PAST TENSES

EXPLANATIONS AND ACTIVITIES. 

Look at the images and click on the links.

PAST SIMPLE

PAST PERFECT

PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

USED TO

BE CAREFUL: 

I used to go jogging every day but I don't anymore.

I'm used to rushing from place to place.  I've always been a very active person.

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

Video

SPEAKING:

Look at the pictures.  Write down adjectives to describe them.  Compare the two pictures, A and B.  Use Comparative adjectives and THAN.

WRITING: 

Look at the spelling rules for Comparative adjectives.

Study the spelling rules for comparative adjectives. Choose pairs of animals. Click on the links below.  Read about the animals.  Make a chart.  Compare them.

AFRICAN PENGUIN

EMPEROR PENGUIN

ATLANTIC PUFFIN

BALD EAGLE

CHEETAH

SIBERIAN TIGER

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Video

SPEAKING:

Look at the spelling rules for Superlative adjectives.  Talk about the animals above.  Use Superlative adjectives.

WRITING:

Look at the spelling rules for Superlative adjectives.  write descriptions of the animals above.  Use Superlative adjectives.

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Video

ONLINE ACTIVITIES

VIDEO, EXPLANATION, ACTIVITIES

WEBQUEST  

Click on the links below and choose the correct answers.
mountains
Earth's moon
countries
rivers
animals

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

WORKSHEET
Rules, explanations and activities

activities

Comparing and contrasting – modifying comparatives 

Video and activity

GRADABLE AND NON-GRADABLE ADJECTIVES

quick-grammar/adjectives-gradable-non-gradable

lessons/gradable-and-ungradable-adjectives
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PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (A2-B1)

VIDEO: Past Continuous Tense vs. Past Simple: The Mysterious Stalker 

ACTIVITIES

Past Simple Tense

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES IN THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

WATCH THE VIDEO AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

GAME: IRREGULAR PAST SIMPLE VERBS

WATCH THE VIDEO AND COMPLETE THE ACTIVITY

Past Continuous Tense

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Past Simple and Past Continuous Tense

GRAMMAR STORY: THE MYSTERIOUS STALKER


PAST CONTINUOUS PRACTICE

SPEAKING AND WRITING

REMEMBER: 

- We can introduce the Past Continuous using;

     WHILE, AS and WHEN.

- We usually introduce the Past Simple using, WHEN.

Activity 1

Activity 2

REVIEW: EXPLANATION AND ACTIVITIES

WORKSHEETS

worksheet 1

worksheet 2

worksheet 3

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CLOTHES

VIDEOS

ACTIVITIES

LISTENING, AND SPEAKING

LISTEN 8

There is / There are

What can you see in the picture.  Use the words on the right.

WRITING:

ONLINE:  HANGMAN: CLOTHES

                 CLOTHES: THIS IS / THESE ARE

THE PRESENT AND PAST CONTINUOUS TENSES and OBJECTS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE 

ACTIVITY

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

SPEAKING

What are they doing?

_________________________________________________________________________________

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

ACTIVITES

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

SPEAKING

What were they doing when a tornado blew the roof off the house?

VOCABULARY

PERSONAL OBJECTS
CONTAINERS
WHAT ARE THESE OBJECTS MADE OF?

SPORTS: GO, DO, PLAY

PLAY

We usually use play with:          - sports that need a ball or similar object

                                                      - team sports

                                                      - competitive sports

                                                      - games

DO

We usually use do with:              - an individual sport or activity

                                                       - fighting sports                                                             

                                                       - hobbies or activities we do in our free time

GO

We usually use go with:            - activities that end in -ing

                                                     - activities which involve going somewhere to do them

activities

Easy

HANGMAN

SPORTS

Sports and present simple verbs

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

Difficult

LISTENING COMPREHENSION with past simple verbs

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE (A1)

THE PRESENT SIMPLE: RULES AND USES

TO BE


PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE ACTIVITY


WORKSHEETS

GRAMMAR EXPLANATION (TO BE)

TO BE worksheet

test

HAVE GOT / HAS GOT

VIDEO AND ACTIVITIES

PAST SIMPLE TENSE (A1 - A2)

PAST SIMPLE TENSE - VIDEO

GRAMMAR EXPLANATION

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

REGULAR VERBS TRANSCRIPT

KEY

PRONUNCIATION - REGULAR VERBS

Worksheet

Regular verb endings - pronunciation

Adjectives (A1 and A2)

Match the adjectives to the pictures

Personality adjectives

adjective endings

adjective order

NUMBERS

CARDINAL NUMBERS

ACTIVITIES

NUMBERS 1 - 20

NUMBERS 20 - 100


ORDINAL NUMBERS

ACTIVITIES

The Great Race! - ordinal numbers 1 - 10

Ordinal numbers - million pound drop game

Prepositions followed by gerunds (B1 and B2)

NOTE:   Prepositions can't be followed by a verb but they can be followed by a gerund.  A gerund is a verb which functions as a noun.  Gerunds end in -ing.

EXAMPLES:

PREPOSITION+GERUND EXAMPLES


ACTIVITIES

gerund_prepositions

gerund_prepositions2