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In this column you will find a series of readings that will help you to improve your reading comprehension, increase your vocabulary and develop your fluency and pronunciation. Pay attention to each reading, it will help you a lot to improve your acquisition of the English language.

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In this column you will find a series of readings that will help you to improve your reading comprehension, increase your vocabulary and develop your fluency and pronunciation. Pay attention to each reading, it will help you a lot to improve your acquisition of the English language.

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In each activity you can add your comments and give us a ❤️. We want to know if these exercises and activities have helped you.

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The series of activities that you will find in this section are effective according to the level at which you are. In some of them, you will receive feedback and in others you will improve and evaluate your knowledge in the foreign language. It is important to highlight that these resources have been very helpful in the process of learning the English language and that is why we want to share them with you, so that you can improve your knowledge of the language in the reading skill.

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This is a series of animated short stories to help children to learn English with their parents. Each story has a downloadable transcript and activities to help children to explore and use the language.

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This is a series of animated short stories to help children learn English with their parents. Each story has a downloadable transcript and an activities pack to help children explore and use the language.

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BBC Learning English - Stories for Children

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A series of animated short stories to help children learn English with their parents.

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In this  part you will find funny games for children to improve their reading comprehension.

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Browse Reading Games. Award winning educational materials designed to help kids succeed. Start for free now!

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An amazing reading that will help you to improve your reading comprehension in the English language.

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An interesting reading that will help you to improve your reading comprehension in the English language.
Also you can increase your vocabulary, fluency and pronunciation.

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Here you can find books, novels, stories and more literature to read. Also you can read them online or download them in your computer or cellphone.

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Descargar libros gratis PDF EPUB - Freeditorial

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Descargar libros gratis en formatos PDF y EPUB. Más de 50.000 libros para descargar en tu kindle, tablet, IPAD, PC o teléfono móvil

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One activity that will help you to improve your reading comprehension in the English language.

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Reading Comprehension Activity

Which figurative language technique is used in the following sentence?

"I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present."

Which best describes the narrator's tone in this sentence?

"Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication."

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The Gift of the Magi | Reading Comprehension Activity

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Reading Comprehension Activity Which figurative language technique is used in the following sentence? "I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present." Which best describes the narrator's tone in this sentence? "Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication."

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The communicative approach is based on the idea that learning language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning. When learners are involved in real communication, their natural strategies for language acquisition will be used, and this will allow them to learn to use the language.

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It is important to emphasize that this blog is based on the communicative approach where all the activities found here go according to the different methods of this approach, such as the audiolingual method, direct method, task based method, content based instruction, project based method, among others.

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In this column you will find a series of activities that will help you to improve one of the most important skills such as speaking. These exercises will help you to develop the components of this competence such as pronunciation, fluency, intonation, stress among others. You can even increase your vocabulary and handle grammar in better way when you speak. You will find exercises at different levels and based on different important topics in learning the English language. It is important to emphasize that you can learn to develop your language skills with playful activities such as songs, games, videos, conversations, among others.

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In this column you will find a series of activities that will help you to improve one of the most important skills such as speaking. These exercises will help you to develop the components of this competence such as pronunciation, fluency, intonation, stress among others. You can even increase your vocabulary and handle grammar in better way when you speak. You will find exercises at different levels and based on different important topics in learning the English language. It is important to emphasize that you can learn to develop your language skills with playful activities such as songs, games, videos, conversations, among others.

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In this column you will find various exercises and types that will help you to improve your listening competence, it will allow you to develop listening discrimination among other important aspects in this competence. You will find exercises at different levels and based on various fundamental topics in learning the English language. Remember that you can learn to develop your language skills with playful activities such as songs, games and conversations.

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In this column you will find various exercises and types that will help you to improve your listening competence, it will allow you to develop listening discrimination among other important aspects in this competence. You will find exercises at different levels and based on various fundamental topics in learning the English language. Remember that you can learn to develop your language skills with playful activities such as songs, games and conversations.

