Grammar Activities

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Grammar Activities
Grammar Activities
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Table of contents
Present Tense Activities
Past Tense Activities
Future Tense Activities
Top Tips
Suggested Reading
Present Tense Activities

Let's explore the Present Tense Form and Use and then some activities to use in the Practice and
Production stages. Below is a reminder of all the forms, uses and examples of the Present Tense.
Tense Form Use Examples
Present
Present Subject + Facts, Water boils at 100

Simple Present Form of the Generalisations and degrees Celsius.
Verb Universal Truths
Habits and He leaves for

Routines school every
morning at 6am.
Events that are I live in Chiang

certain Mai.
Arrangement-like The train leaves at

timetables 3pm.
Negative
Don't and Doesn't + I don't live in

verb London.
The train doesn't

leave at 3pm.
Questions
Do/Does Does the train

leave at 3pm?
Do you live in
Chiang Mai?
Present Subject + Present of 'to Present Actions Jack is talking

Continuous be' + Present with friends.
Participle of Verb or
'ing'
Temporary Actions Jack is working as

a waiter in the
summer holidays.
Future We are going to

arrangements and Vietnam next
plans week.
Trends Thailand is getting

wealthier each
year.
Irritations Jack is always

speaking
negatively.
Negative
Is not/Isn't and Are not Thailand isn't

/Aren't getting wealthier
each year.
Questions
Is/Are Are you going

away next week?
Present Subject+ Present of 'to Actions which I have eaten my

Perfect have' + Participle of happened at an dinner.
Verb unknown time
Actions in the past He has finished

which have an his shift.
effect on the
present
Actions that begin He has worked as

in the past and a teacher for 10
continue into the years.
present
Negative
Has not/Hasn't He hasn't worked

for 2 years.
Questions
Has/Have Have you eaten

dinner yet?
Present Subject+ Present form Actions that started He has been

Perfect 'to have' + been in past and writing a book for
Continuous + Present Participle of continue to the 2 years.
Verb or 'ing' present
Actions that have I have been

recently stopped waiting for you
for about an hour.
I thought you said
3 pm.
Temporary We have been

situations living in Penang
for a month.
Negative
Has not/Hasn't and He hasn't been

Have not/Haven't waiting for an
hour; he only got
there a minute
ago.
Questions
Have/Has Have you been

living here long?
Present Simple:
Presenting the Present Simple requires you to remind students of the 's' or 'es' in the third person or
he/she/it part.
Practice:
Gap Fill Activities
We use the Present simple for an action that happens generally.
You can also teach adverbs of frequency with the Present Simple.
always
frequently
usually
seldom/rarely
nowadays
never
every week/year
sometimes/occasionally
from time to time
every now and then
For example: I go to the supermarket every week.
Production Ideas:
Hobbies/Routines/Preferences:
A very worthwhile activity is to put students into pairs and get them to ask each other what they do in
their free time, or after school/work, or what kind of food they like or dislike. Or what their routine is for
the day:
What is your daily routine? I get up at 7 am.
What do you do in the morning? I go to school.
What do you do after school? I always go home.
Facts, Generalisations and Universal Truths
Comparisons are a good way to practise the Present Simple. For example: I like ice cream but I don't like
peas.
Events that are certain to happen
When is your birthday?
Arrangements we can't change.
For example: Timetables.

You can give your students a copy of a train timetable or bus timetable and they can practise using these
types of structures:
When does the train leave?
When does the bus leave?
It leaves/departs at 2pm and arrives at 3pm.
Present Continuous:
This tense describes an action that is happening right now or around the time of speaking.
Present Continuous Activities:
Make a list of what you are wearing.
Spot the difference.
Present Perfect Simple:
The connection between the past and the present.
Present Perfect Simple Activities:
Experiences and achievements in the past.
Present Perfect Continuous:
The Present Perfect Continuous is used for recent changes and for actions that go from the past into the
present.
Present Perfect Continuous Activities:
Use images or board work to show recent changes like a man running for bus.
Past Tense Activities

Let's consider the Past Forms and some activities you can use in the Practice and Production stages of the
lesson.
Past Simple Subject + Events in the past We ate dinner about

