Category Archives: Grammar

25 error correction pairwork activities (TEFLtastic classics Part 49)

Posted on 14/07/2026 by alexcase

I use this activity so much that it is now worth a page of its own, freeing up my alternative error correction page for other ways of correcting mistakes. As well as dealing with problems that students are likely to … Continue reading →

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9 articles on how not to teach English

Posted on 27/05/2026 by alexcase

I started this series to come back to old topics in a new way, and it also turned out to be a great way to combine basic advice and more debatable talking points, and so provide something for almost everyone. … Continue reading →

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Teaching tenses Xmas lessons

Posted on 11/12/2023 by alexcase

Teaching past, present and future verb forms in end of the year lessons tips and photocopiables: Teaching tenses in Christmas lessons article Present tenses Xmas photocopiables Present Simple Xmas photocopiables It is and they are Xmas photocopiables It is and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, Future tenses, past tenses, Present tenses, Teaching English as a Foreign Language | Leave a comment

75 grammar practice drawing games

Posted on 03/05/2020 by alexcase

Have just rearranged my list of 80 drawing game PDFs to be more organised by individual topic, and there were enough grammar ones for enough different language points to be worth a post all of their own. Will also expand … Continue reading →

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46 learning grammar through body language and gestures links

Posted on 01/07/2019 by alexcase

Some people may have noticed from my last list of new stuff that “my boom” (as we say in Janglish) is writing about moving around and getting students to move around in class. In fact, it’s so much of an … Continue reading →

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New grammar for IELTS page

Posted on 09/04/2019 by alexcase

New article, new worksheets, old worksheets and places for upcoming worksheets on the most vital grammar points for IELTS on my new page on the topic here: IELTS grammar page

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New teaching quantifiers page

Posted on 22/10/2018 by alexcase

Am still working on an article on the topic, but have already made a new page for worksheets on “some”, “a few”, “too many”, etc, with mutual links to and from my related pages like countable/ uncountable, there is/ there are, … Continue reading →

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New Yes/ No questions classroom activities article and page

Posted on 08/12/2017 by alexcase

Not sure how in ten years and over 200 articles it never occurred to me before, but have finally written a how to article and made a page for it to live on, with 26 photocopiable worksheets on the topic, … Continue reading →

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New Xmas worksheets

Posted on 08/12/2016 by alexcase

Updated 12 January 2017 More seasonal cheer for specific language points: Xmas and New Year negotiations – NEW Describing Japanese and British Xmas and New Year – NEW Seasonal trends meetings practice (language of trends tied in with festivals and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, Modals, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Telephoning | 1 Comment

Linking food and drink to other language points

Posted on 20/07/2015 by alexcase

While reorganising my food and drink vocab index pages, noticed that many of them tied it in quite nicely with other language points – buy one language point, get one free! Here are the ones that do that: Food and … Continue reading →

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