I use this presentation on my beginners classes when I am teaching present simple to explain spelling rules for he/she/it and how to make negative and questions in a very simple way. First I go over the spelling rules, then on the use of the auxiliary ...
I use this presentation on my beginners classes when I am teaching present simple to explain spelling rules for he/she/it and how to make negative and questions in a very simple way. First I go over the spelling rules, then on the use of the auxiliary ...
This is a short test on business vocabulary and expressions. It consists of two exercises: in the first one you have to match the words to make collocations, and in the second one you have to complete the gaps in the sentences. It is based on the Pengu ...
Speaking Activity: Crime and PunishmentThis activity consists of three main parts:- Glossary of crimes- Words and Phrases related to the speaking activity "Crime and Punishment"- Discussion questionsDon't forget to mention the inspirational book "Crime ...
Daily Phrases 1I have prepared this paper in order to teach my beloved student significant daily expressions which are definitely helpful for our daily life. This paper contains ten daily expressionns. Not only can you find daily phrases but also you g ...
This is a reading activity about "texting", which turned 20 in the end of 2012. It's a surprisingly good way to make students read, discuss the vocabulary and talk. There are a few questions about this issue for discussion and written exercises. You ca ...
This is a reading activity about a newspaper article, which tells us the story of a hospital cleaner who got fired for speaking her native language in the workplace. It's surprisingly a good way to make students read, discuss the vocabulary and talk. T ...
It happens more times than I can count. “Student X, please put away your cell phone.” “Student Y, please stay on task.” “Student Z, please stop checking Facebook and work on your timed reading.”
In the daily battle ...
Suitable for online or classroom teaching, it is a how-to for teachers whose objective is to consolidate grammar terms and get students to creatively use the language. For revision purposes elicit words from previous topics. For team work assign groups ...
Language instruction may not look or sound like the teaching happening in other classrooms, but often that’s exactly where your ESL students are planning to go.
A large percentage of ESL students, especially those who travel to the U.S. to study ...
ESL beginners may not be able to say a whole lot, after all their vocabulary and grammar are rather limited. But in order to start speaking, they have to start listening.
And not just listening to the correct pronunciation, intonation and stress. I me ...
This power point presentation was made for adult students. The objective of it is to discuss the food that they like and talk about some international dishes. It can be used with beginners to pre - intermediate students and you can add more pictures to it.
In this video worksheet your students will be watching a short video about a reporter visit to Dalhousie Haunted Castle Ghost St . While watching the episode your students will be doing activities about listening comprehension and the use of there w ...
This power point presentation is for beginners. It is a funny way to introduce past simple of verb be, jobs and prepositions of place. You can make it like a game and ask your students to guess the celebrity's former job. Give some kind of award for t ...
This is a worksheet for the students to pronounce a word and find another one that has the same pronunciation. The Ss are provided with clue spaces for them to guess the word. They need to have a basic level in order to have some background vocabulary.
A great craft that kids love - cut out the square, and fold along the lines. add colours and numbers for spelling practice, and use the animals (i replaced the 'fortunes' with simple vocabulary, as my kids are real beginners) to learn new words. if thi ...
This worksheet allows students to practice the simple past and past continuous with activities. Activities include written exercises and a role play. The file contains everything you need for the lesson including the student worksheet, a teacher's page ...
Listening comprehension - checking in at the airport - followed by a series of varied language exercises. The first activity is in fact a filling in gaps task using six vocabulary items among eight. The second activity consists in choosing the ri ...
It is an exercise in which students must translate phrases in brackets from Polish into English. This way, they revise all the most important grammar issues. It is a good way to prepare students for the extended part of the junior high final exams, but ...
The same adverb may have different meanings when applied to the sentence. The exercise aims to let students to learn from those selected adverbs and understand the meanings where it uses. Choose the correct answer from the brackets in the following se ...
This is a worksheet about the synonyms and antonyms. Students have to write down the synonym and / or antonym of the given word in the list of table. The aim is to provide a practice to students to think about both on similar and opposite of a word g ...