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The -est - Interview

For Students Higher Ed
For this ESL grammar worksheet, students practice asking questions to different students. They record the name of the person they ask and what their answer is. There are 8 questions on this page.
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Comparison Practice 1: -er than/the -est, Comparison Practice 2: as...as

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
In the ESL grammar worksheet, students write comparison statements using -er than/the -est or as...as statements. There are 12 sentences for students to write.
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Irregular Verbs Group 6

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
Using a fill-in-the-blank format, students identify the correct verb and change it into the past tense to complete a sentence. While the activity could be used with students in younger grades, the subject matter of the sentences is for...
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Past Progressive/Past Tense Practice

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
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

For Students 3rd - Higher Ed
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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Connecting Ideas Using Coordinating and Subordinating Conjuctions

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students in an adult ESL class practice using conjuctions. They write sentences using different conjuctions and combine sentences choosing the right conjuction. They review the concepts as a whole class.
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Interview With Americans

For Students 5th - 6th
In this asking questions learning exercise, students interview classmates to find out 9 pieces of information. Students begin their questions with "Can you tell me...", "Could you tell me..." or "Do you know..." This could be used for...
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Building Character Adjectives Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice conversation skills while also focusing on improving their command of refined character description. They use a worksheet imbedded in this plan that has them select adjectives that describe their best friend.
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Pronunciation: Practicing Stress and Intonation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars improved pronunciation by focusing on the stress-time nature of spoken English.
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Teaching Telephone English for Business ESP English Classes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students practice the practical skill of telephone communication. They perform a series of role plays to give them practical experience in the proper way to speak and respond while on the telephone.
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Integrating Past Continuous

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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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Countable and Uncountable Nouns - Noun Quantifiers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners solidify their knowledge of countable and uncountable nouns and their quantifiers. The lesson includes a number of overlooked or idiomatic expressions to help higher level students expand their knowledge.
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Comparative and Superlative Forms

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students practice identifying the comparative and superlative forms of language. The second phase of the lesson plan focuses on using the comparative and superlative forms actively in small group conversation.
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American Culture (will/going to)

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
In this grammar learning exercise, students answer 8 American Culture questions. They should include either "will" or "going to" in their answers.
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Frequency Adverbs: A Conversation in Class

For Students 5th - 6th
In this frequency adverbs instructional activity, students collaborate with a partner to ask and answer 15 questions in conversation. Students ask the question given, using the adverb "ever". Students answer the questions with a...
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Speaking Practice- Past Tense Review

For Students 5th - 6th
For this speaking practice worksheet, students collaborate with a classmate. Students finish the conversation sentences any way they like.
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Interview: Talking About the Future

For Students 5th - 6th
In this conversation worksheet, students collaborate with classmates and ask 10 questions about future plans that include the words "going to". Students answer the questions.
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Housing

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students prepare for life on their own after graduation. They explore various types of housing available in the United States. Students study about caring for a home including how to resolve problems and repairs.
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Introductory Lesson for Advanced Level Classes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in conversation exercises to introduce themselves and to review verb tenses. They interview each other and share conversations.
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English Learner Types - Quiz Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 8th
An interesting quiz awaits your English Language Learners. In it, they answer ten questions pertaining to why they are learning English, and how they think they can best learn the language. Some thought-provoking discussion should ensue...
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ESL Holiday Lessons

Thanksgiving

For Students 5th - 10th
Near Thanksgiving, learners complete activities surrounding the holiday. Some of the activities include a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write...
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Bronx Zoo

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students prepare for a field trip to the Bronx Zoo. They use maps and descriptions of animal exhibits to give and interpret directions on how to navigate the zoo. They play games, participate in pairwork and whole class discussion.
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Grammar Reviewing Using A Sentence Auction

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in an auction game in which they buy as many correct sentences as they can with an imaginary $3000.  In this grammar activity, students determine which sentences are correct and buy as many sentences as...
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Pronunciation: Practicing Stress and Intonation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers practice pronunciation of their words and when to stress certain words when speaking. They practice with sentences given to them by the teacher.