Around 43 past, present and future times teaching ideas, including pdfs. If you find something you like here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.
Teaching time expressions articles
and see the index pages below for articles on specific times like months and times of the day
Teaching numbers and times to EFL students articles
How to teach British and American times, dates and numbers
How to teach present time expressions (including game ideas)
How to teach past time expressions (including game ideas)
How to teach future time expressions (including game ideas)
Time expressions index pages
Days of the week games, worksheets, stories and songs page
Dates games, worksheets, stories and songs page
Photocopiable time expressions classroom activities
see above and below for other times
Photocopiable present time expressions classroom activities
Time expressions meetings roleplay (in this very cheap e-book)
Time expressions with Present Simple (frequency expressions and prepositions of time practised with Make Me Say Yes, Things in Common, and Answer Me games)
Time expressions with Present Simple speaking game and presentation
Present Simple and Continuous for explaining your company and job (with time expressions with present tenses presentation)
Present Simple and Continuous things in common (ditto)
Present Simple and Continuous needs analysis interviews (ditto)
Present or future? simplest responses game (including present and future time expressions and present and future meanings on Present Continuous)
Photocopiable past time expressions classroom activities
Past and future opposites reversi memory game (mainly past and future time expressions)
Past times things in common (including Present Perfect, Past Continuous and Past Perfect and lots of time expressions)
I Brushed my Teeth in January time expressions with Past Simple and Present Perfect poem
Guess the past time game (with lots of useful time expressions)
Past prepositions of time Snap
Present Perfect saying yes bluffing game (with brief time expressions presentation)
Small talk with Past Simple and Present Perfect (with time expressions presentation)
Photocopiable future time expressions classroom activities
Predict the year will for future predictions game – NEW LINK
Advice and recommendations future time expressions practice
Predictions guess the future time games
Past and future opposites reversi memory game (mainly past and future time expressions)
Present or future? simplest responses game (including present and future time expressions and present and future meanings on Present Continuous)
Future forms The same or different (with lots of future time expressions and prepositions of time)
Making arrangements phone calls game (with brief stage brainstorming future time expressions)
Other photocopiable times expressions classroom activities
Giving advice time expressions practice (in this new e-book) – NEW
Time expressions the same or different
Time expressions roleplay meeting (times, dates, etc, with prepositions of time presentation)
IELTS Speaking Part One board game (including brief brainstorming past, present and future time expressions stage)
Updated 7 September 2026
