Download and print handouts, exercises and quizzeseslk12 print more worksheets. The next activity is done in pairs to test your understanding of narrative tenses. The activities below provide plenty of practice of these, also teaching lots of useful verbs and collocations along the way. Some are games that spark creativity and activity in the classroom for example, some worksheets are for mingling activities, where students walk around and have to speak about something with others for example, about their hobbies. Free esl lesson plan present continuous tense speaking based activities printable handouts with teachers instructions. English esl speaking present simple worksheets most. Mainly oral classroom practice activities for routines, habits and other meanings of the present simple, including describing processes. This is a simple warmup activity that you can use to generate some interest in a topic for intermediate or advanced students. Communica institute survey ssurvey slip lliipplip date application to other schools in the past. Simple past english tenses and english grammar worksheets, grammar rules, grammar exercises. Back to school board games freebie is a collection of 3. Past perfect games esl activities worksheets teach this. General use of the present perfect the present perfect tense links the past to the present. Tenses pdf worksheets english vocabulary and grammar.
In fact, the structure of the present perfect tense is very simple. Used to esl activities games worksheets teach this. Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources. It is a challenging grammar topic, so getting students speaking can be difficult. Also useful are past tense speaking and story exercises about vacations and other. Engaging pdf past perfect games, esl activities, and interactive and. English esl present simple worksheets most downloaded 2352. If i could help, ill give you a good past continuous speaking activity.
In response to the onestop web editor comment from june 2017. Other worksheets are for role play, and get students to take on the roles of an employer and an interviewee. English esl worksheets, activities for distance learning and physical. Fun and engaging esl activities, games and worksheets for english teachers to use in the classroom. Esl past perfect game reading, writing, matching and speaking activity. The grammar focus is on past simple affirmative sentences as well as past simple regular and irregular verbs. It may well spark questions about different tense use, so be prepared. May 18, 2017 a good speaking activity to practice past simple or just conversation using prompt questions. You wont find endless grammar or reading comprehension worksheets in my uploads as i think many students around. A set of questions perfect for revising basic tenses and for starting a discussion. Past simple affirmative negative games activities esl worksheets. They choose the number they want, then the question appeared. Students ask and answer questions using the past simple verb tense. Bean comedy routine to bring humor into the classroom.
This is a custom widget this sliding bar can be switched on or off in theme options, and can take any widget you throw at it or even fill it with your custom html code. Setting tasks, methodological didactical approaches techniques. Some worksheets arent for every level some are specifically for. Verb tenses interactive and downloadable worksheet. This is a drawing and speaking activity that is fun to use with primary classes to revise the present continuous form. Click on the image below or the link at the download the printable pdf file. Each card has one of the 16 sentences above, but the narrative tense.
It was lots of fun to me and my students because it stimulated their criativity while reinforcing. Past continuous speaking activity esl teaching ideas. It is an amazing simple past tense speaking activity for beginner to intermediate esl learners. Each activity also comes in userfriendly a4 pdf format with full teachers notes. There are 24 past simple speaking prompts that designed like a quiz.
Arm exercises speaking activity to wake up a sleepy class. Its a game to practice the simple present using daily activities as vocabulary. Included are lists of words, quizzes, instructional handouts for classroom use, and spanish grammar exercises. When a member of the group is talking, the other students time the speaker. Past simple and past continuous efl esl activities and. Students match the verbs to the pictures and then write short sentences for each picture. In this productive irregular verbs activity, students play a pelmanism game where they match infinitive and past simple irregular verbs together. When i got up this morning until i left school, id never by the time. They cooperate to get information and complete a final task. In this fun past simple activity, students create a story about a holiday romance by inventing answers to questions and writing them down. Board game with speaking cues for statements using past tenses with time expressions. See how long it takes for them to finish one of these worksheets then youll know what to revisit. These 10 teaching ideas for the past simple tense will encourage your students to use the language in fun communicative ways. You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf.
