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Choose animal 1 or animal 2

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In the teacher's section you can also alter the sets of content, so that only some of the images appear. Additionally, you can get embed code to add this game to a blog or web page and you can create direct links to the game with content pre-selected. As an example, the link below will start the game with the jobs content automatically loaded.

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This is a simple game for practicing brief reading comprehension. To play, you read the brief description and then click on the image that it most accurately describes. The aim is to practice understanding for short English sentences in a fun way. By having the player match the description to an image, it is hoped that meaning or context can be elicited more effectively. To be clear, this game is primarily targeted at - ESL (English as a second language) students.

When playing, you can select the content to use from a range of 20 or so different sets. Each set has 20 to 30 items and each item has two different (but quite similar) descriptions. The first description is quite simple, while the second tries to be more difficult. The easier descriptions show first and then as you progress the more difficult ones show. To finish the game, you have to go through the whole set of content twice. To try and make the game more interesting, score is accumulated and a high score table is shown at the end. Most of the other games on this site use a timer to make the game challenging. Rather than do this again, this game just has score and a bar that accumulates and awards more points. The bar accumulates as you get the correct answer, but then resets whenever a mistake is made. If you can get six correct responses in a row, the star is shown and additional score is given.

To add another element to the game, I included 3 'lifelines' or hints to help get the correct answer. These appear on the right of the screen and, while initial faded, become available as you accumulate score. The first lifeline is '50/50'. Clicking this will remove half of the options leaving only the correct answer and 3 alternatives. The second lifeline, changes the images shown and reorders the display. At first 8 images are shown. One is the correct response and the other 7 are randomly selected from the other images in the content set. The second lifeline, re-shuffles and reselects the 7 alternatives. The final lifeline simply shows the correct response. As this one is quite useful, it is can only be used a few times. When you begin, you have no lifelines and the option buttons are all faded out. Then as you give correct responses, you accumulate score and get awarded lifelines. However, one incorrect answer will reset everything and remove all the lifelines you have.

There a couple of game modes that you can play in. Normal mode will display 8 possible images for each description, while easy mode displays only 4 images. There is also a 'simple' mode in which the scoring bar and lifelines are removed.

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A game to practice basic text comprehension in English. Read the descriptions and then click on the matching pictures. You can use this to learn English online for free.

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Updated November 2022 - let me know if there are any problems.

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The aim of this game is to help students learn English - specifically ESL (English as a second language).

This game is useful for practicing animal related words and phrases. While it is good to know the words for animals, it is not really all that useful in everyday life. So I wanted to make a game with animals that was more constructive and actually practiced making phrases. At the same time, I wanted to make a game that could practice basic verbs question forms such as 'how many', 'is it', 'can it' and so on. Animals and animal guessing gives a context in which using these verb phrases can be meaningful. The general idea is that you have to guess the mystery animal. In order to do you must narrow down the possible choices by asking questions which, hopefully, provides context and meaning for the question phrases.

The object of the game is to guess the eight hidden animals that are presented, one at a time, behind a question mark. Possible animals are display above the mystery box and are eliminated as questions are asked. The user can guess which animal it could be at any time by making a "I guess .... " phrase.

Some of the items may seem a bit ambiguous or strange; it is quite hard to think of enough forms that can be used to describe a range of animals. This is why there are questions about dragons eating meat and other such things that may not be immediately obvious. At the same time, sorry if there are any answers that are wrong or probably wrong - dolphins eating fish and so on.

I hope that this game can be useful practice for forming questions with matching of question words and auxiliaries. At the same time, hopefully it will re-enforce the meanings of the forms through practising them in a contextual way. While vocabulary for animals may not be the most useful for everyday life, constructing basic question forms is a lot more applicable.

The background image was drawn on the basis of a photo I took in the mountains in the south of China, with a few other Chinese type elements added in to make it look more interesting. It was supposed to be quite China themed with the long wall and Chinese style roof; I really hope it looks appealing.

