http://busyteacher.org/ ru Grammar - BusyTeacher: Free Printable Worksheets For Busy Teachers Like YOU! DataLife Engine http://busyteacher.org/9480-lets-make-them-speak-conversation-question.html http://busyteacher.org/9480-lets-make-them-speak-conversation-question.html Hi there! In my opinion the best way to make them start speaking is as many interesting questions as possible. So here you are =) enjoy that with your students.P.S. I also would like to thank the administration and all members of the website for your v ...]]> nez Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:54:56 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9473-future-forms-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9473-future-forms-worksheet.html This a worksheet for teaching the future forms: will, going to, present continuous and present simple.Suitable for intermediate students who are asked to go through the pairs of sentences in the future and choose the most suitable answer and put each v ...]]> vanda51 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:50:46 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9472-used-to-song-worksheet-by-daughtry.html http://busyteacher.org/9472-used-to-song-worksheet-by-daughtry.html In this worksheet you will find to activities with the same song: unscrambling the stanzas and filling in the gaps.This is a very nice song that you can use either to introduce or reinforce the use of USED TO to contrast past events that do not happen ...]]> d_fm23 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:50:19 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9468-warm-up-different-tenses-questions.html http://busyteacher.org/9468-warm-up-different-tenses-questions.html You can play a board game using dice and asking and answering the questions. Or you can cut this worksheet into squares, hide them in a cap and let your students choose a random question from there. Questions are in the Present Perfect Tense and also c ...]]> Dinokk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:45:15 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9467-present-perfect-drill.html http://busyteacher.org/9467-present-perfect-drill.html You can use this exercise to practise + - ? sentences in the Present Perfect tense form. It will be helpful when practising structures as well as when inspiring students to talk (write) about themselves. Ideas in sentences touch upon rather funny thing ...]]> Dinokk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:42:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9464-warm-up-used-to-do.html http://busyteacher.org/9464-warm-up-used-to-do.html Cut the stripes and put them on your students' backs. Ask your Ss to make a circle and let them read the questions on the back of their groupmates. A student can only hear the question, but he has a prompt in front of him/her on the groupmate's back. M ...]]> Dinokk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:38:43 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9462-how-to-change-from-active-into-passive.html http://busyteacher.org/9462-how-to-change-from-active-into-passive.html These notes were written to help my students with the hard issue of English Passive Voice.There are a few words in Basque (because I teach in that language) but with a few changes I'm sure they can be helpful for everybody. They contain no exercises an ...]]> sigugi Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:36:26 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9461-order-of-adjectives-with-a-rhyme.html http://busyteacher.org/9461-order-of-adjectives-with-a-rhyme.html An easy way to remember adjective order in English by means of a popular rhyme:" In my nice big flat...".The sheet contains not only the rhyme but also the pictures to make it easier to remember.Each underlined word represents a category of adjectives ...]]> sigugi Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:34:35 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9459-conversation-cards-game.html http://busyteacher.org/9459-conversation-cards-game.html For this worksheet the teacher must bring some cards to the class and these cards will guide them through the conversation.The teacher  puts the cards and makes a circle with the students. Each student takes one card and answers the question or se ...]]> Will Saints Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:33:14 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9458-alphabet-shopping-questionnaire-vocabulary.html http://busyteacher.org/9458-alphabet-shopping-questionnaire-vocabulary.html This worksheet practices question formation, "where do you...", "do you like...", food vocabulary, and "some" + noun. It is excellent for elementary level conversation classes and as a speaking activity when touching upon "food."I have used it in one ...]]> rsilveyra Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:30:56 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9457-present-simple-vs-present-continuous.html http://busyteacher.org/9457-present-simple-vs-present-continuous.html Grammar worksheet with fifteen sentences to complete with the correct form of Present Simple or Present Continuous. Totally editable. Hope you and your students like it and find it useful. Have a nice week. ]]> laviejalvisillo Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:27:42 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9447-present-simple-oral-practice.html http://busyteacher.org/9447-present-simple-oral-practice.html A speaking practice sheet for elementary students. They look at the chart and have to say the sentence properly. If there is a "yes", the sentence is affirmative. If there is a "no", the sentence is negative. I also use it to practise where to place "a ...]]> riahun Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:24:27 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9446-complex-object-exercises-active-and-passive-voice.html http://busyteacher.org/9446-complex-object-exercises-active-and-passive-voice.html This worksheet contains only sentences to practice Complex Object (23 sentences) - there are ones in active, and others in passive voice; some of them are in past forms, some of them in present. Various verbs are used, either with to-infinitive, or wit ...]]