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Past and Present Tenses - Timelines and Examples
This handout shows simple examples of past and present verb tenses, along with timelines to illustrate their use. I know not everyone is a fan of using timelines in the classroom, especially with beginners, but -- with adequate explanation -- I find them a very effective way to illustrate how tenses differ. I developed this tool for use along with ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 21
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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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At the Supermarket - Gapfill for Conversation Activity
This gapfill 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 pairs, general conversation for learning about products found in various grocery store departments; another conversation for askin...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16
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Negative Prefix Taboo - Beginner (Verbs & Adjectives)
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 verbs), or give a definition, but they CANNOT use the ba...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16
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Forming Comparatives and Superlatives of Adjectives
A quick worksheet to give practice in forming the comparative and superlative of some regular and irregular adjectives. Answer key included.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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Adjective + Noun Collocations with the word STRONG
I created this list using an online tool that builds lists of concordances and collocations. You can find it at http://www.collins.co.uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx. You can enter any part of speech you want and specify the type of word you want it to collocate with. It searches books, magazines, radio, and newspapers (US and UK), AND ranks the result...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 12
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Adjective + Noun Collocations with the word HEAVY
I created this list using an online tool that builds lists of concordances and collocations. You can find it at http://www.collins.co.uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx. You can enter any part of speech you want and specify the type of word you want it to collocate with. It searches books, magazines, radio, and newspapers (US and UK), AND ranks the result...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 11
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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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Adjective + Noun Collocations with HARD, HEAVY, and STRONG
This worksheet can be used to teach or review adjective/noun collocations with the words hard, heavy, and strong. An answer key is included. Two useful collocation lists accompany this activity. You can find them at http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=440437#thetop and http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=440436#thetop, respectiv...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10
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