Graded readers are a great way to practice English. They widen your vocabulary because you can see the words in a new context. Second, you improve your reading skills as you have to decode the text and understand it. Third, you improve your knowledge of the culture of English speaking countries. Therefore, the more you…
Teach 16 items of clothing using the following resources: A video, a mind map, a reading exercise and a speaking activity.
Teaching English grammar is an exciting adventure, and one particularly difficult issue for both learners and educators are the future tenses. In this blog post, I try to explain two commonly used future tenses: “Will” and “Be Going To.” Whether you’re an English language enthusiast or a teacher looking for some effective teaching strategies, read…
Some students keep asking me how to know when to say DO or MAKE. I used to say there’s no easy way and they should just memorize it. But after they asked me again and again, I sat down and made came up with the following infographic to help them. It’s not perfect, but it’s…
In this post, I would like to share several Halloween activities which I created for my students. There are four activities here: a song, a scary story, a video activity and a speaking activity. If you want to see more Halloween activities, you can find them here. Halloween worksheet Download and print the following worksheet…
I have already suggested several activities for teaching the present perfect tense here. In this post, I would like to share several more. First, there is a graphic explanation of the grammar. Second, there is a speaking activity. Third, there are several online exercises to practice the given grammar. Fourth, there are two videos to…
Many students find the difference between present perfect tense and past simple very confusing. To help them I have created the following infographic. The infographic contains an incredible number of facts, but to help our students learn the grammar, we have to do something more than print it and hand it out. We have to…
To be able to use the present perfect tense, students must know the irregular verbs first. I love teaching irregular verbs using graphic organizers like the one below: Once you think you know the irregular verb time to practise them. Try this wonderful online tool. It helps your students learn all the irregular verbs. They learn the…