Simple Present: Spelling Rules
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...
View ArticleBusiness Vocabulary Test
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...
View ArticleCrime and Punishment: Speaking Activity + Glossary of Crimes
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...
View ArticleDaily Phrases 1
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....
View ArticleReading: Texting Turns 20
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...
View ArticleReading: Fired Hospital Cleaner
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...
View ArticleIf You Can’t Beat Em’, Join 'Em… on Facebook! Using Social Media in the...
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...
View ArticleSentence Building Worksheet
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...
View Article15 Essential Study Skills for ESL Students
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,...
View Article5 Easy Listening Games for ESL Beginners
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...
View ArticleWhat Food Do You Like?
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 -...
View ArticleDalhousie Haunted Castle Ghost Story
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...
View ArticleCelebrities and Their Old Jobs: Before They Were Famous
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...
View ArticleHomophones Worksheet
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...
View ArticleAnimals Fortune Teller Craft
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...
View ArticlePracticing the Past Continuous and the Simple Past
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...
View ArticleListening Comprehension and Language Test
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....
View ArticlePartial Translations for Polish Students
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...
View ArticleAdverbs of Different Meanings
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...
View ArticleSynonym and Antonym Worksheet
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...
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