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The series of activities that you will find in this section are effective according to the level at which you are. In some of them, you will receive feedback and in others you will improve and evaluate your knowledge in the foreign language. It is important to highlight that these resources have been very helpful in the process of learning the English language and that is why we want to share them with you, so that you can improve your knowledge of the language in the listening skill.

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In this  part you will find funny games for children to improve their listening skills.

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Sled Dog Dash

Fun missions which will challenge children's listening and reading skills. The user's challenge is to help two children complete missions by using non fiction texts as a guide. There are several adventures to choose from.

Listen and Play The Billy Goats Gruff

An EYFS resource from the BBC which has songs, rhymes and listening games as well as the story The Billy Goats Gruff.

Listen and Play The Little Red Hen

A BBC EYFS resource with songs, rhymes and listening games to join in with and the story of The Little Red Hen. It has teachers' notes and a download option.

Orchestra Game

In this game you need to listen to the musical sound then guess the instrument it belongs to. Click play to access the free online game.

Toy Shop Money Game

Money games where children work out which coins will buy toy shop items and where they can calculate change. Tablet-friendly and with different levels of difficulty. USD, EURO and AUD options also available.

Test your listening skills and your memory. Listen carefully and then click on the drums in the order that you heard them.

Dotty and Boo Cat in The Stinky Wood

An animated story where children watch and then answer questions at the end. There is also an additional set of questions, with illustrations, for parents and teachers to use for promoting children's language development. For 4 - 6 year olds.

The Slide Game

A literacy game where you need to listen to and then choose the last sound to finish the word. Best in full-screen view.

Match the Sounds

Listen to the sounds then click on the picture that matches the sound.

Chinese Dragon Game

Chinese Dragon Game is an ordering and sequencing numbers game based on the Chinese New Year dragon theme.

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Sled Dog Dash Fun missions which will challenge children's listening and reading skills. The user's challenge is to help two children complete missions by using non fiction texts as a guide. There are several adventures to choose from.

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In this column you will find different activities that will help you to improve your writing skills, develop in a better way your spelling and increase your vocabulary, very important factors when learning a language. The writing activities range from the easiest to the most complicated, this with the aim of perfecting your acquisition of the English language in this competence.

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In this column you will find different activities that will help you to improve your writing skills, develop in a better way your spelling and increase your vocabulary, very important factors when learning a language. The writing activities range from the easiest to the most complicated, this with the aim of perfecting your acquisition of the English language in this competence.

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The series of activities that you will find in this section are effective according to the level at which you are. In some of them, you will receive feedback and in others you will improve and assess your knowledge in the foreign language. It is important to highlight that these resources have been very helpful in the process of learning the English language and that is why we want to share them with you, so that you can improve your knowledge of the language in the writing skill.

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In this  part you will find funny games for children to improve their writing skills.

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Selection of excellent educational maths and literacy games, organised by topic and age group - Topmarks

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This blog has been designed with the purpose of facilitating you the acquisition of the English language with  a series of activities, exercises, videos, vocabulary and quizzes that will help you to improve the four English language skills, which are; reading, writing, listening and speaking.

It is important to emphasize that this blog contains activities for the different levels of the English language that are easily coupled to your learning style.

In addition to that, you can select the activities according to your level of English or you can reinforce the knowledge that you have already acquired of the language.

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This is a website that contains a series of writing worksheets that will help you to improve your writing skills.

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Print FREE writing worksheets for kindergarten through 6th-grade students. Simple, fun, and no-prep effective writing worksheets to use in your classroom.

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The series of activities that you will find in this section are effective according to the level at which you are. In some of them, you will receive feedback and in others you will improve and assess your knowledge in the foreign language. It is important to highlight that these resources have been very helpful in the process of learning the English language and that is why we want to share them with you, so that you can improve your knowledge of the language in the speaking skill.

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This is a PDF document that contains an explanation how to write good paragraphs. It includes examples and exercises. Through these activities you will improve your writing style.

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In this activity you will learn how to write an email, a fundamental element in your academic life.

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Choose one typical food of your country and write; ingredients, the equipment that you need to prepare it and the procedure of it.

