Category Archives: Present simple/ continuous

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 →

Posted in present continuous, Present simple for routines etc., Present simple/ continuous, Present tenses | Comments Off on New present tenses activities

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

Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, Present simple/ continuous, TEFL games | Tagged | Comments Off on EFL taboo topics games (TEFLtastic classics Part 21)

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 (16 worksheets comparing and contrasting the two, plus an article with more ideas) – Present Continuous classroom handouts (14 fun worksheets and one … Continue reading →

Posted in Present simple/ continuous, Present tenses | Comments Off on Fun Present Simple and Continuous practice activities

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 →

Posted in BULATS, Collocations, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Email, IELTS, IELTS Writing, Present perfect, Present simple/ continuous, Teaching numbers | Comments Off on New English teaching worksheets June 2011

New ELT photocopiables April 2011

Posted on 23/04/2011 by alexcase

Many thanks again to Usingenglish.com  for putting these up, and for motivating me to do answer keys etc – something my students are appreciating too! In no particular order: Teleconferences and video conferences stages game (a much neglected point made … Continue reading →

Posted in BULATS, Business English games, Feelings vocabulary, interrupting, Past continuous, Photocopiable worksheets, Present simple/ continuous, TEFL games, teleconference, video conference | Comments Off on New ELT photocopiables April 2011

Business English handouts for Present Simple/ Present Continuous

Posted on 24/02/2011 by alexcase

Mainly just a reorganisation with just a couple of new ones, but that makes a grand total of nine, which is more than I know of anywhere else… Business English grammar – Present tenses Them all being on one page … Continue reading →

Posted in Business English and ESP, Business English games, Present simple/ continuous | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Future perfect, Past perfect, Present perfect, Present simple/ continuous, Vocabulary games | Comments Off on New TEFL articles and worksheets December 2010

New photocopiable worksheets May 2009

Posted on 25/05/2009 by alexcase

These ones on Usingenglish.com: Timetable Battleships (telling the time, Present Simple for routines and school subjects- for young learners and beginner adults) Telephoning Communication Breakdowns Roleplays (see my telephoning worksheets for more of the same) Present Simple and Continuous Taboo Topics … Continue reading →

Posted in Adjectives, Business English and ESP, Business English games, countable and uncountable nouns, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Food vocabulary, Grammar, Materials, nationality adjectives, Photocopiable worksheets, postcards, Prepositions, prepositions of position, Present simple/ continuous, Present tenses, Teaching young learners, TEFL, TEFL games, Telephoning, TESOL, Usingenglish, Vocabulary, Writing, Writing games | Tagged | 1 Comment

Christmas and New Year teaching ideas 2008

Posted on 01/12/2008 by alexcase

UPDATE: Much expanded and reorganised Xmas page with 42 articles and worksheets now here: Xmas and New Year materials/ ideas

Posted in Adverbs of frequency, Business English and ESP, Cross cultural training in EFL, Cultural differences/ cultural training, First conditional, Food vocabulary, Future perfect, Going to for future plans, Going to for predictions with present evidence, Grammar games, Language of negotiation, Modals of deduction, Passives, Past continuous, Photocopiable worksheets, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Present simple/ continuous, state and action verbs, Technical English, TPR, video, Vocabulary games, Will for predictions | 3 Comments

New stuff July 2008 Part Two

Posted on 30/07/2008 by alexcase

As mentioned in a comment or two below (and in every other sentence in my real life conversation), I am off on my reasonably well deserved hols from Friday and won’t even be looking at a computer screen for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business English and ESP, Business English games, Complaints, Compound nouns, Cross cultural training in EFL, Cultural differences/ cultural training, ELT publishing, Functional language, Grammar, Grammar games, Learner training, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, links, Materials, Pairwork and groupwork, Personalisation, Prepositions, Present simple/ continuous, Present tenses, Pronunciation, TEFL, TEFL games, TEFL reviews, Usingenglish, Vocabulary | Comments Off on New stuff July 2008 Part Two