Category Archives: reported speech

New series of How Not to Teach English articles

Posted on 27/05/2026 by alexcase

I started this series to come back to old topics in a new way, and it also turned out to be a great way to combine basic advice and more debatable talking points, and so provide something for almost everyone. … Continue reading →

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Reported speech communication games/ photocopiables page sorted

Posted on 03/10/2012 by alexcase

More teaching ideas than classroom handouts on this one, but still nine of the latter – which frankly should be enough for this quite minor point… Indirect speech activities page Some tie it in with other points like writing minutes, formal … Continue reading →

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More Grammar Games articles and worksheets

Posted on 30/10/2010 by alexcase

UPDATE: More up to date list of my grammar articles here and grammar worksheets here. Links to these articles and worksheets given so that hopefully I can be forgiven for having written so many on tenses, as deeply unfashionable and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adverbs, Conditionals, countable and uncountable nouns, Determiners and articles, Grammar, Grammar games, Modals, Passives, Photocopiable worksheets, relative clauses, reported speech, TEFL, verb patterns | Leave a comment

New TEFL articles etc April 2009

Posted on 23/04/2009 by alexcase

No messing, no pointless attempts at humour (for once), just links to more serious stuff I’ve been publishing elsewhere: 15 ways of combining listening and reading – LINK FIXED 15 fun activities for practising a, an and the – LINK FIXED The … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom management, Classroom routines, Determiners and articles, Ending lessons, Grammar, Grammar games, Interactive whiteboard, Learner motivation, links, Listening, Mixed ability classes, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Reading, reported speech, Skills, Staging, Teaching mixed level classes, Teaching young learners, Technology, TEFL, TEFL games, Using a whiteboard, Usingenglish | 6 Comments

History for ESL students

Posted on 12/04/2009 by alexcase

Updated 13 June 2022 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 … 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

New articles and worksheets Nov 08 Part Two

Posted on 30/11/2008 by alexcase

As I haven’t said for a while, the real purpose of this blog isn’t pontificating on all things TEFL (not sure how I started doing that, maybe WordPress is haunted by a malevolent spirit?) but to give links to my … Continue reading →

Posted in Grammar, Grammar games, Lesson planning, Materials, Modals, Photocopiable worksheets, Present perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, reported speech, TEFL | Tagged | Leave a comment