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Simple Present Tense Crossword
In this simple present crossword learning exercise, students complete a 12 word puzzle, using given clues. Words have to do with the simple present tense.
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ESL: Passive Voice Exercise
In this ESL passive voice worksheet, students select the correct verb phrase to complete a simple sentence in past or present simple tense and complete sentences.
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Before the Tsunami
Students practice their conversation and writing skills as they strengthen their ability to talk and write about the past. For this ESL lesson, students narrate a series of past events using past simple verb forms. Students then...
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Asda in a Pickle After Rat Found in Gherkins
Practice reading and speaking through a simulation activity in which learners role-play as store managers and angry customers. The class also reviews present and past-perfect tenses. Extensions and a print-friendly handout are provided.
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Song Lessons: I Wanna Be Like You
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's swing rendition of Robert and Richard Sherman's "I Wanna Be Like You" offers young grammarians an opportunity to examine verb tenses, noun clauses, gerunds, and prepositions.
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Shopping
Young scholars explore shopping vocabulary. In this ELL speaking lesson, students guess words that would be on a shopping list, identify or define words related to shopping, take a shopping survey, and read related text aloud.
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Time and Place Words
In this completing the dialogues worksheet, students read interrogative sentences and choose the phrases that correctly answer the questions. Students choose 10 matching answers.
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Speaking Skills - Asking Questions
Students focuses on the question form and helping students gain skill while switching tenses in the question form. They improve speaking confidence when using quesion forms.
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English in Mind Unit 7: Grammar Practice
For this grammar worksheet, students complete thirty eight fill in the blank sentences. Students focus on the present perfect simple tense and using for and since in 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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Como Se Hace...?
Learners work in groups to give step-by-step instructions to the rest of the class about an activity of interest. They write presentation proposals, research the activity and then draft and edit a presentation. Students present their...
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Introduction to Computers and Understanding Commands
Students conjugate the simple past and present tenses of various verbs, and respond to computer commands. They view computer flashcards, and complete a verb conjugation worksheet.
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Introduction to Computers and Computer-Related Tasks
Students identify the parts of a computer workstation and conjugate simple past and present tenses of various verbs. They view computer flash cards, complete a worksheet, and identify nouns, verbs, articles, and personal pronouns in...
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Future Perfect And Future Progressive
In this future perfect and future progressive learning exercise, 7th graders read and discuss how to choose the correct form of a verb to use in a sentence or a phrase. Students put four sets of words in order to make four coherently...
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Passive Practice 1 Worksheet
In this passive practice worksheet, students use the given words to write 10 simple present sentences. They realize that some of the sentences are passive and others are not. They read 5 sentences and choose the sentence that means the...
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Worksheet 16: Vocabulary Review
Learners in the younger grades, or ESL students could benefit from this simple fill-in-the-blank vocabulary activity. Using a paragraph with missing information, students identify the correct word to fill in the 11 blank spaces.
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How Sure Are You?
In this grammar worksheet, students will work in small groups to decide if the sentences are grammatically correct or not. Students will wager bets on how sure they are that a sentence is correct and points will be given to the teams.
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Yellow Submarine – The Beatles – Notes
Enhance English language skills using the fan-favorite song, "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles. Scholars predict what the song is about then listen and mark specific words they hear. Playing the song again, participants unscramble...
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Unit 5: Making Arrangements
Are future entrepreneurs prepared to set up a meeting or schedule a conference call? Lesson five of a nine-part series of career education and skills activities focuses on proper punctuation and great grammar in the business world....
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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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Interpreting a Story from a News Article
Students read and retell a story form out of the newspaper. They write to communicate ideas, stories, letters, simple explanations, and short reports. They edit and perfect their projects for homework, and they share their work with the...
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Technical English Mimes
In this grammar instructional activity, students, working with a partner, mime a variety of thirty mimes back and forth silently to see if their partner can guess which one they are acting out.
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Muslim Arab/Spanish Connection
Ninth graders watch the video, 'El Cid.' They participate in teacher-led discussion about the beliefs, customs, goals, and heroes of both Spaniards and Moors. They create and present an artifact to the class showing the results of their...
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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?