15 fun Past Continuous activities
Amusing ways of giving students intensive practice of the Past Progressive tense
View Article15 fun activities for Present Simple/Present Continuous
The best way of teaching the present tenses is to compare and contrast them. These ideas will show you how to do the even more difficult task of combining them in practice activities, all of them done...
View ArticlePractice activities for “Going to”
Ideas for fun activities practising “going to for plans” and “going to for predictions with present evidence”
View Article7 fun activities for mixed future tenses
Ideas on how to practise two or more future tenses together in ways that make their different meanings clear
View ArticleFun Practice For The Simple Past
Drilling games and communicative activities for intensive practice of the Past Simple
View ArticleEssential Time Expressions
Common time expressions that students often misunderstand or are unaware of
View ArticleAdverbs Of Frequency Games
Motivating activities to practise expressions like “once a week” and “hardly ever”.
View ArticleFun Activities For The Second Conditional
Stimulating ways to practise the imaginary situations and advice, negotiations and moral dilemmas meanings of the second conditional.
View ArticleFun 1st Conditional Practice
Stimulating ways of practising “If + Present Simple, Will” sentences in the classroom.
View ArticleContinuous Aspect Activities
Ways of combining the Present Continuous, Past Continuous and Future Continuous so that students can get a feel for the links between those three tenses.
View ArticleInteractive Practice For Present Continuous For Arrangements
Ways of practising the future meaning of Present Continuous For Arrangements through students speaking and writing to each other.
View Article10 Present Perfect For Experiences Activities
Speaking activities for the simplest use of has/have + past participle.
View ArticleSpeaking Activities For “Yet” And “Already”
Oral practice for present perfect with “yet” and “already”.
View ArticleSpeaking Activities For Present Perfect With Unfinished Times
Fun oral activities for a use of Present Perfect that controlled practice is particularly important for.
View ArticleFun Oral Practice Of Future Continuous Tense
Pairwork and groupwork for will + be + v +ing
View Article7 Games For Have/Have Got
Fun activities for "I have...", "He has...", "Have you got...?" etc, most of which also work well in adult beginner classes.
View ArticleClassroom Practice Of A/An
Activities for intensive practice of the two indefinite articles and the difference between them.
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