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Write a dialogue following the instructions in the worksheet.

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Read the story below. Then finish it with your own writing.

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Read the story below. Then finish it with your own writing.

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This activity will help you to increase your knowledge of a specific grammar topic that is very important in your language acquisition. The instructions are clear on the worksheet.

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Practice and improve your writing skills through these amazing exercises.

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Practise and improve your writing skills for your school studies and your English exams. There are activities for different levels, so find your level and make a start.

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Here is a worksheet to help you to practice summarizing. Read four nonfiction paragraphs about trains, highlight or underline important information, and write a title for the passage related to its main idea. Then create a summary.

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Research news that happened in your country, choose one of them and put it into your own words completing the worksheet.

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In this column you will find some links with vocabulary that will help to increase your fluency and security when you communicate in the English language.

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In this column you will find some links with vocabulary that will help to increase your fluency and security when you communicate in the English language.

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In this link you will find some tips that will help you to improve your listening skills.

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Accurate pronunciation is an important part of learning any language, and especially when you're learning English. The way your speech sounds can have a big impact on whether or not people understand what you are saying and their initial impression of you. The tricky thing about pronunciation is that it not just a question of acquiring knowledge, it's a physical skill that you need to practise regularly.

How to improve English pronunciation

There are no shortcuts to perfect pronunciation, however there are some ways you can practise more effectively and improve your skills faster. Follow our ten top tips, start improving your pronunciation today and take a step closer towards your goal of perfect English pronunciation.

1. Watch yourself

Stand in front of a mirror to see the placement of your tongue, lips, and shape of your mouth when you make certain sounds. Compare what you see with a video of a native-speaker saying the same thing.

2. Sing a song!

Learn the words to popular English songs and sing along. Singing helps you relax and just get those words out, as well as helping your rhythm and intonation. Because you don't need to concentrate on constructing sentences for yourself, you can concentrate on making your pronunciation sound great!

Give each of these tips a try next time you have a chance and find out which of them works best for you. Remember, none of them is an instant fix but they will all help you reach your goals as part of regular practice. Are you ready to improve your English pronunciation?
Learn English is easy and fun with our free resources. Share it! Article related: Want to upgrade your English vocabulary? Try newspapers and magazines!

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Choose one famous person and research for his/her biography and complete the following worksheet.

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Ejercicio de Biography graphic organizer

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Ficha online de Writing para Intermediate. Puedes hacer los ejercicios online o descargar la ficha como pdf.

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In this column you will find everything related to grammar, fundamental topics that will help you to improve your acquisition of the English language. You will be able to have access to quizzes that will evaluate your knowledge of grammar rules, uses and structures. In the same way, Power Point presentations and videos that will help you to have a better understanding about these topics. Remember that grammar plays an important role when learning a second language such as English.

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In this column you will find everything related to grammar, fundamental topics that will help you to improve your acquisition of the English language. You will be able to have access to quizzes that will evaluate your knowledge of grammar rules, uses and structures. In the same way, Power Point presentations and videos that will help you to have a better understanding about these topics. Remember that grammar plays an important role when learning a second language such as English.

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The series of activities that you will find in this section are effective according to the level at which you are. In some of them, you will receive feedback and in others you will improve and evaluate your knowledge in the foreign language. It is important to highlight that these resources have been very helpful in the process of learning the English language and that is why we want to share them with you, so that you can improve your grammar knowledge of the English language.

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Improve your grammar with 6 minute grammar (basic). On this page you'll find a range of basic grammar programmes to boost your language skills.

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Improve your grammar with easy 6 Minute Grammar, our grammar series for beginner level learners. On this page you'll find a range of easy grammar programmes to boost your language skills. Each programme covers a key grammar point with all the explanations, examples and activities you need to become an easy grammar champion - in just 6 minutes. Grammar topics include present simple and present continuous tenses, the present perfect, prepositions, relative clauses, modal verbs, adjectives, the first conditional, phrasal verbs and much, much more.

