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Finding conjunction, adverb, and transition word errors
For this editing worksheet, students edit the sentences by choosing the best sentence part to complete the sentence. Students complete 10 sentences.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Caillou Paper Dolls for Vocabulary Building
Children learn vocabulary, using character dolls from the popular TV series on PBS stations, Caillou, as learning tools. Use Caillou and Rosie dolls and an assortment of outfits to talk about clothing, the verbs that go with dressing,...
Other
Tefl Interactive Esl Games: Mystery Matches
Here are ten interactive mystery match games to play online. Match parts of sentences, similes, professions, colors, famous sayings, etc. Good practice for ELL students.
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)
English for Little Children
This is an interactive site intended to teach English as a foreign language to young children. It is a helpful multimedia resource for EFL teachers. There are ten themes, each with two levels of difficulty, that allow children to...
Other
Mark's English School Online: Esl Games
A commendable teacher-created site by an American ESL educator based in Japan. Includes a nice variety of ESL/EFL games for younger students for learning the past tense or verb usage playing basketball, punctuation playing golf, or new...
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Story Place: Pre School Library
Several preschool online stories, activities, games, and extension activities with Spanish and English vocabulary words, organized by theme.
Other
Fantastic Fortune Teller Game One Stop English
Teach pre-school and early primary ELL students animal names and numbers with this fun activity. Instructions and a downloadable copy of the the 'fortune teller' tool (a variation of a cootie catcher) are included.
PBS
Pbs: Maya and Miguel, Games
Interactive and fun activity to drill vocabulary related to sports, adventure and musical instruments. Children choose the language (English or Spanish). Engaging activity for ELL learners and students of Spanish.
Other
Non Stop English
Vocabulary and grammar activities for secondary English Language Learners (ELLs) are the main focus of this free site. Students select their proficiency level and then are provided a menu of grammar and vocabulary activities to choose...
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms
Online flash cards let students test their knowledge of homonyms by flipping through a 40-card stack.
Pearson
Practice With Colors Game Longman Backpack
Short, fun game younger English learners can use to practice colors. Ocean creatures say (in writing) what color they are and students indicate the correct color (two different rounds; total of 2-4 minutes for the whole game).
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Easy Things for Beginners: Interesting Things for Esl
Those familiar with ESL web sites will probably recognize this comprehensive site. On this page, the editors helpfully highlight a dozen or so word games and vocabularly activities geared to beginning ESL students and newcomers to the...
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms (Matching Game)
Play a game of match with homonyms. The game refreshes with new words at the completion of each round, and automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms (Word Search)
A series of word search puzzles that refreshes with new words at the completion of each round. Automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.
Quia
Quia: Feast of Homonyms (Concentration Game)
Fast-paced game of concentration that refreshes with new words at the completion of each round. Automatic scoring and self-checking provide instant feedback.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Word Frog (Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms)
Practice matching antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms, with Word Frog, an animated self-scoring activity, with three different levels of difficulty.
Other
Tefl Interactive Esl Games: Matching Synonyms
There are ten levels of interactive synonym matching games on this site, starting at the elementary level, and going to more advanced level words to help English language learners practice their skills.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Practice With Suffixes (Nouns)
Interactively increase students understanding and use of vocabulary with an activity that highlights the concepts of suffixes and base words.
Quia
Quia: Homographs
Homographs or words with more than one definition can be confusing for students. Typing the answer in a Jeopardy-style game that has self-checking and automatic scoring for fun practice.
Quia
Quia: Prefixes (Matching Game)
Match common prefixes to their meanings in this online matching game.
Quia
Quia: Prefix Skills
Fast-paced Matching and Concentration games with self-checking and automatic scoring practice prefixes and their meanings. A word search with prefixes provided and online flashcards give additional drills.
Other
Lil' Fingers Storybooks: Read and Listen: Penguin Party
Young readers and beginning English language learners will enjoy this short animated read-along/listen-along story about penguins having a party. Delightful illustrations aid comprehension.