Verb Tenses: Present Perfect Simple or Continuous
This is a worksheet for teaching the differences between present perfect simple and present perfect continuous at pre-intermediate level. There are 3 different activities in which students are asked...
View ArticleTenses Revision in Speaking
It's a useful tool if you want to test how well the students have learned the tenses: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous. It...
View ArticlePresent Perfect Continuous Drilling
This document allows you to get the idea of forming and using the present perfect continuous tense and provides several exercises for drilling and comparing it with present perfect. The exercises are...
View ArticleThe Present Perfect and Continous Tenses
It gives the differences between present perfect and present perfect continous in brief explanations. It gives specific examples and relevant exercises. It is a powerpoint with colourful pictures and...
View ArticlePPT Since and For
Useful explanations and some examples about the use of since and for in present perfect tenses. Provides plenty of examples of different times markers taken from English Grammar in Use. A the end...
View ArticlePerfect, Simple and Continuous
A number of sentences to complete. I use this for a revision of the past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous, and past perfect simple. Reported speech also...
View ArticlePresent Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous
This is a PowerPoint Presentation, which tells the difference between the usage of present perfect and present perfect continuous. The rules are stated clearly with examples and illustrations. Study...
View ArticlePresent Perfect Simple and Continuous
This is a powerpoint you can use in class to explain the difference between the present perfect simple and continuous. It shows the rules, how to alter the verbs for both tenses, and example sentences...
View ArticleBackwards Day
January 31st is a backwards day: you can use these cards (after cutting and pasting them on a cardboard sheet) to review opposites in a funny way. Then you can read the story to indroduce or talk...
View ArticlePresent Perfect Continuous Guessing Game
This worksheet provided different situations. Each student picks a card and describes their situation, and other students have to guess what this student has been doing recently. This game is perfect...
View ArticlePresent Perfect Simple vs Present Perfect Continuous
It focuses on the common mistakes made when using these tenses. It also contains an exercise and some theory on the subject. There is a list of mistakes that are corrected and the correct answers are...
View ArticleUsing For and Since (Including Exceptions)
Do you cringe when you hear students misuse "for" and "since" when they are speaking? This is one page of examples and exceptions with a description of how to use these important everyday words. You...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Way Back into Love
This is a song worksheet with blank spaces to fill in. The lyrics are split in two parts, first the students are required to fill in the blanks using only present perfect continuous; then, in the...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Big Bang Theory
This short video activity(please watch out the time on the worksheet) can be used as a warm-up to practice/review present perfect cont. & 2nd conditionals. It also contains some questions about...
View ArticlePresent Perfect or Pesent Perfect Continuous
This worksheet consists of four pages with five exercises on Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous tenses: Choose the correct tense, Complete the sentences, Choose 'for' or 'since',...
View ArticlePresent Perfect Progressive Introduction – Teacher Instructions
This worksheet is to practice the present perfect progressive forms of the verb using them according to the correct use, including the perfect progressive, interrogative forms, and affirmative...
View ArticleHoarding
This upper-intermediate worksheet covers the subject of hoarding. Students go through and discuss the questions carefully. Then they watch the video on YouTube through the provided link. This...
View ArticleTeach The Future Continuous – Free ESL Lesson Plan
When should you teach the Future Continuous to ESL students? It’s important to teach this topic at the right time. This lesson is designed for pre-intermediate students (B1 Level on the CEFR...
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