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  1. Vocabulary WorksheetVocabulary Worksheet
      This worksheet is for elementary grade school and for beginners in learning English. It aims to improve and help students practice English as well as an assessment tool in teaching and learning activities. This vocabulary worksheet includes various themes, such as verbs, adverbs, time, and animal names.
  2. Heinrich, The CatHeinrich, The Cat
      This reading activity has all the pre- and post-reading tasks: lead-in, vocabulary pre-teach, set the scene, gist task, reading for specific information, follow-up, and pronunciation practice. By following all these steps, we help learners become better readers.
  3. Simple Past Tense Quiz - Grammar - VerbSimple Past Tense Quiz - Grammar - Verb
      This grammar practice worksheet focuses on the use of the Simple Past tense. It's all about simple past tense, quiz, question, practice, grammar, verb, multiple choice, etc. Students observe the use of the tense and practice it in a speaking activity. The tasks can be used for independent studies or distance-learning classes.
  4. "At the Beach" Vocabulary Word Search
      This fun beach-themed word search can be used in the summer season. It includes words related to "At the Beach" vocabulary. There are 15 words hidden in the puzzle. See if your students can find all the words hidden in the grid. To make it more interesting, you could see how many words they can find in a given time.
  5. Checking Your Luggage | American EnglishChecking Your Luggage | American English
        In this ESL lesson, students will listen to audio of an airline employee helping a man check in to his flight and discuss things they see and do at an airport. Students will also learn and practice prepositions of direction, learn common idioms used at an airport, and practice vocabulary relating to this topic. This lesson includes plenty of engaging discussion activities and ...
  1. "At the Beach" Vocabulary Word Search
      This fun beach-themed word search can be used in the summer season. It includes words related to "At the Beach" vocabulary. There are 15 words hidden in the puzzle. See if your students can find all the words hidden in the grid. To make it more interesting, you could see how many words they can find in a given time.
  2. Simple Past Tense Quiz - Grammar - VerbSimple Past Tense Quiz - Grammar - Verb
      This grammar practice worksheet focuses on the use of the Simple Past tense. It's all about simple past tense, quiz, question, practice, grammar, verb, multiple choice, etc. Students observe the use of the tense and practice it in a speaking activity. The tasks can be used for independent studies or distance-learning classes.
  3. Vocabulary WorksheetVocabulary Worksheet
      This worksheet is for elementary grade school and for beginners in learning English. It aims to improve and help students practice English as well as an assessment tool in teaching and learning activities. This vocabulary worksheet includes various themes, such as verbs, adverbs, time, and animal names.
  4. Heinrich, The CatHeinrich, The Cat
      This reading activity has all the pre- and post-reading tasks: lead-in, vocabulary pre-teach, set the scene, gist task, reading for specific information, follow-up, and pronunciation practice. By following all these steps, we help learners become better readers.
  5. Checking Your Luggage | American EnglishChecking Your Luggage | American English
        In this ESL lesson, students will listen to audio of an airline employee helping a man check in to his flight and discuss things they see and do at an airport. Students will also learn and practice prepositions of direction, learn common idioms used at an airport, and practice vocabulary relating to this topic. This lesson includes plenty of engaging discussion activities and ...
  1. Talk for a MinuteTalk for a Minute
    This ppt is a good game for your students to practice speaking for one minute on one of the topics that they are going to choose by luck, it is appropriate for a conversation class ( beginner- intermediate), I hope you enjoy it, it 's very interesting.
  2. Songs To Study English 2Songs To Study English 2
    This Teacher's resource pack contains 16 songs to study (and - I hope - to speak) English. I used them during my lessons, made some corrections and finally decided to share. The structure of the pack is: Teacher's notes for a song followed by a students' page (worksheet). Unlike Songs To Study English 1, you can use more games and other activities with songs. That's why Appendix was added. I ...
  3. Christmas Materials Package 2010: Tons of ActivitiesChristmas Materials Package 2010: Tons of Activities
    Here's a huge 41-page Christmas materials package kindly provided by www.learnwell.fi (also publicly available from their website) that is filled with dozens of ready-to-print Christmas materials, seasonal exercises on vocabulary and grammar, Christmas dialogues and more. Download it and see for yourself - and you won't be disappointed! Merry Christmas! Activities include: Christmas board game ...
  4. Christmas BookletChristmas Booklet
    In this booklet designed for my primary school pupils, who study English for five years, there are some of the most beautiful Christmas songs (Oh Christmas Tree, Jingle Bells, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, White Christmas, Happy Christmas) and fun activities (color by number, riddle, crossword puzzle, write a letter for Santa, Christmas acrostic write, read and ...
  5. Animal RiddlesAnimal Riddles
    Elementary worksheet consisting of 21 riddles. Students or teams of students read the riddles to each other and the other team has to guess. Focuses on reading aloud, pronunciation, listening, listening comprehension and team work. Enjoy!

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