This game should work on mobiles and tablets but please leave a comment if it does not do so. And please leave any comments on what you think or if there is anything that could be improved

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A game to practice making questions in English. Guess the animal by forming questions and looking the pictures. This game is free, online and specifically for ESL students.

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Present Simple vs Present Continuous odpowiedzi (1)

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This is a game for learning English (ESL) with a specific focus on comparatives

The game uses pairs of images that show a difference. For example a tall person and a short person. These pairs are matched with the comparative form of an adjective. For example 'taller'. The comparative forms describe the meanings conveyed in the pairs of images.

The comparative form is always made by taking the image on the left as primary. The image on the left is always the subject of the sentence and the image on the right is always the object.

The game has 2 main screens. First there is a screen where you can view pairs of images and read a phrase that describes the comparison. You can click on adjacent images to scroll through them. The aim of this screen is to review the images and give an idea of the differences. On this screen you can also select which set of content you would like to use. To start the game, you click on the 'play' button.

The second of the main screens is the game screen. This shows pairs of images and requires you to make comparatives phrases to describe the differences. To make the phrases, you first have to select which adjective to use (remembering that the left image is always the subject). Then you are presented with 3 different forms of the adjective and you have to select which form is the accurate way to make the comparative. For example, the very first pair of images shows an elephant and a mouse. First, you choose the adjective 'big' and then you select the word 'bigger' to describe the difference. Once you have made 12 phrases, the set is complete and you get a score.

There are 6 different sets of content:

Each set of content has 12 pairs of images and a matching comparative phrase. The sets were chosen on the basis of how easy there were to represent visually. It would have been good to use comparative forms of adjectives like 'intelligent' or 'nice', but those are difficult to show in an image.

There is a scoring system in which you get points for correct answers. Getting answers correct in a row - without any mistakes - dramatically increases the score you get. There is also a timer through which you can get more score for answering quickly. Unlike other games, the timer does not cause a game over. A timer can make the game more interesting, but a lot of people email me feedback to say that it is often quite frustrating when it ends the game. The timer running out does however end the streak of correct answers. In this way, it is hoped that it can be engaging, but not so frustrating.

For comparative forms in English, the general rule is that words with 3 or more syllables use 'more' while shorter words just add 'er' or 'ier'. I did not think it was possible to teach or show this rule in the game; rather, students just have to know this and then look at or read the words. This game, like all the others, is really more about practicing things that students have already been taught in the classroom and is not really about instruction. I tried to use as many longer 'more' adjectives as I could; also, I managed to get good-better and bad-worse included.

It is hoped that learning can take place with this game by repeatedly forming comparative phrases. A student looks at the picture to stimulate the meaning, then through making the comparative phrase, the words are associated with the meaning.

Email me with any comments or feedback. You can use the contact page or just add a comment below

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This is a mini game to practice comparative sentences in English. It is mainly for ESL students to learn and reinforce comparative forms and make comparisons between vocabulary items.

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Comparative: sadder than, wetter than, fitter than, bigger than, hotter than, Superlative: the saddest, the wettest, the fittest, the biggest, the hottest.

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Matching pairs - Tap a pair of tiles at a time to reveal if they are a match.

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Znajdź słowo - W siatce liter ukryte są słowa. Znajdź je tak szybko, jak tylko potrafisz.

