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Grammar Lesson Plan: Simple Past vs. Present Perfect
What's the difference between the present perfect and simple past? Have your class practice identifying and using both of these verb tenses through pair activities, whole-class discussion, and a worksheet.
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Tense Review: The Verb "Have"
In this verb tense instructional activity, students complete a 7 question fill in the blank on-line interactive exercise. Students read a sentence and fill in the past or present form of the verb "have".
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ESL Blue: Present Tenses
In this online interactive ESL worksheet, students respond to 20 fill in the blank questions regarding the use of present tense verbs. They choose between simple present and present progressive forms. Students may check their answers...
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Verbs: Present and Past
In this verb tense worksheet, students categorize verbs by placing them in present tense or past tense columns within a chart.
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)
Using a fill-in-the-blank format learners explore the use of present/past/future verbs. This 41-question activity upper elementary and older students in an ESL class would get a good background in the use of verbs.
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Present Tense: Simple Versus Progressive
In this present tense worksheet, students read the sentences about a description of a hurricane. Students select the simple present tense of the verb forms to complete the 30 sentences.
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ESL Present/Past Tense
In this ESL verb tense worksheet, students match a set of present tense verbs with their past tense counterpart, then read "Erik's Journal" and copy the sequence of steps in his day and draw a picture.
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Present Simple Tense
In this ESL activity, students focus on the present simple tense. Students study the 12 pictures given and the associated verbs and write a sentence for each.
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Yes/No Questions in the Simple Present Tense
In this simple present tense activity, 1st graders learn to ask and answer yes/no questions using the simple present tense. Students read 3 questions and select the yes/no answer.
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Simple Present Tense-Negative Sentences
In this simple present tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form negative sentences in simple present tense. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Form Questions in Simple Present Tense
For this simple present tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to questions in simple present tense. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Dissatisfied Customer
Learners complete a conversation between Bob and a car dealer to practice using proper verb tenses. There are 15 fill-in-the-blank sentences where learners use the proper tense of the provided verb. This in an online quiz and answers can...
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Verbs: Past
The focus of this 38-page packet is on past tense verbs. Packed with games, activities, exercises, and drills that can be adapted to any level, the resource deserves a place in your ESL/ELD curriculum library.
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Simple Present or Present Continuous Exercise #1
In this simple present or present continuous worksheet, students fill in fifteen blanks with the appropriate verb tense that makes each sentence grammatically correct.
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Present Time: ESL
Review the basics with your ESL students. This presentation covers basic English Grammar focusing specifically on simple present, present progressive, adverbs of frequency, and short answers. This is a content review and intended to...
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ESL-Past Tense/Present Perfect
In this ESL past tense/present perfect worksheet, students choose the verb that correctly completes each of 10 sentences. A link to audio and additional resources is included.
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Time words/Tenses Review
In this time words and verb tenses worksheet, students respond to 42 questions that require them to correct the verb tense and time word mistakes in the 42 sentences.
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Verb Tense for Regular and Irregular Verbs
In this regular and irregular verb tenses activity, 6th graders write the present, simple past and present perfect form of regular and irregular verbs; the instructions are in French.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
In this grammar worksheet, learners use the correct present -tense form of the verb in parentheses that makes twenty sentences grammatically correct.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
In this grammar worksheet, learners choose and underline the appropriate present-tense form of the verb in parentheses in twenty sentences that makes each one grammatically correct.
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ESL: Verb Tense Exercise 14
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 Exercise 2
In this ESL verb tense instructional activity, students use words given in parentheses to complete a text with the correct verb tenses, clicking a "check" button for immediate feedback.
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Simple Present
In this ESL present simple verb tense worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of people in action. Students match these to the verbs that describe them.
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Present Perfect Verb Tense
In this present perfect verb tense worksheet, 8th graders change the verb in each of ten sentences from regular verbs to present perfect tense verbs.