http://busyteacher.org/ ru - BusyTeacher: Free Printable Worksheets For Busy Teachers Like YOU! DataLife Engine http://busyteacher.org/9452-creative-writing-prompts-part-one.html http://busyteacher.org/9452-creative-writing-prompts-part-one.html Every ESL teacher wants his or her students to be strong writers in the English language. Because of that, we give them many opportunities to write in class and for homework. We stress parts of an essay and what you need for an effective story. We giv ...]]> ESL5204 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:16:06 +0000 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/9475-st-valentines-day-boardgame.html http://busyteacher.org/9475-st-valentines-day-boardgame.html This is a lovely and colourful boardgame for revising St. Valentine's day related vocabulary.Students advance on the board with dice and counters when they land on a square they are asked to make a sentence using the picture clue or answer the question ...]]> vanda51 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:52:09 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9474-st-valentines-day-classroom-poster.html http://busyteacher.org/9474-st-valentines-day-classroom-poster.html This is a classroom poster which can also be used as a study sheet or a picture dictionary for teaching St. Valentine's day related vocabulary.The Picture dictionary is available in both colour and black and white version.]]> vanda51 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:51:29 +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/9471-months-of-the-year-powerpoint-presentation.html http://busyteacher.org/9471-months-of-the-year-powerpoint-presentation.html This is a fully animated PowerPoint presentation for teaching or revising the months of the year.Recommended for elementary students who are asked to listen and study the new vocabulary and then answer the questions by choosing the correct option.]]> vanda51 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:48:18 +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/9466-abc-restaurant.html http://busyteacher.org/9466-abc-restaurant.html An exercise focusing on brainstorming students to recall as many words as they can on the given topic. In this one it is "Restaurant" :) You can use it while revising the vocabulary on the topic foods and eating out. Or vice versa at the beginnning of ...]]> Dinokk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:41:06 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9465-interviewing.html http://busyteacher.org/9465-interviewing.html You can practise asking general question in your class using this exercise. Each student is given a card with three questions and s/he has to go around the calss and interview his classmates and get their signiture in the appropriate box. Hope it is us ...]]> Dinokk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:39:51 +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/9456-sentence-transformations-for-ket.html http://busyteacher.org/9456-sentence-transformations-for-ket.html This is a worksheet with sentence transformations for the KET exam, preparing for Writing part 1. Students often find difficult this part of the KET exam so these sentences can help them prepare it as it has most types of sentence transformations, from ...]]> esterbs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:26:22 +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/9445-jobs-and-occupations.html http://busyteacher.org/9445-jobs-and-occupations.html Hi! I did this worksheet for the very first day of class. The idea is that students learn how to say what they do in their lives! Obviously, I selected a few jobs. Make a special point telling apart the adjectives from the nouns, and the difference bet ...]]> Jaz84 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:21:10 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9436-20-discussion-questions-school-education.html http://busyteacher.org/9436-20-discussion-questions-school-education.html Twenty questions on school for pre-intermediate and intermediate teenagers. I use this to revise the names of school subjects, times, comparatives etc. It is basically a conversation class where each student chooses a question and asks another. It work ...]]> fihic Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:18:20 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9434-video-worksheet-inside.html http://busyteacher.org/9434-video-worksheet-inside.html "Inside" tells the story of a patient who has multiple personality disorder and the struggle of dominance to which one of those personalities controls the body. I made this worksheet for teenagers, because they like everything strange and supernatural. ...]]> Housemaid Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:16:11 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9469-weather-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9469-weather-worksheet.html This worksheet is used to encourage the pupils to ask and answer questions about the weather using the weather adjectives.Getting the pupils to work in pairs asking and answering to compare the weather in Canada (cold country) and Kuwait (hot country)U ...]]> wafaaatty Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:44:55 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9451-love-activities-esl-classroom-melt-students-hearts.html http://busyteacher.org/9451-love-activities-esl-classroom-melt-students-hearts.html When February rolls around a young man’s fancy turns to love, at least, his girlfriend hopes he starts to think about Valentine’s Day. There are many things traditionally associated with Valentine’s Day. Besides the hearts, candy and ...]]