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1) My house is (big) _____ than yours a) bigger b) more big c) biggest d) big e) most bigger f) most biggest 2) This flower is (beautiful) _____ than that one a) beautifuler b) most beautiful c) more beautiful d) beautiful e) more beautifuler f) most beautifulest 3) This is the (interesting) _____ book I have ever read a) more interesting b) most interesting c) interestinger d) interestingest e) more interest f) most interest 4) Non-smokers usually live (long) _____ than smokers a) longer b) more long c) longest d) most long e) most longest f) more longer 5) Which is the (dangerous) _____ animal in the world? a) most dangerous b) more dangerous c) dangerouser d) dangerousest e) most dengerouer f) more dangerousest 6) A holiday by the sea is (good) _____ than a holiday in the mountains a) better b) good c) most good d) more good e) more better f) gooder 7) It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) _____ than a beer. a) more expensive b) most expensive c) expensivier d) more expensiviest e) expansiviest f) most expensiviest 8) Who is the (rich) _____ woman on earth? a) richest b) more rich c) most richest d) more richer e) more richest f) richer 9) The weather this summer is even (bad) _____ than last summer a) worse b) worst c) badder d) more bad e) most bad f) more worse 10) London is the (large) _____ city in England a) largest b) more large c) larger d) most largest e) most large f) more larger

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1) My house is (big) _____ than yours 2) This flower is (beautiful) _____ than that one 3) This is the (interesting) _____ book I have ever read

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Quiz - A series of multiple choice questions. Tap the correct answer to proceed.

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This is a game for practicing present simple verbs in English. You look at the images and then click on the words to make phrases and sentences.

The target language is the vocab and grammar for present simple tense. The vocab comes from the range of verbs used in the game, while the grammar is practiced through the correct use of present simple for different subjects.

The aim of the game is to give students exposure and practice in present simple tense. The images give meaning and context. This meaning is then paired with the words and sounds to build associations. It is hoped that this facilitates learning and so students will become more competent with the target language.

There are four parts to the game. In the first part, you have to move the images to match the words and then in the second part you have to click the correct images to match the phrases. In the third part, you are presented with an image and you have to click on words to complete the sentence in the correct way. Specicially, you have to conjugate the verb correctly for the prompted subject. This is mainly just deciding whether to use 3rd person s. There is also practice with the correct use of negative forms. Finally, in the fourth part, you have to respond to the question forms in the approriate way.

The content used in the game is arranged in sets of 6 items. These sets are then grouped together into groups of 6 sets. When you play the game through once, you will see 6 sets of 6 items for a total of 36. However, there are many different sets of items and each time you play, you should get different items. In total there are 252 items divided into 42 sets of 6.

You can give feedback or suggestions through the contact form or by leaving a comment below.

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This is an activity to practice present simple tense in English. Look at the text or listen to the audio and then click on the correct image. This is a free game to practice English for ESL students.

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Practice making simple sentences in English. Click on the words to forms sentences and hear audio. This is a fun way to learn English.

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Present Simple oraz Present Continuous to dwa czasy teraźniejsze, które poznajemy na początkowym poziomie nauki języka angielskiego. Czas Present Simple stosujemy, gdy mówimy o naszych zwyczajach lub czynnościach, które często wykonujemy. Natomiast Present Continuous używamy do opisywania czynności lub zdarzeń, które mają miejsce w danym momencie. A jak rozpoznać kiedy stosujemy Present Simple a kiedy Present Continuous?

Present Simple vs Present Continuous: różnice

Uwaga!

Gdy mówimy o znanych od dawna faktach używamy Present Simple. Ale jeśli mówimy o jakiejś nowej prawdzie, którą niedawno odkryto, to wtedy używamy Present Continuous.

Women live longer than men. (jest tak od dłuższego czasu)

Women are living longer than men nowadays. (tak jest obecnie)

+ fabuła książki

+ powtarzające się, denerwujące zachowania + always

She's always leaving the water running.

Our neighbors are always fighting about something.

Harry pulls out his wand from his pocket.

Hobbits stay at the tavern for the night.

+ opisując co robią ludzie na zdjęciach

The man in the picture is eating lunch.

In this photo, the woman is taking a walk.

Charakterystyczne słowa i wyrażenia

Przysłówki częstotliwości
always, often, usually, sometimes, rarely, never, seldom, every...

She usually goes to work at 7 a.m.

I often wake up late on the weekends.

Jack never wears a hat.

