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PAST SIMPLE - irregular verbs BOARD GAME (B&W included)
A board game to practise Past Simple irregular verbs. Students have to make affirmative, negative or interrogative sentences. Hope U find it useful. Have a nice Friday!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: activity-card

 


 
**SPEAKING PROMPTS** | PAST simple/continuous practice |32 cards| FUN CONVERSATION ACTIVITY
** PRINTER-FRIENDLY ** A picture-oriented approach to practicing the PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS. It includes 32 cards based on pictures to create a scenario where the students describe what happened and the teacher can ask follow-up questions and enhance communication and English use in class. It was lots of fun to me and my students because it sti...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card

 


 
PAST SIMPLE - regular verbs BOARD GAME (B&W INCLUDED)
A board game to practise Past Simple regular verbs. Students have to make affirmative, negative or interrogative sentences. Hope U find it useful. Have a nice Friday!
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Type: activity-card

 


 
1 of 2 MURDER MYSTERY - Boardgame - Roleplay practise speaking - Board on 2 PAGES
1 of 2 MURDER MYSTERY Boardgame - this is the board, print on two pages: You find yourself at the English country mansion of Mr Smith, a wealthy entrepreneur, who was found dead after a dinnerparty with his six friends. Your task is to find the answers to three questions: � WHO committed the murder? � WHERE did he/she commit it? � WHICH WEAPON did...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
2 of 2 MURDER MYSTERY - Boardgame - Roleplay practise speaking - Character Cards, Room Cards, Weapon Cards, INSTRUCTION - 6 PAGES
2 of 2 MURDER MYSTERY Boardgame - ALL CARDS and additional material + INSTRUCTION: You find yourself at the English country mansion of Mr Smith, a wealthy entrepreneur, who was found dead after a dinnerparty with his six friends. Your task is to find the answers to three questions: � WHO committed the murder? � WHERE did he/she commit it? � WHICH W...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Board Game - What Did You Do Yesterday?
With the easy board game, learners will practise the past simple in an enjoyable way. Every square provides a picture clue (or some words). Every time a correct answer is given, the game can be used as a communicative activity whereby players ask each follow-up questions (e.g. What book did you read? Was it good? What kind of books do you like? How...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: others

 


 
Past Simple - Questions about the holidays: Did you... game (go fish)
Again copying me_fig�s idea (thanks for your permission, Melissa :)!!) I made some cards to practice questions as well as short answers in all tenses ... it�s a great way to get kids talking. Instructions on the last page. Hope your kids will love it - have fun :)! More to follow ... Print page 1+2 twice to get a set of 36 cards! :) For better res...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Passive voice *present & past* - board game
A board game I�ve prepared for my students to revise Present Simple and Past Simple passive. Instructions included. Hope you find it useful. Have a great weekend, mada :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card

 


 
Board Game - When was the last time...?
With the easy board game, learners will practise the past simple in an enjoyable way. Every square provides a verb and a picture clue. Every time a correct question is asked, the game can be used as a communicative activity whereby players ask each follow-up questions (e.g. When was the last time you read a book? What book did you read? Was it good...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: others

 


 
RULES WHEN ADDING -S, -ED, -ING or -ER / -EST.
Here is a compilation of the main grammatical rules that apply when writing plural forms, the 3rd person singular in the present simple tense, the simple past form of regular verbs and comparative adjectives. The second page is for practice.Hope you find it useful. Enjoy your weekend!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
PRESENT PERFECT VS SIMPLE PAST BOARD GAME
this board game is to consolidate the difference between present perfect and simple past focusing on time expressions. students have to give a sentence in present perfect or simple past depending of the time expression in the square.students must not repeat sentences :) i hope it is useful for you thank you
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: others

 


 
Past simple BOARDGAME (80 regular verbs cards, 30 signal words, +BW, EDITABLE, PRINTER FRIENDLY) ((4 pages))
I HAVE DRAWN Color / BW boardgame on PAST SIMPLE. Learn expressing past events with DINOSAURS. For elementary-intermedi ate. 80 regular verb CARDS. 30 SIGNAL WORDS for PAST. RULES for elementary / intermediate students included. EDITABLE and PRINTER FRIENDLY. FUN for elementary students, as there are NO irregulars = no tears. :-) THREE hour work. I...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: flash-card

 


 
Past simple tense Board Game - regular/irregular & verb to BE
This board game is designed to practice past simple using affirmative, negative and interrogative form with different time expressions it includes regular, irregular and verb To BE.Game can be best played by 2-6 students. All you need is this board game, a dice and one token for each player.Answer key is on the second page.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card

 


 
Action cards
These cards can be used in different creative ways; to introduce vocabulary, to revise it, as a card game... You can use them to practise any tense as sts can turn the verbs into sentences. If you like them, I will send other sets.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-14
Type: flash-card

