Category Archives: Present perfect

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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Present Perfect worksheets/ games now all in one place

Posted on 26/09/2012 by alexcase

Have sorted out the pages on Present Perfect Simple/ Continuous/ both/ more general here: Present Perfect Communication games/ photocopiables and polished them up a bit while I was at it. For details on why that was necessary, other pages which … Continue reading →

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New articles on teaching English to adults and kids July 2012

Posted on 09/07/2012 by alexcase

Been a while since I did one of these posts, so quite a long list this time. Young learners Adding useful language to craftwork activities – LINK FIXED Fun food lessons for kids – LINK FIXED Teaching shapes to EFL kids – LINK … Continue reading →

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Teaching yet and already

Posted on 19/04/2012 by alexcase

Two articles on the topic just up: Teaching Present Perfect with yet and already – LINK FIXED Speaking practice for yet and already – LINK FIXED Worksheets plus links to articles on other uses of Present Perfect here: Present Perfect Worksheets and … Continue reading →

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Teaching Have you ever (Present Perfect for experiences)

Posted on 28/03/2012 by alexcase

I really thought I’d written an article on every tense going, but then I realised I’d made the classic mistake of mixing up different uses of the Present Perfect when I wrote about that tense before. Have started fixing that here: … 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

Sentence completion guessing games (TEFLtastic classics Part Two)

Posted on 03/08/2011 by alexcase

Update: Now moved to 34 Sentence Completion Games (TEFLtastic classics Part Two revisited) I almost certainly didn’t make this game up, but I publically challenge anyone to prove that they’ve overexploited it as much as me! The rules are incredibly … Continue reading →

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New English teaching worksheets June 2011

Posted on 06/06/2011 by alexcase

Some nice ones in this bunch, I reckon. Then again, I was quite proud of my hideously over-complicated telephoning lesson on Onestopenglish when it first went up… Big emailing functional language review Different kinds of IELTS Writing Part Two questions (in … Continue reading →

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Present Perfect Simple and Continuous communication games

Posted on 09/04/2011 by alexcase

Have reorganised and slightly expanded this section of my worksheets so that there are separate sections for Present Perfect (Simple), Present Perfect Continuous, and ones that compare and contrast the two tenses, with around six of each. Enjoy!

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New TEFL articles and worksheets December 2010

Posted on 18/12/2010 by alexcase

Because I’d like to send every reader a real Xmas present each, but I don’t know where either of you live… Talking of Xmas, even more worksheets on that topic at the bottom, in case your students aren’t already sick of the topic … Continue reading →

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