A selection of English ESL present perfect or past simple printables

In this document, the students will have to work on 1/3 of the audiobook. Their work will consist in finding some vocabulary, answering some questions, filling in a grammar table with different tenses and working on phonetics.

The Star Child audiobook activities 1/3

Reading Comprehension for Level 1 ESL Students that is very engaging. It has comprehension  Questions, Vocabulary, Cloze, Y/N questions, Grammar, writing and word search activites.

Calling In Sick -

Review about present perfect (affirmative, negative and questions), uses of like (be like, look like, like, would like) and list of vocabulary with useful tips 

Review and vocabulary

This is a good worksheet to practise grammar by repeating sentences and questions. It is created as short dialogues with open-brackets replies. Good to work in pairs.

Present Perfect (drilling cards)

Slips with questions for students to practise speaking. I have included various verb forms: have got, to be, Present Simple,Past Simple, Present Perfect, Future Simple etc. It is a good way to have students speaking.They can do it in pairs,or a student could draw a slip and ask some other student.Just print and cut the slips. I hope it helps :) 

Speaking slips




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Future Perfect Simple Chart/Table

Here is a hilarious video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYz3sl0LEA4) You can practice Practice Simple Past and everyday words. Very simple situations that are hard to describe. Students are always eagerly waiting for the following short advertisement out of the 7 ones. 

This sheet can be rewritten to other tenses, like Present Continuous, or even Present Perfect. Enjoy the smile on your student\'s face :)

Panda Cheese commercial in SIMPLE PAST

This 'Have you ever _?' board game is a fun speaking activity for teens and adult ESL (EFL) learners to get them using the Present Perfect tense to talk about experiences, and to practice switching to the simple past when asking for or giving more information. This is a well-tested resource that I use over and over again.

This version has British English.

Suggested Level: Elementary - Pre-intermediate (CEFR A2)


Have You Ever _ ? Present Perfect Boardgame (UK English)

It´s my 5th logic task. The ss have to know 5 tenses: present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple and future simple. It´s good to have some fun before or in the Summer Holiday. Hope you like it. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi. 

If you don’t know how to solve this kind of game, you can look at the Einstein riddle on the net or have a look at my 33rd logic game, called Best friends where I wrote down the solution step by step.

Logic game (5th) - Mixed Tenses *** with key *** for pre-intermediate and intermediate ss * reuploaded 

The game of Jeopardy using direct to reported or indirect speech in present and past simple, present perfect, present continuous and will or can. Teacher draws the grid on the board and the students choose a verb tense and 100-500 points, the teacher then says the direct speech sentence and the students have to change it to reported speech. Includes the answers in red. Could also be played online if the teacher copies the grid onto another page and shares the grid with the students. 

Reported Speech Jeopardy

In this task, students will be presented with a list of sentences in English that are written in different tenses. The goal of the task is to match each sentence with the correct tense. The task can include various tenses, such as present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future simple, and future continuous. 
 To complete the task, students need to read each sentence carefully and identify the tense that is being used. 
 They then need to match the sentence with the corresponding tense from the list provided. The task can be presented in various formats, such as multiple-choice, drag and drop, or fill in the blanks. 
 To make the task more challenging, students can be asked to identify the tense of the sentence and then rewrite the sentence in a different tense. This will help students to develop their understanding of the different tenses and their ability to use them in context.

Matching the Sentences to their Correct Tenses. All Tenses

There are 3 tasks: listening and recognizing, gap-filling, comprehension. After listening, filling in and sharing their ideas about the lyrics, the students will fill the blanks with the present perfect or the simple past and then choose the sentences in which both are possible. The keys are included in the second page and the worksheet is completely editable / correctable, hope you can use it. Thanks for downloading and have a nice day!

Songs4Class: Your're not alone - MJ - comprehension, listening and grammar tasks • past simple vs. present perfect  

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)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

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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