Curated OER
Controlled Narrative Writing
Students add details to their narratives. In this narrative writing lesson, students look at a simple four sentence narrative and add adjectives and adverbs to make it more descriptive. They do this activity whole class, in partners and...
Curated OER
Assessment for Conversation: Comprehension, Grammar and Fluency
In this assessment for conversation worksheet, learners are asked oral conversational questions by an instructor and assessed for comprehension, grammar and fluency.
Curated OER
Speaking Skills - Asking Questions
Students improve speaking confidence when using difficult question forms. This lesson focuses on helping students explain how to engage in this kind of social conversation. A worksheet imbedded in this plan provides practice.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Past Continuous Tense
This slideshow lesson discusses the past continuous tense, also referred to as the past progressive tense. It defines the tense, explains what is needed to form the tense, and provides examples.
Other
Isabel's Esl Site: Past Continuous Tense
The past continuous is introduced by a little story which demonstrates its use. Examples and exercises follow. Some guidance in Spanish.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Verb Tenses: Grammar Rules
This page explains the three major verb tenses: past, present, and future with examples. It also offers links to information about each of these as well as the perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous of each.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Past Continuous
This lesson introduces the past continuous tense and how it is used.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Choosing a Past Tense
This slideshow focuses on choosing a past tense; it lists the four types of past tense: simple past, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous. It defines each, explains its purpose, provides an example, and discusses when...
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Verbs: Past Continuous Quiz
Choose the correct past continuous tense verb to complete each of the ten sentences in this Quiz. Answers can be checked upon completion.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Past Perfect Continuous
This lesson introduces the past perfect continuous tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow and provides review questions over the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Verb Tenses
This slideshow lesson focuses on 12 verb tenses by providing background and examples of each. The 12 verb tenses are as follows: present, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past, past continuous, past...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Past Perfect Continuous
This slideshow lesson explains the past perfect continuous verb tense; it defines it, discusses its purpose, explains how to create it, and provides examples.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Future Continuous
This lesson introduces the future continuous tense and how it is used.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Past Tense and Its Types
Defines past tense and provides examples of the different types.