> saschunya Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:21:54 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9444-complex-object.html http://busyteacher.org/9444-complex-object.html This is a worksheet for pre-intermediate students. There are 3 exercises: insert "to" where necessary, correct the mistakes (related to the use of "to-infinitive" with some verbs) and change the sentences from Active Voice into Passive (with let and ma ...]]> saschunya Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:26:39 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9432-past-simple-bingo-2.html http://busyteacher.org/9432-past-simple-bingo-2.html Let's face it, the seemingly endless list of irregular verbs in the past simple never excites students and they basically just have to learn them so...make it fun and play bingo! This is a fun way to practice or revise some common verbs in the past sim ...]]> skully29 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:14:48 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9431-past-simple-bingo-1.html http://busyteacher.org/9431-past-simple-bingo-1.html Let's face it, the seemingly endless list of irregular verbs in the past simple never excites students and they basically just have to learn them so...make it fun and play bingo! This is a fun way to practice or revise some common verbs in the past sim ...]]> skully29 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:13:46 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9429-great-horoscope-for-2012.html http://busyteacher.org/9429-great-horoscope-for-2012.html I made this at 2010, but I changed the year to 2012. You can use this to teach Future Simple as well as personality adjectives. You can also practice reading techniques. In the end your students can write their own horoscope. Motivate them and tell th ...]]> barbora m Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:11:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9423-past-simple-and-past-continuous-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9423-past-simple-and-past-continuous-worksheet.html This is a worksheet, suitable for intermediate students, contrasting the past simple and the past continuous tense.There are 2 activities in which students are asked to circle the correct verb form in each of the sentences given and read the sentences ...]]> vanda51 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:06:08 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9418-likes-dislikes-practice.html http://busyteacher.org/9418-likes-dislikes-practice.html The worksheet consists of the three people's likes with pictures and three exercises. In exercise 1 the students have to fill in the blanks with the correct affirmative or negative form of like; in 2 they have to say if the sentences are True or False ...]]> dinglesazara Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:03:40 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9413-song-worksheet-this-light-between-us-by-armin-van.html http://busyteacher.org/9413-song-worksheet-this-light-between-us-by-armin-van.html A nice song for teenagers and adults with many activities to do while listening. Students have to choose the correct words, complete the lines with necessary pronouns, match the two columns, reorder the words to form correct verses, find out the odd wo ...]]> mirkariver Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:59:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9414-camp-rock-2-cant-back-down.html http://busyteacher.org/9414-camp-rock-2-cant-back-down.html I used this worksheet with 10 year-old children and they loved it. You can work the use of can/can't, extensive and intensive listening, and descriptions. The characters, song and the movie are well-known by children at this age, so motivation is assur ...]]> mgutgom Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:56:26 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9411-body-parts-and-appearance-adjectives.html http://busyteacher.org/9411-body-parts-and-appearance-adjectives.html Two tasks - wordsearch (students' task is to find the hidden words, such as ears, hair, leg, ugly, shy etc) and dividing words into groups (body parts and adjectives). Great for practicing vocabulary - body parts, personality adjectives and appearance ...]]> pinkchocolate Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:54:04 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9404-imperative-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9404-imperative-worksheet.html This is a worksheet for teaching or revising the imperative.There is a brief explanation followed by 3 different activities in which students are asked to look at the pictures and choose the corresponding sentence from the box for each picture, complet ...]]> vanda51 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:38:34 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9403-adverbs-of-frequency-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9403-adverbs-of-frequency-worksheet.html This is a worksheet suitable for intermediate students on adverbs of frequency.There´s a brief explanation at the top of the page followed by a simple activity in which students are asked to rewrite the sentences, putting the adverbs of frequency ...]]> vanda51 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:38:14 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9400-countable-uncountable-nouns-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9400-countable-uncountable-nouns-worksheet.html Use this worksheet to teach countable and uncountable nouns as follows:1.Use the images to teach vocabulary: There are some flowers in the vase.After you are done with this, make them ask each other questions: What is there in the vase? 2.Introduce the ...]]