Irregular Rhymes
It is difficult to teach irregular verbs. I united them according to their rhyming endings. You may take one rhyme per lesson, and learn simple verbs together. You may add some fun by singing them or...
View ArticleTenses: Complete the Chart
With this activity, students will be able to practice a lot of verbal tenses in English. They will conjugate the verb "to write" in simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous,...
View ArticleVerbal Tenses Test
An exam to practice the following verb tenses: simple present, present continuous, simple past and simple future. There is one question. Students will write the verbs in brackets into the correct...
View ArticleWrite the Correct Preposition
There is a picture of a very messy bedroom and 20 sentences. After looking at the picture, students will fill in the spaces with prepositions. On the right, there is a list with the prepositions used...
View ArticleSimple Past / Past Continuous Test
A test about simple past and past continuous tenses. There are four questions: 1. Write the simple past of the following verbs, 2. Translate the following sentences and write the interrogative and...
View ArticleGroup Reading: Order the Story of Rapunzel
Hello there!This is quite a challenging text, but afterwards it is fun!Cut the text into pieces, divide your students into pairs, or if you have a small group, make them work individually. Give them...
View ArticleThe Degrees of Comparison - Speaking
It's a quick revision exercise. It's also very simple to use. It's only for beginners or elementary students. It allows students to work in pairs and check if they remember the degrees of comparison....
View ArticleSong Worksheet: City of Blinding Lights by U2
This is a listening exercise. First, your students should read the lyrics and try to fill in the blanks with the words from the box. Then they listen and check their answers. There's also a list of...
View ArticleFamily Relationship and Physical Description
True / False sentences / Questions on the text "My family"Labeling: parts of the body and family membersWho's who: family relationshipsGap filling: Possessive adjectives/ Present simple of "to be"...
View ArticleChat Zone: Meeting People
True/False sentences; questions on the texts Adjective degrees: comparative / superlativeGap filling: Present Simple / Present ContinuousAdjective oppositesLabeling: Parts of the bodySelecting words by...
View ArticleCooking Verbs
This is a power point presentation for revising cooking verbs. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to match the verbs with the pictures.Most beginner ESL classes teach a unit on food, but...
View ArticleBritish and American Currency
Pictures and vocabulary pertaining to both the British and American monetary system. There is also a short worksheet to go over some of the vocabulary dealing with American coins. I also recommend...
View ArticleA Special Animal Centre
Thanks to this site I came across a video I really liked. It's called Dogs, Cats, and Tarantulas and, obviously, is about pets. This is the first of two worksheets I made to use with this video. It's...
View ArticleHow to Teach Punctuation Skills: 5 Best Practices
“Mom, what’s a semi-colon for?” my daughter asked me recently. She was working on a school essay. “Well, can you show me where you’d like to use it?” I asked. “But what is it?” “It’s a dot on ...
View ArticleHow to Teach Proofreading Skills: 6 Best Practices
I have a confession to make. While a passably good writer, I am a mediocre at best proofreader. I’m always a little shocked whenever I see something of mine in print (“Really? How could I have missed...
View ArticleProject Pronunciation: Perfecting Speaking Skills in Every Lesson
Pronunciation practice should be a natural part of every ESL lesson. Speaking correctly is such a huge part of learning English, varied and interesting pronunciation practice should include...
View ArticlePets - Video Worksheet Part II
This worksheet accompanies the video Dogs, Cats, and Tarantulas. This time it is designed for intermediate level students. I divided it into three different parts. In first part, students listen and...
View ArticleRome is a Place Where ... - Tips for Teaching Adjective Clauses
“I am from Rome. Rome is very nice. People eat spaghetti in Rome. I like it a lot.” Any teacher who has ever encountered writing like this knows that students like to write in short simple sentences....
View ArticleHearing is Believing: Teaching the Ways of Intonation and Stress
Stress and intonation come so naturally to native speakers, sometimes we forget the importance of devising its structured practice with natural examples. In order to gain fluency though, students need...
View ArticleReported Speech Transformations (Statements, Questions, Commands & Requests)
This worksheet consists of 3 parts (each part containing 10 sentences) where students are asked to do transformations from the Direct into the Reported Speech. Part 1 deals with statements, Part 2 -...
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