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ESL Kid Stuff

Actions - Present Continuous

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
What are you doing? Why, studying the present continuous tense, of course. Language learners engage in activities and exercises that provide them with practice crafting and answering questions using the present continuous tense.
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Worksheet
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Past Continuous- Sentence Completion

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL past continuous learning exercise, students read 10 sentences that are incomplete. Students finish the sentences any way they like, using correct verb tenses.
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Interactive
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Simple Past or Past Continuous- A Dialog

For Students 6th - 7th
In this verbs worksheet, students complete a 20 question on-line interactive exercise about simple past or past continuous verb forms. The worksheet is in the form of a dialog.
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Integrating Past Continuous

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils recognize the situations in which the use of the past continuous would be beneficial in writing. They focus on the use of the past continuous as a descriptive tense when something important occurred.
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Interactive
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ESL: Past Continuous or Simple Past?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this tense worksheet, learners use a given verb and re-write sentences using its correct form: continuous or simple past. Links to additional resources are given.
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ESL: Verb Tense Exercise 14

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL verb tense worksheet, students us words in parenthesis to complete text, using the appropriate tense of verbs given. A reference web site is given for additional activities
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ESL: Verb Tense Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL verb tense instructional activity, students fill in blanks in sentences using the correct form of a verb shown in brackets., 10 sentences total.
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Past Tense Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ESL past tense verb worksheet, students read 10 sentences and using the verb in parentheses, fill the blank with either the past continuous, past perfect simple, or past perfect continuous.
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ESL Test-Verb Tense

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL testing worksheet, students fill in blanks with correct present continuous verbs, write sentences correctly, and fill in present simple and past tense verbs.
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Simple Past or Past Continuous

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL activity, students focus on the past tense.  Students complete 16 exercises choosing to use either the simple past or past continuous tense and using the interactive key when finished.  
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ESL: Continuous and Past Simple

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this ESL verb tense activity, students select the verbs that correctly fill in blanks in sentences and put a set of pictures in the correct order.
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English Club

Verbs & Tenses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students in an ESL classroom practice using verbs and the correct tense. In teams, they work together to make a sentence using the same verb and tense clue word. They read their sentences aloud and gain points on the correctness of it.
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Verb Tense

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students focus on the usage of verb tense. Students complete 28 fill in the blank sentences using the interactive website when finished.    
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Verbs & Tenses

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students illustrate known tenses with tense clue words. They select a range of verbs. Teachers divide the class into teams. The idea is for each team to make the longest and perfectly constructed sentence. Words and scores are tallied on...
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ESL: Present, Present Simple, Past Simple Tense

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this ESL activity, students write questions for given statements, and complete a word search of given verbs and a crossword puzzle. A link to audio and additional resources is given.
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Then and Now

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explain the differences and time relationships between the past simple, present perfect (continuous) and present simple tenses when speaking about the past and present. They use a graphic organizer before speaking.
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Time Signifiers - Past or Present Perfect?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students refine their usage of past simple or present perfect. After a lecture/demo, students work in pairs and utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them gain practice with time signifiers.
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Banking Grammatically

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders identify the different roles involved in banking. They list and create defintions for the different types of banking services offered at a branch office. Students write sentences using verbs in present and past tenses....
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Living in Italy

For Students Higher Ed
In this infinitive ESL worksheet, students will read a short passage. Students will then use different verb tenses to complete 8 questions about the story.
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TPR is a Valuable Tool!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students, at the beginning ESL proficiency level, participate in Total Physical Response activities in order to learn the present continuous and past tense, sentence structure and word order in English.
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Comparing Transportation Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers compare and contrast various forms of transportation. Comparisons are based on the the distance traveled and the student's personal experiences with that form of transport. This lesson is intended for students acquiring...
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Speaking Skills - Asking Questions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students improve speaking confidence when using difficult question forms. This lesson focuses on helping students explain how to engage in this kind of social conversation. A worksheet imbedded in this plan provides practice.
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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.