This section features original English grammar and usage worksheets for teachers and parent-teachers to copy for their kids. Use them for teaching, reinforcement, and review. Many of these free worksheets can be used as the basis for lesson plans.
Can also use this as a dictoglass (read everything) + comprehension (give out the text with gaps) combo activity. It's good to test their listening skills as well as help with their vocab. Use self-correction so that they can pay close attention to their own writing.
The text:
"You really have to get very old before you realize you're old. I'm in my middle fifties and I don't feel old yet. However, sometimes I look back at my childhood and __1__ things to the way life is for __2__ kids. Some things have certainly changed.
One area of change is television. Some changes have been improvements. Some changes, on the other hand, have been __3__.
When I started school, most people didn't have a television; TV was just beginning to get __4__. My father decided to go all out and buy a 16 inch black and white Motorola set. I still remember watching the Lone Ranger save people from the __5__ guys on that awesome electronic machine. That was exciting!
Now, __6__ have larger pictures in full color. The pictures are clearer and the sound is much more realistic. The new high definition sets are made to rival __7__ screens.
The variety and quantity of programming has __8__ greatly. There are hundreds of channels and more shows than one person could ever watch. There are many fine entertainment and educational __9__. There's also a lot of garbage, stuff that most parents don't want their kids exposed to. Overall, we have more choices, and that is good.
I wonder what __10__ will be like when today's kids are my age."
Although preparation is time-consuming, it is worthwhile. Once the work has been done, you will have ready-made lessons which you can use again and again.
Instructions by Bibi Baxter for creating worksheets for use with songs:- Listening exercises (scroll to next box)- Sequencing Exercises- Further Practice- Relevant Pedagogic Articles- Ready-made Worksheets for you to buy- The Beatles: Worksheets for you to make (assistance & ideas)
Critical Thinking - Worksheet which can be used with a lot of texts to develop students' ability to look at texts critically.
Discoveries - This is a speaking and reading activity surrounding the theme of discoveries.
Estee Lauder - a business diva - Reading activity in which students read and talk about beauty
Famous women - Speaking and reading activity in which students read and discuss famous, influential women.
Hetty Green - Reading and vocabulary lesson in which students read about an infamous person and answer questions along with learning useful words connected to money.
Listen and respond - Teacher reads to the students and the students fill in the missing information.
New York, New York - Quiz in which students have to research the Internet to find out answers to questions about New York.
People who change history - Rosa Parks - Reading and speaking activity in which students discuss human issues.
Reading about Einstein - This is a full lesson plan for reading skills about Einstein.
Reading Race - This is a reading activity which practices students scanning skills.
Many language learners have a problem learning the prepositions associated with references to year, month, date and hour. The following activity is based on the explanation of prepositions of place provided in A University Grammar of English, as represented by the diagram.
Describing a process means writing about how something is made or how something happens. Examples: the rainwater cycle, how coffee is grown, how glass is made, getting a driving license, starting a business.
I gave them a normal exam question (narrative) but I told them to change the ending into a romantic or thriller or comedic one. Got them thinking real hard.
I gave them a normal exam question (narrative) but I told them to change the ending into a romantic or thriller or comedic one. Got them thinking real hard.
Malaysia apparently has the best English language speakers in Asia, beating out Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, China and Kazakhstan - according to a Singapore-based English Language school.
The school, Education First, which released the findings of their English Proficiency Index on their website Wednesday, ranked Malaysia as having the highest level of English proficiency out of 13 countries in Asia.
On the global scale, Malaysia was ranked 11th out of 60 countries, with four of the top five slots going to Scandinavian countries, with Sweden and Norway taking the top two spots and Malaysia outperforming Singapore, Belgium, Germany, Latvia and Switzerland - countries which took the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th spots respectively.
"China has also improved, although less dramatically. Japan and South Korea, despite enormous private investment, have declined slightly.
Across the board, English language skills are improving in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). "This year, India and Russia have moved ahead of China, and Brazil is closing in fast," said Education First.
The school went on to say that their Index found the Middle East and North Africa to be the regions with the weakest English proficiency.
On the mechanics of the Index, the school said the Index calculated a country's average adult English skill level using data from two Education First tests.
The second is a 70-question online placement test used by EF during the enrolment process before students start an English course. Both include grammar, vocabulary, reading, and listening sections
One test is open to any Internet user for free
The open online test is a 30-question adaptive exam, so each test-taker’s questions are adjusted in difficulty according to his or her previous correct and incorrect answers