Learn English through games
Speaking activities are the best thing in teaching and learning a foreign language. However, students sometimes run out of ideas about what they should say or the language they use …
Irregular Verbs – Controlled Past Simple Speaking Activity Read More
Play with your students this board game to practise the verb CAN. Students play the game and practice the grammar.
A Board Game to Practise the Verb CAN Read More
In this post, I would like to share the materials I have created recently to teach the verb HAVE GOT. Presentations When I start a new grammar, it is most …
Everything I have to teach the verb HAVE GOT Read More
Recently I have published 4 posts on teaching irregular verbs. The posts were based on a rap song by Fluency MC. This post is different. This time I am introducing …
Past tense of irregular verbs – VA method Read More
Students often hesitate over whether they should use an adverb or an adjective in a sentence. And to be honest, I did not make it much easier for them with …
How to decide between an adverb and adjective Read More
Most placement tests are for adults. There are few placement tests for young students. Thus, when a teacher tries to test his or her students’ proficiency in English using a …
Placement test for beginners Read More
Questions with the verbs WAS and WERE are among the most common in English. Therefore it is vital for students to learn these questions well. They have to be able …
Was Were in questions Read More
I like teaching prepositions of place. I can use the Cuisenaire rods, and my students can be creative in many ways and use English a lot. Here I would like …
Prepositions of place – elementary Read More
For an unknown reason many elementary textbooks teach HAVE GOT at the very beginning. Students find it difficult and they get confused. Moreover, they get even more fed up when …
The verb have got Read More
Recently I have felt that my lessons are not language rich. And that is something no EFL teacher is happy about. For example, I have been teaching questions to my …
Language-rich lesson on questions Read More
Present simple and present continuous are easy tenses to learn in English. However, as simple as they are, there are still many students who make mistakes in these English tenses. …
Common mistakes in present tenses in English Read More
When students start to learn English as a second language, there is a set of basic questions in English they need to master. All language courses start with these questions, …
English as a second language – Basic questions Read More
Teaching irregular verbs in context is not only useful, but rewarding too. A short story attracts the attention of students and can be used in many communicative activities. Unfortunately, there …
Irregular verbs in context – Teacher story Read More
I have already created two posts on the difference between the present simple and continuous tenses. There are Present simple or present continuous tense – improved and Present simple and …
The difference between present simple and continuous tenses Read More
Present simple is one of the most important tenses in English. It is quite easy to teach and learn but it must be done properly. In this post I am …
Present simple tense for elementary students Read More
Teaching irregular verbs can be fun. The verbs are easy to use to tell stories and stories are interesting for everyone. In the following post I am going to tell …
Irregular verbs in context – Scream Read More
I have already published a post on possessive case. But when I tried to teach it again, I found out that it was not clear enough for the group I …
Possessive case #2 Read More
It is much more memorable to teach or learn irregular verbs in a story. The verbs, especially their meaning, are easier to remember and retrieve from memory. Moreover, teaching verbs …
Teach 9 irregular verbs in one lesson Read More
Today I experienced the great teaching moment when one of my not so proficient students said that she can understand the grammar perfectly and that it is really easy. I …
Present continuous tense Read More
The usage of the words SOME and ANY is really easy. However, some textbooks like to mix this grammar with the concept of countability and thus they confuse the students. …
Some and Any – English grammar Read More