Road to Grammar
Mastering the Present Perfect Tense
You have found a solid resource for covering the present perfect tense. Starting with explanation and examples, this resource moves quickly into a series of exercises that target specific elements of the present perfect tense. Scroll to...
Oxford University Press
Language Focus: Present Continuous, Imperatives
What will your class do in the future? What won't they do? Practice the present continuous form for future arrangements (or future progressive tense) with several fill-in-the-blanks and sentence reordering activities.
Oxford University Press
Language Focus: Imperatives and Going To
Study the future progressive tense and other ways to express what will (or won't) happen. After completing affirmative and negative sentences in the imperative form, kids work on different exercises with going to and will or won't.
Oxford University Press
Language Focus: Simple Past Tense, Affirmative and Negative
Find out what people did or didn't do with a grammar worksheet, which focuses on the past tense of different verbs. After kids use a word bank to complete a paragraph, they use the words did and didn't in several exercises about...
Film English
Everyday
What would you do if you got an extra day every week? Partners share some information about their routines and lives and write compositions about one another based on the information. Each partner tries to guess what the other person...
Film English
Serial Taxi
Explore the murder mystery genre through film, discussion, and writing. The plan features several activities centered around a two-minute video that include collaboration, writing, and prediction. After the lesson, individuals write...
Film English
The Beauty of a Second
Add many seconds of beauty to your class with a short film and related project. The resource centers around a competition based on one-second segments of film, and the final compilation that came from the contest. Pupils identify moments...
PBS
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat: Flash Card Games
Expand the vocabulary of young readers with this series of five activities based the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback. From playing bingo to group storytelling, a variety of different approaches are presented...
Curated OER
Imperfect Crossword
Pupils must puzzle through the imperfect tense in order to complete this crossword. Class members conjugate 15 Spanish verbs in order to complete the crossword. Each clue is made up of a verb and a conjugation (for example: permitir,...
Curated OER
The Future Tense
What will your Spanish class learn today? Maybe they will learn all about the future tense! Take a look at this resource for information on ways to talk about the future without actually using the future tense, regular and irregular...
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Using the Imperfect Tense & the Preterite Tense
In Spanish, there are several verb tenses used to express things that happened in the past. The tricky part is figuring out which one is appropriate for your situation. Let this resource help you and your pupils as they master the...
Curated OER
The Preterite Tense
Focus on how to conjugate Spanish verbs in the preterite. You can use this webpage to inform your own lesson on the preterite, take a day in the computer lab, or flip your classroom and have pupils examine the page for homework. There is...
Curated OER
The Imperfect Tense
Take a trip to the computer lab or flip your class and use this online resource. Spanish language learners can read the included information about the imperfect and practice with the online interactive exercises that are linked on the...
Curated OER
The Present Tense (Part 1)
This resource examines the present tense through several mediums. The information covered includes: regular present tense verbs, stem-changing present tense verbs, irregular present tense verbs, and use of the present tense. Included is...
Curated OER
Le Passé Composé
When do you use le passé composé? This short presentation is easy to read and details when one uses either avoir or etre. Several examples are given, along with a list of time expressions (avant, hier, etc.), but a practice opportunity...
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Passé Composé (verbes avec auxilliaire avoir)-révision
Mastering the past tense in French can be tricky, as you have to memorize which verbs use avoir and which use être. Provide your class with 25 fill-in-the-blank sentences to practice conjugating common verbs like prendre, faire, dire,...
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Word-building
Practice changing verb tenses and adverbs with a worksheet on vocabulary. A word bank at the top of the page instructs third and fourth graders to add -ing, -s, and -ful to different words. Great for reinforcing vocabulary rules! Use the...
Curated OER
Verb Tenses
Discover how to use proper verb tenses with context clues. Five sentences help first graders decide if they should use -ed or -ing to end simple verbs. Each sentence provides context clues to indicate the time. Use the resource in...
Curated OER
Active and Passive Sentences
Work with active and passive voice in several different sentences. Fifth graders learn the difference between active and passive voice, and change nine sentences from passive to active and vice versa. Great practice in your writing unit!
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Verb Tenses
Why is it so important to have consistent verb tense when writing? Discuss some of the implications with your middle and high school classes. Examples are provided, and both incorrect and corrected sentences are shown. There's a lot of...
Curated OER
Cuanto and present tense
Cuanto is used to ask many different questions in Spanish. Develop your class's understanding of the word (and its variations) by studying this worksheet. For each of 26 sentences provided, your learner must translate the Spanish...
Curated OER
Ella y Él
Take a trip to Costa Rica with th popular song "Ella y Él" by Ricardo Arjona. After listening to the song (and possibly reading the lyrics) the class discusses the general message of the song, the political nature, and other US bands...
Curated OER
El verbo "ir"
Yo voy al restaurante. Teach your beginning Spanish learners how to describe where they're going and ask where others are going. The final six slides provide an opportunity for students to use the vocabulary by responding to questions.
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Los Verbos Regulares
¡Vamos a practicar! Your beginning Spanish speakers need this well-organized, interactive PowerPoint to learn how to conjugate regular -ar verbs in the present tense. This resource provides scaffolding, and the slides build on one...