English Language PDFs Here's a list of all the PDFs on the site, for easy downloading! (Click here to jump to the PDFs of grammar explanations) Irregular Verbs Present Simple Form (with the verb 'be'): Present Simple Form (with all verbs except 'be'): Present Continuous Form Present Simple or Present Continuous? Present Perfect Simple Form Past Simple or Present Perfect? Present Perfect Continuous Form Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous? Past Simple Form (with the verb 'be'): Past Simple Form (with all verbs except 'be'): Past Continuous Form Past Perfect Simple Form: Past Perfect or Past Simple? Choose the Past Perfect or Past Simple Exercise 1 Future Simple Form: Future Simple or Present Simple? Choose the Future Simple or Present Simple Exercise 1 Will or be going to? Choose the Future Simple (Will) or 'Be Going To' Exercise 1
A man without money – Listening and discussion « designer lessons A designer lessons ESL lesson plan developed by George Chilton This is a simple video, comprehension and discussion related to giving up money – aimed at intermediate adults and teens. I’ve kept this one free of too many ideas because I’d really like to see what you do with it – in what direction you took the discussion, and also how your students reacted to Daniel Suelo’s philosophy. Here is Suelo’s blog – if you’d like extra authentic material. Lesson Aims Listening comprehension2nd conditionalDiscussion Stage One – Warmer Ask your students how they would spend a day in their city/town/village without spending any money. Put them in small groups and get them to come up with a plan of the day – from 10am until 8pm. Monitor and get feedback from the class – and do an error correction slot (EC) at the end. Stage Two – Video / listening comprehension. I’d recommend using to download the video from Youtube pre-class. Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Key: 1. Follow-up
English as a Second Language (ESL) Lesson plans & ideas for teachers: eslflow index & home page Food | mousepotato87 These activities are part of the sequence we are studying at the moment. They are based on oral comprehension. 1) listen to the following conversations and match the pictures and the dialogues. dialogue 2) Listen again and write the numbers of the photos in the correct order on your worksheet. Here is a colour copy of the photos : 3) Then you must answer the questions of the following webquest. American breakfast WQ 4) How do you understand this conversation? Click on that link, and then on « Listen to the dialogue ». You must do all the exercises related to this dialogue! 5) The next activity will tell you how to pronounce all these new words. Here is the list : Cereal / Oatmeal / toast / donuts / muffins / bagels / scrambled eggs / fried eggs / omelet / bacon / sausages / syrup / French toast / fried bread pancakes / waffles / orange juice “Good morning ! Waiters
Pass with Flying Colours: conditionals Check the charts to revise conditional sentences and wish clauses. Conditional sentences are used in everyday English and there are lots of famous songs which contain examples of them. This is my choice, how many more can you add? First conditional Second conditional Third conditional Sometimes conditional clauses can be mixed. ESL Teacher Resources, Job Boards, and Worksheets For Teachers In this section I've been compiling a list of links to blogposts by myself and by others related to professional development. I've divide them into three broad categorises: THEORY: Skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking), Systems (pronunciation, grammar, lexis), Principles; PRACTICE:Skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking), Systems (pronunciation, grammar, lexis) , Exams and OTHER. This is a very subjective list of posts I've come across in the last couple of months. 1. a) listening some great advice for teachers tired with course book listening tasks by eflrecipes how to TEACH rather than TEST listening, and how to make your listening lessons more process-oriented: Let's bring back the TAPEs b) reading how to choose authentic materials and what to do with them by Rachel Roberts on elt-resourceful.com c) speaking d) writing 2. a) pronunciation b) grammar Life Beyond Gap-fill? c) lexis 3. a) Motivation: b) Lesson planning: c) Reflection: d) Learner Training e) Teaching 1-1 3.
Pollution and the Environment Develop your reading skills. Read the following text on pollution and its effect on the environment. Then answer the comprehension questions Pollution is the degradation of natural environment by external substances introduced directly or indirectly. Human health, ecosystem quality and aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity may be affected and altered permanently by pollution. Pollution occurs when ecosystems can not get rid of substances introduced into the environment. The critical threshold of its ability to naturally eliminate substances is compromised and the balance of the ecosystem is broken. The sources of pollution are numerous.
Free ESL worksheets, ESL printables, English grammar handouts, free printable tests Welcome to our downloadable ESL worksheets section. Whether you're an ESL student looking to practice English, or an ESL teacher looking for printables/ handouts for the classroom, check out our list of topics below. The topics covered include verb tenses, phrasal verbs, articles, prepositions, pronouns, countable and non-countable nouns, and many others. Click if you want to save time by downloading an exercise package in one zip file: IMPORTANT: The worksheets are for classroom/home use only. WRITING SKILLS (for advanced/native speakers): A or AN? SIMPLE PRESENT tense 1SIMPLE PRESENT tense 2Present tense of the verb TO BE 1TO BE? Prepositions after adjectives 1Prepositions after adjectives 2Prepositions after adjectives 3Prepositions (Mixed) 1Prepositions (Mixed) 2Prepositions (Mixed) 3Prepositions (Mixed) 4Prepositions (On, At, In) 1Prepositions (On, At, In) 2Prepositions (On, At, In) 3Prepositions (On, At, In) 4PREPOSITION or NO PREPOSITION?
Freedom of Expression, Online: Outlining the First Amendment for Teenagers Overview | What are the First Amendment rights? Does freedom of speech mean you people can publish whatever they want on the Internet? In this lesson, students consider what they know about the First Amendment and a court case involving a blogger. They then research the rights and responsibilities of young bloggers and create a primer for teens who blog. Materials | Computers with Internet access, projector (optional). Warm-Up | Have students take the 1 for All Great First Amendment Quiz or Student Press Law Center’s Test Your Knowledge of First Amendment Law. Afterward, debrief. (Alternatively, the class can respond to our Student Opinion question “Do You Know Your First Amendment Rights?” Show students the text of the First Amendment and then hold a brief whole group discussion. Finally, turn specifically to the freedoms of speech and the press. Tell students they will now consider a court ruling about a blogger and the First Amendment. Look together at the list. Civics 1.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle « Recycling Guide There are three key factors when thinking about how to recycle – The 3 R’s: Recycling Different Materials You can find out how to recycle different materials such as Glass, Batteries and Mobile Phones by simply using our list on the right hand side. Recycling Etiquette Recycling can sometimes be confusing and it can be difficult to know whether you are following all the right rules. Improve your recycling efforts by learning some recycling etiquette rules and check out which type of collection is best and why different areas recycle and collect in different ways. What’s in your Rubbish Bin? A large percentage of UK household’s still do not recycle enough and throw everything that they consider ‘rubbish’ into their ordinary bin. Much of this waste can be recycled and should be disposed of separately to general household waste.
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