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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New daily routines vocabulary page

Posted on 11/08/2020 by alexcase

Yet another vital page that I somehow forgot to make for 13 years, in this case on “get up”, “have a shower”, “eat breakfast”, etc. Finishing an article and more worksheets on the topic at the moment, but in the … 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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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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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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