Growing up, we all had those dreams of setting out on our very own adventure into uncharted territory, blazing a new trail, overcoming obstacles, and battling various ‘bad guys’ along the way.
Part of this may be that most of us were fed a ...
Growing up, we all had those dreams of setting out on our very own adventure into uncharted territory, blazing a new trail, overcoming obstacles, and battling various ‘bad guys’ along the way.
Part of this may be that most of us were fed a ...
“I have an extremely shy 15-year-old private ESL student. I’ve been her teacher for about two years, and she’s still reluctant to speak and participate. She speaks very softly and often whispers. I’ve tried many different things ...
If you teach information technology to ESL students, or if you are teaching business ESL and need to explain computer-specific terminology and customs for the workplace, here are some basics to help focus on words, concepts, and jargon for students to ...
For those teachers who are required to teach summer and winter English immersion camps, it can be difficult to come up with viable ideas that will hold the attention of students who are more likely than not only semi-willing participants in this interr ...
Are you tired of your typical social conversation role playing exercises?
ESL teachers know that possibly the most important skill for learners is social mixing and mingling conversation, but role playing in partners or repetitions often lack real lif ...
Do you have a picture dictionary on your desk that you’re just not sure how to use in the classroom?
Did your students purchase a picture dictionary for your class but haven’t used it much? Or do you have a class set in your classroom that ...
Making small talk is more than just getting to know someone new. It is an expected part of social behavior. Making small talk isn’t always easy, though, especially for ESL students.
Speakers must meet certain expectations and must talk about app ...
“I teach a group of 8 to 10-year-old beginners. The language school where I teach recently informed me I’d have to host a 40-minute open lesson with parents. I’ve never done this before – any pointers?” *
Language schools ...
I created this for my beginning to intermediate level EFL students. It is a basic practice sheet for using adjective possessives such as my, her, our, etc. using fill in the blanks and including a hint box for spelling.
This worksheet is for elementary or pre-intermediate students based on the short video 'How to make ice-cream in 45 seconds' with Jamie Oliver. Ask students to watch the video and circle the correct answer on their sheet. It can be used as a warm-up ex ...
This simple worksheet can be used as a perfect warm-up exercise when students learn about countries and nationalities at beginner or elementary level. Ask students to work in pairs and find out which countries they can see in the pictures. In each pict ...
This worksheet was created to Unit 10 of the New Total English Elementary 2 course book and aims to practice school subjects, expressions in connection with learning and modal verbs (have to, don't have to, can, can't) at B1 level. It can be used as a ...
Beginner introduction to the present perfect tense. Contains an explanation of its use, "formula" (affirmative, negative and interrogative), examples and keywords (divided into two categories, time and aspect, three examples given for each one. It does ...
The following file involves a test that deals with present progressive (continuous). I used the exam for 8th graders and less advanced 9th graders. You can find multiple questions there. All the questions are graded, I hope you will find the ...
The test is for the 4th graders. It contains basic questions using structures such as can/have/do and wh-questions. The grammar areas are: possesive 's, adjectives describing people, present simple, articles a/an. Vocabulary contains national ...
You can use this twitter worksheet for many subjets. You just need to add the hashtag and write a phrase e.g #when_i_was_a_child the students need to complete the hashtag with the suitable grammar or anything they want. You can ask students to choose a ...
This is a presentation to introduce comparatives. Students see some examples with some pictures. They work out the rules from the examples. They check the rules. Finally, they see other pictures to make comparisons using some given adjectives. I must s ...
This is a worksheet for FCE students to practise needn't have or didn't need to. It has 13 situations with images and a sentence where students have to choose the correct form of the verb: needn't have or didn't need to. It can be used as a worksheet o ...
This worksheet is based on the cartoon serial ‘Minuscules’. The cartoon serial ‘Minuscules’ (France, 2007) which is the collection of 3-5 minute mini-stories. The dynamic plot stories about different insects have no voice trac ...
52 detailed questions on the plot. The file also provides the link to the web page with the plot. This easily editable .doc file is not colourful or cute looking, but it is the content I wanted to share. Teachers can choose the questions they need to t ...