> ESL5204 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:56:30 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9448-7-crafts-with-heart-practice-language-skills.html http://busyteacher.org/9448-7-crafts-with-heart-practice-language-skills.html Each year with the lead up to Valentine’s Day comes the influx of hearts – on our candy, in our cards, in decorations and nearly every other place you might look. Of course, February is a good time to do some heart inspired crafts in your ...]]> ESL5204 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:58:42 +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/9430-travelling-solo-reading-lp-with-speaking-component.html http://busyteacher.org/9430-travelling-solo-reading-lp-with-speaking-component.html This is a lesson plan that I have used a lot. In fact, it's become my "go to" first lesson plan with adults in General English or Conversational classes. I've always received positive feedback from students about it - they seem to find the article inte ...]]> skully29 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:12:33 +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/9426-st-valentines-day-matching-activity.html http://busyteacher.org/9426-st-valentines-day-matching-activity.html This is a very simple matching activity on St. Valentine´s for elementary students,At the bottom of the page is a list of words students are asked to match them with the pictures.The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white versi ...]]> vanda51 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:08:00 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9425-st-valentines-day-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9425-st-valentines-day-worksheet.html This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching St. Valentine's day related vocabulary.There is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a study sheet followed by a simple wordsearch puzzle.The worksheet is available in both colour and black and white ve ...]]> vanda51 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:07:21 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9424-american-english-vs-british-english-worksheet-ii.html http://busyteacher.org/9424-american-english-vs-british-english-worksheet-ii.html This is a worksheet for teaching or revising the most common vocabulary differences between American and British English.Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to match the British words with the American words and read the sentences and ...]]> vanda51 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:06:35 +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/9417-word-formation-activity.html http://busyteacher.org/9417-word-formation-activity.html 33 sentences to practise the use of prefixes and suffixes to form new words. The students have to fill in the blanks with the correct from of the words in brackets, so they have to decide which part of the speech the missing word is and find the correc ...]]> dinglesazara Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:02:30 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9416-informationgap-worksheet-colours.html http://busyteacher.org/9416-informationgap-worksheet-colours.html This is an information-gap worksheet to work in pairs. Students revise the colours in English, while they have a conversation between them. I allways use this activity at the beginning of the school year to revise language with youger learners, and the ...]]> mgutgom Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:01:15 +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/9410-stay-at-the-mountains.html http://busyteacher.org/9410-stay-at-the-mountains.html It's a worksheet I use to work with my pupils after a stay at the mountains! There are words they need to use to write an article after their stay. It's a vocabulary sheet. They need words they didn't know. And I introduced the simple past by the way!]]> MissMicra Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:52:02 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9409-how-we-travel.html http://busyteacher.org/9409-how-we-travel.html A very basic worksheet using a cloze activity, a spaghetti match up and sentence builder for young children with very weak reading, writing and vocabulary ability. It was typed up in Microsoft Word and can be edited quite easily. Please comment on it!]]> zimshark Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:50:00 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9195-howto-holding-a-class-election.html http://busyteacher.org/9195-howto-holding-a-class-election.html Sometimes during the course of a semester, I spend a couple of days in my ESL class holding a “class election,” in which students nominate candidates, campaign for, and finally vote for a class president to represent them to the administrat ...]]> Stacia Ann Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:56:45 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9273-play-weighing-in-opinions-extreme-sports.html http://busyteacher.org/9273-play-weighing-in-opinions-extreme-sports.html What would it take to get you or your students to jump from an airplane? To put your life in the hands of a bungee cord? To risk concussion for the sake of a game? Some sports and popular past times are questionable or even irresponsible in the minds ...]]