Reviewing Basic Grammar Points series (9) - Past Simple and Past Continuous (all forms)
Students solve 4 different exercises ( 2 PAGES + KEY): first they fill in the gaps to complete a short text and then they make some sentences negative. They ask questions (Yes/no + Wh-) and finally they build sentences from prompts. Today many of us went back to school. It was nice seeing our students again. Wish you all a great week. Hugs, mena:))...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
WAS/WERE and DID QUESTIONS
I don�t know about your students but mine keep making mistakes like this: �I didn�t was at home�. �Where did she was last night�? or �Did they were tired yesterday?�. They learn the past of to be first and then the rest of the verbs with did and finally they mix it all. Every once in a while I have to remind them not to use DID with was/were. I hop...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Have you ever...? / When did you...? Present Perfect VS Past Simple GAME
24 speaking cards contrasting Present Perfect and Past Simple. Students sit in groups and take their turns to pick a card and then answer all the questions on it. As a result a nice oral presentation should be built. Works great with all students. Have fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Simple past vs Present perfect
Study sheet + homework- B&W (photocopiable) version + A4 format included ( fully editable)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Type: worksheet
Passive Voice(S.Present-S.Pa st)
A worksheet to practise Simple Present and Simple Past Passive Voice.Three exercises.BW version and Key included.Thanks to Phillip Martin for the clipart.For further practice on Passive Voice:1)http://www.e slprintables.com/pri ntable.asp?id=509638 #thetop
2)http://ww w.eslprintables.com/ printable.asp?id=510 117#thetop
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Past Continuous: What was happening in the park?
A worksheet to revise Past Continuous tense. There are three exercises based on the picture: 1- write true sentences, 2- true/false, 3- make and answer questions. Picture taken from the book "Grammar Plus 2" (Pg 58), the exercises are ALL MINE. Answer key included. Hope you find it useful!!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Love story (past tense practice)
Students should first fold the handout and try to retell the story in the past simple.Then they can unfold it and try to fill in the sentences with regular and irregular verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
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
Past Simple Tense - Mini Gramar Book
A mini book that introduces the grammar rules to form affirmative, negative and question sentences in the past simple tense with regular and irregular verbs. With Jecika�s permission I have used the explanation from her worksheet (http://www.eslprint ables.com/printable. asp?id=76182#thetop) that I find really good.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
The Past Perfect Tense: Use and Form + Practice: Past Simple or Past Perfect? - Inductive Approach
Students analyse 3 sentences and infer the rules of the Past Perfect Tense - FORM and USE. Then they solve different types of exercises with ascending difficulty: filling in the gaps just with the Past Perfect, cross the wrong Tense out; gap filling this time with both tenses and joining sentences. The exercises were taken from and inspired by many...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
PAST TENSES (PAST SIMPLE-PAST CONTINUOUS-PAST PERFECT-PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS) -KEY INCLUDED
Students read the brief grammar explanation and then fill in the blanks in the sentences with the right past form of the verbs in brackets. I hope you like it and find it useful. Have a wonderful Wednesday! Hugs!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Irregular verbs
First, children have to complete the verbs (infinitives) next to the pictures, then they have to write the past form of those verbs into the crossword. The second part is here: http://www.eslprinta bles.com/printable.a sp?id=291639#thetop Check it before giving to your pupils, please.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS:Form and written exercises on the Past Continuous. Hope it`s useful!
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
REGULAR OR IRREGULAR?
Students identify the regular and irregular verbs and write them in the Simple Past.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Past simple or past perfect?
It�s a worksheet with a short grammar explanation on the use of the past simple and the past perfect. There are also some activities to practise. Key included!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
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Which tense? - writing mat with tense timeline
This is a writing mat that I print out and laminate. I put it on the children�s desks to help them when they are writing to choose and form the correct tense. I hope you like it and I hope it is useful, Em x (23.01.2012)
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Format: PowerPoint
WHICH ONE IS DIFFERENT? REGULAR VERBS (-ED PRONUNCIATION).
A powerpoint based on my worksheet (http://www.eslprint ables.com/printable. asp?id=545502#thetop )
Students look at the �ed forms of the verbs showed in each group of pictures and say which one in the group has a different -ED pronunciation. Fully editable! I hope you find it useful too. Have a nice day!
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint
Verb Tenses - Simple Past
Contains pictorial explanation of the Simple Past Tenses of elementary level English grammar
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint
PAST PROGRESSIVE AND SIMPLE PAST TENSE
PAST PROGRESSIVE AND SIMPLE PAST TENSE
TO TEACH INTERRUPTED ACTIONS
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint
My Photo Album (1/2)
SS Review Past Continuous.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Format: PowerPoint
THE WAY WE FEEL ...
