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Test on Do and Make
This is a gap fill story about someone�s routines/life. Students fill in the gaps using do or make. It has over 50 uses of do and make. Students are really tested on how well they know the difference between these verbs. It also requires them to conjugate in different tenses (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past participle etc)
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 31
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The 3 Musketeers: Definite Articles Gap Fill
This is my 2 page long version of The 3 Musketeers. I left out all uses of the article. Students have to fill in the spaces using a, an or the. Useful for practicing definite/indefinite articles once you�ve explained to them the rules.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 19
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Comparatives and Superlatives Pictionary/Charades
You can use this game to review comparatives and superlatives. Put students in teams, give them a time limit or a number of points to attain to win, then one person from each team takes a slip and draws/acts out the sentence, then when their team guesses, someone else has a go.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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The Hobbit Reading: to, for and since
This is the story of The Hobbit but I left out all uses of to, for and since. Students have to decide which preposition to use for the spaces. This practices: infinitive of purpose; using to before places; using an infinitive when there are 2 verbs in succession, and using since before dates in the past. I wrote this specifically with Spanish-speak...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 38
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For and To: Infinitive of Purpose Question and Answer Worksheet
This worksheet has 10 questions which students have to answer using for or to. It is designed specifically to address a common problem Spanish speaking learners make when they try to translate �para� in to English.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Making questions with was/were
Students use the prompts to ask each other questions using was/were.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Present Perfect Charades Slips
Charades slips for present perfect.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Gerunds and Infinitives Questionnaire
This worksheet has 2 sets of questions, 1 set uses infinitives and the other uses gerunds. Have students work in pairs and ask each other the questions, and note down their partner�s answers.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Past Perfect: what happened before (part 2)
This activity works on using past perfect to talk about 2 actions where one occurs prior to the other. Students work in pairs. On their sheet there is a list of events. Students have to speculate about what had happened to cause those events. (e.g. it says on the sheet �John arrived late to work�, they speculate and write �He had forgotten to set h...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Short and Long Vowels Rules
This is an introductory guide to knowing when the vowel sound in a word will be short and when it will be long. It explains the rules words normally follow. It also gives some pointers on how to pronounce words which have 2 vowels in succession (priest, eight, clean etc). There are word examples which you can drill or have students read aloud.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 29
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Connectors for explaining why
Introduces/explains the following connectors: because; as; since; and so. Also explains other uses of these words (e.g. �as� for �while� or with an adjective; and �so� for descriptions and conversation questions). There are practice activities to do for all the connectors.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 28
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Used to
This powerpoint explains how we use used to when talking about: past routines; familiarity with things; developing familiarity with things. It also includes a speaking activity for students to do in pairs where they make a topics table and ask each other questions about things they did in the past, ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 34
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Diphthongs / double vowels - vowel + w
PowerPoint explaining how to pronounce words that end in a vowel plus the letter �w�. �ow� in �slow� is like �o� in �go� or �ow� in �now� is like �ou� in house. �aw� like �ore� in �more�, �ew� like �u� in �blue�
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 30
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Silent Letters
Powerpoint explaining some rules about letters that are not pronounced in certain English words.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 22
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Connectors of purpose: to; for; in order to; so that; so as to
For learners whose first language is Spanish. Looks at the following connectors: to; for; in order to; so that; so as to. Explains how to use connectors of purpose with verbs in negative. Includes translating practice activities
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 40
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Jack and the Beanstalk: Possessive and Pronouns
Correct the mistakes in the use of possessives and pronouns in the story.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Downloads: 16
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Connectors of opposition
Explains/introduces the following connectors: but; although; however; nevertheless; and despite. Includes practice activities/exercises to do at the end.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 26
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syllable stress rules and practice
This is a powerpoint that explains some of the rules of stress, i.e. which syllable we need to stress when we say a word. It also has the following practice activities: words to drill or have students read aloud; word banks which students need to sort according to how many syllables in each word and...
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 55
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Active and passive form: how to change active sentences into passive form
There is an explanation of how to change active sentences into passive form for different verb tenses including present simple, present continuous, past simple, present perfect, and sentences with modal verbs. There are also some other common passive structures and sentences which students have to c...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 24
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Connectors of Consequence Practice
Students have to infer/write down the consequences of the events given using connectors of consequence.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 21
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