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Using Present Perfect Tense 2
In this grammar worksheet, students complete 15 sentences by filling in the correct word. For each response, students write the past participle of the verb in parenthesis.
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Past Participles
In this grammar learning exercise, students complete 15 sentences by adding the past participle for each infinitive in parenthesis. For example, "I haven't (finish) my homework yet."
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Talking About the Past 1
In this grammar worksheet, students complete 10 sentences by filling in the correct verb. All of the verbs are in the past tense form.
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)
Using a fill-in-the-blank format learners explore the use of present/past/future verbs. This 41-question activity upper elementary and older students in an ESL class would get a good background in the use of verbs.
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Present, Present Progressive and Past Tense Practice
This activity, which was designed for use in an ESL setting, focuses on the present, present progressive and past verb tense. The types of sentences used would be appropriate for older students. There are 20 questions.
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Past Versus Present Perfect
Using this 15 question activity learners practice using the past and present perfect forms of verbs. This would be a great learning exercise for use with students in both upper elementary and older grades.
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Modals: Can, May and Will Verbs: Present Tense
Cover can, may, will, and shall with this lesson plan on using modals in the present tense. Starting off with a warm-up activity, the resource includes a text to analyze, examples of modals, and exercises with answers. The language in...
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Past Progressive/Past Tense Practice
As part of a study of the past progressive and past tense forms of verbs, students fill in the blanks. The activity, which focuses on the use of past tense verbs and forming questions, would be appropriate for older students. The story...
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Past Tense Interview
This open-ended activity to review past tense verbs could be used with both younger and older students. Using an interview format, students ask their classmates questions and fill in the answers. For younger students, you would want to...
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Speaking Practice
Conversational language is something that both young learners and adults learning English need to practice. This short activity, with 13 prompts, can help learners develop this skill. The sentence frames included on this worksheet are...
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Troubling Tenses – Past Simple vs. ‘going to’ 2
In this grammar skills worksheet, learners will complete 15 sentences in the past simple tense or containing the phrase "going to" by using either "yesterday" or "tomorrow".
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Learning Verbs 1
In this grammar activity, students complete a table of plural and singular verb tenses for the following verbs: be, go, do, have, see, and eat. The verb tenses to be filled in include: present simple, past simple, present continuous,...
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Parts of Speech
This online multiple choice quiz focuses on upper-level grammar concepts. In addition to covering simple parts of speech such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives, this resource also covers more advanced information, such as transitive vs....
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Simple Past and Present Progressive
Young scholars review the past and progressive verb tenses. Working in pairs, students identify the past and progressive tenses in their biographical writing. After picking a card, young scholars act out a verb in either the past or...
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Banking Grammatically
Twelfth graders identify the different roles involved in banking. They list and create defintions for the different types of banking services offered at a branch office.
Students write sentences using verbs in present and past tenses....
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Troubling Tenses 1
In this grammar worksheet, students read 15 sentences in the past simple and "going to" forms. Students complete each sentence by adding the words yesterday or tomorrow.
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How To Get From Bed To Work
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite 16 sentence about getting ready in the morning. Students change each underlined verb from the past simple to the present simple tense.
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Grammar Skills
In this ESL worksheet, students complete a chart in order to create 10 complete sentences. The chart includes who/what, did what, to whom/what, how, where, when, and why.
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Verb Practice Worksheet
In this grammar learning exercise, students complete a table of plural and singular verb tenses for the following verbs: be, go, do, have, see, and eat. The verb tenses to be filled in include: present simple, past simple, present...
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'fat Man' Finishes Walk Across U.S.
Students read and discuss an article about an overweight American man trying to lose weight by walking across the country. They complete vocabulary exercises, take a comprehension quiz and explore the uses of the past perfect verb tense.
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Using and Paying for Electricity: Finding Billing Information Online
Students use the internet to locate the nearest utilities pay center. They restate answers in the form of questions that they find online. They practice conjugating verbs into different tenses.
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Speaking with Healthcare Professionals #2
High schoolers create their own dialogue using vocabulary associated with the healthcare industry. They practice using different tenses of verbs. They also respond to questions about their health.
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Government and Community Resources
Students explore how to communicate using past tense and present perfect tense verbs. They discuss words related to postal activities and the procedures to follow when mailing letters and packages, registering mail, and buying money orders.
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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.