Category Archives: Grammar

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 comparative adjectives and superlative classroom activities page

Posted on 30/08/2017 by alexcase

Can’t believe that it’s taken me 10 years, but have finally made dedicated pages for comparative adjectives and superlative adjectives, making the original page a much more manageable selection of materials combining the two forms: Comparative adjectives games/ worksheets page … 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 →

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New question formation classroom activities pages

Posted on 04/05/2016 by alexcase

New pages on question formation just created, with a specific one for subject questions. That also makes the tense review page where they used to live much more manageable.

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30 new TEFL articles and worksheets (Spring 2016)

Posted on 28/03/2016 by alexcase

A fairly typical amount of new stuff on Usingenglish.com and on TEFLtastic, though in my humble opinion the quality is getting a little better all the time… Help and Hindrance in IELTS Listening Whose is this Whose are these Possessives personalised … Continue reading →

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New possessives activities and pages

Posted on 06/01/2016 by alexcase

New worksheets and a new article up recently on possessive forms, so took that opportunity to split the page into two easier to navigate and slightly expanded sections: Possessive S games, worksheets and songs page Possessive adjectives games, worksheets and … Continue reading →

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New zero conditional games and teaching tips

Posted on 17/12/2015 by alexcase

Went to add my new article and worksheets to my zero conditional page but was surprised to find that I’d never had one. Do now! 18 game ideas and photocopiable classroom activities included, so hopefully worth the wait: Zero conditional games/ … Continue reading →

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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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New Present Simple pdf classroom materials pages

Posted on 14/07/2015 by alexcase

So many activities recently that the main Present Simple photocopiables page had got a bit unmanageable. Hopefully a bit easier to handle now with separate pages for Third Person S Activities and It is/ They are Activities. Links also there … Continue reading →

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