Time Management Strategies
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Time Management Strategies

Are you struggling to use your time effectively? This B1–B2 English lesson for adults explores practical strategies for prioritizing tasks, avoiding burnout, and boosting productivity. Students watch a video, complete a gap-fill summary, study verb patterns with gerunds and infinitives, and practice sentence exercises. With discussion prompts, quotes, and reflective activities, learners improve speaking, vocabulary, and grammar while learning to plan, decide, and manage their time successfully in everyday life.

Skills

  • Can follow complex lines of argument in a clearly articulated lecture, provided the topic is reasonably familiar.
  • Can express their ideas and opinions with precision, and present and respond to complex lines of argument convincingly.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Before the lesson: Watch the video and take some notes.

  1. What new information did you learn from the video?
  2. What surprised you the most?
  3. Which points resonated with you the most?
2

Complete the gaps in the summary with a word or a short phrase.

3

Read these quotes and rank them from your favorite to your least favorite. Discuss your choices with the group.

4

Study the notes.

5

Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

6

Complete the sentences using a verb + gerund or infinitive.

7

Make notes on your time management habits. Discuss them with your group to see what you have in common. Which of your peers' strategies would you like to try?

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