> DeiSta Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:35:26 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9397-panda-kung-fu-the-secrets-of-the-furious-five.html http://busyteacher.org/9397-panda-kung-fu-the-secrets-of-the-furious-five.html This is a beginner/elementary worksheet based on a short cartoon Panda Kung Fu - The Secrets of the Furious Five. It dwells on understanding the main characters stories from childhood and then talking about them in Past Simple. Two activities are inclu ...]]> alina_drach Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:32:02 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9395-healthy-habits-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9395-healthy-habits-worksheet.html It is a worksheet of 4 exercises. the two first are connected because in the first students have to find some words in a word search and then fill in the gaps with those words in the exercise number 2. The third one is to use should/shouldn't + some wo ...]]> abula Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:30:27 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9394-question-tags-presentation-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9394-question-tags-presentation-worksheet.html This is a short presentation on question tags. It also includes a few sentences for practice - each sentence is illustrated with a clipart by Phillip Martin. I usually combine this presentation with listening practice (students listen to several dialog ...]]> gordana popovic Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:28:03 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9389-verb-tense-chart.html http://busyteacher.org/9389-verb-tense-chart.html With this verb tense chart, together with the accompanying verb tense chart blank, students can review and practice the many verb tenses, both active & passive forms. The teacher might use this to help illustrate how the active & passive verb f ...]]> wmappleteach Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:21:43 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9388-possessive-adjectives-and-opposites-elementary.html http://busyteacher.org/9388-possessive-adjectives-and-opposites-elementary.html Insert the correct possessive adjective(like my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their) for the first two exercises and find appropriate antonyms= adjectives with opposite meaning for the third one. Good luck! This exercise shouldn't be too difficult f ...]]> IGOR-LILI Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:28:14 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9378-beyonces-success-story.html http://busyteacher.org/9378-beyonces-success-story.html I made it a couple of years ago but you can still use it to demonstrate differences between present perfect and past simple and try a similar exercise about Rihanna. It can also be used simply as a text to read and you can add your own additional exerc ...]]> barbora m Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:07:10 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9367-business-e-mails.html http://busyteacher.org/9367-business-e-mails.html A very thorough worksheet dealing with business e-mails: how to address different people depending on your relationship, giving reasons for writing, reminding the reader of any previous meetings, saying sorry and giving bad news, attachments, requestin ...]]> ainhoamda Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:00:50 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9363-song_havent-met-you-yet-michael-buble_present.html http://busyteacher.org/9363-song_havent-met-you-yet-michael-buble_present.html Fill in the blanks activity. Great song, people of all ages like it. Good to work Present Perfect Tense and Phrasal Verbs. I gave it to my Teen students and they sang along. Goog vocabulary with many expressions. You can get the video on youtube: http: ...]]> JujuX Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:56:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9348-god-created-the-dj.html http://busyteacher.org/9348-god-created-the-dj.html This test is to be used with the very nice video called "Spin" which I found on "busyteacher.org". Thanks to Hass. There are three different exercises, the first to check the students know the difference between the past simple and the past continuous, ...]]> Pascal Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:50:16 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9356-signs-of-the-zodiac.html http://busyteacher.org/9356-signs-of-the-zodiac.html This is an intermediate/upper intermediate level worksheet.It can be used to teach personal adjectives indirectly or it can be used in revision lesson.You can support it with videos about zodiac. There are speaking questions at the beginning and these ...]]> jasminergid Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:48:06 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9355-household-waste-management.html http://busyteacher.org/9355-household-waste-management.html An hour long lesson on Household Waste Management, using the lyrics and music of the song 'Down By The River'. These activities in this handout stretch listening, speaking, comprehension and writing skills. Grammar aspects such as phrasals and comparat ...]]> kreegah Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:12:52 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9354-if-clauses-types-1-and-2.html http://busyteacher.org/9354-if-clauses-types-1-and-2.html This worksheet consists of the rules for the first and second conditionals followed by an exercise (fill in the blanks). It also has a cartoon related to the same topic (if-clauses). You should probably ask sts to read the cartoon and explain what it m ...]]> elferradini Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:10:42 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9352-subject-object-pronouns.html http://busyteacher.org/9352-subject-object-pronouns.html This ws consists of 4 exercises to practise the use of subject and object ronouns. The students have to substitute the underlined words by using a subject or object pronoun; they have to choose from the given options to fill in the gaps and correct som ...]]