Category Archives: Text Types

Easy Way to Plan your English Class! - NEW VIDEO!

Easy Way to Plan your English Class! – NEW VIDEO!

Using a Real Text to Teach an English Class

Cast aside your outmoded EFL course book and try using a real text instead! In this free video I talk about using a text I recently found online, about the oldest pub in Britain:

Britain’s oldest pub forced to close ‘after 1,229 years’

I use the You Are The Course Book – Mode 2 framework to plan and run the class:

You Are The Course Book - Mode 2

You Are The Course Book – Mode 2

It really doesn’t take long to plan the class, once you have picked your text, found the topic, highlighted the target vocabulary, identified relevant grammar points, and planned some free practice activities – all based on the text. Find out more with this free manual:

https://purlandtraining.com/free-books/free-elt-book-you-are-the-course-book-lesson-plans-by-matt-purland/

There are more great tips for using a real text here:

Ideas for Using a Real Text in an ESL Classroom

If you try it, do let me know how it goes and how your students react! Find Purland Training on Twitter and Facebook or contact me here.

Free Ant Quiz with the Suffix -ant

FREE Printables: Recognising Facts – Consider the Ant

What is your opinion of the humble ant? How much do you think you know about the amazing  (tiny) world of ants? How much do you really know about them?

Can you tell true facts from false facts and suppositions from opinions?

Improve your knowledge of ants and practice recognising facts with our brand new free printable worksheets.

Instructions: cut out the cards, mix them up, then match together the sentence halves. Put each sentence into one of four categories: a) True Facts, b) False Facts, c) Suppositions, d) Opinions. Say how you know this in each case.

Finally, after learning so much about ants, discuss whether your view of them has changed in any way.

Recognising Facts – Consider the Ant 1

Direct download: https://purlandtraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/recognising-facts-consider-the-ant-1.pdf


Recognising Facts – Consider the Ant 2

Direct download: https://purlandtraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/recognising-facts-consider-the-ant-2.pdf


Which Ant…? Quiz – Answers:

1. insignificant
2. pregnant
3. antiperspirant / deodorant
4. exuberant
5. decongestant
6. immigrant
7. distant
8. somnambulant
9. abundant
10. relevant
11. observant
12. constant
13. restaurant
14. accountant
15. pleasant
16. elegant
17. dominant
18. elephant
19. arrogant
20. ignorant
21. militant
22. extravagant
23. flippant
24. brilliant
25. vigilant
26. buoyant
27. instant
28. tolerant
29. truant
30. pedant


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