English grammar: A complete guide Do you have a question about the correct usage of the semi-colon or how to place relative adverbs in a sentence? If so, you've come to the right place! The edufind.com English grammar guide is a complete reference on the rules of English usage. Every grammatical rule is explained in clear, simple language with several examples and, when necessary, counter-examples. Comparisons Conditional Future Gerund and Present Participle Infinitive Passive Voice Past Present Functions and classes of determiners Articles Quantifiers Distributives
How to Write an IELTS Essay In this introductory lesson you will find some guidance on how you should write an IELTS essay. There are then more lessons on the following pages for different types of essay and different questions, with lots of tips and strategies for achieving a high score. It is important to learn about IELTS essays because there are different essay types, and these will require different ways to answer them. However, as you will see from the guidance on this page, they can all follow the same basic structure. These are some of the types of IELTS essays you can get in the test: Agree / disagreeDiscuss two opinionsAdvantages & disadvantagesCauses (reasons) & solutionsCauses (reasons) & effectsProblems & solutions Not every essay will fit one of these patterns, but many do. You may get some of these tasks mixed up. The golden rule is to ALWAYS read the question very carefully to see exactly what you are being asked to do. The second lesson explains more about analysing essay questions. 1) Introduction
English online grammar exercises 5 word formation games for FCE and CAE students In this post, I am presenting 5 games that help students recognize and form different parts of speech. They are especially useful for students preparing for Cambridge exams (First and Advanced). I have been using these activities to revise and practice vocabulary and to offer some alternatives to typical Use of English exercises. Note: Even though these games serve mainly for revision purposes, I try to include some follow-up activities where the target words from each game are used in context (using the words in sentences, creating a dialogue, asking questions containing the target words, exam-type exercises, etc.) #1 Word Formation Maze The maze is perfect for revising suffixes and prefixes. Word Formation Maze_student Word Formation Maze_key #2 Building Blocks I got the idea for this activity after stumbling upon this one. The set below aims at revising noun suffixes -ment, -tion, and -sion. Building Blocks #3 Reversed Taboo Students play in pairs or groups. Example: Target word: ADMIRATION
Profdanglais WORD FORMATION e-anglais.com The “Best” TED Talks (Well, Really, The Ones I Use With My Classes) I’ve written several posts about TED Talks, the series of talks given by “big thinkers” that are available online. In fact, I’ve created The Best Teacher Resources For “TED Talks.” Yesterday, I saw that Richard Byrne posted an excellent piece, 15 TED Talks for Teachers to Watch Before 2010. I’d strongly encourage you to visit that post and, in addition, subscribe to his blog if you haven’t done so already. Richard’s post inspired me to make a post sharing the TED Talks that I use with my classes (though I may not necessarily show the entire talk in class) and how I use them. Please share in the comments section which TED videos you actually use in the classroom. Here are my choices for The “Best” TED Talks (Well, Really, The Ones I Use With My Classes): I’ve had my Theory of Knowledge (TOK) students watch the Ted Talks “The Raspyni Brothers juggle and jest” and Lennart Green does close-up card magic. I’ve used Joachim de Posada says, Don’t eat the marshmallow yet with all my classes.
Conjugator Friends TV Series ESL Discussion Questions | Hugh Fox III Season 1, Episode 1: The Pilot Rachel leaves Barry at the altar, meets the gang, and moves in with Monica. Monica, meanwhile, sleeps with Paul the Wine Guy, and Ross is reeling from his divorce from Carol, who he finds out is a lesbian. 1) Describe Ross Geller. Why did the wife of Ross divorce him? 2) Describe Rachel Green. 3) Describe Monica Geller. 4) Describe Chandler Bing. 5) Describe Phoebe Buffay. 6) Describe Joey Tribiani. Season 1, Episode 2: The One with the Sonogram at the End Carol, Ross’s lesbian ex-wife, tells him at work that she is pregnant with his child, Monica nearly has a breakdown when her parents come for dinner, and Rachel finds out that Barry and her maid of honor Mindy, went on her honeymoon. 1) Who is Carol? 2) What does Carol tell Ross? 3) How do Monica’s parents affect her? 4) What is the relationship between Rachel and Barry? 5) How does Rachel feel about Barry going on her honeymoon with Mindy? Season 1, Episode 3: The One with the Thumb 1) What does Ross mourn?
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Present perfect aspect – tips and activities By Kerry G.Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield Tips and ideas from Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on teaching the present perfect aspect. Introduction When teaching the present perfect, or explaining the present perfect, it is often easiest to focus on the use of the present perfect rather than the meaning. This is especially true for the first time students encounter it (usually associated with the use of talking about experiences). However, sooner or later you will be looking at different uses of the present perfect, and more often than not its relation with the past tense. An easy way of explaining perfect is to use the word before. Activity: experiences A frustrated teacher once asked, “How many activities can you make for the present perfect?!” 'Have you ever …' questionnaires are good for restricted personalised practice. Cinema experiencesHave you ever met a movie star? Activity: Why not? Because I’ve seen it a hundred times! Why don’t you want to see Mission Impossible 2? Example: