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Puzzle Maker Template
This is an activity I have started to use in my elementary classes. Before class you need to pick a question, it has to be no more than 6 words - scramble it and write it on the second page. You give...
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Hidden Animals (PDF)
This activity is designed to challenge student’s ability to read sentences and find the names of animal hiding in the sentences. In the last task they write their own sentences. This idea was from...
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Print Module Gerunds 1
After seeing how well our gerunds worksheet was received we have decided to put our entire gerunds module on Busy Teachers. We hope it serves you well. Each Gerunds Module presents various structures...
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Gerunds: Introductory Lesson PPT
This PowerPoint presentation is designed to be used to teach the basic use of gerunds. This PPT is designed to be used hand in hand with our Gerunds Module. This PPT starts by explaining what gerunds...
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Boston Marathon & Bombing - Article & Questions
The reading includes both a general discussion about the Boston Marathon and information about the recent bombing. There are seven comprehension questions. Two of the questions can be used as paragraph...
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Song Worksheet: I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift
A song by Taylor Swift. I used this songworksheet to review pronouns (and to have fun). Students should listen and circle the correct pronouns. At the end I let them relax and watch the video by...
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Virtual Realia: 10 Examples and How to Use Them in an ESL Class
There are plenty of ESL teachers who advocate the use of realia in the classroom – and for good reason. Over the years, they have brought an assortment of authentic city maps, brochures, restaurant...
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Find a Conjunction
This worksheet is about conjunctions. You can use a conjunction to link words. In English a conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases or clauses together. A...
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Get to Know Your Students - Student Survey
This student survey is more for the teacher to get to know his/her students."One thing" category is for students to tell you that one thing about themselves that will help you be a better teacher for...
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Spring is in the Air
I tried to collect useful vocabulary for talking about seasons. This is the first part of my series. It's fully editable, so you can change the parts that don't suit you.., You will find words about...
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Drinks Worksheet
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching drinks related vocabulary.There's a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet followed by an easy matching activity.The worksheet is available...
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Comparative Adjectives Worksheet
This is a worksheet for revising comparative adjectives at intermediate level. Students are asked to write the correct form of the adjectives given. The answer key is included.
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Writing a Poem
This is a pretty simple writing activity for intermediate students who are asked to imagine they are in a rainforest and write a poem according to the instructions given.
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Feelings and Emotions
This is a cool activity you can do in the classroom, there are a lot of vocabulary and some pictures to make ss identify feelings and emotions. The objective is to activate the vocabulary and write...
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“I Just Want to Say...” Using Key Phrases across Language Skills
Traditionally, language has been taught in discrete parts: learners are taught speaking and listening skills separately from reading and writing, and vocabulary is separated from grammar. However,...
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Song Worksheet: Mama Mia!
I have used the song "Mamma Mia" in order to introduce the past tense to my students. I have also attached a worksheet for the students to order the paragraphs from the song ( main ones). I have done...
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Music
The theme chosen for my students is music.This is a worsheet about instruments and music vocabulary. They must recognize the instruments and the words, then they must complete some exercises with a new...
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Movie Worksheet : Life with Feathers
This is a worksheet based on a Merrie Melody cartoon about the cat Sylvester and an unfortunate lovebird.The tasks are designed to help the child in catching the plot, curious features of the animation...
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Song Worksheet : Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine's
I really love Florence + The Machine and I noticed that in "Cosmic Love" a lot of verbs in the past appear. I divided this handout into three parts: "pre listening", to call their attention and...
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Song Worksheet: Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega
I found this song on the internet and I noticed many teachers use it for teaching the present continuous. However, I adapted it a little bit by adding some pre, while, and post listening activities. In...
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