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English Club

English Club: Basic Tenses

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Notes and examples of verb tense including past, present, future, active, passive, normal, intensive, continuous, perfect, and continuous perfect.
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Irregular Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An extensive look at verbs in all their various forms and uses. A very valuable and easy to understand resource with many examples.
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Unit Plan
Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Preterites Irregular Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice using verbs that change their meaning in the preterite tense: conocer, saber, querer, tener, and poder. Complete translations from English to Spanish by choosing the correct form of a verb in the preterite or imperfect. Answers...
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Other

Rocket Languages: Verbs in the Present Tense and Conjugations

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module explains how to understand infinitives forms of Spanish. Examples of present and past tense Spanish verbs, and other verb information, are provided. Audio and written examples are provided, along with English...
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Interactive
Other

Mark's English School Online: Esl Games

For Students 3rd - 8th
A commendable teacher-created site by an American ESL educator based in Japan. Includes a nice variety of ESL/EFL games for younger students for learning the past tense or verb usage playing basketball, punctuation playing golf, or new...
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Better English Lessons

Better English: Irregular Verbs Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Ten questions to test your knowledge of irregular verbs. The base form is given, and you are to select the past tense for these verbs.
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Handout
Other

Kryss Tal: Grammar: Introduction to Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very good overview of grammar components. Grammar examples and links are provided.
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Other

Isabel's Esl Site: Past Simple Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
The English past simple is presented clearly, with examples and exercises. ESL students could use this site on their own. Some guidance in Spanish.
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Activity
Other

Isabel's Esl Site: Past Continuous Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
The past continuous is introduced by a little story which demonstrates its use. Examples and exercises follow. Some guidance in Spanish.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: English Irregular Verbs Game

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
One or two players can practice irregular verb tenses.
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Other

Esl Review: Past Tense Irregular Verbs Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
A quiz on using the past tense of irregular verbs is found at this site. Eighteen questions to challenge your knowledge. When finished, check your answers by clicking "Check Your Answers" at the bottom of the page.
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Unit Plan
Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: The Present Perfect Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
Review examples and then complete three online exercises dealing with the present perfect tense. English translations are provided for some of the examples. The first exercise provides verb infinitives as cues for the present perfect...
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Website
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

Many Things for Esl Japanese Version

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...
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Article
English Club

English Club: What Is Tense?

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Notes and examples of verb tense including past, present, future, progressive, and perfective.
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Handout
Indiana University

Juan M. Soto: Reglas Preterite and Imperfect

For Students 9th - 10th
Concise, but thorough English explanation of the preterite and imperfect tenses in Spanish grammar. Great review for advanced students or teachers who want a quick review. Links are also available to interactive exercises and sheets that...
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Website
Other

English & Fun: Photocopiables

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Photocopiable activities that ESL teachers can print out and use to help students learn English. A wide selection of materials, all designed to reinforce basic skills, are provided: vocabulary exercises (including math vocabulary); games...
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Study Languages

Study Spanish: Preterite vs Imperfect Part Iii

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an introduction to verbs that change meaning according to which past tense is applied, preterite or imperfect. Examples in English and Spanish illustrate the change of meaning. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the...
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Study Languages

Study Spanish: Imperfect Part Iii

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an online lesson on uses of the imperfect tense, contrasted to contradictory uses in the preterite. English and Spanish examples simplify the explanation. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the student's mastery of this...
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Unit Plan
Study Languages

Study Spanish: Imperfect Part I

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent introductory lesson to the regular conjugations of the imperfect tense and the main rules that govern its usage. Examples in Spanish and English illustrate specific rules. A quiz at the end of the lesson tests the student's...