Wyjątki przy dodawaniu końcówki do czasownika

Wyjątki przy dodawaniu końcówki -s

Wyjątki przy dodawaniu końcówki -ing

+ w jednosylabowych czasownikach podwajamy ostatnią spółgłoskę i dodajemy -ing
swim - swim ming
sit - sit t ing

+ do wyrazów kończących się na o, ch, sh, s dodajemy końcówkę -es
do - does
watch - watches

+ w wyrazach kończących się na -y zamieniamy -y na -i, a następnie dodajemy -es
cry - cries
fly - flies
Ale! nie po samogłosce + y
play - plays
slay - slays

+ w czasownikach dwusylabowych z akcentowaną ostatnią sylabą podwajamy ostatnią spółgłoskę i dodajemy -ing
forget - forget ting
begin - begin n ing

+ nie dodajemy końcówki -s do czasowników modalnych
can, may, might, must

Dowiedz się więcej o czasownikach modalnych.

+ w czasownikach zakończonych na -e likwidujemy -e i dodajemy -ing
come - coming
have - having
Ale! nie w wyrazach zakończonych na -ee, -ye, -oe
see - seeing
dye - dyeing

+ końcówkę -ie w czasownikach zamieniamy na -y i dodajemy -ing
tie - tying
die - dying

Sprawdź również różnice między czasem Past Simple a Past Continuous oraz między Future Simple a Future Continuous.

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1) I ___________ (usually/ go) swimming on Mondays. 2) She _________ (always/play) basketball on Tuesdays. 3) They ___________ (meet) this Saturday.

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Search and discover new sets from a large collection created by users.

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You can set this page as a homework task for a group of students; doing so will give you a record of who has completed the task. Visit the teacher's section for more information.

In the teacher's section you can also alter the sets of content, so that only some of the images appear. Additionally, you can get embed code to add this game to a blog or web page and you can create direct links to the game with content pre-selected. As an example, the link below will start the game with the jobs content automatically loaded.

Alternatively, this link will start the game with the food content automatically selected and loaded.

Use the teacher's section to create more links or embed code.

This is a simple game for practicing brief reading comprehension. To play, you read the brief description and then click on the image that it most accurately describes. The aim is to practice understanding for short English sentences in a fun way. By having the player match the description to an image, it is hoped that meaning or context can be elicited more effectively. To be clear, this game is primarily targeted at - ESL (English as a second language) students.

When playing, you can select the content to use from a range of 20 or so different sets. Each set has 20 to 30 items and each item has two different (but quite similar) descriptions. The first description is quite simple, while the second tries to be more difficult. The easier descriptions show first and then as you progress the more difficult ones show. To finish the game, you have to go through the whole set of content twice. To try and make the game more interesting, score is accumulated and a high score table is shown at the end. Most of the other games on this site use a timer to make the game challenging. Rather than do this again, this game just has score and a bar that accumulates and awards more points. The bar accumulates as you get the correct answer, but then resets whenever a mistake is made. If you can get six correct responses in a row, the star is shown and additional score is given.

To add another element to the game, I included 3 'lifelines' or hints to help get the correct answer. These appear on the right of the screen and, while initial faded, become available as you accumulate score. The first lifeline is '50/50'. Clicking this will remove half of the options leaving only the correct answer and 3 alternatives. The second lifeline, changes the images shown and reorders the display. At first 8 images are shown. One is the correct response and the other 7 are randomly selected from the other images in the content set. The second lifeline, re-shuffles and reselects the 7 alternatives. The final lifeline simply shows the correct response. As this one is quite useful, it is can only be used a few times. When you begin, you have no lifelines and the option buttons are all faded out. Then as you give correct responses, you accumulate score and get awarded lifelines. However, one incorrect answer will reset everything and remove all the lifelines you have.

There a couple of game modes that you can play in. Normal mode will display 8 possible images for each description, while easy mode displays only 4 images. There is also a 'simple' mode in which the scoring bar and lifelines are removed.

