Category Archives: Grammar

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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37 activities for There is/ There are

Posted on 14/03/2015 by alexcase

32 teaching ideas, 5 photocopiable worksheets and four pages of related stuff on my much much expanded page here: There is/ There are games and other worksheets

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New present tenses activities

Posted on 08/01/2015 by alexcase

My last three articles have been on this topic, including a brand new one on combining and contrasting the two present tenses, and there are also new worksheets on the relevant index pages: Articles with present tense activities 36 fun … Continue reading →

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Present Simple – 56 stimulating practice activities

Posted on 07/10/2014 by alexcase

New article with that rather large number of activities just up on Usingenglish.com. Many of the ideas are possible with no or minimal resources, and we are getting up all the worksheets which are described as I write this. Article … Continue reading →

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Have Something Done activities page just added

Posted on 29/09/2014 by alexcase

Couldn’t find much good stuff online, but have added five useful links to my own speaking games on the topic, one that Cambridge FCE examiners love for some reason: New have something done page

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“The data is” or “The data are”?

Posted on 06/09/2014 by alexcase

I got asked this question twice in the same week as I heard both the British presenter and Australian guest on the fab statistics podcast More or Less agree with my prefered form just as I was beginning to doubt … Continue reading →

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Alternative error correction TEFLtastic classics

Posted on 12/03/2014 by alexcase

Loads of more interesting and more effective ways of correcting language errors. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  The first alternative error correction technique I was introduced to – an error auction – was also … Continue reading →

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EFL taboo topics games (TEFLtastic classics Part 21)

Posted on 18/02/2014 by alexcase

Cultural training, loads of useful real-life speaking, and a great way to practise specific language such as tenses, now all here: Taboo topics games/ worksheets More TEFLtastic classics here: TEFLtastic classics

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50 Present Continuous links now much better organised

Posted on 14/02/2014 by alexcase

This was the opposite job to polishing up my Present Simple page, meaning this time there was already so much stuff there that it was impossible to navigate. Have therefore made new pages for Present Continuous for future arrangements, video worksheets … Continue reading →

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Present Simple activities page much expanded

Posted on 08/02/2014 by alexcase

Still not the biggest of page even after doubling in size, but I think it’s much more useful to teach contrasting it with Present Continuous or third person S, both of which I have many more ideas for linked to from there: Present … Continue reading →

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