Category Archives: Grammar games

Grammar in Xmas lessons links

I gave teaching tips and PDFs for tenses in Xmas lesson here, so this page is the same for other grammar points like modals, prepositions and adjectives. Teaching tenses in Xmas lessons links Teaching grammar in Xmas lessons article Adverbs … Continue reading →

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Three nice new this/ that/ these/ those activities

There are so many possible fun presentation and practice activities for “This is/ That is/ These are/ Those are…” that you have to be careful not to spend more time on this minor grammar point than it deserves… However, I … Continue reading →

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50 trivia quizzes for EFL students (TEFLtastic classics Part 46)

When I was posting my list of the best of 2020, I noticed that a couple of the top ones were trivia quizzes and thought I should make sure that I had linked to them from my TEFLtastic Classics post … Continue reading →

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75 grammar practice drawing games

Have just rearranged my list of 80 drawing game PDFs to be more organised by individual topic, and there were enough grammar ones for enough different language points to be worth a post all of their own. Will also expand … Continue reading →

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New teaching time expressions materials and ideas

I start far too many of my articles with suggestions to teach more of this and less of that, but this time I really really really really really really mean it! Perhaps the most shocking weakness I have found in … Continue reading →

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New Yes/ No questions classroom activities article and page

Not sure how in ten years and over 200 articles it never occurred to me before, but have finally written a how to article and made a page for it to live on, with 26 photocopiable worksheets on the topic, … Continue reading →

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TEFLtastic grammar pages A to Z

Tens of pages of grammar with hundreds or possibly thousands of PDFs, arranged alphabetically. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. Adverbs Adverbs of frequency Adverbs of manner  Articles Be and get used to Can/ Can’t … Continue reading →

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Two nice new activities for mixed future tenses

Along with the fact the authors have done boring stuff like workbooks so I don’t have to, what I most like about teaching with textbooks is the challenge of trying to come up with activities to tie together with whatever … Continue reading →

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53 ESL finding things in common games (TEFLtastic classics part 25)

One of my 50 TEFLtastic Classics posts, with photocopiable things in common PDFs and other teaching ideas. If you like this and want more, please support TEFLtastic. I seem to have completely forgotten about this activity for a couple of … Continue reading →

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More Grammar Games articles and worksheets

UPDATE: More up to date list of my grammar articles here and grammar worksheets here.

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