Past tense talk esl efl teaching activities worksheets games. All downloads are in pdf format and consist of a worksheet and answer sheet to check your results. Each student has to complete a sheet and then they share the information to finish the final sheet. Are you constantly looking for past continuous speaking activities when its time to teach the verb tense. An a2 level esl lesson plan for teaching the past simple and past continuous. A pdf version of the alt handbook is also available on the jet. English grammar, tenses page 9 of 38 present perfect tense i have sung the present perfect tense is a rather important tense in english, but it gives speakers of some languages a difficult time. It includes a suggested leadin activity, several classroom activities, a game and a collection of specially selected esl resources from around the web. Classroom activities to teach narrative tenses british. Fun pdf past simple affirmative and negative games, esl activities, and. Children like it because it allows them to practise grammar in a safe environment.
The worksheets and quizzes are separated into sections so that you can easily find the subjects or vocabulary themes that you want to see. Pdf passive voice esl activities, worksheets, games and interactive worksheets to help teach the past, present and future passive to a2, b1, b2 levels. Efl esl activities and games for past simple and past continuous. Esl past simple board game speaking activity elementary a1a2 30 minutes. Students speak with a partner in interview style about their accomplishments, places they have traveled, jobs they have had and more. Used to pdf esl activities, games, and interactive and printable worksheets to. The verb tense activity guaranteed to improve speaking. It includes 32 cards based on pictures to create a scenario where the students describe what happened and the teacher can ask followup questions and enhance communication and english use in class. Past tense talk esl efl teaching activities worksheets. This gives a rough idea of how long the activity takes if it is done in the way described with an averagesized class 1525 students. Procedure divide the students into pairs and give each pair a. Students will have the chance to practice the verb to be, either.
Past simple speaking activity english esl worksheets for. Simple present tense listening exercise interactive. Print one copy each of page two and three of the pdf template for this exercise. You wont find endless grammar or reading comprehension worksheets in my uploads as i think many students around the world are already getting an overload of those. One final thing that i would like to add is that, at kmutt, i learned a great deal about studentcentered, selfaccess, taskbased learning, and curriculum development, working with richard watson todd of the faculty of applied linguistics, so it follows that much of what you see. Pdfs from task magic, using the poem instantes attributed to jorge luis borges 8 tiles pdf 7 kb 15 tiles pdf 8 kb 24 tiles pdf 8 kb anagrams pdf 9 kb find the spanish pdf 11 kb gaps pdf 8 kb matching pdf 10 kb insert the spaces pdf 8 kb.
This is a codebreaking activity to show the passive in use with a variety of different tenses. Help students to use the right tenses as they speak, or, so as not interrupt the flow, note down problem areas just relating to the past perfect and go over these at the end of the discussion. Speaking prompts past simplecontinuous practice 32. Spanish present perfect speaking activity offers extra practice in present perfect for your students with no prep.
Students then take it in turns to match each past simple sentence with an explanation. Printerfriendly a pictureoriented approach to practicing the past simple and continuous. Useful past tense lessons include exercises pictureverb matching activities and. The activities below start with ones with no or minimal resources, move onto ones that need worksheets, and finish with various uses of technology to practise this tense.
Kindergarten worksheets pdf free download learning printable. Students then practice asking and answering past simple questions with the verbs. Our new selection of printable kindergarten worksheets pdf free download is the perfect tool to hone preschool or kindergartens fine motor skills. To practice speaking and listening to the present perfect tense and the differences between for and since.
English grammar present perfect tense esl activities. We can also use this tense for other kinds of temporary situations, even if the action isnt happening at this moment. Each card has one of the 16 sentences above, but the narrative tense is missing on the question side. Welcome to our collection of free spanish worksheets. My worksheets mainly focus on speaking activities because i think conversation is the most important skill for communication. English tenses exercises simple present tense simple past tense present perfect past perfect future 1 future perfect goingtofuture active and passive voice if clauses conditionals reported speech questions simple past worksheets. Your comment was really helpful and i was interested in following the web address you posted. Procedure divide the students into pairs and give each pair a set of irregular verb cards. That is because it uses concepts or ideas that do not exist in those languages. Along with communicative grammar practice, students will also be able to discuss appropriate and inappropriate social behaviors and participate in a role play on how to react politely to an inappropriate behavior.
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