A selection of English ESL past of be printables

In this worksheet, you'll find a table filled with words representing various places. Below the table, there are corresponding pictures of these places. The task for the kids is to color the pictures, cut them out, and then paste each one onto the correct word in the table. It's a hands-on activity that helps reinforce vocabulary about places.

Puzzle about places

It is a short text to introduce some regular verbs in past. Also it includes the use of the dictionary for the new words.

throuhg the text the student will discover what happen with the regular verbs (adding -ed) also can be use to identify the spelling rules of the verbs in past. It has 2 sheets,one is the text and the next page is an activity to practice the reading comprehension. there is an extra sheet which is a guide to use de worksheet in class. it need a previous class that the teacher will plan by his/her own. Some recommendation to the previous classes could be, introductionof vocabulary as weather, regular verbs in their simple form.

The students should already know the past continious.

Regular verbs text

This worksheet can be a fun activity for the students when they're working in pairs or groups. The students are to continue the story that's started in the worksheet by using at least 5 of the random words I wrote and go on with their own vocabulary, maybe getting a little help from a dictionary. I normally ask my students some random questions before starting the lesson, such as "What's your favourite colour?", "What food do you hate?" and so on and write them on the board as the words they have to use in the story. In the end, the stories always turn out to be super funny, of course a little ridiculous but very creative. I hope you will have fun with your classes too! Have a nice day! 

Creative Halloween Writing

This game can be used in many different ways, and it is all free to you develope you own usage of it. 



I made cards with :

All the personal pronouns

All verb tenses, diveded in> PRESENT, FUTURE, PAST, and CONTINUOUS, SIMPLE or PERFECT SIMPLE, PERFERCT CONTINUOUS

Some random verbs 



The main idea is that a person must pick the cards, like: a pronoun, a verb tense and a main verb. This student can either construct itself the sentences by following the cards words. He or she must say the sentences in positive, negative and question forms. Or, he/she can choose a classmate to formulate the sentences by his giving words, that he reads on the cards.



Anyway, that's just one of many possibilities, just use your imagination, and good classes!



Teacher Mariana Fonseca - Brazil

Verb Tenses Card Games - Constructing phrases

Simple activity to practice past perfect continuous and past perfect simple. Divide the class into groups of 3-4 students. Cut out the sentence cards, shuffle them, and give one pile to each group.

The students will take turns to take a card and read out the sentence written on it. The other students in the group must form a response explaining the situation on the card using the past perfect or past perfect continuous.

Example:
Student A: "When I saw you, you were sweating"
Student B: "Because I had been playing badminton with Kenko."
Student C: "Because I had eaten a spicy curry." 
Student A will then decide who gave the best/funniest/most imaginative answer and award the card to that student. The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.

We have provided an easy print version of the game on the last page to save on coloured ink. but do you really want to hit print? This is also a QR code activity, so you could save yourself the time and paper and have them do it, in colour, on their smartphones. Visit english-able.com for QR codes and more.

This is an official Englishable activity uploaded by the copyright holder.

Past Perfect/Past Perfect Continuous Explain Yourself Game

Two sets of 13 questions that can be used to practise or reinforce the past simple. Give students some time to prepare and then let them practise in pairs. They should not show each other their questions; this doubles as a listening exercises. Encourage students to answer the questions as well as they can. Follow-up questions should be encouraged.

13 Questions (12) - When was the last time

This continues my past perfect practice sheet I. tudents fill the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given and compare past perfect and past perfect continuous with other past tenses. 



The reason why this one has fewer downloads and likes is becaue it was uploaded in the wrong category at first. The quality is the same as in the first one. 

Past Perfect Practice II

This is a worksheet so students can practice the time. It will be fun for them! You can modifide this as you wish.

My students work with this to practise o'lock and haf past as the book only offers those options, so I adapted the excersice.



hope you like this as much as my students did!



Lots of love,

Miss flor

What's the time?

Model your composition on the sample above. Use your own ideas and relevant information. This can be used as part of My Writing Book (cover uploaded elsewhere) or as a stand alone. Fully editable. 



There are 19 compositions in all. Bind in a spiral or use individually.



Cover found here:



https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/creative_writing_my_writing_book_a1_level/creative-writing-my/27280

Creative Writing:What I did/didn't do Yesterday #18 A1 Level 

The students look at the pictures and write sentences in past continuous. 

If you want to practice more, you can find more of my worksheets about the same topic here

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  Past continuous - At the beach

Ariana Grande Break Free.  A song by a gorgeous young lady that is really great to dance to.  Students will enjoy the space theme and fun visuals of this video.  Be sure to point out that they may scan the QR code with their phone to see the video.  These print best if you change them to a PDF file, then print.

Ariana Grande Break Free Song

This is a song worksheet to practise the Past SImple tense. I prepared it, because my students love this song - they had fun. I hope you will enjoy it!

It's pretty easy. I use it with my 13/14-year-olds who are at A2/B1 level so they can relax to the sounds of the song they wanted to have!

Drag Me Down One Direction Past SImple

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: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

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

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

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)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

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Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

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

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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