Grammar TEFL Ideas
How to Teach First Conditional
Alex Case
If + Present Simple, will + verb teaching tips, including both presentation and practice
Alex Case
If + Present Simple, will + verb teaching tips, including both presentation and practice
How to Teach Verbs + Adverbs/Adjectives
Alex Case
When to use adverbs instead of adjectives and vice versa, and how to present and practise that tricky grammar point
Alex Case
When to use adverbs instead of adjectives and vice versa, and how to present and practise that tricky grammar point
How to Teach Words That Are Always Plural
Alex Case
Nouns without singular forms teaching tips, including how to classify, explain, present and practise them, with always plural nouns games
Alex Case
Nouns without singular forms teaching tips, including how to classify, explain, present and practise them, with always plural nouns games
Fun Controlled Practice of Verb Patterns
Alex Case
Summary: entertaining ways to memorise verb + verb patterns like verb + gerund and verb + infinitive
Alex Case
Summary: entertaining ways to memorise verb + verb patterns like verb + gerund and verb + infinitive
Verb Patterns — Fun Communicative Practice
Alex Case
Stimulating speaking activities for oral practice of verb + verb, including genuine communication
Alex Case
Stimulating speaking activities for oral practice of verb + verb, including genuine communication
11 Fun Gradable and Extreme Adjectives Communication Activities
Alex Case
Communicative gradable and ungradable adjective speaking activities
Alex Case
Communicative gradable and ungradable adjective speaking activities
How to Teach Verb Patterns
Alex Case
How to present and practise verb + verb patterns like verb + verb+ing, verb + to + verb, etc
Alex Case
How to present and practise verb + verb patterns like verb + verb+ing, verb + to + verb, etc
How to Teach WILL for Spontaneous Intentions
Alex Case
“I’ll” and “We’ll” for deciding and speaking at the same time teaching ideas
Alex Case
“I’ll” and “We’ll” for deciding and speaking at the same time teaching ideas
8 Fun Gradable and Extreme Adjectives Controlled Practice Activities
Alex Case
Drilling games for gradable and extreme adjectives like “big/ huge” and “nice/ lovely”
Alex Case
Drilling games for gradable and extreme adjectives like “big/ huge” and “nice/ lovely”
How to Teach Compound Nouns
Alex Case
How to present noun + noun, adjective + noun, etc, including dealing with common learner issues with compound nouns
Alex Case
How to present noun + noun, adjective + noun, etc, including dealing with common learner issues with compound nouns
How to Teach Adjective Word Order
Alex Case
Tips on putting adjectives in the right order before nouns, including stimulating ways of presenting which adjectives go first and later
Alex Case
Tips on putting adjectives in the right order before nouns, including stimulating ways of presenting which adjectives go first and later
6 Fun Adjective Word Order Activities
Alex Case
Putting adjectives in the right order games and communicative speaking activities
Alex Case
Putting adjectives in the right order games and communicative speaking activities
How to Teach Superlative Adjectives
Alex Case
Adjectives with “most” and “-est” teaching tips, including what to teach about superlative adjectives, common difficulties with making and using them, and how to present them with and without comparatives.
Alex Case
Adjectives with “most” and “-est” teaching tips, including what to teach about superlative adjectives, common difficulties with making and using them, and how to present them with and without comparatives.
