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Writing Sentences Using Was or Were

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sentence writing worksheet, 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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Present Simple Questions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this questions worksheet, students put the words in order to make question sentences. Students make 12 sentences and correct 5 sentences.
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ESL: Past/Present Simple Tense

For Students 4th - 5th
In this past simple/present simple worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with the appropriate verb form, choosing from a drop down list.
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Can you Follow Me? Conventions

For Teachers 6th - 7th
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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Better English Lessons: What Does the -ed Sound Like?

For Students 6th - 10th
In this online interactive English skills worksheet, students respond to 20 multiple choice questions that require them to select the appropriate sounds made by the -ed in the noted words. Answers are scored immediately.
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ESOL Telephone Communications

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students answer incoming telephone calls, take simple messages, and respond to voice mail prompts. They write a paragraph using correct spacing and legible cursive handwriting. They practice the sounds of past tense endings.
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TPR is a Valuable Tool!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students, at the beginning ESL proficiency level, participate in Total Physical Response activities in order to learn the present continuous and past tense, sentence structure and word order in English.
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Speaking Skills - Asking Questions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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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Error Correction: Present Perfect and Past Simple

For Students 6th - 7th
In this verb tense worksheet, students read 10 sentences that may contain errors. Students correct the sentences that are wrong. This is intended for ESL students.
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Conditional Type I and II Review

For Students 7th
In this conditional type I and II review instructional activity, 7th graders read the examples and explanation of correct usage, then interactively select the correct word to complete 10 conditional sentences, with immediate online...
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Time Signifiers - Past or Present Perfect?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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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Changing Verb Voice (Active/Passive) Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this active voice and passive voice practice worksheet, students read an informative lesson plan. Students then respond to 5 questions that require them to identify the voice the sentences are written in and rewrite them in the...
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Present Perfect Progressive

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verb tense worksheet, students write the correct form of the verbs in parentheses to complete each of 40 phrases in the sentences provided.
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Present Perfect: Forms

For Students 5th - 9th
In this present perfect and past participle worksheet, students read examples on how to write subjects into the present perfect and past participle form. Students also read about different verbs in those tenses. Click on "Continue with...
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Second Conditional Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this verbs exercise, students fill in the blanks to sentences with verbs given to them in the form of "to ____". Students fill in the blanks for 18 sentences and write 3 of their own.
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Present Perfect Practice

For Students 6th - 9th
In this present perfect verb review instructional activity, students fill in the 40 blanks in 9 questions with the appropriate forms of the verbs listed in parenthesis.
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"Quack Said the Billy-goat"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the poem together, "Quack Said the Billy-goat" and discuss what makes the poem funny and which words rhyme. They observe the teacher writing a new first verse, changing some of the text, but leaving the original rhyme...
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Reported Speech & Direct Speech

For Students 5th - 12th
Provide your class with this reference page on direct and indirect speech. The page includes definitions of direct speech and reported speech (also known as indirect speech). When writing, pupils can check the sample...
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Verb Masquerade: Verbals Don't Act Like Verbs

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verb learning exercise, students read 6 sentences, look at the underlined words in each one and decide whether each underlined word is a gerund, infinitive or participle. Students use the word jump to write a simple sentence for...
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The Passive With Get

For Students 6th - 8th
In this past participle practice worksheet, students respond to 10 questions that require them to fill in the blanks with the appropriate verbs. Students also write 5 sentences using the passive voice with "get."
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Introduction to Computers and Computer-Related Tasks

For Teachers Higher Ed
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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Present Perfect Progressive-Negative Sentences

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this past perfect simple tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form questions in the tense. Answers may be submitted online for review. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Second Conditional Exercise

For Students 6th - 7th
In this second conditional worksheet, students read the 17 sentences and fill in the gap using the verb in brackets in the second conditional form.
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When Can I Use "When"?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students practice the correct use of "when" with past and future tense verbs. Students read examples of correct usage, them write 10 sentences each for: past continuous verbs, definite future plans and...