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A game to practice basic text comprehension in English. Read the descriptions and then click on the matching pictures. You can use this to learn English online for free.

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This game is for practicing past tense English verbs. It is intended to be used by ESL (English as a second language) students, to review past participles. The aim of this game is not to explain or communicate the concept of past tense, rather it is just to practice using past tense. The concept of past tense is difficult to illustrate visually and really is better explained by a teacher in a classroom. So, this game is really just intended as a tool to practice verbs and sentences in past tense. The language used is quite basic, but I think it covers almost all of the basic past tense verb forms (regular and irregular) and a few more difficult ones.

There are 3 different tasks in the game. In the first task, you simply have to drag the verbs to match present to past tense forms. The second task requires you to choose the correct word to complete the sentence. Finally, for the third task you have to reorder the phrase. This sequence repeats with different sets of content.

There is also a review screen in which you can see each verb with its past-participle and an image to convey the meaning.

The game uses a timer to give an element of challenge to the game. The timer can be turned of by clicking on the settings button in game.

There are 22 sets of content. Each set has 8 verbs, with a matching image and sentence to convey meaning and context. This gives a total of 176 items. These were selected from lists of basic verbs in English with a slight bias towards choosing irregular past tense forms; although, some verbs that were hard to represent visually were excluded. For example, it is quite difficult to draw an image to show the meaning of the verb 'decide'. I hope that almost all the basic verbs are covered here and that by mastering this game, students will have a comprehensive mastery of all the basic past tense forms.

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Practice past tense verbs online. This game is of ESL students to learn regular and irregular past tense verbs online for free. You look at the pictures and then click on the right verbs.

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Past simple - czasowniki nieregularne k. V

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meet - met, go - went, buy - bought, come - came, drink - drank, eat - ate, feel - felt, have - had, make - made, do - did, get - got, give - gave.

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felt - feel, wrote - write, became - become, built - build, read - read, spoke - speak, drove - drive, found - find, fought - fight, knew - know, lay - lie, forgot - forget, flew - fly, got - get, gave - give, fell - fall, grew - grow, fed - feed, stole - steal, took - take,

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felt - feel, wrote - write, became - become, built - build, read - read, spoke - speak, drove - drive, found - find, fought - fight, knew - know, lay - lie.

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1) Yesterday I .... to work by bus. 2) What did you .... in the museum? 3) John .... the vase. 4) Two days ago my daughter .... a cat to our house.

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Choose the present simple or the present continuous.

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play an instrument, do an experiment, practice spelling, write a story, have recess, ask a question, do a project, correct a mistake.

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Match up - Drag and drop each keyword next to its definition.

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Beehive 4_ unit 4 :Attractions and vocabulary

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Group sort - Drag and drop each item into its correct group.

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1) They are my sisters. Can you see ____? 2) Billy is diving! Look at ____! 3) I like ___ very much She's my aunt. ____ name is Molly.

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Znajdź parę - Wybierz pasującą odpowiedź, aby ją wyeliminować. Powtarzaj, aż znikną wszystkie odpowiedzi.

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architect, administrator, vet, dentist, nurse, builder, cook, chef, engineer, soldier, reporter, factory worker, lawyer, hairdresser, shop assistant, doctor, musician, policeman/policewoman, flight attendant, footballer / soccer player, receptionist,

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architect, administrator, vet, dentist, nurse, builder, cook, chef, engineer, soldier, reporter, factory worker, lawyer, hairdresser, shop assistant, doctor.

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An ESL game to learn and review jobs language in English. You can see and listen to jobs words in English.

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Matching pairs - Tap a pair of tiles at a time to reveal if they are a match.

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BEEHIVE 4 - UNIT 5 - Guess The Job | Baamboozle

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Teleturniej - Test wielokrotnego wyboru z ograniczeniem czasowym, dodatkowymi życiami i rundą dodatkową.

