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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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Pairs Question Practice
I made this worksheet to give students practice in recognizing, asking and answering simple yes/no and 5W questions. After identifying what type each question is, they answer the questions themselves. Then they work in pairs to ask and answer each other, and record their partner�s response. Hope you find it useful. There is a companion worksheet at...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 0
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Parts of Speech "Runners" Game
I use this as a simple reinforcement activity when students are learning to distinguish the various parts of speech. It�s fun and gets them up and moving, and engaged with the language.
Cut the page into strips along the lines shown and place, jumbled together, print side down on a table. Create columns on the board, with a title for each part ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 6
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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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Past and Present Tenses - Timeslines Worksheet
I created this worksheet to give students some practice in forming correct sentences using the main past and present verb tenses. I use it together with a companion document that shows example sentences and timelines. I find it a useful exercise to have students complete this worksheet AND draw a timeline to show that they understand the use of a v...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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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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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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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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Spelling Cheatsheet - Countable Noun Pluralization
I made this one-page summary of spelling rules for countable noun pluralization for beginning students. Useful handout, as this subject seems to need lots of reinforcement.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 3
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Spelling Cheatsheet - Verb Terminations
I use this sheet to help students (at beginner and intermediate levels) remember the complicated rules of English for verb terminations. It�s nice to have a one-page reference to give them. It needs careful explanation, and I usually hand it out as a reference after lots of boardwork.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3
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