What did you do last night?

What are you doing now?

Are you going home after this lesson?

What were you doing at 3am today?

Have you ever been to America?

Are you speaking (French)?

Do you speak (French)?

What will you do tonight?

What are you going to do at the weekend?

New York isn't in China, is it?

Where do you live?

What will you be doing at 10am tomorrow?

Are you driving a car?

Where will you be this time tomorrow?

Were you born in Brazil?

How long will we have been studying at 1pm?

Is it snowing?

Could you swim when you were two?

What time do you get up?

What time did you get up today?

You come from China,

He had to leave at 7 o'clock,

She hasn't got a dog,

It isn't snowing,

Jenny was hoping to come,

It's stopped raining,

He'd better come on time,

We've done this before,

You don't like football,

She won't be late,

Annie's French,

It was last week that we met,

That's wrong,

You'd never have thought it,

The sun will be shining tomorrow,

He'd rather go home,

He can't sing,

You should leave earlier,

I must stop,
Let's start,

Verbs and Tenses

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Write a short sentence for each of the following, underlining the particular structure:

1 present simple:

2 present continuous:

3 pres.perfect simple:

4 pres. perfect cont:

5 past simple:

6 past continuous:

7 past perfect simple:

8 future simple:

9 future continuous:

10 future perfect simple:

11 phrasal verb:
12 infinitive:

13 gerund (-ing):

14 conditional:

15 wh question:

16 yes/no question:

17 tag question:

18 modal verb:

19 auxiliary verb:

20 passive:

Odd One Out

Odd One Out is a fun ESL classroom activity played in a similar way to Rows and Columns, with the
difference being that rather than answer standard questions, students must listen to 4 different English
words and decide which is different from the others.

Ask the students to stand up at their desks and choose someone to go first (or alternatively ask for a
volunteer).

They need to listen carefully to the words you say and decide which is the odd one out. If the student is
correct then they can choose either their row or column to sit down with them, if the student is incorrect
then nobody gets to sit down. Continue the game until everyone sits down.
If your students have good English, are finding it too easy or you just want to challenge them then you
can make them give the reason behind their choice as well as the answer.
Here are a few examples of odd one out questions that you might like to use:
John, Steve, Matthew, Kate - Answer: Kate (because it's a girl's name)
Brother, Mother, Friend, Daughter - Answer: Friend (because they aren't family)
Summer, Winter, Spring, March - Answer: March (because it's a month, not a season)
Tokyo, Sydney, New York, Brazil - Answer: Brazil (because it's a country, not a city)

At times there can be more than one answer that you might not have thought of so feel free to accept
different answers if the student has a good explanation.
 Possessives

1. My wife and I ____________ got two children.

2. __________she got brothers? Yes.
3. John and Jane like _____________house very much.
5. Whose car is it? Is it ____________?
6. I don't like your shoes; I prefer __________
7. Look at this car! ___________ door is broken !
8. Madonna and ______________musicians are in Paris.
9. Paul is dancing with _________wife.
11. English people know _____________Queen very well.
12. Johnny Depp is a famous actor; __________movies often get a big success.
13. My father and I always go to the cinema on Saturdays; __________favourite movie is
Scream.
14. Can you give me a pen? I forgot __________________at home.
15. I don't like this house! _______________windows are too small.
16. Does your mother know David Bowie? of course, he is ______________ favourite
singer.
18. Where are Ken and Lucy? they are in_____________________ bedrooms.
19. Cindy likes my new dress; I like _______________too.
20. My best friend has got a lovely daughter; ______________________name is Barbara.

The Alphabet Game

Level: Any Level

This game is used to practice alphabet and check their vocabulary. Do as a competition. Divide Students
into groups of five ( it depends on the number of students you have) and ask them to stand in line. give to
the students of the front a marker to write on the whiteboard.Then draw with your finger an imaginary
letter of the alphabet on the back of the students at the end of the line. They must do the same with the
student in front of him/her and so on. the students with the marker are supposed to run to the board and
write any word that begins with that letter. Students love it!

What's Your Name?

Level: Easy (Raw beginners)

One student sits in the front of the classroom (usually in the teacher's comfortable chair) with his back to
the other students. The teacher then points to students in the class and asks "What's your name?" The
student indicated must respond "My name is__________" with either his own name or the name of
someone in the class. The student in the front cannot see who is speaking. The teacher says to him, "Is
it___________?" and he must say "Yes, it is" or "No, it isn't". If the student in front is correct, he gets to
stay there, but if he's mistaken, he changes place with the student who fooled him.

