Activities from learningapps.org by Dimitris Zeppos https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps Here we will post activities found on learningapps.org and can be used as supplementary material for our EFL class. Please post an interesting activity you found on learningapps.org (either by linking or embedding it, or by uploading a screenshot with a link to the actual activity). Then explain in short, why you found this particular activity interesting and how you would use it in your class. Also mention the difficulties you had in creating, altering or re-writing the activity. en-us 2017-10-27 18:39:20 UTC 2021-11-29 11:49:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Past Simple matching activity about regular and irregular verbs, based on CAM (Computer Assisted Material) on-line non-interactive teaching material, tactile learning style with linguistic intelligence helping develop computer leiteracy and repeating grammar material on Past Tense. evkontot https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1906787488 2021-11-22 18:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1906787488 An audio-visual fill-in-the-gaps listening exercise. Students listen to the lyrics of the song to fill in the correct verb in the past tense, while the lyrics also appear written on the video. Nice for some fun practice with the past tense. patrikiouhelen https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1906799088 ELENI PATRIKIOU]]> 2021-11-22 18:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1906799088 This is the one I created. Students watch the video and then complete a short activity, where they listen to some questions I wrote which employ the past simple or continuous and must give short answers in full sentences using the appropriate tense form and vocabulary. My aim was to make this whole game as auditory as possible to suit at least the auditory learners' learning style. patrikiouhelen https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1906920906 ELENI PATRIKIOU]]> 2021-11-22 19:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1906920906 A very innovative activity, that it is not just focusing on past verb tenses, but some important theory as well. It is also a very interactive one, and conveys in a few, clear words most of the basic knowledge that students need to have about past tenses. sen1800091 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1906953755 2021-11-22 20:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1906953755 An activity I created, that aims to provide further information on Vikings but also to help students remember and practice past simple. A problem I faced had to do with trying to find something more interesting as an activity, but then I figured that since this is a digital activity, it can be simpler, yet interactive as well. sen1800091 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1907107846 2021-11-22 22:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1907107846 antbosmi https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1908818448 An interesting activity that combines listening and writing at the same time. Children are listening to the story of Beauty and the beast and trying to fill in the gabs with the verbs they hear. The verbs are all in past tense since the speaker narrates a fairy tale. I would put the video twice. ]]> 2021-11-23 16:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1908818448 antbosmi https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1908940149 This is the activity that I created! Students have to describe what Helen and John, respectively, did yesterday. Students are free to use whatever verbs they want as long as they are suitable for the images. Verbs must be in simple past tense. The goal for this activity is not only to form the past tense of the verbs, but also to combine the sentences so that they have a flow and create a story.]]> 2021-11-23 17:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1908940149 Kastana Maria-Magdalini. An interactive, digital "game" that examines, in a playfull manner, the knowledge of the students around the topic of the past tenses. mariloukastana https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1910862318 2021-11-24 15:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1910862318 sofiakon_8 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1914522583 I've created a simple but effective activity on past simple to check whether my students can distinguish between regular and irregular verbs. The only thing they have to do is to rewrite the verbs given in their past form.]]> 2021-11-26 15:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1914522583 spyros1512 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915270153 This is an interesting, computer assisted matching activity that enables learners to practise and test their knowledge of irregular verbs in a way that they will definitely enjoy. Dividing learners into two groups in order to classify the verbs as teams seems to be an efficient way to foster better communication and team spirit in the classroom.]]> 2021-11-27 09:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915270153 spyros1512 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915333543 Students watch the video and write their answers on magnetic drawing boards so as they receive immediate feedback from their teacher. The main purpose of this activity is to practise the Simple Past tense in an interesting and attractive way that is suitable for visual-auditory leaning styles and linguistic intelligence. Finding an appropriate video for the A1+ learners was a bit difficult since they will definitely have unknown words. However, it is a great opportunity to understand meaning in context which is, no doubt, an extremely useful skill and strategy.]]> 2021-11-27 11:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915333543 In this activity, students have to decide whether the verbs given are in the Present or Past tense. The reason why I chose this activity is because it is a fun and pleasant way to revise the past tense in class. Students can also be divided into groups and the team that has the most correct answers wins! The activity is also perfect for visual and tactile learners. (Nikoleta Zisi) nikolletaz https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915368173 2021-11-27 11:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915368173 https://learningapps.org/view9580985 vivi162000 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915422143 This is a short grammar activity that is used after the learners have already learned the past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple and past perfect continuous tenses. Its purpose is to challenge children to distinguish between the four tenses. The short text also contains some key words like "all night" , "while", "for months", that indicate which tense should be put into which bracket.]]> 2021-11-27 13:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915422143 https://learningapps.org/watch?v=prfwhdfxn21 vivi162000 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915448773 A short grammar activity based on the previous that I uploaded. I didn't encounter any difficulties in the process. It is an activity that puts the students' knowledge of past simple, past continuous and past perfect simple into practice. The concept is also historical so it matches the Viking text of the textbook.]]