> dinglesazara Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:07:11 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9350-ultimate-survival-on-a-deserted-island.html http://busyteacher.org/9350-ultimate-survival-on-a-deserted-island.html This is a fun discussion worksheet on ultimate survival/traveling. Students imagine they are on a deserted island after a ship crash. They need to do a lot of things (like create a shelter, find drinking water, make a fire etc.) You cut the tasks and g ...]]> alina_drach Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:05:03 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9346-past-simple-presentation.html http://busyteacher.org/9346-past-simple-presentation.html Past simple presentation.You can use it for grammar lesson.There are some rules about Past simple, some examples of irregular forms in the Simple Past. Notice that you only use the irregular verbs in statements. In negative forms and questions, "did" i ...]]> Andzelika Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:04:09 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9338-cardinal-numbers-spelling-game.html http://busyteacher.org/9338-cardinal-numbers-spelling-game.html This is fully animated spelling game with audio for very young students on cardinal numbers.Students are asked to listen to the word then click on the correct letters to spell the number correctly.]]> vanda51 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:55:27 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9337-ordinal-numbers-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9337-ordinal-numbers-worksheet.html This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching ordinal numbers.The first page is basically just a picture dictionary which can also be used as a classroom poster and the second page has a simple activity in which students are asked to write the numbers given. ...]]> vanda51 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:55:01 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9332-rules-for-adjectives-summary.html http://busyteacher.org/9332-rules-for-adjectives-summary.html A brief sumary of how to make comparatives & superlatives divided acording to their syllables. It is not a worksheet but a very short summary to revise and offer to students before doing any exercise related to the construction of comparatives ...]]> Espe Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:47:55 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9318-grammar-worksheet-verb-patterns.html http://busyteacher.org/9318-grammar-worksheet-verb-patterns.html It is a kind of grammar quiz about verb patterns. There are some sentences that in each there is a gap. For each gap there is a verb given. The students are going to be asked to fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs. I have tried it as a ...]]> 7sky Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:37:05 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9315-making-wh-questions.html http://busyteacher.org/9315-making-wh-questions.html There are some situations given and the students are going to be asked to make as many wh_questions as they can for each. For doing this exercise it's better to put the students in pairs.You can use this exercise as an activation part after teaching t ...]]> 7sky Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:33:12 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9314-preposition-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9314-preposition-worksheet.html This worksheet will help the students to better recognize the prepositions through pictures. The confusion about the prepositions will be cleared in their minds so they will able to use prepositions correctly and they will analyze by themselves which p ...]]> humaira 28 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:31:46 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9313-guess-the-animal-game.html http://busyteacher.org/9313-guess-the-animal-game.html This worksheet helped me with a group of quiet students, I'm teaching English in Mexico and I have a hard time finding activities like this one so that's why I am sharing this with all of you, I hope you like it and I hope it helps you, I'll try to upl ...]]> brendiki Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:29:25 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9306-stages-of-life-past-experience-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9306-stages-of-life-past-experience-worksheet.html This worksheet covers the topic of stages of human life in the perspective of past experience. It mainly focuses on vocabulary and grammar practice. The tasks start from the easiest one to the most challenging one when you are asked to fill in the gaps ...]]> kida15 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:26:56 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9304-writing-a-description-of-a-place.html http://busyteacher.org/9304-writing-a-description-of-a-place.html Writing a description may be difficult for some students, what I've seen in my experience is that they get lost. So I've found useful to give them the steps they have to follow aswell as the order of the different aspects they have to write about. You' ...]]> anarosa Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:54:40 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9303-breakfast-at-tiffanys-by-deep-blue-something.html http://busyteacher.org/9303-breakfast-at-tiffanys-by-deep-blue-something.html A fill in the gaps worksheet for the song "breakfast at Tiffany's" by the American band from the 90s Deep Blue Something. It became popular in Spain at the end of 2011 thanks to an ad by a clothing company very popular among teenagers. It's a fast catc ...]]