In addition to these 30 programmes, you can also try our intermediate grammar series, Medium 6 Minute Grammar or you can check your grammar knowledge with our complete easy grammar reference guide, medium grammar reference guide, medium grammar reference 2 guide and hard grammar reference. You can also try The Grammar Gameshow and study the lessons and use the worksheets from our English Class series..

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BBC Learning English - Easy grammar - 6 Minute Grammar

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Improve your grammar with easy 6 Minute Grammar, our grammar series for beginner level learners. On this page you'll find a range of easy grammar programmes to boost your language skills. Each programme covers a key grammar point with all the explanations, examples and activities you need to become an easy grammar champion - in just 6 minutes.

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Check and improve your grammar with our basic grammar reference guide. On this page you'll find links to improve your basic grammar knowledge.

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Check and improve your grammar with our basic grammar reference guide. On this page you'll find links to our basic grammar summary pages. Each basic grammar reference page covers a key grammar point with all the explanations and examples you need to become a grammar champion.

In addition to these 30 grammar reference guides, you can also try our audio grammar series, 6 Minute Grammar (Basic) or 6 Minute Grammar (Intermediate) and you can check your grammar knowledge with our complete intermediate grammar reference guide, upper-intermediate grammar reference guide and towards advanced grammar reference guide.

Completed our basic grammar reference guide?

Why not check out one of our 6 Minute series?

Try our grammar reference guides at higher levels:

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BBC Learning English - Basic grammar guide

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Improve your basic grammar by using these basic grammar resources from BBC Learning English. This is the basic grammar reference guide

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Below you will find a full list of our online ESL games. These games are great for teaching face to face with an interactive digital board or teaching online classes with Zoom. We will have many more online games coming shortly, so make sure you check back often.

Online ESL Games

ESL Say It! - A simple no prep warmer/cooler or quick break for students. In this activity students have to say a word from a category that begins with a letter.

ESL Guess Who - Practice describing people with this fun online game.

Learn to tell the time - Practice reading the setting the time with this fun interactive game to practice telling the time.

ESL Scattergories! - A classic quick thinking vocabulary where students need to think of vocabulary quickly to get the most words beginning with a letter.

Name 5! - Name 5! is a simple no prep vocabulary warmer. In this activity students need to say a number of words based on a range of topics. Can your students beat the clock!

5 Seconds! - Students need to say 3 words from a random category in 5 seconds to score a point.

2 Pictures 1 Compound - Can you guess the closed compounds nouns from the pictures? Practice guessing the compounds nouns with this fun interactive game.

Interactive Board Games - Practice speaking, grammar and vocabulary with these interactive online board games. New board games added regularly.

ESL Vocabulary Fortunes - An online game for teens and adults that is a great way to practice vocabulary on a large number of topics.

Animal Vocabulary Games - Practice animals with these four interactive online games. These fun games are a great way to revise animal vocabulary with your students.

Story Dice - Get your students making and telling stories with this fun online story tool.

ESL Countdown - Practice vocabulary and spelling with countdown.

Anagram Word Game - A simple word game. Suitable for teens and adults with an intermediate and above level of English.

ESL Category Generator - Generate categories to get your students practicing vocabulary. Great activity to be used with a ball or in online classes to get students thinking at the start of class as a warmer.

Random Letter Generator - Generate random letters from the alphabet with this simple letter generating tool.

ESL Idiom Generator - Generate over 100 of the most common English language idioms. Get students to draw or mime out the idioms as a way to introduce them to the most common idioms in English.

Random Noun Generator - Randomly generate over 200 of the most common nouns in the English Language. Great for Pictionary and other end of the class coolers.

Catchphrase - A quick fire word game where students explain as many words as they can within the time limit.

Pictionary - Automatically generate words from three different levels of difficulty and play Pictionary with your students in a flash.

ESL Boggle - Boggle is a great warmer that can be used in the classroom. With this online version get students writing words to be the top of the class.

ESL Quizzes - Our Quizzes are a great way to end class and practice key vocabulary for a wide range of themes. Check back regularly as we are adding new quizzes regularly.

Question Unscramble - Practice grammar and speaking by unscrambling these questions which cover 15 different grammar topics.

