This free Powerpoint presentation helps students understand the differences between the present simple and the past simple and how to use both tenses correctly. The lesson plan includes exercises that encourage speaking practice as well as quizzes and learning assessments. There are lots of opportunities for students to practice talking using both tenses in question and affirmative forms.
This free 60 minute Powerpoint lesson plan provides an engaging and dynamic introduction to pronouns. Pronouns can be difficult to master for beginners and elementary students. They will benefit from the clear visual examples of the uses and and grammatical structures involved with the various pronouns in this lesson. The exercises will also help give students valuable practice using the range of pronouns in English in an authentic way.
The verb ‘to have’ can be confusing to some ESL learners who communicate the possession of things such as age or illness in a different way. This free Powerpoint presentation introduces to the different ways the verb is used in English to talk about family, activities, illness, food and drink. Read more…
People often make stereotypical assumptions about how much people work in different countries. You may hear people claim that Mediterranean and Latin countries work the least while Asian and Northern European countries work long hours. But have you ever wondered whether these assumptions are correct or not? English Evolution free Read more…
The following is a random selection of questions that introduce the use of ‘too’ and ‘either’ as adverbs. This fluency exercise also helps students practice previous question forms, so students can use a variety of short answers, such as ‘Yes I am’, ‘No I’m not’, Yes it is, No it Read more…
These exercises give students practice using vocabulary connected with professions. In English, rather than ask: “What is your job?”, people typically ask: “What do you do?” in reference to a person’s job. This simple exercise helps beginner and elementary students learn how to use the correct verbs to talk about Read more…
The questions featured in this exercise sheet help students practice using the verb to be, and the auxiliary verbs do and can. These very simple exercises give students practice in fluency, sentence accuracy and listening. You can use these exercise to consolidate existing grammar knowledge with your beginner students, or as Read more…
The questions featured in this exercise sheet help students practice using the forms of have and has. These very simple exercises give students practice in fluency, sentence accuracy and listening. You can use these exercise to consolidate existing grammar knowledge with your beginner students, or as a brief review. The Read more…
These exercises help students to practice using direct questions with auxiliary ‘do’. Students often struggle with question forms in English. Elicit students students to form direct questions with ‘Do’ from the answers provided in the list. These exercises help your students practice their fluency, accuracy, listening skills and agility.
This exercise is a favourite amongst ESL students. Students often struggle with question forms in English. The prompts in this exercise use the full range of interrogative wh- questions to help your students practice their fluency, accuracy and linguistic agility. By providing the students with the answer to a question Read more…