http://busyteacher.org/ ru Past Perfect - BusyTeacher: Free Printable Worksheets For Busy Teachers Like YOU! DataLife Engine http://busyteacher.org/10594-the-tale-of-the-three-brothers-harry-potter.html http://busyteacher.org/10594-the-tale-of-the-three-brothers-harry-potter.html Cloze exercise to practice the use of the Past Continuous, Past Simple and Past Perfect. Students have to complete The Tale of the Three Brothers, a little tale embedded in the last Harry Potter book using verbs from the box and an appropriate verb tense.]]> mguimaraes Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:36:39 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10574-forrest-gump-and-american-realities.html http://busyteacher.org/10574-forrest-gump-and-american-realities.html The PowerPoint presentation focuses on the figures and events of American history depicted in the film "Forrest Gump". It helps EFL students to get the more profound understanding of the plot. The presentation contains short dialogues from the movie, o ...]]> Chumbalova Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:06:15 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10524-listening-i-deserve-it-by-madonna.html http://busyteacher.org/10524-listening-i-deserve-it-by-madonna.html This is a simple listening worksheet for the song "Ideserve it" by Madonna. You will find two exercises: a) fill in the blanks and b) Answer T or F. The tense I wanted students to work on was the present perfect simple. Below the task there are the ver ...]]> Lucrecia Ric Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:41:01 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10334-past-perfect-vs-past-perfect-continuous-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/10334-past-perfect-vs-past-perfect-continuous-worksheet.html This is a worksheet contrasting the past perfect and the past perfect continuous tense.There are 4 pages with different activities in which students are asked to fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the verbs, combine sentences by using af ...]]> vanda51 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:47:34 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10282-memory-game-with-past-participles.html http://busyteacher.org/10282-memory-game-with-past-participles.html This is game to be played like Memory, but you need to match the base form and past participle form instead of a picture, or word. I also laminate all my cards. This vocabulary is for what I call level 3 (of 6), CEF B1, or true Intermediate. I use i ...]]> McGringo Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:11:41 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10109-past-perfect-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/10109-past-perfect-worksheet.html This worksheet focuses on past perfect tense with its linking words. There is a brief grammar explanation before the exercises. Students should rewrite the sentences using the given linking words. They can easily comprehend the purpose of using past pe ...]]> mobscene123 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:00:09 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10029-video-activity-with-the-movie-when-a-stranger.html http://busyteacher.org/10029-video-activity-with-the-movie-when-a-stranger.html The worksheet is suitable to introduce or review the Past Perfect Tense. The scenes used are from the movie "When a stranger calls" (1979). The first scenes are the ones necessary. They take about 30 minutes. The worksheet has two activities: 1) Order ...]]> mirellallima Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:32:49 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9907-irregular-verbs-test.html http://busyteacher.org/9907-irregular-verbs-test.html Irregulars can be tricky, so here they are. This set of cards is to help you to check your students' knowledge of irregular verbs. The verbs are the most common in use. You can vary the task by deleting some of the verbs thank to the format do ...]]> Umnica-Razumnica Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:39:42 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9883-irregular-verbs-crossword.html http://busyteacher.org/9883-irregular-verbs-crossword.html This is a crossword containing irregular verbs. The crossword can be used in order to help the young learners to remember the forms of irregular verbs better. The students are to write the past simple and past participle forms of the given irregular verbs.]]> NATA-BASOVA Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:35:40 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9775-past-perfect-sentence-construction.html http://busyteacher.org/9775-past-perfect-sentence-construction.html A quick exercise where students work in pairs to build sentences using the past perfect tense. They must choose appropriate words from each column and write the complete sentences underneath. The whole groups should then compare their answers and check ...]]> daxjim Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:05:33 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9708-euronewsthe-story-of-rescue.html http://busyteacher.org/9708-euronewsthe-story-of-rescue.html Here are some pieces of the news that were told by Euronews on TV about disaster that happened to the miners in Chile. Few very short separate stories carry a lot of information and give a chance for imagination and creativity of students. The workshe ...]]> Agnia Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:50:55 +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/8795-past-perfect-tense-worksheet-ii.html http://busyteacher.org/8795-past-perfect-tense-worksheet-ii.html This is a worksheet for teaching the past perfect tense.Students are asked to read the text, answer the questions, fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb given and complete the sentences with the past simple or the past perfect .]]> vanda51 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:52:21 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/8086-past-tenses-for-high-school-bachillerato.html http://busyteacher.org/8086-past-tenses-for-high-school-bachillerato.html Useful worksheet, it includes the following: PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT SIMPLE, USED TO. Explanations, examples and differences between each past tense. Useful for students to prepare for an exam and for teachers to explain the past sim ...]]> MissV Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:07:56 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7842-past-simple-and-past-perfect.html http://busyteacher.org/7842-past-simple-and-past-perfect.html Some sentences to revise both the structures and the uses of the past simple and the past perfect. The students have to fill in the gaps with the correct form of the past simple or perfect in the affirmative, negative and interrogative. The key to the ...]]