ESL Guess Who - Practice describing people with this fun online game.

The Expert - In this speaking game students speak about a topic for 30/60/120 seconds to gain points for their team.

Interactive Board Games - Practice speaking, grammar and vocabulary with these interactive online board games. New board games added regularly.

Movers Spot the Difference - Practice for the Cambridge Movers Speaking exam with this free fun interactive online game.

ESL Brain Teasers - Do you want to get your students thinking? Practice lateral thinking and reading with this brain teasers for all ages and levels.

Describe the photo - Practice speaking about photos for B1 (PET) students.

Story Dice - Get your students making and telling stories with this fun online story tool.

Spot The Difference - Can you spot the differences? Levels 1 - 8 are now available, more levels coming soon.

ESL Odd One Out - An online game that is a great way to practice vocabulary and speaking with young learners. This activity is great to help students practice for the Cambridge Movers exam.

Irregular Verb Challenge - Practice irregular verbs with your students using this tool. This versatile game can be played in many different ways and is a great routine to master irregular verbs with your students.

Interactive Board Games - Practice speaking, grammar and vocabulary with these interactive online board games. New board games added regularly.

ESL Quizzes - Our Quizzes are a great way to end class and practice key vocabulary for a wide range of themes. Check back regularly as we are adding new quizzes regularly.

Fortune Teller - Practice " yes/no" and "will" + future question forming with your students with this fortune teller.

ESL Bomb Game - Bomb is an engaging scoring system that adds excitement to any game.

Wheel of Fortune - Spin the wheel and win points for up to five teams.

ESL Battleship - Battleship is another engaging scoring system that will have students wanting more! How quickly can your students find all the ships and win?

Blockbuster - Gamify your online and face to face lessons with Blockbuster. Use this game to practice vocabulary, word formation or just about any activity. Students work in teams and have to get across the board.

Rock, Paper, Scissors - Battle your students in an epic match of 'Rock, Paper, Scissors'.

ESL Play Your Cards Right - A fun higher or lower game.

Virtual Classroom Horse Race - Bring your students to the horse races with this simple interactive game. Have students choose a horse and see who wins! Great to gamify your class and make everyone have a chance of winning big.

Tic Tac Toe - Dragons vs Unicorns - Play the ultimate tic tac toe battle in class. Who will win? Dragons or Unicorns?

Math Skills - Practice addition, subtraction, division and multiplication with this fun online game.

How Many? Counting Game - Practice counting, numbers and 'there are' / "there is" with this fun interactive counting game.

Addition Challenge - A quick fire addition maths game that will help your students practice quick thinking with numbers and addition in English or any target language. A fun no prep warmer/cooler for class.

Number Match - A simple multiplication challenge to get students thinking and multiplying in English. A great warmer to get your students thinking and focused!

Alphabet Game - In this mini game students need to touch the letters of the alphabet in order. Ideal for young learners.

Animal Vocabulary Games - Practice animals with these four interactive online games. These fun games are a great way to revise animal vocabulary with your students.

How Many? Counting Game - Practice counting, numbers and 'there are' / "there is" with this fun interactive counting game.

Movers Spot the Difference - Practice for the Cambridge Movers Speaking exam with this free fun interactive online game.

Spot The Difference - Can you spot the differences? Levels 1 - 8 are now available, more levels coming soon.

Interactive Word Search - Online interactive word search (word soup) puzzles for Young learners with target vocabulary for Cambridge Young Learner Exams (Starters, Movers and Flyers A1 & A2. A Fun way to practice spelling with students in class, on their own or online with Zoom.

ESL Hangman - Hangman is a no-prep way to practice spelling and vocabulary recall with your students.

ESL Picture Reveal - A fun way to introduce a topic, unit or just revise vocabulary with your students. These preprepared picture reveals will save you time and have students reviewing vocabulary in a fun and interactive way.

Memory Match - Review vocabulary with young learners with these interactive memory match game.

Story Dice - Get your students making and telling stories with this fun online story tool.

