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Printable 60-minute Lesson Plan
TELEPHONE
"Who Invented the Telephone?"
Level: Intermediate - Upper Intermediate
Multi-page lesson:
Vocabulary Preview Grammar Practice Reading Comprehension Discussion Writing Practice Answer Key attached Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Basic English Dialogs:
Telephone Three short dialogs for vocabulary, listening, and speaking practice.
Extension activity on attached Page 2. Answer Key attached on Page 3 Level: Beginner Audio and Answer Key are also available in video format below (2:09) for your students! Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
Remember to select 'grayscale' in your computer printer settings to save on color ink!
DIALOG 1
DIALOG 2
DIALOG 3
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Writing Practice
TELEPHONE "Write a short paragraph about a phone conversation that you had recently. Did you call someone - or did someone call you? When? What did you talk about? How long did you talk?" Focus on past simple tense Level: Elementary to Intermediate Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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'Questions About You'
Writing Practice TELEPHONE Answer the questions about you. One page worksheet with ten questions. Answers will vary. Level: Elementary to Advanced Time: Approx. 15 - 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Pair Work Discussion
TELEPHONE 20 different questions about telephones - evenly divided into 'A" and 'B' handouts
Pair work Level: Intermediate Approximate Time: 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Discussion Practice
TELEPHONE 16 Question strips adapted from the above Pair Work activity.
These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing. Activity Notes on Page 2 Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 10 - 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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'Find Someone Who'
Activity TELEPHONE Classic 'Find Someone Who' activity Whole class activity Activity Notes on Page 2 (with Activity Version 1 and Version 2) Level: Elementary to Intermediate Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Listening Dictation
TELEPHONE NUMBERS Listen and complete the sentences with the different numbers that you hear; 'read-aloud-cues' / Answer Key attached
Level: Intermediate Approximate Time: 5 to 10 minutes Download the PDF file by first becoming a Patreon member, and then clicking on the orange button below!
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Pause the audio between sentences if you or your learners need extra time.
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Please note that the text in this lesson is slightly different from the version at the top of this page.
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Reading and Grammar
TELEPHONES ('Who Invented?') 310-word article: 'Who Invented the First Telephone?'
Level: Intermediate
Notes and Answer Key attached Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Listening
TELEPHONES ('Who Invented?') 2 minutes 36 seconds (see above reading text and audio file)
Level: Intermediate Eight listening comprehension questions Notes, Grade Conversion chart and Answer Key attached Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Board Game
TELEPHONES 30 questions about telephones
For groups of two to three players Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 to 25 minutes Dice required Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Word Bank
TELEPHONE 63 telephone-related vocabulary items
Question: Which 5 words below are kinds of phones? Answer Key attached Level: Intermediate to Advanced Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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63 Words About Telephones
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answer the phone
area code bad connection busy busy signal call caller cell phone collect call connect cordless phone Could I speak to country code |
dial
dial tone directory disconnect extension number hang up Hello hold hold on Hold the line home phone international call land line |
leave a message
local call long distance make a call missed call mobile phone office number on hold operator operator assisted pay phone person-to-person phone bill |
phone book
phone booth phone call phone card phone company phone line phone number pick up prank call public phone recharge redial ring |
ring tone
Speaking SIM card take a message telemarketer text text message toll free voice mail wrong number yellow pages |
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Word Bank (Gap-Fill)
TELEPHONE 15 telephone-related vocabulary items
Gap-fill exercise; Answer Key attached Level: Intermediate Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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15 Essential Words About Telephones
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answer the phone
busy call country code dial |
extension number
hang up message mobile phone operator |
pay phone
phone number ring text wrong number |
Try the interactive version of the above quiz!
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Word Bank -
Writing Activity TELEPHONE Write an opinion essay to answer this question: "Schools and colleges should ban cell phones on schools grounds and campuses. Do you agree or disagree?" Use at least 6 of the 15 words on the left; 2 pages of lined writing paper.
Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 25 - 30 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Worksheet
TELEPHONE Brainstorming and dictionary practice
Use a dictionary to help you complete the chart below. All of the words must begin with the letter of the alphabet given. Some letters may have many different answers, while others may not have an answer. Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Vocabulary Quiz
TELEPHONE 14 telephone-related vocabulary items
Answer Key attached Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 10 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Try the interactive version of the above quiz!
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Crossword
TELEPHONE Information-Gap (Pair Work); Answer Key attached
Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 - 25 minutes Download the PDF file by first becoming a Patreon member, and then clicking on the orange button below!
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Word Search
TELEPHONE 18 telephone-related vocabulary items
Answer Key attached Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Rank &
Discuss Opinions TELEPHONES 12 statements about telephones
Students read, rank their opinions, and then discuss in pairs or small groups Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Advice Column
TELEPHONES Newspaper advice column with 3 problems about telephones
Students read and then discuss or write about possible solutions Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 25 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Are you a student? Try the Advanced Level Listening exercise and learn about the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, on my Learner Listening site - click on the image below! ~Robert :)
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