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Below, you will find 10 sentences about the blue whale. Unfortunately, the words are mixed up. Can you put them in the correct order? (You will probably need a pen and a piece of paper for this).
Number one:

Number two:

Number three:

Number four (in this case, the word ‘as‘ must be used twice):

Number five:

Number six:

Number seven:

Number eight […]

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Wordle.net is an online tool which is used to create Word Clouds. Here is an example of a word cloud:

This Word Cloud was made using the ‘monkey keeps stealing my peanuts‘ joke. Note that the more a word appears in the text, the bigger it will be in the cloud. In the joke, for example, […]

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Here is an incomplete book title:
First ______ Last
Can you work out what the missing word is? Don’t continue reading until you have tried to do so.
OK, it’s difficult so, I’m going to give you a clue. Here is a description of the book (taken from Amazon.com):
This book is intended to help the start-up business, home […]

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I never had a class that didn’t ask me if I wear a kilt when I am in my country.

I wonder if Mexican teachers working abroad get asked the same thing about sombreros.

This is a silly game that I remember from my childhood. I really hope my Mexican friends forgive me for taking advantage of […]

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“Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: Could have, would have, and should have.” (Louis E. Boone)
I hope no one minds that I have made a gentle alteration to the above quotation: It orinally read, ‘Could have, might have, and should […]

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El otro hermano de mi amante
El amante de mi otro hermano
El otro amante de mi hermano
El hermano de mi otro amante
Translate these lines into your students’ mother tongue. Then ask them to translate them into English for a tongue twister:
My lover’s other brother
My other brother’s lover
My brother’s other lover
My other lover’s brother
How fast can you […]

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