How to Teach This and That
Alex Case
How to present the two most basic demonstratives in adult and young learner classes, including typical student confusions when using “this” and “that”
Alex Case
How to present the two most basic demonstratives in adult and young learner classes, including typical student confusions when using “this” and “that”
9 Fun This and That Games
Alex Case
Nine stimulating this and that classroom practice activities, including drawing games, active TPR games, flashcard games and a memory game
Alex Case
Nine stimulating this and that classroom practice activities, including drawing games, active TPR games, flashcard games and a memory game
How to Teach Predictions with Will and Going to
Alex Case
Teaching the contrast between future forecasts with will and future forecasts with going to
Alex Case
Teaching the contrast between future forecasts with will and future forecasts with going to
11 Fun Irregular Plurals Activities
Alex Case
Stimulating presentation and practice activities for irregular plurals from “women” to “bacteria”, including irregular plurals communicative activities
Alex Case
Stimulating presentation and practice activities for irregular plurals from “women” to “bacteria”, including irregular plurals communicative activities
10 Irregular Plurals Games
Alex Case
Fun competitive activities for nouns which don’t take -s like “women”, “children”, “mice” and “crises”
Alex Case
Fun competitive activities for nouns which don’t take -s like “women”, “children”, “mice” and “crises”
How to Teach Future Predictions
Alex Case
How to present different language to make forecasts about the future
Alex Case
How to present different language to make forecasts about the future
15 Fun Like and Would Like Activities
Alex Case
Stimulating practice for desires and preferences with “like” and “would like”
Alex Case
Stimulating practice for desires and preferences with “like” and “would like”
11 Fun Passive Voice Games
Alex Case
Stimulating classroom practice for be + past participle, including passive voice communication games
Alex Case
Stimulating classroom practice for be + past participle, including passive voice communication games
13 Fun Superlative Practice Activities
Alex Case
Stimulating classroom practice of adjectives with -est and most
Alex Case
Stimulating classroom practice of adjectives with -est and most
How to Teach Regular Plurals
Alex Case
Stimulating presentation and practice of nouns with -s, -es and -ies, including regular plurals games
Alex Case
Stimulating presentation and practice of nouns with -s, -es and -ies, including regular plurals games
Fun Future Predictions Activities
Alex Case
Stimulating classroom practice for predictions with will, might, going to, etc, including future predictions games
Alex Case
Stimulating classroom practice for predictions with will, might, going to, etc, including future predictions games
17 Fun Comparative Practice Activities
Alex Case
Stimulating classroom drilling and speaking activities for adjectives with “-er” or “more”, including comparative adjectives communication games
Alex Case
Stimulating classroom drilling and speaking activities for adjectives with “-er” or “more”, including comparative adjectives communication games
12 Adverbs of Manner Games
Alex Case
Entertaining practice activities for “slowly”, “quickly”, “thoroughly”, etc, including adverbs of manner speaking and writing games
Alex Case
Entertaining practice activities for “slowly”, “quickly”, “thoroughly”, etc, including adverbs of manner speaking and writing games
21 Fun Present Perfect and Past Simple Practice Activities
Alex Case
Stimulating controlled practice activities to help students compare and contrast Past Simple and has/ have + PP, including many Present Perfect and Past Simple speaking games
Alex Case
Stimulating controlled practice activities to help students compare and contrast Past Simple and has/ have + PP, including many Present Perfect and Past Simple speaking games
21 Fun Present Perfect Continuous Activities
Alex Case
Stimulating activities for “has/have + been + v+ing” for actions connecting the past and the present, including Present Perfect Continuous games
Alex Case
Stimulating activities for “has/have + been + v+ing” for actions connecting the past and the present, including Present Perfect Continuous games
18 Fun Comparative and Superlative Activities
Alex Case
Stimulating practice combining comparative adjectives and superlative adjectives, including both comparative and superlative drilling games and communicative practice
Alex Case
Stimulating practice combining comparative adjectives and superlative adjectives, including both comparative and superlative drilling games and communicative practice
How To Make Teaching Grammar Fun Again
Altiné Moumouni
English grammar can be challenging for ESL learners, so it’s essential to find ways to make it fun and easy for your students to digest
Altiné Moumouni
English grammar can be challenging for ESL learners, so it’s essential to find ways to make it fun and easy for your students to digest
7 Tips for Teaching Grammar
Altiné Moumouni
Altiné looks at how you can make learning grammar more enjoyable and effective.
Altiné Moumouni
Altiné looks at how you can make learning grammar more enjoyable and effective.
Parts of Speech
Josef Essberger
Parts of speech for teachers. Your students need to understand parts of speech, and they will certainly ask you lots of tricky questions about them. Be prepared!
Josef Essberger
Parts of speech for teachers. Your students need to understand parts of speech, and they will certainly ask you lots of tricky questions about them. Be prepared!
Tips for Teaching Prepositions
Josef Essberger
Some of the key points to understand when teaching prepositions, with tips to make your teaching even more effective
Josef Essberger
Some of the key points to understand when teaching prepositions, with tips to make your teaching even more effective
Could, Would, Should Modals
Josef Essberger
Listen as German-born actress and singer Marlene Dietrich demonstrates her perfect command of English modals.
Josef Essberger
Listen as German-born actress and singer Marlene Dietrich demonstrates her perfect command of English modals.
Classroom Practice of A/An
Alex Case
Activities for intensive practice of the two indefinite articles and the difference between them
Alex Case
Activities for intensive practice of the two indefinite articles and the difference between them
7 Games For Have/Have Got
Alex Case
Fun activities for “I have…”, “He has…”, “Have you got…?” etc, most of which also work well in adult beginner classes.
Alex Case
Fun activities for “I have…”, “He has…”, “Have you got…?” etc, most of which also work well in adult beginner classes.