> 2021-11-27 13:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915448773 Mavra Aktypi - This is a fun activity that I found on learningapps.gr. I believe it is a fun quiz to show to students, because in this way they are able to practise their knowledge in Past Simple, get familiar with theory, form and use. I would implement this activity by giving candies to the students if the complete the activity successfully. https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915549902 Mavra Aktypi]]> 2021-11-27 16:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915549902 Mavra Aktypi - This is a simple grammar activity that I created. It focuses on learners' knowledge of the form of Past Simple. The verbs are in Present Simple and they have to complete the gaps with the the correct form in Past Simple. https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915569739 2021-11-27 16:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915569739 This is the activity that I designed to supplement the reading about the Vikings. In this activity, students learn more information about the Vikings , while filling in gaps with the correct form of the verbs in the Past Simple. In the end, they also have to write the 4 cardinal directions. The only difficulty I have encountered was finding information about the Vikings and adapting the text to the proficiency level of my students. (Nikoleta Zisi) nikolletaz https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915581436 2021-11-27 16:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915581436 Alexandra Konstantinidi-Τhis is an activity based on the concept of the game "hangman". Τhe students read the given sentence and have to fill in the gaps with the appropriate past form of the verb. For every letter that they guess wrong, a petal from the flower is erased. When there are no more petals, you lose. I believe this activity would be very exciting for the students especially if they were to be divided into two teams and keep score on how many words each team got right. https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915598859 2021-11-27 17:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915598859 Alexandra Konstantinidi- This is the activity I designed. Learns will have to match the images to the corresponding texts. In the meantime, they learn interesting facts about the history of pirates and familiarize themselves with the past tense. https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915616625 2021-11-27 17:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915616625 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915653910
This is an activity I designed. Students read a text related to pirates and complete the gaps with the past simple of the verbs in brackets
Georgia-Maria Epsimou]]> 2021-11-27 19:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915653910 Konstantina Argyriou- It is a controlled-type activity, where students are asked to fill the gaps with the correct past-tense form of the verbs. Nevertheless, it is not centered entirely on practicing the formation of irregular verbs in the past tense, but it also teaches vocabulary, given the fact that students are asked to pick the correct verb for each sentence. https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915677975 2021-11-27 19:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915677975 Konstantina Argyriou- The activity that I have created concentrates on students practicing and exercising their knowledge on how regular and irregular verbs are formed in the past tense. Students click on each square of the crossword and are given a verb in the present tense which they need to turn in the past tense. https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915678463 2021-11-27 19:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915678463 Eirini Kalafati- It is a controlled activity based on Simple Past where students are asked to fill in the boxes with the past form of the given verbs. It would be an effective and engaging activity especially for young learners as it is in the form of a game. The teacher could also seperate the students into pairs and ask them to collaborate. e_kalafati https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915722963 2021-11-27 21:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915722963 Eirini Kalafati- This is the activity I designed. It is a puzzleword. Students can be divided into groups and try to find as many past forms of verbs as they can. Whenever they find correctly a verb in the puzzleword both its past and present form appear at the list. This activity allows students to practice the Past tense of regular and irregular verbs in an entertaining way. The teacher should discuss the results after the game is completed and comment on any possible mistakes. This activity could be followed by a language focus activity. e_kalafati https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915738473 2021-11-27 22:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1915738473 (Vasiliki Ntzani)I designed a crossword activity, in which students are asked to complete it by writing the past tense of the listed verbs. I believe crosswords are interactive for students and an entertaining way to learn about grammatical phenomena. https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916005665

]]> 2021-11-28 08:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916005665 A fill-in-the gaps activity of audio-visual nature. Students listen to the song carefully and fill the gaps below with the Past tense of the verbs that they hear. It will certainly be more entertaining and interesting for students to listen to song while completing the exercise, compared to traditional worksheet exercises. jsamantzis7 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916076367 Giannis Samantzis]]> 2021-11-28 10:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916076367 This is the activity that I designed and provides more information about the Vikings. Students are asked to read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets using Past Simple. I encountered some difficulties in finding information that would best suit the proficiency level of my class, as there was not a big variety of videos that would do be of much assistance. jsamantzis7 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916138464 Giannis Samantzis]]> 2021-11-28 11:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916138464 https://learningapps.org/615638 elchr97 https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916142596 In this activity designed for A1 learners that are taught the Past Simple tense,the teacher first has to explain to the students the Past tense of some irregural and regular verbs.In order to check if they remember them well,the teacher will present this game,where the students have to find the correct form of the verbs.The student who finds all the correct answers is the 'millionaire' that will be awarded a secret present at the end of the game.]]> 2021-11-28 11:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916142596 aggelikivas https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916358295 It's an easy exercise to help students check how well they've learnt the irregular forms of the verbs in the past tense. I would use it as revision exercise to make sure that the students are not facing any difficulties with the irregular verbs. 