> parramiss Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:53:30 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9294-question-tags-worksheet-ii.html http://busyteacher.org/9294-question-tags-worksheet-ii.html This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching question tags.There is a brief explanation at the top of the page followed by 4 different activities in which students are asked to complete sentences with question tags, underline the correct answer, fill in the ...]]> vanda51 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:34:35 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9293-what-do-you-do-everyday-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9293-what-do-you-do-everyday-worksheet.html This is a two page worksheet for teaching the present simple tense and frequency adverbs.Students are asked to complete the text with the correct form of the verbs given and complete sentences with frequency adverbs.The worksheet is available in both c ...]]> vanda51 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:34:10 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9291-present-simple-vs-present-progressive-worksheet-ii.html http://busyteacher.org/9291-present-simple-vs-present-progressive-worksheet-ii.html This is a 2-page worksheet contrasting the present simple and the present progressive tense.There is a complete grammar guide followed by a activity in which students are asked to fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.The work ...]]> vanda51 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:33:20 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9290-paraphrasing-clauses-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9290-paraphrasing-clauses-worksheet.html To revise paraphrasing exercises on Present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple and relative clauses. Suitable for students doing 4th year as a second language, or pre-intermediate to intermediate students. Rewrite the sentences u ...]]> Magusjua Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:33:01 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9289-the-proposal-movie-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9289-the-proposal-movie-worksheet.html The Proposal is a great movie starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, then your students will have fun while they are trying to get some specific information from the film. This worksheet will give ypur students the chance to practice present contin ...]]> diegozapata Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:30:57 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9282-inversion-practice-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9282-inversion-practice-worksheet.html A short, simple worksheet aimed at Intermediate students to practice inversion. Various key phrases are used so students can practise a variety of structures. Its main use is for extra practice, after the phrases have been explained and gone over in class.]]> ravenstormm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:15:01 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9279-lavigne-vs-gaga.html http://busyteacher.org/9279-lavigne-vs-gaga.html This worksheet is to be used after working with the two previuosly submitted ones. I started this lesson by brainstorming information about both singers. In this way, sts have the choice to participate orally and come to the board to write his/her piec ...]]> vinacarolina Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:13:27 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9278-reported-speech-explanation-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9278-reported-speech-explanation-worksheet.html With these grammar pages you can have a deep revision on reported speech. The first two pages provide some explanation and the rest provide the practice. The one who finishes these pages can certainly say that understands reported speech! IT'S HARD WOR ...]]> maryflowers Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:11:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9265-opposites-matching-game-with-pictures.html http://busyteacher.org/9265-opposites-matching-game-with-pictures.html Students need to match the adjectives with their opposite. Words could be deleted to make it more difficult.Game 1 - place cards face down, students have to find the matching opposites. When ever the student turns over the card, they have to make a sen ...]]> jossykate Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:47:39 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9263-furniture-and-prepositions-cut-and-stick-sheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9263-furniture-and-prepositions-cut-and-stick-sheet.html This simple but fun activity is to reinforce furniture vocabulary and prepositions of place. The children have to read the instructions and cut out and stick the furniture in the right place on the living room picture. They can then colour it in. I int ...]]> EmmaPEA Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:44:17 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9262-connect-4-tenses.html http://busyteacher.org/9262-connect-4-tenses.html Connect 4 Game. The students chose a verb, then have to say a correct sentence using that verb. You can use what ever tense you have taught in that lesson or use it for revision.For higher levels you can give points for each thing they say to encourage ...]]> jossykate Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:43:00 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9257-action-verbs-presentation.html http://busyteacher.org/9257-action-verbs-presentation.html It is a helpful presentation of the first studied verbs for children who study English as a foreign language. It includes such verbs like: to get up, to wash, to eat, to read, to write, to play and to go to bed. Interesting, funny and easy to remember.]]