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The Passive/Active Form
In this passive and active voice worksheet, students rewrite 18 sentences changing the verb in each one from an active voice verb to a passive voice verb.
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Living in Italy
In this infinitive ESL learning exercise, students will read a short passage. Students will then use different verb tenses to complete 8 questions about the story.
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"Nice To Meet You"
Students interview two classmates and introduce them to the class. They practice using the present perfect tense and verbs they have discovered. They complete sentences with the correct word.
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Comparing Transportation Systems
Learners compare and contrast various forms of transportation. Comparisons are based on the the distance traveled and the student's personal experiences with that form of transport. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
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Non Fiction Posters
A set of very useful posters (in PDF) describing different types of non-fiction texts is here for you. While there isn't an activity, per se, in these worksheets, they could be used as a handy reference for learners who are engaging in...
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Small Talk Dialogues
Middle schoolers study the rules for the use of infinitives and gerunds in written and spoken conversations. They devise a Small Talk dialogue and complete quizzes at their own rate.
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Future: Forms
In this future worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences about the future. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions total.
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Apartment Hunting
Students use apartment classified ads to match abbreviations with their correct term. They practice using superlatives and comparatives when looking at apartments. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Looking for Work #2
Students review new vocabulary from a previous lesson dealing with work. They practice speaking work-related phrases as a class. They read a story and answer questions. They use the classified ads to write their own dialogue about...
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Family Tree
Young scholars create a family tree in this culminating activity to their family unit. In this family tree lesson, students extend their learning about the family unit by working in small groups to develop a three generation family tree....
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ESOL Government and Commmunity Resources
Students study vocabulary words associated with community services. They label each community service on an index card and match a phrase with the service. They identify community service buildings in the area on a local map.
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Assessment for Conversation: Comprehension, Grammar and Fluency
In this assessment for conversation instructional activity, learners are asked oral conversational questions by an instructor and assessed for comprehension, grammar and fluency.
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For or Since
In this for or since worksheet, students fill in the blanks for the words for or since in sentences. Students complete 10 sentences total.
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Speaking Skills - Asking Questions
Students improve speaking confidence when using difficult question forms. This lesson focuses on helping students explain how to engage in this kind of social conversation. A worksheet imbedded in this plan provides practice.
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Enhancing Listening Comprehension
Students develop, discuss and practice listening skills in English, focusing on prediction activities and strategies for coping with difficult listening situations.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Present Continuous
This lesson introduces the present continuous tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Other
Isabel's Esl Site: Present Continuous Tense
Focus on the present continuous tense, with explanations, examples, exercises, and comparisons to other forms. Some guidance in Spanish.
TES Global
Blendspace: Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
In this TES Blendspace, students will have access to thirteen multimedia resources that will help them learn the differences between the present simple verb tense and the present continuous verb tense. Each space's subtitle includes a...
TES Global
Blendspace: Present Simple Versus Present Continuous
This fifteen-part learning module provides assorted references for verb tenses. This blendspace provides understanding of the present simple verb tense and the present continuous verb tense through video lessons, online practice pages,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Present Continuous
A four-slide presentation introducing the present continuous verb tense (also known as present progressive verb tense) and explaining how it is used within a sentence. Examples are provided.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Verb Tenses: Grammar Rules
This page explains the three major verb tenses: past, present, and future with examples. It also offers links to information about each of these as well as the perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous of each.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Present Perfect Continuous
This lesson introduces the present perfect continuous tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
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Sophia: Choosing a Present Tense
This slideshow lesson focuses on choosing the right present tense from the 4 types: simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. It discusses the requirements for each of the present tenses and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Present Perfect Continuous
This lesson introduces the present perfect continuous tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.