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1. The Lighter Side: … 20, 21 …

   In: English Teaching Forum 2021, Volume 59, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   The clues in this puzzle lead to pairs of consecutive numbers. Can you find them all?

2. Opening Many Locks with a Master Key: Six EFL Games Played with a Set of Cards

   In: English Teaching Forum 2019, Volume 57, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   Kürşat Cesur describes six games for beginning English students that you can play with a single set of cards (a sample set is provided). This article is available online only.

3. The Lighter Side: "Two-Part Titles: Can You Match Them?"

   In: English Teaching Forum, Volume 60, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   Many Forum article titles have two parts (as the name of this puzzle does). Your job in this puzzle is to match the first part of an article title with its second part. How many can you match correctly? (How many of the articles have you read?)

4. The Lighter Side: E-A-R Words

   In: English Teaching Forum 2023, Volume 61, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   The Lighter Side

5. The Lighter Side of TEFL: Puzzle Stories

   In: The Lighter Side of TEFL, Volume 1 Format(s): Text

   This section of The Lighter Side of TEFL focuses on puzzle stories, which are "thinking" games that get students to think about what they are listening to or reading. This section has an audio component.

6. The Lighter Side of TEFL: Shaggy Dog Stories

   In: The Lighter Side of TEFL, Volume 1 Format(s): Text

   This section of The Lighter Side of TEFL focuses on shaggy dog stories, which are long-winded tales that gradually work up to a surprise ending. This section has an audio component.

7. The Lighter Side: Silent Letters

   In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   “Silent Letters” expands on the silent “K” in knitting, giving students practice with silent letters. The activity requires students to fill in missing words from a dialogue on the topic of knitting. Some letters of the missing words are provided.

8. The Lighter Side: Winter Sports Word Search

   In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 1 Format(s): Text

   This winter sports word search gives students clues to the name of a sport they need to find in the puzzle.

9. The Lighter Side: Lacrosse Word Puzzle

   In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 2 Format(s): Text

   This is a crossword puzzle about the sport of lacrosse.

10. The Lighter Side: Baseball Terms with Everyday Meanings

    In: English Teaching Forum 2010, Volume 48, Number 3 Format(s): Text

    This matching activity offers students words that are related to baseball but also have a second meaning. They must match the term with both meanings.

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