 Autumn Warm-Ups
This set of five autumn-themed warm-up activities is designed to encourage creative thinking, personal expression, and natural conversation at the beginning of a lesson.
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What Counts As...
In this activity, students discuss different everyday concepts, decide what counts and what doesn’t, and explain where they draw the line.
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What Do You Do When 3.0
In this activity, students discuss what they usually do in different everyday situations, compare their habits and find out how similar they are.
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My Go-To Kit
In this activity, students create their go-to kits for different everyday situations. They choose the items they consider essential, explain the specific purpose of each one, and compare their kits with their classmates.
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My Red Line
In this activity, students look at different everyday situations, decide what would make them leave immediately, and explain their personal red lines using the sentence starters provided.
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I Use It For…
In this activity, students look at everyday objects, think about when, where and how they use them, then give 2–3 simple examples using the sentence starters provided.
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How Would You Improve It
In this activity, students look at everyday places and objects, think of one small change that could improve them, then explain their ideas and discuss improvements they have seen in real life.
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Unwritten Rule
In this speaking activity, students read everyday situations, decide whether each one is OK and whether there's an unwritten social rule behind it, then explain their opinions and share personal experiences.
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Picture Talk - Describe it
In this speaking activity, students choose a picture, describe what they can see using useful A1–A2 language, and answer simple follow-up questions that connect the picture to their own experiences and preferences.
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My Plus One - Groups Only
In this speaking activity, students consider a range of imagined situations, choose one classmate to join them in each one, explain and compare their choices and respond to follow-up questions using functional language for expressing opinions and justifying decisions.
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