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(( past tenses )) ::: (( regular and irregular )) verbs::: I've created this worksheet for those learners who want to practice past tenses and regular and irregular verbs. I hope you like it.

Grammar Checkup - Past Tense of Regular & Irregular Verbs

A great practice worksheet for all levels. Learners who want to work on their regular and irregular verbs will find this worksheet very helpful as it has both verbs. A great way to know what's regular and what's irregular.





Grammar Evaluation - Irregular and Regular Past Tense Verbs

Here is a new worksheet to practice the use of past simple with regular verbs and simple irregular verbs   to start learning how to use this tens . can be used in class as a starter or as homework

The First Best Spring Weekend - Past Tense Verbs

A small worksheet to look at phrasal verbs in the context of songs. This is a famous 1982 song by the British group, Madness. There are 7 phrasal verbs in context and the link to the youtube video is provided at the bottom of the sheet. Answers are on the back. After we play the song and do the exercise, I usually get them to give examples using the phrasal verbs and then get them to aks each other questions for additional practice. 

Songs with Phrasal Verbs: Our House by Madness

Try this TEFL phrasal verbs worksheet in your next class. Your students will love it, as it presents the perfect opportunity to practice common phrasal verbs, which are essential to know when discussing daily or international travel. 



This TEFL phrasal verbs worksheet provides excellent, structured exercises which make studying the tricky topic of phrasal verbs a breeze. The lesson plan encourages students to learn definitions before using them in practice through various tasks because as we all know - practice makes perfect. 



This awesome TEFL phrasal verbs worksheet details the topic of travel, and follows the following format: 



Definition exercise. 

Correct tense task.

Sentence completion. 

Dialogue. 

Questions. 

All lessons have an accompanying TV PDF document which provides the answers. The exercises have been designed to ensure full comprehension of the phrasal verbs while ensuring that students have fun, and learn in a natural manner. 



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ESL Pals - Phrasal Verbs about Travel (B1-B2)

I created this worksheet for my E2 ESOL group who find using irregular past tenses challenging. Therefore, I created this worksheet combining irregular tenses and sentence writing.

Grammar - Irregular Past Verbs - Match Picture - Sentence Writing

Irregular Verbs Word Search. Great for learning them and their spelling! Find the 15 past form of the verbs given, then write each word found in the boxes below. ANSWER KEY PROVIDED. Enjoy :)

Wordsearch # 3 - 15 Irregular Verbs in Past Form

Sts write the simple past of the verbs according to pictures.  Ana:-)) Fun way to practice knowledge of irregular verbs by completing a crossword puzzle. Students should enjoy this.

Crossword Puzzle - Easy Past Simple of Irregular Verbs

There are 98 verbs. You can either give a jar to each student or form teams of two for each jar. The student takes a jelly bean out of the sack and gives three forms of the verb on it. (You can also have them say a sentence in past simple or present perfect). The aim is to fill your jar first or to have the most beans in the end. 

Jelly Beans - Fill 5 Jars - Irregular Verbs Game

B&W ws. Short review past simple tense (irregular verbs). This is a very brief review of irregular verbs. The worksheet can be cut in half. It is based on irregular verbs.

Past Tense Irregular Verbs - 2 Worksheets in One

Past simple regular verbs task with exercises on negative and positive. 
 Turn the positive sentences into negative. 
 Make questions with the given subjects and verbs.

Past Simple with regular verbs, negation and interrogative

At first revise the Present Perfect tense and then do this exercise. The present perfect describes a tense began in the past and connected with the present. Remenber the difference between the regular and the irregular verbs. Repeat the paradigma of the irregular verbs

Grammar Worksheet - Present Perfect Verb Review + Time Words

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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