> padelena Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:40:40 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9255-breaking-news-sopa.html http://busyteacher.org/9255-breaking-news-sopa.html These past days we have heard and seen on the news about SOPA. This worksheet will help you to have a debate with your students about this issue and see the importance of the internet. You can also work with them in the info lab asking them to create a ...]]> Nathy Rodegheri Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:37:48 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9254-toy-story-3-cartoon-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9254-toy-story-3-cartoon-worksheet.html This is a great activity to be used on the first days at school. It shows the importance of having a friend and what we are willing to do to work things out. There are also warm up questions about friendship and after watching the movie and answer the ...]]> Nathy Rodegheri Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:35:47 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9253-glee-brittaney-x-britney.html http://busyteacher.org/9253-glee-brittaney-x-britney.html This worksheet is based on the TV show Glee. Before watching the episode you should warm them up a little bit asking questions about the glee club and what they think about singing. Afterwards ask them to do this activity. It's a way to put in practice ...]]> Nathy Rodegheri Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:34:12 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9251-speaking-board-game.html http://busyteacher.org/9251-speaking-board-game.html This speaking board game is very simple. Students have to throw the dice and move from square to square until they reach the "finish" square.They will be able to speak a lot, and their partners can ask them more questions if they want to know more abou ...]]> silverevils Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:32:25 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9248-listening-about-lady-gaga.html http://busyteacher.org/9248-listening-about-lady-gaga.html In this worksheet, sts. will have to Listen and fill in the blank spaces provided. The text is an elementary biography of Lady Gaga, teachers can invent the words or just google the text. First of all, I used this text to brainstorm info about this fam ...]]> vinacarolina Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:29:38 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9249-irregular-verbs.html http://busyteacher.org/9249-irregular-verbs.html This worksheet covers the topic of irregular verbs. There are six exercises where you practise your knowledge concerning irregular verbs. You have to apply a suitable past form of the given verb into a table, choose between three verbs, match the words ...]]> kida15 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:28:03 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9245-reported-speech.html http://busyteacher.org/9245-reported-speech.html Worksheet with essential information about Reported/Indirect Speech included in the topic "Leisure time". Besides the table with main changes, the worksheet includes exercises. Directed to pre-intermediate students and it can be used for homework or ex ...]]> mizecoja Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:50:36 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9244-avril-lavigne180s-biography.html http://busyteacher.org/9244-avril-lavigne180s-biography.html 1) Speaking: predictions about singer´s life 2) Reading: Lavigne´s biography (check predictions previously discussed orally) 3) Reading & Writing: Reading comprehension about the text.As mentioned before, this text is a simple biography ...]]> vinacarolina Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:49:15 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9241-simple-present-with-smurfs.html http://busyteacher.org/9241-simple-present-with-smurfs.html I tried this worksheet for 9th classes to make them speak and write, and they really enjoyed it. Before the worksheet, I presented a ppt about the words they would see in worksheet. In this worksheet you can teach some adjectives used to describe peopl ...]]> sedatem Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:45:29 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9240-linking-words-of-reason-rephrasing.html http://busyteacher.org/9240-linking-words-of-reason-rephrasing.html 27 sentences to practise rephrasing with linking words of reason: because, due to, owing to, since, as, because of. The students have to make the necessary changes to join the sentences by using the connector in brackets. The key to the repharsing is a ...]]> dinglesazara Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:43:39 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9235-numbers-and-colors.html http://busyteacher.org/9235-numbers-and-colors.html This is a good powerpoint to improve your classes when you will teach numbers and colors to children. My students really like this because you need to use the computer instead of the whiteboard. Generally I use this powerpoint with children because th ...]]> crispoi Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:38:50 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9234-possessive-adjectives-gap-fill.html http://busyteacher.org/9234-possessive-adjectives-gap-fill.html This is a gap fill worksheet for practising the possessive adjectives my/your/his/her/its/our/their. It is pretty self-explanatory. Students see pictures of girls, boys, a cat and fill in the corresponding possessive adjectives. They can work alone or ...]]> michaela.gabriel Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:36:23 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9233-grammar-to-be-verb.html http://busyteacher.org/9233-grammar-to-be-verb.html I have used various resources to create this "To Be Verb" worksheet.I have included the basic rules at the beginning of the worksheet along with some exercises that students can complete.Exercise includes:- Identifying "To Be Verb"- Choosing the correc ...]]