PAST SIMPLE- PRSENT PERFECT
The choice between the simple past or the present perfect depends on whether an event takes place at a specific point in the past. Use the present perfect to express experiences without specific dates, actions happening from past to present, or recent events. Use the simple past to express something that happened at a specific point of time in the past. Check your knowledge with this quiz. Each question has only one correct answer.
English Grammar Tests for ESL Students - English Grammar Practice Quizzes
Welcome to our English grammar training section, a good place to practice and improve your knowledge of English grammar. The quizzes come in three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. The topics covered include verb tenses, phrasal verbs, articles, prepositions, noun clauses, and much more. Start practicing English right now! (B) = Beginner; (I) = Intermediate; (A) = Advanced VERB TENSES (Tests/Quizzes):
English Tenses Review for Advanced Level English ESL EFL TESL TOEFL Classes
At the start of a new advanced level class I always find it helpful to have students spend some time reviewing basic tenses and their names. The following exercises serve two purposes: 1) Re-familiarization of standard tense names 2) Tense conjugation practice. These exercises are also very helpful to teachers, as they give a quick overview of how well the class copes with various tenses. Aim: Review of tense forms
Subjunctive
The following is a mini-tutorial on the use of the Subjunctive. After you have studied the tutorial, complete the associated exercises. If you already know how to use this verb form, you can skip the explanation and go directly to the exercises. Use the simple form of the verb.
Playing with art & language: some personal memories - The Word As Art - Artlink Magazine
In the early 1980s I walked into what was then the Third Eye Centre in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street and saw that the art centre shop was full of giant prints by London-based Scot Bruce McLean. These prints were a wild, neo-expressionist mix of art and text. It was difficult to tell what was a mark representing an everyday object and what was a word representing that object.
inklewriter - Education
Education inkle is looking to bring interactive stories to the classroom, and give teachers free and simple get-stuck-right-in software to use with their students. From within a web-browser, the inklewriter will let students make and play interactive stories with no programming required. Why make stories interactive anyway?
Writer’s Digest - Writing Prompts
Write a scene that includes a character speaking a different language, speaking in a thick accent, or otherwise speaking in a way that is unintelligibe to the other characters. (Note: You don't necessarily need to know the language the character is speaking—be creative with it!) Describe a character's reaction to something without explaining what it is. See if your fellow prompt responders can guess what it is. Write a story or a scene about one character playing a prank on another. Describe the scene from both characters' points of view.
40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind
Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself. Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below.
High school persuasive writing prompts
High school students can practice their persuasive writing skills with these engaging persuasive writing prompts. Whether they’re trying to convince a friend to watch less TV, volunteer at the local food bank, or read an amazing book, they’ll find the perfect prompt below. 1. Teen Couch Potatoes Research shows that the average American teen spends up to 40 hours in front of television and computer screens each week. Do you think this is too much?
