Category Archives: Present 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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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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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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25 taboo topics games for learning English (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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Three nice new simple third person S activities

Posted on 24/11/2013 by alexcase

1. Came up with this one last week, though it’s so simple I’m sure I’m not the first: Draw a stick boy and stick girl on the board, then students make statements (“He has black hair”) or answers questions (“Does … Continue reading →

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A nice simple game for has/ have or has got/ have got

Posted on 01/04/2012 by alexcase

I did this in a one-to-one class with a false beginner student, and it was great because we had about equal chance of winning the game. Will also work well with group classes I am sure: The students compete to … Continue reading →

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Lots of lovely new articles and worksheets

Posted on 24/07/2011 by alexcase

Actually, I have no way of judging the loveliness of my own stuff, of course, just had a nice ring to it. Actually, lots could be an exaggeration too… Articles Adverbs of frequency games – LINK FIXED What your students need … Continue reading →

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Fun Present Simple and Continuous practice activities

Posted on 08/06/2011 by alexcase

Have redone my Present Tenses worksheets page to now have separate sections: – Present Simple and Continuous games and worksheets – Present Continuous classroom handouts – Present Simple games and worksheets

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