> dinglesazara Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:43:51 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7801-irregular-verbs-patterns-of-formation-worksheet-1.html http://busyteacher.org/7801-irregular-verbs-patterns-of-formation-worksheet-1.html I decided to make a set of worksheets related to irregular verbs of some patterns. This is the first one - the pattern "ow-ew-own" (6 verbs and 3 exercises). Hope you'll find it useful )]]> saschunya Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:31:05 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7722-present-perfect-past-simple-and-past-perfect.html http://busyteacher.org/7722-present-perfect-past-simple-and-past-perfect.html A simple worksheet contrasting the present perfect, past simple and past perfect tense.There are two exercises in which students are asked to read the sentences, choose and circle the most suitable tense and fill in the blank spaces with the correct fo ...]]> vanda51 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:51:01 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7596-simple-past-vs-past-perfect.html http://busyteacher.org/7596-simple-past-vs-past-perfect.html I uploaded this worksheet in order to emphasize the differences between the past simple tense and past perfect tense. Students usually have difficulties to understand it, so I think this worksheet could help them!.. It contains a matching activity, fil ...]]> rcastlez Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:07:00 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7591-past-perfect-speaking-activity.html http://busyteacher.org/7591-past-perfect-speaking-activity.html There are a number of bizarre situations that your students are involved in that they have to explain what happened and why they were in this situation. For example ''Tom was seen running down the street with a crazy look on his face. What had happened ...]]> madeinguiri Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:01:42 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/7476-simple-past-vs-past-perfectworksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/7476-simple-past-vs-past-perfectworksheet.html This is a simple worksheet contrasting the past simple and the past perfect tense.It includes explanations and example sentences at the top of the page followed by 2 exercises in which students are asked to fill in the blanks with the correct form of t ...]]> vanda51 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:54:45 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/6692-verb-tenses-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/6692-verb-tenses-worksheet.html Worksheet to practise the most common tenses: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, future, present perfect and past perfect.There are 24 different sentences in which students are asked to fill in the gaps with the correct ...]]> vanda51 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:45:47 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/6607-third-conditional-board-game.html http://busyteacher.org/6607-third-conditional-board-game.html Board game with sentences on each square that the students have to re-say in the third conditional form. Good for revision or to reinforce the form after introduction to the grammar. Better with small groups and only lower dice numbers to ensure maximu ...]]> istif Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:37:50 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/6519-past-simple-or-past-perfect-for-upper.html http://busyteacher.org/6519-past-simple-or-past-perfect-for-upper.html This worksheets contains nice sentences to have a further and deeper practice in using these two tenses. The level of the exercise is rather high and there are some doubtful sentences, which will help you to see if your students really understand this ...]]> saschunya Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:29:36 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/6257-intermediate-tenses-1.html http://busyteacher.org/6257-intermediate-tenses-1.html This is a mixed-tense worksheet which is meant to integrate many of the grammar topics intermediate students are expected to handle properly. It is designed for intermediate students who need to practise their tenses with the support of some context. S ...]]> silvanadelval Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:07:36 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/5835-past-perfect-role-plays.html http://busyteacher.org/5835-past-perfect-role-plays.html This is a series of short role plays about past perfect and simple past. Students role play the situations and the others find out the situations by making up sentences in the past perfect, such as: Jane had already walked to the door when Andrew knock ...]]> wvyvyw Thu, 19 May 2011 08:02:07 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/5655-song-worksheet-toms-diner-by-suzanne-vega-alter.html http://busyteacher.org/5655-song-worksheet-toms-diner-by-suzanne-vega-alter.html The song Tom’s Diner by Suzanne Vega gives a great opportunity for both teenagers and adults to practice all Past Tense Forms. At first, students may be asked to listen to the original song and answer some general questions like: - What’s ...]]> joy4u Sat, 07 May 2011 21:11:21 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/5042-irregular-verbs-2-for-polish-students.html http://busyteacher.org/5042-irregular-verbs-2-for-polish-students.html Here you can find a worksheet is to practice forms of some basic irregular verbs. It's good for elementary students, as well as for beginers or pre-intermediate learners. ]]> sylcia894 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:49:54 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/5041-irregular-verbs-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/5041-irregular-verbs-worksheet.html This worksheet is to practice forms of some basic irregular verbs. It will be useful for elementary students, as well as for beginners or pre-intermediate learners. Unfortunately, there are only about 15 verbs to be practiced. In my next worksheet you ...]]> sylcia894 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:47:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/4970-past-perfect-tense-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/4970-past-perfect-tense-worksheet.html Worksheet for low advanced students including a brief explanation of the form and use of the Past Perfect tense followed by an exercise in which students have to fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the verb. Keys are included on the se ...]]