 


 
BROKEN SENTENCES 2 - GAMES & ACTIVITIES ( THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE)
THE SECOND BROKEN SENTENCES PRINTABLE/ACTIVITY/G AME CARDS. (COPY-CUT-SH UFFLE. THE STS. WILL ARRANGE THE MIXED PARTS INTO 13 SENTENCES. THERE WILL BE OTHER PRINTABLES/GAMES SOON. HAVE A NICE DAY! SEV�M.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: activity-card

 

 


Grammar Roulette (Tenses)
Summary of some verb tenses in an enjoyable form. Students can play in small groups, points can differ for black, red, even or odd numbers.(for example 2points for the solutions of red and even numbers, 1 point for black and uneven ones. Zero can double the points of the group.)Have fun in the grammar casino! You can download the sound file free fr...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple vs. Past Continuous - Game
Help the chick climb the wall and get to its brothers by clicking the correct words to make a sentence. There are more words than you need. Start from the bottom and go up. (Eg. It�s/My/She - get/was getting/got - off - plane/the bus/train - when - she/has fallen/was falling/fell.) If the wrong words are clicked they disappear, so the sentence beco...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Go Board Game Past Simple Update
Updated on 5/9/2012 to work with 2003. Two teams play this game. Use your own WS or mine on slide 2. Genuine fake handcarved stones (save the rain forest). You can switch between slides and it will not impact the game. You click where the center lines meet and the stones will go to black or white or disappear. Once started the stones disappear. ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The Halloween Story
It�s a Halloween related game. Fill in the gaps with the Present Perfect or the Simple Past form of the verbs given in the Story of Halloween. Help the Druids illuminate the forest and the witch brew her magic soup. Answers appear to the next click, so it�s an oral exercise. Fully animated. Have fun.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


2012 review - What happened in 2012? *** Part1
This the 1st part of a powerpoint about major events in 2012. I had to split it up into 3 parts because the file was too heavy... Sorry for that! Thanks to this powerpoint, your students will be able to tazlk about past events. A help box is provided for each event so that students won�t be stuck with vocabulary. Hope you�ll enjoy it! Part 2 : h...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


THE BEST JEOPARDY EVER WITH MIXED TENSES
This is a very complete Jeopardy, in which it contains simple present, simple past, future tense, and a bonus part. This game engages a lot students in a competition. It is necessary the use of internet to do this game with students. To start the game, the teacher should divide the group in two teams, then they are going to have a competition accor...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


2012 review - What happened in 2012? *** Part3
This the 3rd part of a powerpoint about major events in 2012. I had to split it up into 3 parts because the file was too heavy... Sorry for that! Thanks to this powerpoint, your students will be able to tazlk about past events. A help box is provided for each event so that students won�t be stuck with vocabulary. Hope you�ll enjoy it! Part 1 : h...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


2012 review - What happened in 2012? *** Part2
This the 2nd part of a powerpoint about major events in 2012. I had to split it up into 3 parts because the file was too heavy... Sorry for that! Thanks to this powerpoint, your students will be able to tazlk about past events. A help box is provided for each event so that students won�t be stuck with vocabulary. Hope you�ll enjoy it! Part 1 : h...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Go fish. Past Simple
Hello! Finally I managed to do something for my younger learners of English. This game has been a great hit among my students. It really helps them to memorize the question formation and give the short answers. Hope you enjoy playing it with your students too!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Irregular verbs in the past simple (3 memory games)
Just click on the squares to match the infinitive with the correct past simple tense. Win points by making pairs. When you get to the last pair you must guess what lies under both squares to win points.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Last weekend
This p.p. is a reading comprehension worksheet using past simple
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple Present, Present Continuous, Simple Past
Choose the correct answer to help Alexander the Great win. Don�t help Darius, the Persian king!! You can add your own sentences, grammar points. I couldn�t upload the entire ppt but I think the first page is enough to get and start creating your own,according to your needs... See more at http://papadeligames .wordpress.com/CEB1C EB3CEB3CEBBCEB...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Jeopardy 1 Level A1
This is the first of many Jeopardies I have created for my students, the game is simple: 1 Form teams 2 Take turns choosing questions, the more point they want, the harder the question 3 The team which gets the most points wins. Note: The slides are linked so by pressing the number, it will send you directly to the corresponding slide, use th...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


review question with the simple past
a different way to check if they can make questions in the past.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-16
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Regular verbs in Simple Past/Noughts and crosses
To write an X or an O during slideshow, you must ENABLE editing mode. This simple game of noughts and crosses consists of two rounds. If you notice, in every image there is also a small circle that you can either press when you have completed the first round, OR you can use it as an alternative in case the first team hasn�t answered correctly, ...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-10
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

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