A selection of English ESL past tense: used to ppt slides with general grammar practice, grammar practice

A nice ppt presenting expression used to. There is a grammar expanationa and some exercises to practise withe the students. I hope it will be useful and enjoyable.

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A PowerPoint presentation to teach and practise USED TO.



First, students have to answer the questions 'What sport did you play when you were a little child?' and 'What didn’t you like doing when you were a child?". The next two slides show MY answers to these questions and the ways they can be answered (with the help of Past Simple and Used to). You can edit it sharing YOUR own experience.



After this short lead-in, the grammar forms of used to are demonstrated in the table. Then students have to say whether the statements given are true for them using the positive and negative form of used to. The next slide shows three statements about ME (make sentences about YOUR childhood if it differs from mine :D ). Two of them are true and one is false. Students have to guess which one is the false one. After that they make their own three statements where one is incorrect.



The next step is drilling the question form using the ideas on the slide or giving their own examples.



The last task aims at contrasting used to and present simple. Students describe two pictures (taken from the textbook English File Pre-Intermediate) comparing what the people used to be/do and what they are like and do now.



Used to

This presentation explains the differences between these three similar and important expressions in English. The presentation contains some practical exercises to further explore the topic

Differences : Used to, be used to, get used to

The objective of this presentantion is to introduce the grammar points "used to" and "will be +verb+ing" to refer to past events and to future expectations. The idea of teaching these two things together was to make the students remember their daily activities as well as to imagine their futures or make plans for it. The final slide presents a drill activity where the students have to create their own sentences. After the introduction you can add up more examples or ask the students to come up with their own out loud and then go into the writing part. This ppt is complemented with a worksheet (you can find it as "Oral presentation: used to vs will be") which can be later used as an oral presentation exercise.

Used to vs Will be

Enable learners to talk about past habits and activities using used to, They're going to listen to a video song "I Used To Be A Country Singer" by Gordon Lightfoot and do some tasks about it. Of course, this is the slide to work with the worksheet. 



Her's the link to the video song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBheZyiG_s

Used to - Repeated Actions in the Past is a teacher-led lesson plan that can be used to introduce the subject used to to your ESL students. It talks about using it in the positive form, negative form, and question form. The lesson begins with a brief, easy-to-follow explanation of the grammar rules, followed by easy-to-follow activities. Students can practice until perfect! After this lesson, your students will have a better understanding of used to and when it's used.

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Used to - Repeated Actions in the Past - An ESL/ELL Lesson Plan

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Used to - grammar topic

It is a powerpoint presentation to teach the use of 'used to', 'be/get used to' for E2 and Entry 3 ESOL . The slides are self-explanatory and there is a speaking /writing task too at the end.

A powerpoit presentation to teach 'used to' aimed at Entry 2 and Entry 3 ESOL

This presentation explains the differences between these three similar and important expressions in English. The presentation contains some practical exercises to further explore the topic.


100 Years Later: Used to vs Past Simple is an engaging ESL grammar lesson that helps students understand the difference between used to and the Past Simple through the theme of life then and now.

The lesson is built around visual prompts and a short video about life in the early 20th century. Students explore how everyday things—such as transport, technology, communication, and household activities—have changed over time. Through guided questions, controlled practice, and personalisation tasks, learners move from noticing grammar in context to using it confidently in their own speaking.

This presentation is ideal for A2–B1 learners, teenage or adult students, and works well in both online and offline classes. The structure follows a communicative approach: lead-in, video comprehension, grammar focus, controlled practice, contrast with Past Simple, and a personalised speaking task.

100 Years Later (Grammar focus: used to)

The student will be exposed to using "used to" correctly and will be challenged to create sentences requiring a change to "used to" in a sentence. Basically, this is a guided practice exercise.

Using "used to" properly

In this presentation, students will explore the differences and similarities between used to, past simple, and usually. They will learn how each structure is used to talk about past habits, routines, and actions. The task includes examples, comparisons, and practice activities where students will identify and use the correct form in sentences. By the end of the presentation, students should be able to explain when to use each expression and apply them correctly in both oral and written contexts.

Used to, Past Simple and Usually

General grammar practice

Past tense: USED TO

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

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Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

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The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

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