Verb Patterns
This worksheet consists of different types of exercises based on some verb patterns such as gerund, infinitive, make and do, say or tell and use to. It is a classic workpaper especially prepared for...
View ArticleEssay Topics
Ten essay topics provided in this worksheet are really interesting and can easily draw the attention of students. What's more, sample compositions for each topic is given. I'm sure you'll like these...
View ArticleTag Questions for Dutch Kids
I use the text to explain tag questions, the kids have to fill out a diagram to help them understand it better and there are also some practice sentences. It also mentions the exceptions and a three...
View ArticleFamily Members
This is a handout, designed for pre-junior or junior students, aged 6-8. It can be used for practising, revising or even testing the vocabulary of 'Family Members'. Words included are the following:...
View ArticleTeaching on Skype©: Essential Guide of Do's and Don’ts
Outsourcing ESL/EFL has become extremely popular internationally, and many ESL teachers, especially native speakers that want to work from home, are finding it lucrative to make a move to Skype©...
View ArticleA Match Made in Heaven: 4 Tips for Making the Best Student Pairs
Language should be communicative. That means the more your ESL students use English to communicate, with you and with one another, the better their language skills will be. Communicative language is...
View ArticleBut We Have No Future! How to Teach 5 Verb Tenses that Might Not Exist in the...
One of the trickiest challenges for the EFL teacher is helping non-native learners understand verb tenses that do not have translatable equivalents in the host language. In fact, most languages...
View ArticleFCE Reading Texts
There are two reading texts, one of them is with 7 gaps and students are expected to find the right ones for each gap. The other text is about the Great Wall of China and consists of multiple choice...
View ArticlePrefixes and Suffixes
This powerpoint firstly explains the function of prefixes and suffixes through suitable examples and there are lots of exercises related to them. Exercises are given in an enjoyable way with colourful...
View ArticleAdvanced Vocabulary Test
There are 90 questions in this exercise, all of which are with multiple choice questions. There are five choices in each question and the words are well-choosen and really challenging. The ones who...
View ArticleFamous Quotes
This worksheet contains 10 quotes of famous people. The students match the quotes and the people, put the quotes into indirect speech and discuss the content. Thus the worksheet can be used as grammar...
View Article5 Ways to Make Talking about Me about Everyone in a Group Conversation Class
Harvard research shows that our brains are more active when we talk about ourselves. Hence it is probably the most engaging way to have students practice conversation. We obviously do it naturally when...
View ArticleUse Your Creativity: 10 Ways to Bring Creative Writing into the ESL Classroom
Students are often daunted by the thought of having to write creatively however if they are given good direction and prompts they often rise to the challenge. Giving clear instructions is vital and...
View ArticleVocabulary 2F
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word search,...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Friends, Season 2, Episode 5 (Ross' B-Party)
This is originally a worksheet for German learners. Before starting to watch the episode brainstorm birthday vocabulary. Then provide students with the list of questions. After watching you might want...
View ArticleFood Vocabulary (Beginners)
This word puzzle was created for OUP New English File Beginners book. It contains 20+ food items and can be used as a follow-up after teaching vocabulary, or testing it, or refreshing at any point...
View ArticlePresent Perfect Practice
A simple worksheet that will help teach students one usage of the present perfect tense. I focus on already, ever and yet. They look at the posters and tell me which of the crazy things they have done...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: If It Hadn't Been for Love by Adele (3rd Conditional)
I usually use songs to teach grammatical structures. This is a great song by Adele and it's a great way to practise the 3rd conditional. I have them hear the song and fill in the blanks. As soon as...
View ArticleListening Test - Volunteering
This is a listening test I made to my 11th grade students. They've been working on volunteering. As a grammar item we've explored "If only/I wish structures and phrasal/prepositional verbs. I used the...
View ArticlePresent Simple Worksheet
This worksheet has specially been designed for Spanish students. There are some activities where students have to show that they can understand the present simple tense by doing different activities....
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