> vanda51 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:08:37 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/4752-past-participle-wordsearch.html http://busyteacher.org/4752-past-participle-wordsearch.html This is an intermediate level Past Participle wordsearch. There are 28 participles hidden in it. Hope you enjoy a break while your learners are working on this puzzle! :)List of words used in this word search: SWAM, DRUNK, WRITTEN, LOST, FOUND, PAID, K ...]]> Guest User Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:50:12 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/4285-the-past-perfect-tense.html http://busyteacher.org/4285-the-past-perfect-tense.html This 14-page booklet is a combination of grammar handouts, worksheets, and a game/activity. It reviews the rules of using the past perfect tense. It includes affirmative and negative statements, question formation, and the use of adverbs. It has pra ...]]> swatson033 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:46:37 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/4118-past-tenses-exercises.html http://busyteacher.org/4118-past-tenses-exercises.html Several exercises to practice past simple / continuous / perfect / perfect continuous. Created based on the materials from the book Total English Intermediate and Upper-intermediate (student's book and workbook). Just a document to have all the exercis ...]]> delythbcn Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:02:21 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/3354-game-on-tense-review.html http://busyteacher.org/3354-game-on-tense-review.html Fold your piece of paper along the line. Write the name of your classmates (one in each line). Unfold your piece of paper and read the sentences. Do you think he or she has done something like that? Make your guesses and tick “yes” or &ldqu ...]]> elady Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:17:30 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/3134-find-the-irregular-2.html http://busyteacher.org/3134-find-the-irregular-2.html Another worksheet of the kind. Here irregular verbs are presented in past simple, past perfect and passive voice. Have a good time practicing irregulars ;)]]> saschunya Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:27:55 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/2812-past-tenses-practice.html http://busyteacher.org/2812-past-tenses-practice.html This worksheet was created to check your students' knowledge in the usage of Past Tenses. There are 22 sentences - some are short and rather easy, others are quite long and difficult and therefore require considerable thinking to choose the correct ten ...]]> saschunya Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:49:43 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/2770-past-simple-or-past-perfect.html http://busyteacher.org/2770-past-simple-or-past-perfect.html This worksheet is created to practice Past Simple and Past Perfect in order to understand the sequence of these sentences. Worksheet contains 22 sentences. May be used as a test or as homework for intermediate pupils. Hope you will find it useful. Have ...]]> saschunya Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:32:52 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/2657-english-test-for-russian-learners.html http://busyteacher.org/2657-english-test-for-russian-learners.html This is a multiple choice (tenses) test for Russian learners where students have to choose the appropriate tense and make up sentences with it. ]]> Olylyna Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:14:57 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/2647-talking-about-the-past.html http://busyteacher.org/2647-talking-about-the-past.html This worksheet presents some past tenses for pre intermediate students.]]> pajecki Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:14:09 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/2529-tenses-revision.html http://busyteacher.org/2529-tenses-revision.html There are activities on Simple Past vs Past Perfect, Simple Past vs Present Perfect, have been to, have gone to, Present simple, present continuous and Present Perfect continuous]]> evi Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:10:54 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/2519-regrets.html http://busyteacher.org/2519-regrets.html A writing template where Ss are supposed to create sentences (express regrets and aplology) according to the suggested pattern.]]> mayanubia Sun, 30 May 2010 08:07:34 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/2289-past-tenses-present-perfect-test.html http://busyteacher.org/2289-past-tenses-present-perfect-test.html A short test consisting of 15 sentences with words in the brackets, that have to be changed into suitable tenses.]]> magdalo_89 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:58:30 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/2194-past-perfect-vs-simple-past-vs-past-perfect.html http://busyteacher.org/2194-past-perfect-vs-simple-past-vs-past-perfect.html It's a great exercise to see if students can distinguish the uses of the simple past, past perfect and past perfect continous. It is a kind of mixed past tenses exercises. Hope other teachers find it useful.]]> rebeccaleesp Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:19:06 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/1548-past_perfect_activity.html http://busyteacher.org/1548-past_perfect_activity.html Students put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or Past Simple using the pictures.]]> chara Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:41:11 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/1457-look_back.html http://busyteacher.org/1457-look_back.html 30 minutes activity for groupwork. Present Perfect Simple and Continious, Past Simple. To play a board game by talking about given topics.]]> Spring Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:05:34 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/1030-past_tense_activities.html http://busyteacher.org/1030-past_tense_activities.html Writing activities to practice past tense]]> Angela_Lara Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:15:45 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/1042-einsteins_chauffeur.html http://busyteacher.org/1042-einsteins_chauffeur.html Einstein's Chauffeur - a true (?) anecdote about Albert Einstein (vocabulary practice, true/false, fill in the blanks story) Washroom story - a funny story, misunderstanding (scrambled sentences) grammar exercises (past perfect, confusing words ...]]> sneza Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:14:29 +0000