Category Archives: Photocopiable worksheets

Prepositions and directions worksheets etc

Like the other recent ones below, expanded, updated, cross referenced, linking to the finest of resources and generally buffed to a fine shine, but this time with songs and video lessons too Prepositions and directions games, worksheets, songs and videos

Posted in Dependent prepositions, giving directions, Grammar games, links, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, Prepositions, prepositions of movement, prepositions of position, prepositions of time, Teaching young learners, TEFL games | 1 Comment

Tense review games and worksheets

As predicted, my brains being addled by lack of sleep and no conversation not involving babies has been good for the rest of you as I don’t have the energy for attempted witticisms and instead have continued the tedious job … Continue reading

Posted in Grammar games, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, TEFL, TEFL games, tense review | 3 Comments

Comparative and superlative adjectives worksheets and games

Twice as many worksheets, cross referenced to other parts of my worksheet pages, totally PDFified, and now with links to some great online games elsewhere: Comparatives and superlatives worksheets and games As I am getting too little sleep to concentrate … Continue reading

Posted in Adjectives, comparatives, Grammar, links, Materials, online games, Photocopiable worksheets, superlatives | Leave a comment

Where are all the worksheets?

I have been reading Burcu Akyol’s series of Share Your Knowledge guest posts and writing my own contribution on publishing articles, and it occured to me what what I want to see more of on the TEFL blogosphere is worksheets, … Continue reading

Posted in ELT publishing, links, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, TEFL, TEFL blogs | 9 Comments

You live and learn

Apparently the reason why people don’t upload Word documents to their sites is not connected to copyright theft paranoia like I thought (that was my copyright paranoia paranoia), but because you can upload nasty viruses and suchlike with them- which … Continue reading

Posted in copyright, ELT publishing, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, TEFL blogs | 2 Comments

New photocopiable worksheets May 2009

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

Market Leader Lesson plans and worksheets

I’ve updated my Market Leader worksheets page so that all of the worksheets are available in PDF and Word formats. If anyone has any worksheets that you’ve used with these books (old or new editions) or links to other materials … Continue reading

Posted in Business English and ESP, Business English games, Business English textbooks, Determiners and articles, Grammar, Grammar games, Materials, Past continuous, Photocopiable worksheets, TEFL, Writing ELT textbooks and materials | Leave a comment

My top 10 books for/ about EFL for young learners

Wrote this list for a (teacher training) student and thought it might be worth a blog post and maybe a bit of friendly debate. Here are my all time favourites- off the top of my head, but if they’re that … Continue reading

Posted in Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Young Learner Exams, Delta Publishing, EFL exams, ELT publishing, Macmillan, Materials, Oxford University Press (OUP), Photocopiable worksheets, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Teaching young learners, TEFL, TEFL reviews, textbooks, Using songs with kids | 4 Comments

A few more Xmas and New Year worksheets

… including my first ever guest writer worksheet (many more wanted!) from Paula Swenson: English Language New Year’s Resolutions (good for learner training, and set up by the kind of relevant reading text that I really should write for my worksheets … Continue reading

Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, Future tenses, Learner motivation, Learner training, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, Teaching numbers, TEFL | Tagged | 1 Comment

The best end of term revision games

One way of finishing the term is with Xmas-themed stuff (see the post below). Another good one is lots of fun revision games. As I’ve spent a few years teaching students who want to do every page in the book … Continue reading

Posted in Business English and ESP, Business English games, Collocations, ELT publishing, English for study abroad, Functional language, Grammar, links, Materials, Personalisation, Photocopiable worksheets, Revision games, Speaking, Speaking games, Taboo, Teaching teenagers, TEFL, TEFL games, Usingenglish, Vocabulary, Vocabulary games | 2 Comments