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Past Simple vs Past Continuous - Practice 1

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Past Simple vs Past Continuous - scary story

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Yesterday, it ____heavily all day long. Anne ____in the living room. She ____ to be outside, though. She was tired of cold and rainy weather and would love to meet her friends. She didn't want to go to bed early and she ____ to keep herself busy. She ____ a romantic novel when the lights went out. Suddenly, the room____ dark and scary. Anne was so frightened! There ____ anybody else in the house but her. She ____loudly when she ____ her phone. It ____noisily while she was looking for it. She ____ "Hello, Anne here", but nobody ____. While she ____ at the window, she____ a dark shadow there. Who was that? Was it a man, or a ghost?

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Past Simple vs Past Continuous - scary story

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Yesterday, it ____heavily all day long. Anne ____in the living room. She ____ to be outside, though. She was tired of cold and rainy weather and would love to meet her friends. She didn't want to go to bed early and she ____ to keep herself busy.

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Exercises Explanation Downloads

Past continuous and past simple

Exercise 1

Choose the correct past continuous and past simple forms to complete the sentences below.

The past continuous - Form

The past continuous - Use

Actions in progress

We use the past continuous to talk about actions that were in progress (not finished) at a specific moment in the past.

'What were you doing at 9?' 'I was studying.'

The specific moment in the past can be described by a time expression (at 9 a.m., at midday, at lunchtime, all morning, all day, etc.):

Or by a simple past sentence:

Describing a scene

We often use the past continuous at the beginning of a story to describe the situation.

Past simple vs Past continuous

We use the past simple for completed actions in the past, and we use the past continuous for actions in progress (not finished) in the past.

The past continuous describes a longer action or situation and the past simple describes a shorter action or event.

When I met Susan she was having a drink at a terrace with a friend.

We didn't go out because it was raining.

The short action in past simple often interrupts the longer action in past continuous.

We use the past simple for completed actions that happened one after the other. Compare:

(The action of having a shower started before he arrived)

(The action of having a shower started after he arrived)

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Past continuous and past simple. We use the past continuous to talk about longer actions in progress at some point in the past, and we use past simple to talk about shorter finished actions in the past. English grammar and exercises.

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Beehive 4 Unit 6 - Matching pairs

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Matching pairs - Tap a pair of tiles at a time to reveal if they are a match.

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You can set this page as a homework task for a group of students; doing so will give you a record of who has completed the task. Visit the teachers' section for more information.

This is a game for practicing simple vocabulary words in English. You listen to the audio and then click on the correct word or image.

The aim of the game is to practice interacting with English words for simple everyday use. The images used in the game convey meaning and context. Through the interactions, this meaning is paired with text and audio to facilitate learning and reinforcement.

Before the game starts, you are presented with the 10 items that will be used in the game. On this screen you can review and familiarize yourself with the target language and then when ready, then you can click on start to begin. There are three parts to the game. In the first part, you simply listen or read the words and then click on the matching image. In the second part, you drag the images to match the target words. Then in the third part, you have to look and the image and click on the matching word. If you make a mistake at any time, the game ends and you are shown the error. From this screen, you can click on 'retry' to have another go, or you can click on the arrow button to return to the preview screen and once again review the items. Once you complete all three parts without making any mistakes, the game ends and you are shown a summary.

There are 31 different sets of content that can be used in this game. A set of content is automatically selected for you, but if you would like to pick a set to use, then you can click 'choose' at the first screen. Each set of content has between 10 and 35 different items, but only 10 are used at one time. These 10 are chosen at random and if you replay the same set of content, you will likely get different items. The reason for only using 10 items is that students may be unfamiliar with a lot of the vocabulary. Showing more than 10 potentially new words to students would be too many to pick up at once.

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Practice simple English vocab in a fun way. Read and listen to the words and then click and move the images. You can use this to learn English online for free.

