Category Archives: Prepositions

Prepositions activities pages expanded and reorganised

Posted on 20/10/2012 by alexcase

Have added the four articles on activities for prepositions of position that I’ve written over the last couple of months and there are also specific pages on dependent prepositions, prepositions of time and prepositions of movement, plus loads more general prepositions … Continue reading →

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42 prepositions and determiners pairwork guessing games (TEFLtastic classics Part Six)

Posted on 04/04/2012 by alexcase

A great game for two tricky little grammar points. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  Prepositions and a/ an/ the/ some/ any etc made fun – I kid you not! Even better, you can present a … Continue reading →

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Writing and teaching

Posted on 25/02/2010 by alexcase

Sometimes, quite frankly, combining them is a pain in the arse and I wish I could just choose one or the other, like last week when saving the time and energy to write meant gettting up at 5:30 to plan the … Continue reading →

Posted in English through craftwork, Household vocabulary, Prepositions, prepositions of position, Teaching young learners, Using storybooks, Vocabulary | 4 Comments

History for ESL students

Posted on 12/04/2009 by alexcase

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 my stuff out there … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, Conditionals, conjunctions, Determiners and articles, Future tenses, Grammar games, infinitive of purpose, Modals, past tenses, Prepositions, reported speech, Second conditional, Teaching methods and methodologies, TEFL, Will for predictions | 11 Comments

TEFL tip of the day- Prepositions of time

Posted on 14/03/2009 by alexcase

Marcelo Montecinos, an English teacher from Chile, suggests the ATONIN Time Pyramid- which is basically to get your students to learn the “word” ATONIN and then to remember that the three prepositions in it are in order of the lengths … Continue reading →

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Nutty TEFL idea of the day

Posted on 07/11/2008 by alexcase

“Sole Mates” from “The Grammar Activity Book” Tie words that go together (such as collocations) to different students’ shoelaces. They then walk around putting their feet next to each other to try to match them up. If they make an … Continue reading →

Posted in adjective plus preposition, Alternative teaching techniques, Cambridge University Press, Classroom management, Collocations, Dependent prepositions, ELT publishing, Grammar, Grammar games, links, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, Prepositions, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL, TEFL games, Vocabulary, Vocabulary games | 3 Comments

It’s a games games games games games games TEFLtastic world for kids- Flashcard and drilling games

Posted on 30/09/2007 by alexcase

By the kind of happy coincidence that only happens once in a blog lifetime a reader has mentioned they are looking for some flashcard games (see Ana’s question below), a friend has asked me for some kids’ games for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Adjectives, Drilling games, ELT publishing, Flashcard games, Phonics, Prepositions, Teaching numbers, Teaching young learners, TEFL, TEFL games, TESOL | 1 Comment