Category Archives: Determiners and articles

New classroom language worksheets and phrase lists

For teacher training, self study and/ or classroom use, to get the teacher and/ or the students using more and better English in class. All mine and all on Usingenglish.com: Pronunciation what sound is it? Phraselist for praising, encouraging and consoling Classroom … Continue reading

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Determiners (articles etc) games, songs and worksheets

When I was trying to find other sites to link to, kept on ending up back here, so this page must have something going for it! This was by far the most appreciated grammar point in my classes in the … Continue reading

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New TEFL articles etc April 2009

No messing, no pointless attempts at humour (for once), just links to more serious stuff I’ve been publishing elsewhere: 15 ways of combining listening and reading – LINK FIXED 15 fun activities for practising a, an and the – LINK FIXED The … Continue reading

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Letter from a mate's ex-girlfriend- The definite article

Well, makes a change from “Letter from a reader” “Hi Alex, How are you? It’s ****. ***** gave me the link to your webpage. It looks great! Actually, I have a few questions about the definite article. ***** and I … Continue reading

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Market Leader Lesson plans and worksheets

I’ve updated my Market Leader worksheets page so that all of the worksheets are available in PDF and Word formats. If anyone has any worksheets that you’ve used with these books (old or new editions) or links to other materials … Continue reading

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History for ESL students

Updated 13 June 2022 I am in no way an expert in either history or CLIL, but as I’ve written this material and there didn’t seem to be much available when I was looking thought I may as well put … Continue reading

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Travel English links

Here are some game-like resources for teenagers and adults who are going to travel and/ or are working in the travel industry: Travel English and Tourism All tried and tested, but feedback still gratefully received

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