Category Archives: Determiners and articles

New too and enough page

Posted on 26/07/2021 by alexcase

Usingenglish.com have asked me for more stuff on articles, determiners and quantifiers, so could add a new article and worksheet on this useful but sometimes tricky point to my totally new page: Too and enough games, worksheets and songs – … Continue reading →

Posted in Determiners and articles, Photocopiable worksheets | Comments Off on New too and enough page

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 →

Posted in countable and uncountable nouns, Determiners and articles | Comments Off on New teaching quantifiers page

Teaching the difference between a and an

Posted on 18/04/2013 by alexcase

Three new articles and some new flashcards just up: Articles on teaching a and an Teaching A and An – LINK UPDATED Classroom practice of A and An – LINK UPDATED Physical games to practice A and An (including a new – … Continue reading →

Posted in Determiners and articles | Comments Off on Teaching the difference between a and an

Prepositions and determiners pairwork guessing game (TEFLtastic classics Part Six)

Posted on 04/04/2012 by alexcase

A great game for two tricky little grammar points. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  Prepositions and a/ an/ the/ some/ any etc made fun – I kid you not! Even better, you can present a … Continue reading →

Posted in Dependent prepositions, Determiners and articles | Tagged | Comments Off on Prepositions and determiners pairwork guessing game (TEFLtastic classics Part Six)

My new stuff last month

Posted on 04/03/2012 by alexcase

Have just linked to some of this, but if you look at it the glass half full way that means most of it is being mentioned for the first time… Articles Teaching countable and uncountable nouns (almost certainly not the way … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic writing, Apologies, Business English and ESP, Business English games, countable and uncountable nouns, Determiners and articles, Email, Future tenses, IELTS Speaking, IELTS Writing, Interactive whiteboard, Modals, Photocopiable worksheets, Prepositions, Present Perfect Continuous | Comments Off on My new stuff last month

New ELT worksheets and articles October 2011

Posted on 28/10/2011 by alexcase

Articles The advantages and disadvantages of blind observations When the demands of the students and the person who is paying clash Why does my teacher make me correct my own answers? Why does my teacher stop me using my dictionary? … Continue reading →

Posted in BULATS, Determiners and articles, Email, IELTS, personality vocabulary, TEFL, Thanking | Comments Off on New ELT worksheets and articles October 2011

More Grammar Games articles and worksheets

Posted on 30/10/2010 by alexcase

UPDATE: More up to date list of my grammar articles here and grammar worksheets here. Links to these articles and worksheets given so that hopefully I can be forgiven for having written so many on tenses, as deeply unfashionable and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adverbs, Conditionals, countable and uncountable nouns, Determiners and articles, Grammar, Grammar games, Modals, Passives, Photocopiable worksheets, relative clauses, reported speech, TEFL, verb patterns | Comments Off on More Grammar Games articles and worksheets

New fun classroom handouts May 2010 Part One

Posted on 10/05/2010 by alexcase

Adjectives compare your weeks Body parts definitions game Business prepositions pairwork (making preps fun and hopefully making connections) Meetings and negotiations prepositions and articles (all that tricky stuff with one fun game!) Conditionals review sentence completition guessing game Next weekend … Continue reading →

Posted in Adjectives, Body parts vocabulary, Business English and ESP, Business English games, Conditionals, Determiners and articles, Photocopiable worksheets, Prepositions, TEFL games | Tagged | Comments Off on New fun classroom handouts May 2010 Part One

New TEFLtastic communication games March 2010 Part Three

Posted on 31/03/2010 by alexcase

It suddenly occured to me that when I argue with people about the value of worksheets, we are often basically not talking about the same thing. I don’t do gapfills and other mechanical written grammar and vocab exercises in class … Continue reading →

Posted in Business and ESP writing, Business English games, call my bluff, comparatives, Determiners and articles, Discussion questions, Email, Future tenses, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, superlatives, TEFL, Vocabulary | Tagged , | 2 Comments

New Technical and Medical English worksheets

Posted on 08/03/2010 by alexcase

Some originally written for Onestopenglish but went missing during an editor change, so now available here for free: Technical English worksheets Medical English games/ worksheets

Posted in Business English and ESP, countable and uncountable nouns, Determiners and articles, Medical and pharmaceutical English, past tenses, relative clauses, Technical English, TEFL, Vocabulary, Vocabulary games | Comments Off on New Technical and Medical English worksheets