GAME: 15 colourful slides to practise feelings. Four words to choose from on each slide to complete a sentence. Hope you find it useful for your students. Fully editable! Have a nice day!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint
Was-Were-Wasn�t-Were n�t (1/3) Ű
Ss review.. was/were/wasn�t/were n�t. Hope you find it useful. Ű
Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Format: PowerPoint
Past Perfect Simple and Continuous Part 1 of 3
I find that my students learn better if what they are to absorb is broken down to small chunks. Based on this, I made this ppt. They start with the basic info about the tense and by clicking (on their own perhaps) they discover more and more details.
I enjoyed making it and hope you�ll enjoy using it too.
NB. For the links in this ppt to work pr...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint
Tense review Jeopardy
A great big shout out to Jujuka who gave me the original idea and template for this project. I use this all the time as a review before tests and what not. Please check out Jujuka�s jeopardy pts too, she�s got great ones for teaching vocab and my favourite modals! Thanks,
Zeke
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Format: PowerPoint
WHAT WERE THEY DOING AT ....? (PAST CONTINUOUS + THE TIME) (PART 1)
Past continuous (part 1). (Sorry, the file was too big). 8 slides to practise the use of Past Continuous + the time (8+5 slides altogether). Two different types of questions, affirmative sentences and short answers. Fully editable!!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint
Past Simple - regular verbs *GAME* (1)
A ppt game to practise regular Past Simple forms. Hope it�s useful. Hugs mada :)
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint
PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS GAME (part 1) animated
An animated ppt in order to practise past simple and past continuous. This is the first part (the file is too big!).
You can find the other parts of this past sequence here :
http://www.eslprin tables.com/powerpoin t.asp?id=47859#theto p
http://www.eslpri ntables.com/powerpoi nt.asp?id=48312#thet op
http://www.eslpr intables.com/powerpo int.a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Format: PowerPoint
Past Of verb Be
I use this power point presentation for explaining to my students the use of Be in Simple Past. It includes affirmative, negative and questions! I hope you can use it. Thanks for your kind comments! They really help me to improve each day! Pura Vida!
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Format: PowerPoint
PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS
PPT practising these two tenses; past simple and past continuous.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint
WHICH ONE IS DIFFERENT (IRREGULAR VERBS) (part 2)
A powerpoint based on my worksheet (http://www.eslprint ables.com/printable. asp?id=512433#thetop ).
It was too big, so I had to divide it into two parts.
Students look at the verbs and say which one in the group doesn�t follow a similar pattern in the Past simple and Past participle forms. A nice way to practise and learn the spelling and pron...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint
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Past Simple game
Hope you like it :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
This is the last time - Keane
Enjoy listening to this song! Nice vocabulary. Your students will enjoy doing the exercises while listening and watching Keane singing! Hope you like it! Send me comments!
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-100
Aerosmith - I don�t want to miss a thing
A great song to do 4 listening activities and finally a websearch. Have fun while learning!Hope you like it!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Yes, we can.
A very good song to practise passive voice. Try it! It�s also good to talk about current affairs and political issues with advanced students! (Obama�s song)Have fun!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Look what you�ve done by Jet
A nice song to work with your students. It�s short but as a follow up I suggest writing stories in groups about it. Many versions will come up.It�s fun. Try it!The song is beautiful!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Tenses: Past Simple vs Past Perfect. (Author-Bouabdellah)
Practice or revise the use of the past simple and past perfect
---1---rite a sentence
---2---Put the verb in the correct form. Paragraph completion.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
These were the days of our lives - Queen
One of Queen�s most beautiful songs, good to discuss "life issues".
I�ve devised an activity to reinforce simple past (listening)as well as some vocabulary exercises, including phrasal verbs.
I hope you enjoy it.
Your feedback is always welcome!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Because you loved me
Some time last week a teacher asked for suggestions to use songs to practice simple past. I mentioned "Because you loved me" performed by Celine Dion. Then, I�ve decided to prepare this online activity with the song.
This song is good to review past tense - most of the verbs in the song are irregular ones.
I hope you find this activity useful! Y...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Hurt by Christina Aguilera
A wonderful song to introduce Conditional 2 and to develop listening skills. Easy to learn.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Bruce Willis on Friends!!
A funny episode to watch with your students. I love Bruce Willis! Hope you like it!!
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
past simple or past continuous?
It�s an activity for students to revise the use of the past simple and the past continuous
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Don�t give up - Peter Gabriel
A nice song to share with your students and practice simple past as well as vocabulary and singing. Have fun! Hope you like it!!
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
PRESENT PERFECT / SIMPLE PAST
Exercise to practise the difference between the present perfect and the simple past.
There is also practice of time expressions like already, still, yet, just, since, for, ago.
Enjoy it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Simple Past - Viva la vida song by Coldplay
Combines listening skills, grammar, vocabulary and, above all, it�s fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Twilight - Biology Class
This is a slow conversation between Bella and Edward. Fill in the gap and comprehension exercises. My worksheet on Twilight: http://www.eslprinta bles.com/printable.a sp?id=227915#thetop and http://www.eslprinta bles.com/printable.a sp?id=226660#thetop
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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