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Past and Present Tenses - Usage Guidelines
I put together this one-page summary as a handout to give intermediate and advanced students for quick reference re English past and present tenses. I often use it in combination with sample and practice timelines, which you can find at http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=349564#thetop. Hope it helps. Let me know what you think!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 50
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The Three Main English Auxiliary Verbs
I was looking for something simple like this, and when I couldn�t find anything, I made this one-page overview of the three main auxiliary verbs for a student who had difficulty remembering when to use these forms. I have found it very useful since then for explaining the formation of questions, and teaching the structure of the continuous and perf...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 6
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At the Supermarket - Matching Activity
This matching activity is useful as a post-instruction reinforcement activity, or for later review of supermarket vocabulary. This matching task is a companion document for the three conversations at http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=439897#thetop. I use these three dialogs for teaching supermarket vocabulary. Students can practice, in ...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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ED or ING? Illustrated Worksheet
I was having difficulty explaining the difference between the ED and ING adjective formats, so I found some images to illustrate situations and people�s reactions to them. Found it very useful made into a simple worksheet. If time permits, students can write sentences using each word, for additional practice. Best printed in colour.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 57
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Mobile Phone Expressions
I created this handout to accompany a mobile phone roleplay for a Business English course I�m teaching. Hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Prefix and Suffic Dominoes
Use this editable activity template to create a dominoes game to provide practice in forming words with prefixes and/or suffixes. This one covers the prefixes of negation and several noun and adjective suffixes, including ous, ence, ment, ness, etc. Print and cut into tiles. Have SS work in pairs or groups to see who can form the longest line. Answ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 28
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Negative Prefix TabooTM
This activity is like the TabooTM board game. Students can work in pairs or small groups. The goal of the activity is for students to have their teams or partners guess the word on a card. Students can work collaboratively or competitively. They can act out a word, draw a picture (easier with nouns), or give a definition, but they CANNOT use the ba...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 23
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Common Business English Idioms & Expressions
A quick worksheet with a list of some of the most common English idioms and expressions used in English, along with brief explanations and a space for students to write a practice sentence. Includes conversational and email idioms.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20
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Listening Lesson: The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles)
Here is a simple listening activity for the Beatles song, "The Long and Winding Road". Useful for practice recognizing ING words. Lesson includes a gapfill and some post-listening questions. To prepare students, I show images of lonely, isolated roads, and we discuss roads as metaphors for life.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Phrasal Verbs in Noun and Adjective Form
This is a worksheet that I made for an advanced student who knows phrasal verbs well, but has trouble with these words in noun and adjective forms. The fact that the particle can flip between beginning and end of the corresponding noun/adjective is particularly troublesome for students, as is inconsistent hyphenation. This worksheet gives practice ...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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