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1) Which bin should I use for a can? a) b) c) 2) Which bin should I use for a glass? a) b) c) 3) Which bin should I use for paper bags? a) b) c) 4) Which bin should I use for rotten food? a) b) c) 5) Which bin should I use for a jar? a) b) c) 6) Which bin should I use for a carton box? a) b) c) 7) Which bin should I use for plastic bottles? a) b) c) 8) Which bin should I use for leaves and sticks? a) b) c) 9) Which bin should I use for a plastic bag? a) b) c) 10) Which bin should I use for withered flowers? a) b) c) 11) Which bin should I use for an old book? a) b) c) 12) Which bin should I use for bottle caps? a) b) c)

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1) Which bin should I use for a can? 2) Which bin should I use for a glass? 3) Which bin should I use for paper bags?

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paper: newspaper, carton, cardboard tube, glass: bottles, jars, glasses, plastic: bottle top, straw, button, other: fabric, elastic band, string, metal: tin.

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Fast Vocab

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A quick game to practice basic esl vocab. Match the pictures to the words and then click on the words to match the image. You can use this to learn English online for free.

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Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the teacher.

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Updated December 2022 - contact me if there are any problems.

You can set this page as a homework task for a group of students; doing so will give you a record of who has completed the task. Visit the teacher's section for more information.

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Updated January 2020 - changed 'been' to 'gone' in the first set of content, so that 'go' now matches to 'gone'. The sentence still uses 'been' in the phrase contruction part - 'He has been to America'.

This is a mini-game for practicing perfect tense sentences in English. It is intended to be used by ESL learners to review and reinforce the use of perfect tense.

The game is divided into 3 parts. In the first part, you have to match simple verb forms to their perfect tense conjugations - for example, eat matches to eaten. The aim of this part is to review the verb forms before starting to make sentences and also to remind/cement the idea that perfect tense uses different verb forms. In the second part, you have to look at the image and click on the words to form an accurate perfect tense sentence - for example, 'she has eaten lunch'. The aim here is to practice making accurate sentences and to test the students on word order and grammar issues. In the third part, you have to look at the image and click on one of 3 sentences. The 3 sentences here only have minor differences and the aim to give students practice in noticing correct grammar for perfect tense.

The sentences used in this game are arranged into 4 sets of content. These are grouped according to the different uses of perfect tense. The first set covers basic use of perfect tense to describe things that you have done at a non-specific point in time. For example, 'she has eaten lunch'. Some life experiences are also included in this set, such as 'seen an elephant' and 'graduated from college'. The aim with this set is to cover all the basic verbs and try to get phrases that people are likely to hear in everyday life, such as 'done homework' or 'passed the test'. This set also varies between singular and plural and between positive and negative. The intention with this is to expose students to all the different forms that basic perfect tense phrases can take.

The second set of phrases concerns life experiences - sentences that would answer 'have you ever x?' questions. A contrast was created between sentences stating the number of times something has been done and sentences stating that something has never been done. This is important as the sentence order is different for 'never' phrases. The aim here is to expose learners to these kind of life experience phrases. I tried to use phrases that could be typically be experienced in everyday like - e.g. 'had an injection' or 'failed the test'. But typically these sentences are unusual in nature, such as 'eaten a spider'.

The third set concerns duration and how long you have done something for. This is one of the main uses of perfect tense - to describe an action that you continue to do from the past up until present, for example: 'lived in London' or 'played the trumpet'. The key issue with these sentences is whether they are used with 'for' or 'since'. If there is a specific time mentioned at which the action began, then 'since' is used. Whereas, if you just have a duration - e.g. '5 years', then 'for' is used. This distinction is quite important and so it is important for students to get practice with sentences that contrast this.