> jinah0415 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:35:06 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9232-simple-present-tense-review-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9232-simple-present-tense-review-worksheet.html My worksheet shows the routine of a family. I provide students with a chart with verbs and they have to complete the sentences with one of the verbs.The exercise is easy but it shows two difficulties. The first one is choosing the correct verb and the ...]]> Vanunga Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:33:43 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9231-articles-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9231-articles-worksheet.html This is a worksheet for teaching articles.Students are asked to complete the sentences with: a, an, the or zero article.The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white version and the answer key is also included.]]> vanda51 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:31:47 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9230-action-verbs-missing-vowels-activity-ii.html http://busyteacher.org/9230-action-verbs-missing-vowels-activity-ii.html This is a pretty easy activity for teaching the most common action verbs.Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the verbs with the missing vowels.The answer key is included.]]> vanda51 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:31:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9229-action-verbs-picture-crossword.html http://busyteacher.org/9229-action-verbs-picture-crossword.html This is a picture crossword for teaching or revising the most common action verbs.Students are asked to complete the crossword with the verbs given and then match them with the pictures.The answer key is included.]]> vanda51 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:30:56 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9228-past-simple-through-reading-worksheet-ii.html http://busyteacher.org/9228-past-simple-through-reading-worksheet-ii.html This is a worksheet for teaching the past simple tense.Suitable for elementary students who are asked to complete the text with the past simple of the verbs in brackets,answer the questions about the text, complete sentences and write a small compositi ...]]> vanda51 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:30:38 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9219-ask-maam-wiseone-future-simple-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9219-ask-maam-wiseone-future-simple-worksheet.html Work with your student how to predict the future. The Teacher must pretend to be Ma'am Wiseone. He or she will give hypothetical answers as the students ask the questions. That becomes fun, when teacher select a student to play the role of "Ma'am Wiseone".]]> eflprofessionals Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:20:42 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9218-where-the-wild-things-are-guided-writing-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9218-where-the-wild-things-are-guided-writing-worksheet.html The activity combines different activities. I start with having the students watch a part of the film (00.20-00.45) and ask them to tell me what they have learnt about Max. Then I distribute the worksheets and the activities that follow are: putting th ...]]> gorzat Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:18:29 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9217-song-worksheet-always-by-bon-jovi.html http://busyteacher.org/9217-song-worksheet-always-by-bon-jovi.html I used this song with pre-intermediate and intermediate students to revise grammar: 1, 2 conditional, time clauses and the tenses - mainly the present ones. The students first put the verbs in brackets in the correct form, then listen and check the ans ...]]> gorzat Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:16:54 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9211-quick-reminder-the-simple-past.html http://busyteacher.org/9211-quick-reminder-the-simple-past.html A quick reminder to help students remeber the use of the past simple. Timelines and examples will help students remember when do we have to use the past simple.Necessary before introducing the past continuous. It's also a good revision before the exams!]]> avroraa Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:11:52 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9207-what-are-the-simpsons-doing-at-home.html http://busyteacher.org/9207-what-are-the-simpsons-doing-at-home.html I saw a similar worksheet on the site, and I had an idea: this time the Simpsons are at home, doing their activities. Students can practice the present progressive and some home vocabulary items, adding the name of the room where the subjects are doind ...]]> brpadali Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:08:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9190-cinderella-grimm-brothers.html http://busyteacher.org/9190-cinderella-grimm-brothers.html This is a great worksheet to do with kids/teenagers. I had them read the Grimm Brothers version of Cinderella, Watch the chapter of Cinderella in Once Upon a Time (depending on the age you can have them see this chapter or watch the disney version) and ...]]> natashauren Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:03:25 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9187-desperate-housewives-video-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9187-desperate-housewives-video-worksheet.html A speaking activity for upper-intermediate students inspired by the Desperate Housewives tv series which students may be familiar with. Not a role play, but a simulation activity where students play the part of three different 'housewives',one of whom ...]]> trvbaker Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:00:33 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9184-past-continuouswhen-while.html http://busyteacher.org/9184-past-continuouswhen-while.html This is my first worksheet:) there may be some mistakes but I hope you will find it useful! This worksheet mainly focuses on past continuous and uses of ''when and while''. This is a classic open the brackets exercise but hopefully it will provide some ...]]