Past form of the Verb which are now an hour ago.
finished
Something that We lived in Penang

happened in the last year.
past
A series of events He boarded the

that happened plane and sat in
in the past Business Class.
Negative
Did not/Didn't He didn't learn any

Thai in the first few
months.
Question
Did Did you work there

long?
Past Subject + Duration in the I was having a sleep

Continuous Past form of 'to be' Past when the telephone
+ Present Participle of rang.
Verb or 'ing'
Actions in I was cleaning the

progress at the kitchen while my
same time in the wife was washing
past the car.
Irritation She was always

talking negatively
about people.
Polite Question I was wondering

whether you could
help me.
Negative
Was not / Wasn't and The teacher asked

Were not / Weren't why he wasn't
working on his
project.
Question
Was/Were Were you always

good at running?
Past Perfect Subject + Completed action I had finished my

Past form of 'to have' before another work before I went
+ Past Participle of action in the past running.
Verb
Reported speech He asked me

whether I had run
the marathon last
year.
Unhappy about I wished I had eaten

the previous act more before the test.
Third If Jack had worked

Conditionals harder, he would
have passed the
exam.
Negative
Had not/ Hadn't I hadn't read

anything before the
test.
Question
Had Had she ever swum
before the
competition?
Past Perfect Subject + Duration of a past They had been

Continuous Past form of 'to action up to a waiting for nearly an
have'+ been + Present certain point in the hour before the bus
Participle or 'ing' past arrived.
Looking at the The road was

cause of an action slippery because it
had been raining and
it was hot.
Third conditional If I had been waiting

Sentences in the right place, I
would have caught
the right bus.
Reported Speech He said that he had

been waiting for
ages before she
arrived for the date.
Negative
Had not / Hadn't They hadn't been

waiting long for the
bus.
Question
Had How many years had

you been waiting to
get her into that
school?
Past Simple:
Actions that are finished in the past.
You can use 'ago' and 'last week'/'year'/'month' to show when it happened
Past Simple Activity:
What did you do last summer/year/holiday?

For example: I went to Vietnam and ate some really spicy food. It was wonderful.
Past Continuous:
A moment in the past.
Past Continuous Activity:
Be a Detective: Playing Whodunit games with students is great. The students must come up with alibis in
the past continuous.
One action interrupting another one: While I was doing the washing up, there was a knock at the door.
Past Perfect Simple:
An action that happened in the past before something else happened in the past.
Past Perfect Simple Activities:
Story: Draw a story on the board explaining why Jack was tired.
Use a sequence of events but tell them not to create a story in consecutive order.
Use images/pictures or draw the events on the board:
Last night
James
Ran out of petrol
No money left
Wallet stolen
Last night James had run out of petrol because he had had his wallet stolen and he had run out of money.
Also try using a timeline.
Past Perfect Continuous:This is where 2 actions happened in the past but one happened before the
other.
Past Perfect Continuous Activities:
Sponsored walk: They all arrived home tired and dirty because they had been walking a charity hike all
day in the Yorkshire Dales.
Future Tense Activities

Let's consider the Future Forms and some activities you can use in the Practice and Production parts of
your lesson.
Future Simple Subject + will + Promises I promise I will

Present form of the cook you lunch
Verb tomorrow.
Unplanned I will close the

Actions door, it's getting
cold.
Predictions It will rain later if

it stays this hot.
Habits He will always

move his eyebrow
if he has something
to hide.
Negative
Will not/won't He will not run if

he hasn't trained.
Questions
Will Will he run today?
Future Subject + will + be Future actions in In one hour, I will

Continuous + Present Participle or progress be running through
'ing' the rice paddies.
Making a guess I bet she will be

about the future having a baby very
soon.
Negative
Will not/won't I bet she won't be

getting up early
tomorrow; she
went to bed very
late last night.
Question
Will Will she be coming

to the party next
week?
Future Perfect Subject + will have Completion of an Jack will have