The final set concerns phrases involving the words 'just', 'already' and 'yet'. These signify slightly different meanings for perfect tense and so contrasting them is quite useful. Phrases with 'yet' are used for situations in which an action hasn't taken place, but is likely to do so in the future - e.g. "the store hasn't opened yet". 'Just' phrases are used to describe events that have recently happened with evidence showing. For example, 'he has just washed the car' with the car showing as clean and the water and soap visible. Similarly, 'already' phrases describe events that have taken place. I chose to use 'already' for situations when there is evidence in the present. This means that there is a lot of overlap between the 'just' and 'already' phrases, but the options available for students to click on should preclude any confusion. The aim of this content is to practice making phrases using these words, with a particular focus on correct word order. I really think that practicing these phrases like this is useful for learners.

The images used in this game are quite specific in nature. The problem with creating images for perfect tense is that it is quite a hard concept to represent visually. For something like 'he is flying a kite', it is quite easy to represent - you just show a boy flying a kite and it directly matches the meaning; however, for something like, 'he has already flown a kite', the meaning is much more subtle and difficult to show visually. The solution used in this game is to have the actions separated from the person. For example, in the sentence 'she has eaten lunch', the action of eating lunch is shown in a bubble and then person to whom the sentence refers is shown next to the bubble, with a thumbs-up to signal having done this action. I think that this is a good solution as I think this closely resembles the way the meaning is understood. In perfect tense, the action is not really being performed by the person, rather it exists as a concept that they relate to, so I think it makes sense to separate it off in this way. To further explain, in the simple sentence 'he is flying a kite' you have the boy as the subject and the kite as the object being flown. The sentence is about how the boy relates to the kite. Conversely, in the perfect tense sentence 'he has flown the kite' the boy is still the subject and the kite the object; however, the sentence is more about how the boy relates to the action of flying the kite. And, to some extent, the action of flying the kite can be thought of as like an object in the sentence.

So in accordance with this perspective, the images are split into 2 with the action in a bubble and subject of the sentence shown next to the bubble. The subject/person, also indicates how they relate to the action. In the first set, this is done with a thumbs-up to indicate something has been done, and a no-hands to show that something hasn't been done. In the second set, the person holds up fingers to indicate the number of times they have done the action (also with a number displayed in a circle). For the 3rd set, each person holds up a sign showing the time to be used in the phrase - the task then is for the student to work out which word (for/since) to use with that time. Finally, for the last set of content, the phrases used are somewhat different. They are more concerned with things that have happened with evidence clear in the present. Because of this, they don't use the split bubble type images.

The game gives points for each correct answer and takes points for incorrect clicks. The maximum scores possible is 23000.

I hope your students can find this game useful. Email me with any feedback - use the contact form linked below or leave a message.

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Practice perfect tense online. A simple game for ESL students to learn perfect tense verbs and phrases. Practice forming sentences using perfect tense.

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1) She loves Maciek. Maciek loves ... a) him b) her c) she 2) It's my favourite book. I like to read ... a) it b) that c) her 3) The flowers are so beautiful! I love ... a) her b) him c) them 4) My teddy bears are great. I like ... a) him b) me c) them 5) You can do the homework ! You can do ... a) them b) us c) it 6) They like to visit ... a) she b) he c) us 7) Bring me the book. Bring me ... a) them b) you c) it 8) I love my English teacher. I love ... a) him b) her c) it 9) "Where are my glasses?" "You are wearing ... !" a) them b) him c) us 10) "Do you like apples?" "I love...'' a) us b) you c) them 11) "My mother is fantastic! I like ... very much." a) she b) her c) him 12) I am reading the book to my little sister. a) her b) us c) him 13) The boys are riding their bikes. a) it b) them c) her 14) My father is writing a letter to John. a) me b) her c) him 15) I don't know the answer. a) it b) her c) him 16) Sally is going to see Anne. a) her b) him c) me 17) Open the window, please. a) it b) them c) us 18) Can you tell the people the way to the airport, please? a) you b) them c) us 19) The books are for Peter. a) her b) him c) you 20) Can you help my sister and me, please? a) them b) us c) you

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