> ESL5204 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:54:30 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9393-give-me-everything-by-neo-pitbull-usher-song.html http://busyteacher.org/9393-give-me-everything-by-neo-pitbull-usher-song.html This is an interactive activity for beginners/ pre- intermediate. Students need to be able to follow the song to order the sentences, fill in blanks etc. Students in my class loved it as it is a contemporary song that they all know.Can be used to pract ...]]> nicole.hazan Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:42:38 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9408-what-do-animals-say-a-poem-for-kids.html http://busyteacher.org/9408-what-do-animals-say-a-poem-for-kids.html This is a poem for complete beginner kids. The grammar spot here is Presents Simple (A cat has..., What does it say?, It says...) Learn animals and their babies, match them with the sounds they make and enjoy your kids pretending to be animals! :)]]> alina_drach Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:41:11 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9407-application-form-and-basic-job-interview-questions.html http://busyteacher.org/9407-application-form-and-basic-job-interview-questions.html Pick up job advertisements or let the students decide themselves what job they want to apply for. Go through the application form and teach how to fill in the blank in a proper way. After working with the essential words and phrases from the dialog org ...]]> alina_drach Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:40:21 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9406-jobs-and-professions-matching-activity.html http://busyteacher.org/9406-jobs-and-professions-matching-activity.html This is a very simple matching activity for revising jobs and professions related vocabulary.Students are asked to match the words given with the pictures.The activity is available in both colour and black and white version.]]> vanda51 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:39:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9405-who-am-i-getting-to-know-each-other-exercise-for.html http://busyteacher.org/9405-who-am-i-getting-to-know-each-other-exercise-for.html Getting to know exercise for senior students: 1) ask everyone "Who Are You?", encourage them to answer differently (e.g. I am Nick/American/a boy/teenager etc.), then ask to think and explain why the thing they said was the first thing to mention. Thi ...]]> alina_drach Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:39:33 +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/9402-tongue-twisters.html http://busyteacher.org/9402-tongue-twisters.html These are funny tongue twisters to practice in your classroom. You can choose one or two at the end of the lesson, 10 minutes before the bell rings. It's a way to relax when you have worked a lot during the lesson.young learners are always pleased to d ...]]> laptite26 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:37:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9401-who-am-i-getting-to-know-each-other-exercise.html http://busyteacher.org/9401-who-am-i-getting-to-know-each-other-exercise.html This is a getting to know each other exercise for beginner/elementary level kids. The task is to write about 3 things about yourself on each part of Ziggi's body and then talk about it using the phrases from the questions.]]> alina_drach Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:36:17 +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/9399-superstitions-good-luck-or-bad-luck-with-video.html http://busyteacher.org/9399-superstitions-good-luck-or-bad-luck-with-video.html Superstitions! What things are said to bring good or bad luck? What do they say will happen if... That's what the worksheet is about. There are 3 activities: 1) defining G (good luck) and B (bad luck) superstitions, 2) matching what happens if... 3) ca ...]]> alina_drach Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:33:41 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9398-british-and-american-vocabulary-and-grammar-with.html http://busyteacher.org/9398-british-and-american-vocabulary-and-grammar-with.html This worksheet is a 2 column box with some British vocabulary their American equivalents. It also covers some grammatic differences between English in UK and US. The material is taken from Video Lesson 52 by Misterduncan.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ...]]> alina_drach Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:32:33 +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/9396-gift-giving-mistakes.html http://busyteacher.org/9396-gift-giving-mistakes.html We often talk about celebrations and holidays to our students, but we rarely discuss gift giving which is a great part of any holiday season. This worksheet contains 11 common gift giving mistakes. Cut them into stripes, let a pair of students take one ...]]> alina_drach Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:31:16 +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/9392-space-exploration-creative-writing.html http://busyteacher.org/9392-space-exploration-creative-writing.html This is a guided task for intermediate students attending level 6 - it may be done through pairwork.It allows students to make a gist about the possibilities and the odds involving space exploration. The prompts will be used for creative writing on the ...]]