Movie Worksheet: Knowing + Writing activity
This is a 15 question activity about the movie Knowing, starring Nicholas Cage. Its main topics are the paranormal, the Apocalypse, the end of the world, etc. The questions are designed to get the...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Bublé
This activity is good for practicing verbs in the Past Participle, so students get used to them when using the Present Perfect Tense. I also used some phrasal verbs to check their meaning and to have...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Everybody Talks
This is a listening activity that can help your students to develop this skill, in addition it is a good way to review the different tenses.I used it after studying tenses like simple present or simple...
View ArticleOlympic Country Profiles Activity (Worksheet Version 1)
I am running two weeks of middle school summer classes with an Olympic theme (since the Games are currently happening in London!). This worksheet is for a lesson about different countries' Olympic...
View ArticleOlympic Country Profiles Activity (Country Profiles)
I am running two weeks of middle school summer classes with an Olympic theme (since the Games are currently happening in London!). These country profiles are for a lesson about different countries'...
View ArticleVideo Session: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
This is a movie worksheet for "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (2011). The worksheet is divided into six sections, and each section has the specific timing to help you through the viewing. The film is...
View ArticleTarot Predictions: Review Simple Tenses
This is a set of invented tarot cards. I use them to review simple tenses with lower levels, but I'm sure it's also perfect with more advanced students.Divide the class in pairs or groups of four and...
View ArticlePresent, Past & Present Perfect
Quick reminder of the use of the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous and the present perfect followed by an exercise in which the students have to put the verbs into the...
View ArticleInterviewing Famous People
This is an interesting activity for your students to use past tense and question formation.In pairs they have to prepare an interview to a famous person, the dates and facts are provided. 10 minutes to...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2
This a song activity to Practice Present Perfect and Past Simple, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (by U2). You can use it with teens and adults!! Â Level: Elementary o +. First, students...
View ArticleVideo Worksheet: Mr Bean at a Judo Class
This is a multiple choice worksheet to practice simple past. Students watch Mr Bean's video and they have to choose the correct option according to what they saw in the video. Â Â This activity is for...
View ArticleArt Spirituality
I use this file to introduce my students into the world of art. As I teach at a Cinema Institute for adults, I always try to give them something of their interests. And not only grammar stuff. You have...
View ArticleDiagnostic Test
This is a diagnostic test for elementary students.There are 4 pages with several activities in which students are asked to read the text, answer the questions, ask questions for the answers given, fill...
View ArticleLet's Talk About... Past Simple Board Game
This is a very basic but fun board game, that can be used in pairs or even small groups. It provides students with interesting topics to use in the PAST TENSE. Students may flip a coin to advance...
View ArticleAuction Activity
Auction is a game where the sold goods is sentences. You will need a list of sentences for it and your strong voice. In the list some sentences should be correct and some wrong. Examples of such lists...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Toy Story [Past Simple for Kids]
I used this with my 4th graders, they all are learning English as a second language.I chose this song because it matches the theme of the unit (we're using Brainwave 4) and the kids love Toy Story. I'm...
View ArticlePOSTER: 7 Great Activities to Teach the Simple Past
Here's the second poster in the new 'Grammar' series, this time about teaching the Simple Past. Even though some of you may be familiar with a few of these nice and short activities, we're sure...
View ArticleDo, Did, Does, Will, Would
This handout is meant to be used as a reminder for the students. The teacher needs to give full explanation and hand it only as a way to remember/reinforce the use of "do, does, did, will and would"....
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Last Kiss by Pearl Jam [Simple Past / Past Continuous]
Hello Guys! This is my first post, it's a music made by Pearl Jam, it's a nice way to make students practice simple past, past continuous, and also verbs in the past, you can change the music the way...
View ArticleWhat Went Wrong On Holiday?
The ws consists of 3 different activities to revise the past simple of bohtn regular & irregular verbs. There are 16 pictures, 16 sentences and a list of verbs. The students have to choose and fill...
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