ESL Writing Prompt Generator - An entertaining way to practice writing with young learners and even teens.

More online ESL games coming soon! (Last updated 7 April 2021)

Online ESL Classroom Tools

Classroom Dice - A simple virtual dice that can be used on any device

Date and Weather Interactive Chart (New) - Our no fuss interactive date and weather chart is a great way practice the date and weather each day with your students.

Classroom Soundboard - This tool helps teachers manage classroom transitions with simple sounds that they can assign to different classroom tasks e.g listen to the teacher, change groups, go back to your desk etc.

Cipher Making Tool - Make secret ciphers quickly and easily with our new Cipher tool.

Tell the Time - Practice telling the time with this free online tool for teens and adults.

Story Dice - Get your students making and telling stories with this fun online story tool.

Random Letter Generator - Generate random letters from the alphabet with this simple letter generating tool.

Random Number Generator - Play bingo, practice numbers or pick who goes first, all with this random number generator.

ESL Category Generator - Generate categories to get your students practicing vocabulary. Great activity to be used with a ball or in online classes to get students thinking at the start of class as a warmer.

Student Name Picker - A random name selector for you to use in your classroom when choosing a student to complete a task, answer a question, or participate in an activity.

Spin the Wheel - Spin the wheel is a simple way of awarding points to students in a fun and interactive way.

Classroom Coin Flip - Flip a virtual coin to decide teams, who's first and much more.

Classroom Score Board - Keep score with this interactive classroom score board.

Classroom Timer - Keep a track of time with this handy timer.

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Introduction to grammar tenses in English.

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Introduction to grammar tenses in English.

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When we are reading anything, how do we know if the events are happening in the past, present or the possible future? In grammar, we indicate time by modifying the verbs accordingly. Let us see how this is done in Introduction to Tenses.

Introduction to Tenses

In English grammar, verbs are often used in a way that it indicates or denotes the time when an event occurred. These verbs that take up different forms to indicate the time of an action, event or condition by changing its form are called as tenses. Tenses can be broadly classified into three broad categories:

Browse more Topics under Tenses

With each of these tenses, there are four aspects associated with it. An aspect here refers to the nature of action performed by the verb. We will also learn about them in an introduction to tenses.

Perfect or complete

Perfect continuous

Progressive or Continuous

Simple or indefinite.

This way, we get total possibilities of 12 tenses in English grammar. Let us understand more about each of these groups of tenses.

Past, Present & Future

This tense is used to refer to something that happened in the past. Sometimes, past tense is also called as 'simple past tense'. Example: We stayed in a hotel.

Past continuous tense: This type of past tense is used to describe an event or occurrence that is ongoing or continuing in the past. Example: We were playing tennis at the club.

Past Perfect Tense: This type of tense is used to describe an event in the past that has been completed. Example: We had completed our match before she had come.

Past Perfect Continuous: This type of past tense verb is used to indicate an event, action or occurrence that started before another event, action or occurrence in the past. We can say that one action or event interrupted another. Example: I had been playing the drums since school time.

Learn more about Uses of Past Tense here in detail.
This tense is used to refer or indicate to something that occurs in the present. The simple present or indefinite present tense is used to describe an action, event, or condition that is occurring in the present while being spoken about or written. Example: The dogs' bark.

Present Continuous Tense: This tense indicates the continuous nature of an act or event in the present and has not been completed. The activity has begun in the past and will be completed in the future. Example: She is preparing chicken sandwiches for breakfast.

Present Perfect Tense: This tense is used to describe an action that had begun in the past, continues into the present and has just been completed. The time of occurrence of the action is generally not mentioned. This tense is also used to describe an action happened in the past before another action took place. Example: I have just completed my dinner.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense: This tense is used to describe an action, event or occurrence that has begun in the past and continues into the present. It is also used for an action that began and just finished in the past or in cases where there is no mention of time. Example: They have been trying to contact her.

Learn more about Sequences of Tenses here in detail.
This tense is used to refer to or indicate something that hasn't happened at the time of speaking or writing. 'Simple Future Tense' commonly formed with the use of words 'will' and 'shall'. Example: We shall be there by noon.