> language teacher Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:26:05 +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/9359-how-to-teach-argumentative-essay-writing.html http://busyteacher.org/9359-how-to-teach-argumentative-essay-writing.html Whether your students are preparing to take standardized tests or you are walking them through how to write an essay, the Persuasive or Argument Essay is a standard strategy to cover. When the purpose in writing is to persuade another of your opinion, ...]]> Stacia Ann Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:28:28 +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/9193-teaching-academic-values-classroom-esl.html http://busyteacher.org/9193-teaching-academic-values-classroom-esl.html In every institution of learning, there is the explicit, stated curriculum: it may even be part of the institution’s mission statement of student handbook: for example, “to teach the English necessary to succeed in the workplace and institu ...]]> Stacia Ann Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:50:40 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9380-halloween.html http://busyteacher.org/9380-halloween.html Creative tasks for elementary level students ... it includes reading and vocabulary tasks...it is a suggestive activity to let them work in pairs or to inspire them to design a poster or a project for school. Students may also practise loud expressive ...]]> language teacher Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:08:54 +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/9377-listening-test-film-script-ai.html http://busyteacher.org/9377-listening-test-film-script-ai.html This worksheet may be used for a while watching activity or a listening test about the film Artificial Intelligence. The script lines are useful as a guided task for debating or creative writing on the topic - robots versus humans / technological advances.]]> language teacher Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:05:48 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9374-how-i-met-your-mother-season-1-episode-11-the.html http://busyteacher.org/9374-how-i-met-your-mother-season-1-episode-11-the.html Good worksheet to check oral comprehension.Good practice to answer, What, Where, Who, Why and How questions.Good link with American customs for New Year's EveEsl students: 12 +Needs to be used after viewing the episode with or without subtitles, depend ...]]> lizbeth78 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:04:05 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9370-robin-hood-and-the-black-cloak.html http://busyteacher.org/9370-robin-hood-and-the-black-cloak.html It's a test on the lesson Robin Hood and the Black Cloak for 7th grade. Textbook - Pathway to English ( Scrapbook). It contains fill-in exercises with words ectracted from the text, recognizing information in the text, translation, using words from the ...]]> dallyleo Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:02:34 +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/9366-english-telephone-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9366-english-telephone-worksheet.html A Business English telephone worksheet for pre-intermediate and above students dealing with expressions used both when calling and answering the phone, asking for repetition, stating reason for your call, leaving and taking messages, putting someone on ...]]> ainhoamda Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:59:29 +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/9362-wheel-of-fortune-game.html http://busyteacher.org/9362-wheel-of-fortune-game.html I printed out the cards and laminated them and put them in a non see through bag.Think of a phrase and put it on the board as blank spaces (_ _ _ _) Vowels cost $100 dollars and $1000 to solve. Divide the class (into two. Decide which team goes first. ...]]> jossykate Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:54:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9361-needs-analysis-form-for-new-private-students.html http://busyteacher.org/9361-needs-analysis-form-for-new-private-students.html This is a Needs Analysis Form I created to send to new private students. It helps me to know what sort of level they are at, what they find most difficult, what methodology they prefer, what mediums they use to learn English etc.It helps prepare for th ...]]> jossykate Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:53:13 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9360-colour-map-to-use-for-directions.html http://busyteacher.org/9360-colour-map-to-use-for-directions.html Map with street names, avenues, and blocks with different locations such as the bank, cinema, hotel etc.Really useful for teaching directions. You can ask the student how to get to the bank and they have to give correct directions.I also print out maze ...]]> jossykate Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:51:51 +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/9358-10-great-sources-real-listening-practice-part-two.html http://busyteacher.org/9358-10-great-sources-real-listening-practice-part-two.html Giving your students realistic materials for listening practice is a challenge for everyone involved. As teachers, sometimes we do not know where to start when it comes to listening materials, and for students the challenge is in understanding what th ...]]> ESL5204 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:03:04 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9357-10-great-sources-for-real-listening-practice.html http://busyteacher.org/9357-10-great-sources-for-real-listening-practice.html As language teachers, we know that it is important for our students to practice their listening skills. In fact, it is often the most important aspect of language study for international students who come to U.S. English programs. More often than not, ...]]