+ Past Participle action before a finished all the
specified point in food by the time
time in the future everyone has
arrived.
Actions that will Jack will have

last in the future lived in Chiang
Mai for 5 years in
2015
Negative
Will not/won't Jack will not have

learnt anything if
he doesn't go to
class.
Question
Will Will he have eaten

all the pizza before
everyone else?
Future Perfect Subject + will have been Duration of a By next year, Bob
Continuous + Present Participle of specific moment and Kathy will
verb or 'ing' of time in the have been living
future together for 50
years
Cause of a future In ten minutes you

situation will have been
driving for 12
hours; your eyes
are looking tired.
Negative
Will not /Won't + have He won't have been

been +present participle driving for that
long.
Question
Will Will he have been

writing for that
many years?
Future Simple:
Activities:
Lesson looking at predictions by using famous people:
What will they be doing in 2030?
He will be ...
She will be ...
In reality we normally use the future simple only when we have just decided to do something or to
express a promise:
I'll have the cheeseburger.
I'll finish the work, I promise.
Future continuous:
Activities:
Show a timeline
past future
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9pm 10pm
A lesson idea for the future is to give students a diary with bookings and meetings put in. Give the
students some questions and get them into pairs:
What will you be doing on the 3 October? Can we meet? No, I will be meeting with Mr Smith.
Future perfect:
Activities:
A lesson idea is to use the setting of goals and targets for your life and career and school.
Also predictions about the world.
Future Perfect Continuous:
Activities:
Students can make up lists about what they will have been doing, say, 10 years from now. For how long
will they have been doing it?
Each can write six statements describing what they will have been doing by a certain time and for how
long between now and then. These statements can have a bit of realism or they can just be for fun:
By 2025, I'll have been speaking English fluently for 8 years.
By 2025, I'll have been playing for Manchester United for 5 years.
By 2025, I'll have been married to a Prince for 4 years.
By 2025, I'll have been Prime Minister for 3 years.
Top Tips
Grammar is an essential part of the English language and it will come up in most lessons. Try to
incorporate grammar into your other lessons.
It's crucial to add context to all of your grammar lessons as you will be teaching different levels and
different age groups.
Let your students have plenty of opportunity to practise using the new grammar item.
Create a calm and fun environment for your learners; they will remember more.
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Present Tense Activities

Tense Form Use Examples

Present Subject + Facts, Water boils at 100

Habits and He leaves for

Events that are I live in Chiang

Arrangement-like The train leaves at

Don't and Doesn't + I don't live in

The train doesn't

Do/Does Does the train

Present Subject + Present of 'to Present Actions Jack is talking

Temporary Actions Jack is working as

Future We are going to

Trends Thailand is getting

Irritations Jack is always

Is not/Isn't and Are not Thailand isn't

Is/Are Are you going

Present Subject+ Present of 'to Actions which I have eaten my

Actions in the past He has finished

Actions that begin He has worked as

Has not/Hasn't He hasn't worked

Has/Have Have you eaten

Present Subject+ Present form Actions that started He has been

Actions that have I have been

Temporary We have been

Has not/Hasn't and He hasn't been

Have/Has Have you been

Gap Fill Activities

We use the Present simple for an action that happens generally.

from time to time

every now and then

For example: I go to the supermarket every week.

What is your daily routine? I get up at 7 am.

What do you do in the morning? I go to school.

What do you do after school? I always go home.

Facts, Generalisations and Universal Truths

Events that are certain to happen

When is your birthday?

Arrangements we can't change.

For example: Timetables.

When does the train leave?

When does the bus leave?

It leaves/departs at 2pm and arrives at 3pm.

Present Continuous Activities:

Make a list of what you are wearing.

Spot the difference.

Present Perfect Simple:

The connection between the past and the present.

Present Perfect Simple Activities:

Experiences and achievements in the past.

Present Perfect Continuous:

Present Perfect Continuous Activities:

Past Tense Activities

Past Simple Subject + Events in the past We ate dinner about

Something that We lived in Penang

A series of events He boarded the

Did not/Didn't He didn't learn any

Did Did you work there

Past Subject + Duration in the I was having a sleep

Actions in I was cleaning the

Irritation She was always

Polite Question I was wondering

Was not / Wasn't and The teacher asked