Future Continuous Tense: This tense is used to describe actions that are ongoing or continuing in the future. It is commonly used in sentences by using the simple future tense of the verb with the present participle i.e '-ing'. Example: His parents will be attending the convocation.

Future Perfect Tense: Is used to refer or describe an event that will be completed sometime in the future before another action takes place. It is written by using the past participle of the verb with the simple future tense of the verb. Example: I will have completed 10 years of work in August this year.

Future Perfect Continuous Tense: This tense is used to describe an action that is continuing into the future and will be completed at a specified time in the future. This tense is written using the future perfect tense of the verb with the present participle. Example: I shall have been living in Mumbai for five years by May 2019.

With this introduction to tenses, you may have now got a good idea about the tenses and their various types and forms. We will learn more about each of these tenses in the following chapters.

Learn the rules for changing tenses between Active Voice and Passive Voice.

Solved Example for You

Q. She _________ food when the guests arrived yesterday.

Sol. (b) was preparing. The sentence is in past tense which is indicated by the word 'yesterday'. It is also indicated in the sentence that it is in past continuous tense due to the words 'when the guests arrived'.

So, the option which is indicative of past continuous tense is option b) was preparing. The completed sentence is: She was preparing food when the guests arrived yesterday.

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Introduction to Tenses: Past, Present and Future Tenses with Examples

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When we are reading anything, how do we know if the events are happening in the past, present or the possible future? In grammar, we indicate time by modifying the verbs accordingly. Let us see how this is done in Introduction to Tenses.

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Power Point Presentation about twelve grammar tenses in English.

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Power Point Presentation about twelve grammar tenses in English.

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Look at this amazing presentation and you will be able to understand better the grammar tenses in English.

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This is a website that contains a series of exercises that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the simple present tense.

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Present simple exercises affirmative forms - elementary level esl. Exercises on simple present tense. Verb exercises

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This is a website that contains a series of exercises that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the present continuous tense.

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Present continuous exercises. Present progressive exercises affirmative, negative, interrogative. Elementary level esl, esol, ielts

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This is a website that contains a series of exercises that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the present perfect  tense.

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Present perfect exercises. Present perfect simple in English - exercises lower intermediate level esl online.

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This is a website that contains a series of exercises that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the present perfect tense.

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Present perfect continuous exercises. Present perfect and present perfect progressive exercises.

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This is a website that contains a series of exercises that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the past simple tense.

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Past simple exercises - regular verbs elementary level esl. Beginners exercises

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This is a quiz that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the past continuous tense.

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Past Continuous Quiz | Grammar | EnglishClub

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Online quiz to test your understanding of the Past Continuous tense in English. This is a free multiple-choice quiz that you can do online or print out. For ESL learners.

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This is a website that contains a series of exercises that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the past perfect tense.

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The past perfect tense - exercises. Past perfect simple forms. Intermediate level esl

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This is a website that contains a series of exercises that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the past perfect continuous tense.

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Exercise on Past Perfect Progressive :: page Default

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This is a website that contains a series of exercises that will help you to measure your knowledge of the past perfect tense.

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Past perfect exercises. Past simple and past perfect exercises for intermediate level esl. Present perfect and past perfect in English

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This is a website that contains a series of exercises that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the future simple tense.

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Exercise on Future I Simple (will) :: page Default

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This is a quiz that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the future continuous tense.

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Future Continuous Quiz | Grammar | EnglishClub

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Online quiz to test your understanding of the Future Continuous tense in English. This is a free multiple-choice quiz that you can do online or print out. For ESL learners.

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This is a website that contains a series of exercises that will help you to evaluate your knowledge of the future perfect tense.

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Here's the third exercise about the future perfect tense. It's to practise the question form.

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In this section you will find some idioms in English and its meanings in order to practice them and gain vocabulary.

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Improve your grammar with 6 minutes grammar (intermediate), our grammar series for intermediate level learners. On this page you'll find a range of intermediate grammar programmes to boost your language skills.