> mobscene123 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:46:43 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9181-have-to-dont-have-to-practice.html http://busyteacher.org/9181-have-to-dont-have-to-practice.html This worksheet consists of 20 pictures and 20 sentences with gaps. The students have to complete the sentences with the affirmative, interrogative form to express obligation and the negative (don't/doesn't have to) from to express lack of obligation. T ...]]> dinglesazara Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:44:32 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9176-past-simple-regular-verbs.html http://busyteacher.org/9176-past-simple-regular-verbs.html This is a two page worksheet for teaching regular verbs.There is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet followed by a simple activity in which students are asked to write the simple past form of the verbs given.]]> vanda51 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:35:37 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9173-future-forms-worksheet-with-going-to-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9173-future-forms-worksheet-with-going-to-worksheet.html Form and use of the “going to future” followed by 2 different activities in which students are asked to make sentences with going to ,make questions and give the short answers according to the information in brackets.The worksheet is availa ...]]> vanda51 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:34:31 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9158-nicky-was-mugged-past-continuous-listening.html http://busyteacher.org/9158-nicky-was-mugged-past-continuous-listening.html How to introduce the past continuous to your students?Here is a MP3 file and the worksheets that go with it. It's a complete lesson. Your student will hear a text, will discuss it, will add details to the story and will write their own story in the pas ...]]> avroraa Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:30:37 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9171-present-simple-practice.html http://busyteacher.org/9171-present-simple-practice.html This worksheet consists of some sentences fro the students to complete by using the present simple of the verbs in brackets in the affirmative, negative and interrogative form. The key to the sentences is included. I hope it's useful to revise the pres ...]]> dinglesazara Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:06:26 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9159-first-second-and-third-person-pronoun-hunt.html http://busyteacher.org/9159-first-second-and-third-person-pronoun-hunt.html We use this as an Activating Strategy. SS need to find pronouns in each hunt. The first hunt is solely first person pronouns. The second hunt is solely second person pronouns. The third hunt is solely thrid person pronouns. Whole group discuss find ...]]> ihazatones Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:34:35 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9156-present-simple-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9156-present-simple-worksheet.html Exercises on Present Simple that can be used with the group of Beginners or Elementary level. It can be used as a revision or as a control test. In this worksheet you can find tasks on the word order (questions), on the adverbs of frequency, days of th ...]]> Tatyanskaya Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:33:24 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9149-third-conditional-powerpoint-presentation.html http://busyteacher.org/9149-third-conditional-powerpoint-presentation.html This is a fully animated PowerPoint presentation with audio for teaching the third conditional.There are simple explanations and example sentences.Recommended for Intermediate students.]]> vanda51 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:29:54 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9142-demonstratives-questions-and-short-answers.html http://busyteacher.org/9142-demonstratives-questions-and-short-answers.html It's a great worksheet to practice the use of demonstrative pronouns according to the nouns (singular or plural). There are visuals which help understanding through "seeing" exactly how these grammatical rules work. The worksheet is suitable for pupils ...]]> intkids Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:27:29 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9140-aerosmith-i-dont-wanna-miss-a-thing-song-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9140-aerosmith-i-dont-wanna-miss-a-thing-song-worksheet.html This is a perfect worksheet to go further with music, sometimes we tend to just play the song along, but with this worksheet you might get your students involved in more than just filling the gaps, it would be a real enjoyable music session for them.]]> anil373 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:25:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9135-song-activity-rosi-golan.html http://busyteacher.org/9135-song-activity-rosi-golan.html The worsheet is about type 2 conditional mostly. Students are required to know how to use type 2 to be able to fill in the blanks without listening the song. After they fill in the blanks, teacher plays the song and they check their answers. It can be ...]]> nilly Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:23:23 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9132-the-queen-show-must-go-on-song-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9132-the-queen-show-must-go-on-song-worksheet.html A legendary song by The Queen, which was requested by my students - proves to be still interesting to the teenagers. presented as a gap filling exercise. Abundant in adjectives, Future Simple forms, Passive Voice, idioms anf phrasal verbs. I recomend i ...]]> paukaz Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:21:41 +0000