Verb patterns – pre-intermediate
My pre-intermediate students are confused by all the different verb patterns. So the last two weeks I spent designing a mind map that would help them. It is in no …
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Past continuous tense
I have read a lot of articles and explanations about the past continuous tense. Here I try to sum up everything that I have learnt to a visually appealing mind …
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Furniture vocabulary
Furniture vocabulary is one of the easy areas for learners of English. However, I think that it never hurts if the students experience some success. In this post, there is …
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Past simple tense
Past simple is one of the most important English tenses. Scott Thornbury once wrote that he would sacrifice all the perfect tenses and other grammar if he could teach past …
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Personal qualities
Students often find the vocabulary for personal qualities really difficult to learn and understand. Here I try to present the vocabulary in a slightly different way and give the students …
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Reported Speech
Reported speech is quite difficult. Students are often confused why the tenses change and what they mean. Here they will get a chance to understand the grammar point better. First, …
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Food – elementary vocabulary
Food, glorious food … Food is one of the most important vocabulary areas to teach. You can teach about 30 different vocabulary items connected with food in this post. There …
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Present perfect _ basics
Many students do not understand the present perfect tense. Here is an infographic which should make the present perfect tense easier for students to understand. Advertisement: [showmyads] Advertisement: [showmyads] And …
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Present perfect vs Past simple tense
Many students find the difference between present perfect tense and past simple very confusing. To help them I have created the following infographic. Advertisement: [showmyads] Here you can practise the …
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Present perfect tense
To learn this difficult tense you first have to learn the past participles. Regular verbs just add the ending -ed but you have to memorise the irregular ones. Here is …
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There is – grammar game
“There is ” is a simple grammar point. You use it to describe a picture or a place. If you have a look at this picture, you can say: …
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