Lay vs. Lie (vs. Laid) - Grammar Rules
Q: In the battle of lay vs. lie, when do you use each and can you provide examples? —Annemarie V. Don’t forget about “lain,” my friend!
Verb Tense Tutorial
Verb tenses are verb forms (went, go, will go) which English speakers use to talk about the past, present, and future in their language. There are twelve verb tense forms in English as well as other time expressions such as used to. For English learners, knowing how to use English tenses can be quite a challenge. Never fear.
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Songs and Activities for English Language Learners
Songs can be an effective way to introduce or reinforce a grammar topic. Click on the topics below for companion songs and activities. (In a blog article posted Oct. 4, 2016 at AzarGrammar.com, I list some of the benefits of using songs to teach grammar that I’ve observed in my own classroom.) Adjectives in the Song “True Colors”Adverb Clauses in the Song “Baby, I’m Yours”Comparisons with LikeFeel LikeGerunds as Objects of PrepositionsGerund or Infinitive after begin, start, continue, like, love, hate, can’t standGet to Do SomethingGotta: Informal Spoken English for Got ToInfinitives as AdjectivesI’ve Got It and I’ve Got ‘EmMust Have + Past ParticipleNoun ClausesParticipial PhrasesReflexive PronounsShould Have + Past ParticipleThird Person Singular: Mistakes in the Song “Memories” by Maroon 5Used to + a Verb in the Simple FormUsed to vs. WouldVerbs of PerceptionWanna: Informal Spoken English for Want ToWish + Simple Past: Making a Wish About the Present Verb Tenses:
“You’re Lying”: a Game to Practise Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple
Today I’m really happy to introduce a guest writer to you. Angeles Jimenez is a friend and fellow teacher from EOI Oviedo and, in this blog post, she will be sharing with us an excellent communicative game to consolidate the use of present perfect simple and past simple. Ready for a lot of fun! Do you want your students to keep their noses in the course book? Don’t read on then. Going into a new class on the first day can be a little bit stressful both for teachers and students.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Space... is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is... Once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means... The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams — eventually continued by Eoin Colfer after Douglas' death — started as a comedy radio play on the BBC in 1978 and expanded into a TV series, a series of novels, and a feature film. The story follows the adventures of Arthur Dent, the last human who hitched a ride off Earth moments before it was destroyed to make way for an interstellar bypass.
DO vs MAKE - The Difference between Do and Make in English
Do and Make are two verbs which frequently confuse students. Here we will learn about the difference between Do and Make and when to use each one. When do you use DO?
1 WORKSHEET – 10 GAMES
Make drilling more meaningful and fun. All you need is a sheet of paper. This post shows how the use of game mechanics can help a teacher design better drilling activities and turn repeated practice of target grammar or vocabulary into a cognitively engaging exercise. Focus on the material to be practised and learning outcomes for your group of students: e.g. irregular verbs It is essential to clearly see the ‘why’ in terms of language learning and use games and game techniques as a means to an end, rather than for their own sake.
Uncountable Nouns
wine joy music sugar happinesshairfun Types Uncountable nouns often fall into the following categories: Human feelings and qualities: joy, anger, cruelty, happiness, honesty, deceit, prideAbstract ideas: hope, peace, beauty, death, fun, life, musicSubstances: sugar, food, water, wine, salt, bread, iron, blood, money, gasActivities: work, help, sleep, travel, shopping
12 verb tenses English grammar PDF - Learning English vocabulary and grammar
12 tenses in English grammar with examples PDF The 12 tenses in English grammar 12 verb tenses video This is a video of the picture above with audio
Irregular Verbs Rap – Cringeworthy, but effective – The Canswedian English Teacher
This irregular verb rap by “Fluency MC” is lovely for many reasons. You get to bust out your super embarrassing rap movesYou get to make your students bust out their super embarrassing rap moves It’s really a win win situation all around. Use this when you are teaching irregular verbs and past participles with your students. Also, when you feel like there are students who would benefit from a more musical approach to learning verbs. How does it work?
Pathways to Accuracy: “Somewhere Only We Know” – On the same page
At the beginning of “Somewhere Only We Know” (Keane, 2004), the singer walks “across an empty land” and knows “the pathway like the back of my hand.” In this activity, the students find their way through the maze to read and understand the lyrics of the song while facing a series of challenges related to grammar and sentence structure along the way. The use of articles and possessive adjectives, or differences such as “been”/”gone” or “say”/”tell”, are some of the questions that the students will need to solve as they connect the words with a pencil or a highlighter. The students are also asked to fill in the circles with a suitable preposition.
Low-preparation games to practise present simple questions in English
Cristina Cabal, winner of the British Council's TeachingEnglish blog award, has collected her favourite games for practising the tense that isn't always as simple as its name. One of the first things people learn when they study English is the present simple form of verbs. However, learners often forget to add the -s ending to the third person singular: Eva walk to work every day
Have not VERSUS Do not Have: What's the Difference? - English Outside The Box
Have you ever wondered what the difference between HAVE NOT and DO NOT HAVE was? Do you think you’ve ever confused the two and made a mistake while using English? If you have made the mistake of confusing the two, you’re not alone!
