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Can you Follow Me? Conventions
Use the present tense to create written assignments. Critical thinkers take a passage written in past or future tense and rewrite it in present tense. They then write a set of instructions in present tense.
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ESL/ELD: Learning about Ash Wednesday
An overview of the history and tradition of Ash Wednesday in 2 paragraphs is accompanied by an array of language activities: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation,...
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"Jabberwocky" Jive
Pupils review the fantasy of Alice in Wonderland and discuss the author. After reading the poem, "Jabberwocky," they look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary. Working as partners, they create a list of "protmanteau" or invented words...
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Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
What is an antecedent? Introduce your class to pronouns and antecedents with this four-slide PowerPoint. First they are defined, and then a few examples are provided. The final slide has a 10-sentence practice opportunity to see if your...
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Who or Whom? Which Interrogative Pronoun?
Who uses who and whom correctly? Practice this enigmatic interrogative pronoun question with this worksheet set. Middle schoolers read two pages that explain the proper use of "who," "whom," and the five interrogative pronouns. They...
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Conjugate a Verb Today
In this conjugate a verb worksheet, students conjugate verbs by completing the examples in each section including past, present, and future tense.
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Zero Conditional Survey
In this ESL zero conditional instructional activity, students collaborate with classmates to ask and answer 18 questions. Students respond using the zero conditional, which is the present simple form used to speak about general truths.
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Past Tense 2
In this verb tense worksheet, students read the sentences and complete them with a verb in the past tense form. Students complete 10 exercises.
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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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Proofreading a Paragraph
In this proofreading instructional activity, students rewrite a paragraph to correct for errors. Each paragraph may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage.
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Verb Tense Review
In this verb tense worksheet, students learn about 7 different past, present and future verb tenses. They then fill in the correct verb tense in the 32 questions on the page.
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Technology Newsletter
Students discuss impact and value of modern technological inventions on society, contemplate world without technology, skim magazines and newspapers for advertisements highlighting modern technologies, and work with partner to create...
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The Passive Voice
Use this resource to introduce the passive voice. The first box highlights important information on the passive voice. The second box contains a short assessment. Are your middle schoolers understanding how to use it?
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ESL: Non-Progressive Verbs
In this ESL non-progressive verbs worksheet, learners read examples, then complete multiple choice questions, selecting correct sentences and determining correct simple and present progressive tense activities.
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SentenceBuilderTeen™
Have you seen a large number of grammatically incorrect sentences in class writing lately? Help alleviate that issue with this app, which is targeted toward teenagers. Class members look at age-appropriate images and choose the correct...
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Time Signifiers - Past or Present Perfect?
Students refine their usage of past simple or present perfect. After a lecture/demo, students work in pairs and utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them gain practice with time signifiers.
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Verb Tense Review
In this verb tense review worksheet, learners fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms to meet the stated criteria. Students focus on simple present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, present perfect, present...
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Verb Tense Review
In this verb tense review activity, students respond to 32 fill in the blank questions that require them to review the simple present tense.
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Foundation work for writing
In this writing worksheet, students read and practice the correct steps on how to write a good report. Students read a total of eight steps.
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Irregular Verbs
In this irregular verbs worksheet, students read the chart containing irregular verbs and how to use them. Students read 8 verb types in the chart.
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Imperatives
In this imperatives worksheet, students read 7 reasons and examples of imperatives. Students then click on "continue with the exercises at the bottom" to choose the best imperative for 8 sentences.
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Must, Have got to, Have to
In this must, have got to, and have to worksheet, students read examples of when to use each in a sentence. Students also read the examples for the past and present.
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Reported Speech
In this reported speech worksheeet, students note the difference between reported speech and quoted speech. Rules for tense usage are also given.
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Negative Statements
In this negative statements worksheet, students make negative statements with the words and phrases given to them. Students complete 8 sentences total.