Education

Articles Index

Verb Conjugation

Guide to verb conjugation in English presented by focusing on specific verb types and their standard uses in the present, past and future forms for English language learners.

Homophone Quiz - 2

Homophone Quiz quiz for intermediate to advanced level ESL EFL learners and classes focusing on homophones that are commonly confused.

Homophone Quiz - 1

Homophones can be confusing. This printable quiz tests students' understanding of a number of common confusing homophones.

Advanced English Tense Review - 2 - Tense Conjugation

Tense Review and conjugation exercise to help advanced level English ESL EFL TESL or TOEFL classes and students review all major tenses

Advanced Tense Review - 1 - Tense Identification

This exercise for advanced level English learners focuses on asking learners to identify the tense used in short reading selection. The exercise includes an answer sheet to help students study on their own.

Teaching English to Absolute and False Beginners

A discussion of the differences between teaching absolute and false beginners including pointers on how to teach absolute and false beginners

Past Perfect Worksheets

Printable past perfect worksheets for online and in-class use. These past perfect worksheets begin with a quick review of past perfect usage and common time expressions used with the past perfect.

Grammar Chants - Numbers (British English)

Grammar chants can be a lot of fun to use in classes. This grammar chant focuses on basic number usage in British English.

Easily Confused Words Worksheet

These two easily confused words worksheets ask English learners to spot the easily confused word in each sentence and change it with the correct word.

Dialogue: A Business Presentation

Intermediate level dialogue for roleplay with follow up multiple choice quiz. This reading focuses on the present perfect.

Eight Parts of Speech for ESL Learners

Guide to the Eight Parts of Speech for English language learners and classes. Use this guide to help students understand English grammar and syntax.

Past Unreal Conditional Form Worksheets

Printable past unreal conditional form worksheets for online and in-class use. These conditional worksheets begin with a quick review of past unreal conditional statements, as well as sentences with 'wish' and progress to exercises to practice usage.

Do, Play or Go with Various Sports

When talking about sports we use the verbs do, play and go depending on the type of sport, try this quiz to see if you know when to use do, play or go

Teaching Grammar in an ESL / EFL Setting

An overview to teaching grammar in an ESL / EFL setting. This article discusses the questions that need to be asked before beginning to teach the class as well as an explaination of the importance of a bottom up style of teaching.

Product Presentation

This beginning level reading comprehension focuses on a product presentation. This product presentation is for in class use for reading practice, as well as a model for students to model their own presentations. It includes a follow-up reading comprehension questions.

Reported Speech

Guide to using reported speech in English including detailed information on sentence transformation through changing tense, use of reporting verbs and the change of time expressions, pronouns and more.

Absolute Beginner English - 20 Point Program

Course Outline and Objectives for ESL Beginning Students to Establish Basic Communication Language Functions in English Teacher Lesson Plans

Double Comparatives

Guide to the correct and incorrect use of double comparatives in English. The form double comparative is often used to describe the incorrect use of two comparative forms together. However, double comparatives is also used to refer to the use of two comparatives within a sentence.