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Improve your grammar with 6 Minute Grammar - medium, our grammar series for medium level learners. On this page you'll find a range of medium level grammar programmes to boost your language skills. Each programme covers a key grammar point with all the explanations, examples and activities you need to become a medium grammar champion - in just 6 minutes. Grammar topics include present tenses, the present perfect continuous, the past perfect, zero conditionals, reported speech, relative clauses, passive voice, intensifiers and much, much more.

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BBC Learning English - Medium grammar - 6 Minute Grammar

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Improve your grammar with 6 Minute Grammar - medium, our grammar series for medium level learners. On this page you'll find a range of medium level grammar programmes to boost your language skills. Each programme covers a key grammar point with all the explanations, examples and activities you need to become a medium grammar champion - in just 6 minutes.

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Questions tags is a very important topic in English language learning. Watch this video and you will learn what they are, their uses, examples and exercices.

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Click here to download this explanation as a pdf

Tag questions (or question tags) turn a statement into a question. They are often used for checking information that we think we know is true.

Tag questions are made using an auxiliary verb (for example: be or have) and a subject pronoun (for example: I, you, she). Negative question tags are usually contracted: It's warm today, isn't it (not 'is it not')

Usually if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative, and if the main clause is negative, it's positive. For example: It's cold (positive), isn't it (negative)? And: It isn't cold (negative), is it (positive)?

If the main clause has an auxiliary verb in it, you use the same verb in the tag question. If there is no auxiliary verb (in the present simple and past simple) use do / does / did (just like when you make a normal question).

There is one weird exception: the question tag after I am is aren't I.
For example: I'm in charge of the food, aren't I?

Postive sentences, with negative tags

Negative sentences, with positive tags

Try an exercise about tag questions with the present simple here

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An easy explanation of how to make and use tag questions (or question tags) like 'isn't it'.

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Watch this video that explains the differences between used to and would. Things of the past that no longer happen or exist.

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Grammar explanation and practice test at B1 level

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Comparatives and Superlatives in English

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Comparatives and Superlatives in English

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Comparatives and superlatives is a fundamental topic when learning a foreign language such as English, look at this Power Point presentation where you will find their uses, rules, examples and exercises of this important topic.

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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES IN ENGLISH

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Modal verbs are fundamental elemenst in the acquisition of the English language. Through this website you will have a better understanding of this issue.

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How to use Modals in English Grammar - Explanations and Examples

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One activity that will help you to improve your reading comprehension in the English language.

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Reading Comprehension Quiz

Describe how a skunk survives the winter. List the steps that the skunk must take to survive in chronological order.

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How is the way that frogs and snakes get through the winter different from the way that squirrels and beavers survive?

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Reading Comprehension Quiz Describe how a skunk survives the winter. List the steps that the skunk must take to survive in chronological order. Why is migrating a good way to get through the winter? Refer to the text in your answer.

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Tongue twisters to improve pronunciation.

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Tongue twisters to improve pronunciation.

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Here there are many tongue twisters, you can read them and practice everyday with your classmates, relatives or friends.

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Guess the Sound Game | 20 Sounds to Guess

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Check and improve your grammar with our upper-intermediate grammar reference guide. On this page you'll find links that will help you to improve your grammar knowledge.

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BBC Learning English - Medium grammar guide 2

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Check and improve your grammar with our upper-intermediate grammar reference guide. On this page you'll find links to our upper-intermediate grammar summary pages. Each upper-intermediate grammar reference page covers a key grammar point with all the explanations and examples you need to become an upper-intermediate grammar champion.

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Listen carefully and repeat each sentence

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Here there are many sentences in order to practice and improve your speaking skills, listen each sentence and repeat them slowly.

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Conditionals is a complicated subject to learn but through this Power Point presentation you will easily understand this fundamental subject. It includes their uses, structures, examples, and exercises.

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Improve your fluency, pronunciation and intonation

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The objective of this activity is to make you read faster and better, here you are going to improve your fluency, pronunciation and intonation.

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Repeat after me - English Speaking Practice 1