]]> 2021-11-28 15:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916358295 aggelikivas https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916369275 A match the cards game to keep the students engaged. They can view it a bit competitively but not too much. I would probably use it near the end of the class to keep their attention.

]]> 2021-11-28 15:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916369275 Anastasia Basli- An interesting activity combining group work with a fun way to remember and consolidate the knowledge of the past tense through playing games and general teamwork (e.g.hangman, rewriting emails, listening and writing based on what the Ss listened, putting the words in the right order) https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916411852 2021-11-28 16:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916411852 Horse Race game - Despoina Kyriakidou https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916425247 This game helps the students learn when to use the simple present tense and when to use the simple past tense by answering mulptiple choice questions. The students can play either by themselves or with a classmate. Each time the students answer correctly, their horse moves forward. The student that reaches the finishing line first is the winner. It would be ideal to use this activity when teaching a lesson in a computer room.]]> 2021-11-28 16:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916425247 Anastasia Basli- The Ss are asked to watch a short clip taken from the movie "Hook" and therefore the activity is highly related to the school's text subject. After watching the clip, the Ss are asked some questions on the video and are expected to answer them by using the Past simple tense. This activity could be an entertaining way to practice grammar through watching(targets at visual learners) https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916433673 2021-11-28 16:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916433673 My exercise - Despoina Kyriakidou https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916481029 This is a multiple choice exercise designed to test if the students know the irregular verbs in the past simple. Students are presented with both regular and irregular verbs. For the irregular verbs they must choose between the correct form of the verb and an incorrect, "regular" form. Respectively, for the regular verbs they must choose between the correct regular form and an incorrect "irregular" from. This exercise is intended to be used during revision.]]> 2021-11-28 17:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916481029 Here is the activity i have chosen. (Kristina Hamzollari) https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916508024 A fun way for the young learners to distinguish present tense and past tense. It is appropriate for their age and level. With this activity, they will use their brain. ]]> 2021-11-28 18:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916508024 Past simple activity (Kristina Hamzollari) https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916535960 This is the activity I created. It is appropriate for my students' level and age. In this activity, they have to choose the right answer. This way, they practice what they have learnt about past simple. By using digital activities, learners get familiarised with new methods. They have gotten exhausted by the traditional worksheets (hardcopies), so doing something different is refreshing to them. ]]> 2021-11-28 19:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916535960 Marianna Chlinou mariannachlinou https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916606475
This is a learning app that tests students' knowledge of Past Simple. It uses some small theories and has examples of both regular and irregular verbs. It would be a nice activity to do towards the end of class to relax the students while still keeping them engaged. A good idea would be also to do similar activities at the end of each course and keep a score pyramid of the learners who have kept a perfect score. At the end of each semester, the top students would get a reward. That way, their motivation would increase.]]> 2021-11-28 20:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916606475 Marianna Chlinou - my learning app mariannachlinou https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916633255 This is a crossword I designed to help students practice forming verbs in Past Simple. This is a traditional type of exercise targeting mostly visual students. Learners will be asked to read the text once and then close their books. Then they will be asked to fill the gaps with the right verbs using the Past Simple. In general, the goal is to both stimulate their memory and their tense knowledge. ]]> 2021-11-28 21:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916633255 Tsilinkeridou Maria. https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916735811 This folder contains a multitude of grammar tasks that helps students practice both regular and irregular forms, word order, question & negative forms and some tasks such as Task 21 integrate listening too. Although the tasks are drilling exercises mostly addressed to auditory, visual learners and of linguistic intelligence they are suited to the level and cover a range of grammar aspects like pronunciation of ending -ed (Task 20). If I could, I would design one like the hangman despite the text's having few examples of irregular verbs in context.

]]> 2021-11-29 00:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1916735811 Tsilinkeridou Maria. https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1917685086 This worksheet was designed to accommodate a more hands-on experience on using Past Simple in a relevant to the main topic theme to compensate for the misrepresentation of Viking women in the Coursebook text and therefore responds to Tactile learning style. At the same time it promotes gender equality and raises awareness. Students get to expand upon their knowledge, have a say in what they include, communicate to form their projects and benefit from peer evaluation of their content.]]> 2021-11-29 11:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/zepposd/learningapps/wish/1917685086