Subject and Object Pronouns
Classroom Activities:
Love and Hate. This activity asks students to list things they love and hate, according to different categories (singer, film, restaurant, etc.). Then they have to use both subject and object pronouns to express their opinions about those things. Eg: "I love her." "She is great."Online resources:
Select the correct pronoun-- and anotherRewrite sentences with the correct pronoun
Select the correct object pronoun
Present Tense Questions
Classroom Activities:
Guess if it's true (reviews both questions and negative forms with do/does)This worksheet has students match verbs with noun phrases. Then, using the collocations, students must write sentences that are true or false (and use negatives). Finally, they play a guessing game where they have to use questions to determine if the sentences are true or false.
Who Am I. Students have a secret identity (person, object, place, etc.) written on the board behind them. They have to ask questions to figure out who/what they are. Can be played in teams (points to whoever finishes first) or individually (two students at a time, whoever figures out their identity first gets to sit down while the other continues).
Online resources:
For questions with do and does here and here. Questions with to be here.Present Tense Negations
Classroom Activities:
Both Guess if it's true and Who Am I above push students to use negative forms along with questions.Online resources:
Negatives in Present TenseMore Negatives in Present Tense
There is/There Are
Classroom Activities:
Spot the Differences. Students have to race to describe the differences between two very similar pictures, using there is and there are.Online Resources:
A multiple choice worksheet with there was/were/is/areChoose there is or there are
A story to practice there was/were in the past tense.
Past Tense Irregular Conjugations
Classroom Activities:
Pelmanism card game. Students have to match cards of verbs to their irregular past conjugation. They then use the verbs in a guided speaking activity to write sentences about their lives and discuss them with a partner.Past Tense Questions
Classroom Activities:
Two truths and a lie. Students write three facts about themselves (one a lie), then have to ask their classmates questions to figure out the lie.Online Resources:
Questions in simple past tense
Questions in simple past tense 2
Review of everything in simple past (questions, negatives, positives)
Questions in simple past tense 2
Review of everything in simple past (questions, negatives, positives)
Comparatives and Superlatives
Classroom Activities:
The Most _____ Card Game. Students play a card game that forces them to make superlative sentences given a category and an adjective. They can then argue with each other using comparative sentences to win the card.
Online Resources:
Perfect Tenses
Classroom Activities:
Deception. A fun game where students use perfect tense structures (affirmations, negations, and questions) to trick their classmates and talk about things they have and haven't done.
Online Resources:
Questions, statements, and negatives in present perfect tense
Worksheet on the use of since and for.
Practice for positive statements in perfect tense.
Practice for questions in perfect tense.
Practice for negatives in perfect tense.
Worksheet on the use of since and for.
Practice for positive statements in perfect tense.
Practice for questions in perfect tense.
Practice for negatives in perfect tense.
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