ESL Listening Comprehension Exercises: Movie clips to practice English
SECTION 1: Movie Clips Learning through media (movies, music, etc.) is one of the best ways to learn a new language. The exercises below use movie clips to help you to better understand spoken English.
Education
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Present Simple vs Present Continuous Consolidation PowerPoint Activity
Here's a nice PowerPoint activity to consolidate the main differences between Present Simple and Present Continuous tenses. It's designed as a quiz show to engage students and bring fun to your ESL class. It's written in the "leisure activities" theme. Consolidate Present Simple and Present Continuous tenses with 15-second questions on your Smart Board The questions are written around the theme of leisure activities, so the vocabulary is chosen from that topic. The question slides are relatively easy questions on the differences between Present Simple and Present Continuous tenses.
Video Lesson: Mr. Bean / the future
Follow me on twitter This is a video lesson based around the video “Mr. Bean packs his suitcase” thanks to British Council for bringing it to my attention in their lesson plan on making predictions but I’ve adapted it for use in different ways with different levels. Kids and lower levels
Reading Comprehension Worksheets
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Have Fun With English
Attributed to John Cleese: Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. (Except Utah, which she does not fancy.)
A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change
EPA has compiled a suite of hands-on, interactive lesson plans to complement and make use of the material on this website. The plans, aimed primarily at middle school students, work systematically and individually to reinforce students’ knowledge of climate change, as well as enhance skills across multiple disciplines. The lessons are correlated to national science standards. You will need Adobe Reader to view the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
Too / enough
Too / enough “In the afternoons I usually go shopping for food with Alice, except when she’s too tired. In that case, I have to go on my own. So before leaving, I go to the kitchen and see if there isn’t enough food for the rest of the week. I don’t mind going to the shopping centre alone because I always take a look at the offers of records and books, but unfortunately, they are not cheap enough.” Ampliemos a continuación el uso de too y de enough.
Inspiration from Ellen Degeneres Show: Never Have I Ever : present perfect
I firmly believe that the way you present things to your students matters . From boring points of grammar to challenging speaking activities, there is always a way to get their attention. I am of the opinion that students learn much better if you completely discard from your teaching the idea of boring master classes where the only person in the room seems to be the teacher and choose instead a more interactive approach.
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Free Online Reading Comprehension Exercises
EnglishMaven Free online Reading Comprehension Exercises and Quizzes. We love reading comprehension. We think you do too. After all, it's the most popular subject on English Maven, and a staple educational tool used throughout schools and the internet.
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