Select a vertical list of words or sentences with your cursor and this macro will create up to 50 unique bingo cards, each randomly populated.
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Bingo Card Maker
Create bingo cards online and then print them out for class or for private study.
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Select a vertical list of words with your cursor (with or without clues) and this macro will create a simple crossword puzzle, using the first word in the list as the vertical keyword in the puzzle.
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Crossword Maker
Create crosswords online and then print them out for class or for private study.
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Select an English verb conjugation with your cursor and this macro will search the Microsoft Word Dictionary for its root form and then create a test with the results. For example:
BEFORE
I have been learning English since 2004.
AFTER
I .......... (learn) English since 2004.
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Single-sided flashcards
Put a vertical list of words, sentences and/or images in a blank Word document and this macro will turn them into a sheet of large or small flashcards for classroom use or for students who want to learn words or phrases.
Double-sided flashcards
In a blank Word document, create a two-column table populated with words, sentences and/or images and this macro will create a sheet of large or small double-sided flashcards. Excellent for teaching vocabulary in the classroom or for students to learn words alone!
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Flashcard Maker
Create flashcards online and then print them out for class or for private study.
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Place a plus sign (+) in the middle of each sentence in a list and this macro will break the sentences in half, shuffling the order of the second half of the sentences. The students must put the sentences back together. For Example:
Match the text on the left with the text on the right:
1. dressed up like a
2. It's a dog's
3. There's life in the
4. go to see a
5. You can't teach an
6. a shaggy dog
7. be as sick as a |
a. man about a dog
b. story
c. dog's dinner
d. dog
e. old dog yet.
f. old dog new tricks.
g. life. |
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Word Search Maker
At WordLearner.com you can easily create printable word search puzzles for the classroom. |
Place plus signs (+) where you want to break a block of text and this macro will shuffle the order of the lines. For Example:
Number the following lines in the correct order:
( ) so many friends is that he wags
( ) The reason a dog has
( ) his tail instead of his tongue. |
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Select a word or a phrase with your mouse, type in 4 definitions for the word/phrase, only one of which should be correct, and this macro will create a multiple choice question at the bottom of the document. For example:
The word macro means:
(a) A jacket that a person wears in a boat.
(b) Macbeth's half brother in the Shakespearian play.
(c) A feature of Microsoft Word which is useful for teachers.
(d) A new caviar being served in MacDonald's
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Select some text with your mouse and then chose which letters you want to remove and this macro will replace them with a space.
For example:
What are the following pet related words?
R __ b b __ t
H __ m s t __ r
B __ r k
P __ r r
B __ n __
V __ t
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Type in 2, 3 or 4 words and this macro will replace all instances of the words with a multiple choice. Ideal for testing students' understanding of Articles (a, an, the), Pronouns (he, she, they, etc), Relative Pronouns (Which, What, That, etc), Prepositions (of, to, by for, in, on, etc), and much much more! For example:
Choose the most appropriate word in bold:
The/an/a Owl and the/an/a Pussy-Cat went to sea
In the/an/a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in the/an/a five pound-note.
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Slightly different from the ’Multi Choice Maker’, type in 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 words and this macro will replace all instances of the words with gaps. For example:
Fill in the gaps with one of the following words: would, could, might, should
"If dogs ....................... talk, it ......................... take a lot of the fun out of owning one"
Andrew A. Rooney
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Type in a letter combination that your students have difficulty pronouncing and this macro will highlight them, making a useful reading exercise. For example:
Read the following aloud, paying careful attention to the underlined areas:
"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves." August Strindberg
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Word Jumbles
Place the cursor anywhere within a word and this Macro will shuffle the order of the letters. For example:
Put the following letters in the correct order to make a well known idiom:
'iiyouCtsr leidkl het tca'
Sentence Jumbles
Select a sentence and this macro will shuffle the order of the words. For example:
Put the following sayings in the correct order:
'an You old can't new dog teach tricks'
'like and Fight cat dog'
'the While mice the will cat's play away'
List Jumbles
Select several paragraphs with your mouse and this macro will shuffle them, which the students must then number in the correct order.
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Jumble Maker
Create jumbles and then print them out for class or for private study.
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Select several words in a text and this macro will put them at the bottom of the document in an alphabetically order list, leaving blank spaces in their place, making a gap filling exercise. For example:
Fill in the gaps with the words listed below:
"If toast always lands ............-side down, and cats always land on their ........, what happen if you .......... toast on the back of a cat and ........ it?" Steven Wright
1. butter
2. drop
3. feet
4. strap
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Similar to the Word Remover, hold down the Ctrl button and double click on several words that you want to move from a text and this macro will copy all the selected words to an alphabetically ordered list at the bottom of the document.
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Select some text with your mouse and this macro removes all the punctuation from the text, which your students must replace! For Example:
Put the punctuation marks back into the following text:
"Basically a dog person I certainly though wouldn't want to offend my constituents who are cat people and I should say that being I hope a sensitive person that I have nothing against cats and had cats when I was a boy and if we didn't have the two dogs might very well be interested in having a cat now" Incoming Missouri Congressman James Talent, responding to the question "Are you a dog or a cat person?"
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Select some text with your mouse and this macro will remove all the spaces, making it a tricky exercise for the students to read. For example:
Put the space back into the following quote:
"Ifadogjumpsinyourlap,itisbecauseheisfondofyou;
butifacatdoesthesamething,itisbecauseyourlapiswarmer."
Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
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Select a word and (if you are connected to the internet) this macro will instantly search for the word in a Learner's Dictionary / Thesaurus.
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Select a word and (if you are connected to the internet) this macro will instantly search for the word in a Children's Dictionary.
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Hold down the Ctrl button and double click on several words and (if you are connected to the internet) this macro will find the definitions for all the selected words at once!
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Select a word and this macro will place words with a similar meaning at the bottom of the document in the form of a question.
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Similar to the Synonym Question Maker except this macro will place one word with an opposite meaning at the bottom of the document in the form of a question.
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Hold down the Ctrl button and double click on each of the words that you want to keep a record of and this macro will move the words to a separate file for storage. Great for keeping track of the words your students have learnt!
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