Category Archives: Future tenses

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 →

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Two nice new activities for mixed future tenses

Posted on 07/07/2015 by alexcase

Along with the fact the authors have done boring stuff like workbooks so I don’t have to, what I most like about teaching with textbooks is the challenge of trying to come up with activities to tie together with whatever … Continue reading →

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My new TEFL stuff (Dec 2012 – Jan 2013)

Posted on 02/02/2013 by alexcase

Articles Gardens/ gardening in EFL classes – LINK FIXED TPR for can/ can’t  – LINK FIXED Games for can/ can’t – LINK FIXED Teaching future continuous – LINK FIXED Future continuous games  – LINK FIXED Future continuous speaking practice  – LINK FIXED Movement in adult classes – … Continue reading →

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Future Continuous activities

Posted on 23/12/2012 by alexcase

Three articles on the topic just published to go along with my two actual worksheets, and by complete coincidence at a perfect time of year for thinking ahead to this time next year, in ten years etc: Future Continuous tense … Continue reading →

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New ELT articles and worksheets November 2012

Posted on 26/11/2012 by alexcase

Good for articles but not so hot for worksheets this month: Articles Comparative adjective games Advantages and disadvantages of using authentic texts in class Collocations games Different methods for ELT brainstorming Teaching the Future Perfect tense Prepositions for YLs – LINK … Continue reading →

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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 | Leave a comment

New fun (?) EFL worksheets and teaching ideas December 2011

Posted on 30/12/2011 by alexcase

I know you have better things to do than look at a list like this – me too, but I’ve been planning to write it for a week and I have to do it now or the year in the post … Continue reading →

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Xmas and New Year future forms worksheets

Posted on 21/12/2011 by alexcase

Have just put up a new one that reviews future tenses and ties some of the older ones together: Xmas and New Year Xmas tense review I used it with these activities to make a 90 minute lesson: Going to … Continue reading →

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A “classic” future tenses explanation

Posted on 07/12/2011 by alexcase

“We can talk about plans using the present progressive… … We use going to rather than will for plans, decisions and firm intentions.” (Market Leader Business Grammar and Usage, two lines apart from each other on page 28) I don’t know why … Continue reading →

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New TEFL articles and worksheets November 2011

Posted on 30/11/2011 by alexcase

I’ve mentioned some of these in my posts on tips and useful language etc, but the ones near the top of each section are those that have just gone up and I haven’t linked to before: Articles Teaching grammar in Business … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic writing, BULATS, Business and ESP writing, Cambridge First Certificate, comparatives, Complaints, Future tenses, IELTS Speaking, IELTS Writing, Language of meetings, Modals of possibility probability, Politeness, Reports, Requests, Social English, teleconference, unreal past | 2 Comments