To make the game more interesting, the students are encouraged to disguise their voices.

I always do this with my beginners at the beginning of the year, but always at the end of the class, and for
not more than 5 to 10 minutes. (My beginners are elementary age.)

Reviewing Tenses
Level: Any Level

Preparation:

 Print out three sentences (negative, positive, and question) of the tense you want to review.
 Cut each sentence into words.

The Activity:

 Students work in groups.

 Give each group of students words of a sentence and ask them to make the sentence.
 Draw a table on the board and ask students to tick sentences at suitable positiions, positive,
negative, or question.
 Ask students to make rules of the tense.

Example:

 Three Sentences:
o I am a student.
o I am not a student.
o Are you a student?
 The Rules:
o TO BE at the present simple
I am a student.
o Positive: S + am/is/are + O.
I am not a student.
o Negative: S + am/is/are + not + O.
Are you a student?
o Question: (Ques words) + am/ is /are + S + O?
 Ball Game
 Level: Any Level
 Students stand up in a circle around the teacher. A ball is tossed to a student and the teacher asks a
question, e.g.: "Say a color". The student then responds and throws the ball back to the
teacher.The teacher then throws the ball to another student and asks another question. For higher
levels, you can ask such questions like "Give me the past participle of an irregular verb". This is a
fast game, and it is great for reviewing vocabulary.

Listening Exercise (Song Puzzle)

Level: Medium to Difficult

I really like this activity because it is easy and fun. Students will say English is music to my ears!

For this exercise you will need the lyrics of a song in English.You will need several copies, one for each
student .Cut the lines of the song .The students will try to put the song in order.You will play the song as
many times as necessary.The student who finishes first is the winner.

Pronunciation Bingo

Level: Medium to Difficult

THIS BINGO IS FOR NOUN-VERB STRESS

I came out with this idea while I was teaching pronunciation in Mexico. The idea is to make a bingo game
contrasting the the pronunciation of nouns and verbs with the same spelling.(Use a stress mark (´)to show
the students that nouns are stressed in the first syllable and verbs on the second).Examples:

prógress-progréss
présent-presént
prótest-protést
cóntract-contráct
désert-desért
rébel-rebél
súspect-suspéct
cónsole-consóle
cónflict-conflíct
récord-recórd
cónvict-convíct
ínsert-insért
pérmit-permít
etc.

When you name the cards let the students listen to the words but not look at them. This way they will be
able to distinguish the difference.

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MINIMAL PAIRS BINGO

The same can be done to teach minimal pairs.Examples:

sit-seat
but-bat
bought-boat
saw-so
base-vase
etc.

P.D.MAKE THIS GAME INTERESTING BY GIVING SMALL PRIZES TO THE WINNERS.

Verb Review Game

Level: Any Level

This game can be played in teams or individually, depending on the size end knowledge of the students.

Step 1:
The teacher gives the students 5 minutes to review a list of both regular and irregular verbs.
Step 2:
Then the teacher writes something like this on the board : "things we do with our feet"
Step 3:
The students then have exactly one minute to write all the verbs related to this topic, such as:
walk, kick, dance, run, jump, etc.
Step 4:
After the time is up, the teacher checks the students' lists of vebs. Each verb counts for one point.
Any verbs appearing in more than one list are elliminated.
Then the teacher writes another topic on the board, "things we do with our mouth", for instance.
The student or team with the most points is the winner.
NOTE:This game can be used to review ot only verbs but also adjetives, nouns etc.

What's the Question?

Level: Any Level

Type of Activity: listening and speaking

Purpose: review question forms previously studied in class

Procedure:
Form two teams (three will work, but two seems to add just the right amount of competitive tension).

Explain the game, with a few examples of answers in search of questions. Ask, 'What's the question?', and
get students to correctly say the corresponding questions for your answer.

Have two players--one from each team--come to the front. Style it like a game show if you like, with the
students standing side-by-side. If you have access to bells or buzzers, it's even more fun.

Next, read an answer to a question and say, 'What's the question?' The fastest player to respond wins a
point for her/his team. New contestants come to the front for a new round.

Rationale: This game forces the students to think backwards a little, so they must provide a
grammatically perfect question. All too often, they are used to answering rather than asking questions, so
this is challenging and useful as review.