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English in Mind Unit 5: Grammar Practice
In this English grammar worksheet, students select the correct verb to use in the past simple. Students also choose between wasn't or weren't, and was or were in order to complete a sentence. Thirty three fill in the blank questions...
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Simple Past: Wh- Questions
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 5 fill in the blank questions that require them to rewrite statements as questions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Pyramid Building: How to Use a Wedge
Students explore the simple machine of a wedge. For this wedge lesson, students test wedges on different materials including wax, soap, clay and foam. They learn how a wedge was used to build the ancient pyramid and modern day skyscrapers.
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Verb Tense Exercise 11
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 12 fill in the blank questions regarding simple past and past perfect verbs. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Past Continuous Exercise
In this verb tenses worksheet, students explore the past continuous and the past simple verb tense. Students determine the correct form of the verb to complete each of the nineteen sentences.
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ESL-Past Simple, Irregular Verbs
In this ESL past simple worksheet, students choose the 2nd form of given verbs, choose correct verbs to complete sentences and fill in blanks in a short story using correct past form verbs.
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Simple past with was/were
In this grammar worksheet, students work in teams of 2-5 players to complete questions on the worksheet. After having the questions checked for correct tense students can quiz the other teams.
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Total English Pre-intermediate: Simple or Continuous
In this past simple and past continuous verbs worksheet, students answer 14 questions that require them to complete sentence starters and respond to short answer questions regarding verb tenses.
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Total English Pre-intermediate: Past Passives
In this past simple passive verbs activity, students review their grammar skills as they complete 8 sentences by filling the blanks and correct the mistakes in 8 sentences.
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The Past Simple or The Present Perfect Exercise
In this past simple and past perfect worksheet, students fill in a chart and fill in the blanks to sentences with past simple and present perfect words. Students complete 10 spaces for the chart and 14 sentences.
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ESL: Verb Activity-Past Simple Tense
In this ESL verb tense worksheet, students put given verbs into past simple tense and choose correct forms of verbs. A link to audio and additional resources are given.
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Writing Sentences Using Was or Were
In this sentence writing activity, students complete statements about people in the past using the verbs was or were. There are thirteen sentences for them to complete.
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Past Simple Tense
For this verb tense worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle of past tense verbs, complete sentences, use pictures to write where people were in past situations and put verbs in present or past simple tense.
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Where did you go yesterday?
For this past tense worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to paragraphs of what people did yesterday. Students complete 3 paragraphs with multiple choice answers.
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Integrating Past Continuous
Students recognize the situations in which the use of the past continuous would be beneficial in writing. They focus on the use of the past continuous as a descriptive tense when something important occurred.
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Verb Tenses
In this verb fill in the blank worksheet, middle schoolers complete a paragraph by adding 18 verbs in the proper form. They write the present perfect or past simple verb in 12 more examples.
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ESL-Business Vocabulary
In this ESL business vocabulary learning exercise, students complete sentences using passive voice future simple, past simple or present simple.
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Present Perfect Grammar
For this verb tenses worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 12 sentences with either the simple past or the present perfect of the verb in parentheses. Students then correct verb tense errors in 25 sentences.
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What is a Metaphor?
The use of metaphors really paints a picture in the reader's mind. Get your class using metaphors in their writing by studying them first. This worksheet has four simple metaphors, and the reader must identify which two things are being...
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Verb Tenses
Why is it so important to have consistent verb tense when writing? Discuss some of the implications with your middle and high school classes. Examples are provided, and both incorrect and corrected sentences are shown. There's a lot of...
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Create Your Own Samurai (Breastplate) Armor
Your class is going to love this activity. They get out their rulers, cardboard, and paints as they make Samurai breastplates. The simple art lesson lends itself to many different subjects such as, math/measurement, world history, and...
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The Donner Party
Who is the Donner Party? Find out why this group of pioneers lives in infamy. A lot of information is provided in this resource, but you will have to copy and paste the text to acquire the handouts. Learners will look at primary sources,...
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Past Simple or Present Perfect?
In this ESL verb tense worksheet, students read 10 sentences with the verbs omitted. Students insert either a past simple or present perfect verb.
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WWI Through the Film, Foot Soldiers
If your historians are watching the History Channel documentary, Foot Soldiers during their WWI unit, this plan has some simple recall questions and one referential/debate question ("What was the worst part of the war?") to ask after...