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    The Big Book Of ESL Exercises
    The Big Book Of ESL Exercises
    The Big Book Of ESL Exercises
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    The Big Book Of ESL Exercises

    By H. L. Dowless

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       This work is a collection of simple stories, songs, and poems. This exercise book has been used at home, educating and entertaining the author's children, and inside international ESL classes. It has also been traded and sold to a wide range of offshore english academies in a variety of exoitc locations. The book has also been used to teach educatinally challenged youth stateside in the US, and will make a perfect addition to your collection as well.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherH.L. Dowless
    Release dateMay 23, 2017
    ISBN9781540193407
    The Big Book Of ESL Exercises
    Author

    H. L. Dowless

    The author is an international ESL instructor. He enjoys outdoor activites and living on the edge. What he enjoys most of all is meeting new interesting people who happen to be his loyal reading fans.

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      Book preview

      The Big Book Of ESL Exercises - H. L. Dowless

      The Big Exercise Book

      Of ESL Literature 

      By H.L. Dowless

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      Jo And John Go To Town

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      The sun is shinning brightly. The day feels warm. John wanted to go to town! So he walks down a long dirt road to the home of Jo, on the hill by the creek. He raised his right hand.

      Knock, Knock, Knock, went the sound on the door. Soon Jo opened it up. John saw her standing in front of him in her little green hood and coat.

      Come on, he said, let's go to town!

      I love walking to town, said Jo. Oh, the day feels so good, I think that we shall carry Spot along with us.

      Fine then, fine, lets call Spot to come with us, said John.

      Spot, yelled Jo, "come with us! We are going to town!

      Bow! Wow, barked Spot as he ran to meet them.

      See John, yelled Jo, Spot can not wait to come along with us!

      Exercise One

      (1) Who did John go to meet?

      (2) Who was Spot?

      (3) Who was Jo?

      (4) What color was Jo's coat?

      (5) Was the day warm?

      (6) Was the day sunny?

      (7) On what did the house of Jo sit?

      (8) Where did Jo live?

      (9) What is a creek?

      (10) John raised his hand and did what?

      Exercise Two

      Matching

      (1) John went to meet____.

      (2) The ___ was named Spot

      (3) Jo's pal was named___.

      (4) Green was the color of Jo's ___.

      (5) The day was ___ and ___.

      (6) The house of Jo sat on a ___.

      (7) The house of Jo was by a ___.

      (8) A flow of water is a ___.(9) ___, ___, ___, went John's hand on Jo's door.

      (10) Spot can not ___ to come along with us!

      (a) creek 

      (b) warm, sunny. 

      (c) hill 

      (d) Knock, Knock, knock 

      (e) John 

      (f) coat 

      (g) wait 

      (h) green 

      (I) dog 

      (j) Jo 

      Instructor’s Checklist   

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      Exercise one:   Answers

      (1) Jo  (5) Yes  (9) flow of water

      (2) The Dog  (6) Yes  (10) knock, knock, knock!

      (3) John's pal  (7) On a hill

      (4) green  (8) By a creek

      Exercise two:  Answers

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      (1)  j  (9) d

      (2)  I  (10) g

      (3)  e 

      (4)  f

      (5)  b

      (6)  c

      (7)  a

      (8)  a

      So the three walk down the long dirt road toward town. That's Jo, John, and Spot, walking down the old dirt road into town.

      Find the stick, Spot, said John as he reached down, picked one up and tossed it.

      Bring the stick to me, said Jo.

      Bow wow, said Spot as he raced out to find the stick.

      Soon the three come to a creek.

      This creek is close to town, said Jo.

      If we listen we can hear the water flowing over the water wheel of the grist mill, said John!

      I think that I hear the kid's parade, said Jo! "Hear the flutes?

      Hear the lute? Hear the drums and the tin cans? Hear the squeeze box of the Hurdy-Gurdy man?"

      Bow wow, says Spot! Bow wow! Bow wow wow!

      Spot races toward the grist mill and the gypsy tent by the mill store. Jo and John race after him.

      Wait for us, Spot! Wait for us, they both yell as they run!

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      Exercise three

      Soon the three came to a ____.

      This creek is ___to____, said Jo.

      If we _____ we can hear the ___ ____ over the water ___ of the ___  ____, said John!

      I think that I can hear the kid's parade, said Jo! "Hear the ____? Hear the lute? Hear the ___ and the ___ cans? Hear the squeeze ___ of the Hurdy-Gurdy man?

      ____ ____, says Spot! Bow wow! Bow wow, wow, wow!

      Spot races toward the grist ____ and the gypsy ___ by the mill  ____. Jo and John race after him.

      Wait for us! Wait for us, they both yell as they run!

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      Exercise four

      Guessing

      (1)  A place where products are made.

      (2)  A flow of water.

      (3)  Next to.

      (4)  A built up area where people gather.

      (5)  Detect sounds

      (6)  Movement of water

      (7)  A flat perfectly round object

      (8)  Ground grains

      (9)  Musical instrument with hole through which one's breath is blown.

      (10)  A musical instrument made of a stretched head of leather.

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      Instructor's Check List

      Answers

      Exercise three: 

      Soon the three come to a creek.

      This creek is close to town, said Jo.

      If we listen we can hear the water flowing over the water wheel of the grist mill, said John!

      I think that I hear the kid's parade, said Jo! "Hear the flutes?

      Hear the lute? Hear the drums and the tin cans? Hear the squeeze box of the Hurdy Gurdy man?"

      Bow wow, says Spot! Bow wow! Bow wow wow!

      Spot races toward the grist mill and the gypsy tent by the mill store. Jo and John race after him.

      Wait for us, Spot! Wait for us, they both yell as they run!

      Exercise four:

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