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7 Great Grammar Sites for Teachers and Students June , 2014 Today I am sharing with you a list of some useful websites you can use with your students to help them better improve their grammar knowledge and polish their writing skill. From grammar lessons and teaching materials to free downloadable worksheets and presentations, this collection of websites will provide you with the content you need for teaching grammar. 1- Grammar Bytes Grammar Bytes is a great website that is packed full of teaching materials teachers can use to teach grammar.Grammar Bytes provides a glossary of common terms, fun interactive activities and exercises for students to test their grammar knowledge,instructional presentations and tons of tips on teaching grammar. 2- Road to Grammar Road to Grammar is a free website that provides a wide vareity of resources for teaching grammar.
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10 Best Grammar Resources for English Language Learners English is already the most common second language (by number of speakers) in the world, and more people begin studying it every day. Fortunately, the availability of learning resources is growing right along with the number of English learners. The publishing industry, web entrepreneurs, respected institutions, and enthusiasts who just want to help are producing a staggering amount of materials aimed at getting people to understand, speak, and write in English. Some of the materials are good, some of them not so much, and to help you figure out which is which, we’ve compiled a list of the ten best resources you could be using to learn English grammar.
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Time4English A German woman in Darmstadt found a wallet containing €1000. She refused to give it back to the owner unless she was given a €120 reward. She got the reward, but the pensioner who owned it tipped off the police and the woman was arrested. Police said: "It was a bit stupid. She could have just kept the wallet." tipped off - told
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.
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