Kenneth's ESL Blog July 2007 Archive

Match-Up! is a game that helps students review basic sentence structure and match these structures to grammar concepts / structures / forms they have studied throughout the year. This exercise ... Read More

Shall we get / sit / make / play down to brass tacks? Here are four quizzes that test common English idioms and phrases: Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Quiz 4

This series of exercises helps you build your basic phrasal verb vocabulary. The exercises include audio example sentences, definition matching exercises and, once the phrasal verbs have been introduced, practice ... Read More

Reporting verbs can more accurately describe what someone has said than "say" or "tell". These verbs take a variety of structures. This page provides a list of reporting verbs in ... Read More

The top 1000 words resource now has pronunciation files for each word. Click on the word and you'll here the pronunciation, click on "return" to top 1000 vocabulary resource.

This Special English Dictionary contains about 1,500 words and makes an excellent vocabulary goal for intermediate level learners. Each word now includes a definition and an audio file with the ... Read More

This grammar reference section provides a quick review of the basic tenses used in English: Present Tenses - used to speak about the present moment in time and events or states ... Read More

Mad Libs are great for helping students recognize various parts of speech. This lesson plan provides an outline on how to turn a fun game into a great learning experience.

While there are certainly many more varieties of English, American and British English are the two varieties that are taught in most ESL/EFL programs. Generally, it is agreed that no ... Read More

This overview chart shows the positive, negative and interrogative (question) forms of all the principal tenses in English with a brief description of the principal usage. The timeline tenses chart provides ... Read More

Here is a reading comprehension that will also help you improve your presentation skills. The reading comprehension is followed by key vocabulary and a follow-up quiz.

Becoming an ESL teacher offers a unique multi-cultural opportunity. Job benefits include: international travel opportunities, multi-cultural training, and job satisfaction. This guide to what to do before you become an ... Read More