> ESL5204 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:13:58 +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/9353-how-to-react.html http://busyteacher.org/9353-how-to-react.html The worksheet will be useful as a short test for students of lower secondary school preparing for the exam. It checks students' ability to react properly in everyday situations and practises language functions (expressing feelings, getting information, ...]]> zeugma Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:09:08 +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/9343-the-world-of-comics-the-comic-con-with-answers.html http://busyteacher.org/9343-the-world-of-comics-the-comic-con-with-answers.html I use these two short videos in my class about comics... Usually, I include crosswords to introduce the vocabulary, make them work on a text or interview about comics, and then I show them these two videos. They watch each video twice (at least!) and i ...]]> chocolate addict Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:01:08 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9342-subcultures-emos-goths-hippies-punks.html http://busyteacher.org/9342-subcultures-emos-goths-hippies-punks.html The document contains 4 picture cards and 4 hobbies/interests cards for each of 4 subcultures (emos, goths, hippies, punks). This all should be cut and mixed up. Make sets of these items for every group of students you have. Students try to sort the it ...]]> alina_drach Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:59:47 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9341-feelings-and-emotions-multiple-choice-activity.html http://busyteacher.org/9341-feelings-and-emotions-multiple-choice-activity.html This is a multiple choice activity for teaching or revising feelings and emotions related vocabulary.Students are asked to look at the picture and choose the correct option.The answer key is included.]]> vanda51 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:58:09 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9340-groundhog-day-video-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/9340-groundhog-day-video-worksheet.html Interesting activities for advanced adult learners about a really typical and funny American festivity: the Groundhog Day. It contains listening, vocabulary and speaking activities. The listening tasks are related with two different videos. ]]> egonzalezlara Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:57:48 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9339-feelings-and-emotions-classroom-poster.html http://busyteacher.org/9339-feelings-and-emotions-classroom-poster.html This is a classroom poster which can also be used as a picture dictionary or a study sheet for teaching feelings and emotions related vocabulary.The worksheet is suitable for elementary students.]]> vanda51 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:55:53 +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/9336-the-pizza-of-my-happiness.html http://busyteacher.org/9336-the-pizza-of-my-happiness.html This worksheet is great fun when talking about your hobbies & interests. Students devide "The Pizza of Happiness" (or simply a circle) into pieces and write about important things in their life - the bigger piece, the more important this thing or a ...]]> alina_drach Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:54:31 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9334-twas-the-night-before-christmas-by-clement-moore.html http://busyteacher.org/9334-twas-the-night-before-christmas-by-clement-moore.html It is now the tradition in many American families to read or recite the poem "Twas the Night before Christmas" (1822) by Clement Moore every Christmas Eve. Let your students get into the Christmas spirit by listening to the poem, filling in the gaps wi ...]]> alina_drach Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:50:28 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9333-mickey-and-minnies-gift-of-the-magi-with-video.html http://busyteacher.org/9333-mickey-and-minnies-gift-of-the-magi-with-video.html This is a video worksheet based on the Disney cartoon "Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas" (Part 3). The best activity to get into the Christmas spirit of gift giving! The story "Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi" is about how Mickey exchanged his harmo ...]]> alina_drach Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:06 +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/9331-giving-receiving-gifts-culture-quiz.html http://busyteacher.org/9331-giving-receiving-gifts-culture-quiz.html This is a multiple choice quiz on the traditions of giving and receiving presents in different countries. It contains 8 questions with 4 possible answers to each (only 1 is correct!) Answers included. This can be a fun and educational activity for any ...]]> alina_drach Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:46:19 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/9330-types-of-films.html http://busyteacher.org/9330-types-of-films.html The worksheet contains the names of the main types of films, a picture example to each and 2 short activities: quessing the type of the film by description and matching types of films with some related words (e.g. sci-fi - aliens). This is a vocabulary ...]]> alina_drach Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:44:48 +0000