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Future Conversation Questions for Engaging Student Discussions: Future Perfect, Future Continuous, Future Simple in the ESL Classroom

Posted on January 15, 2023January 12, 2023 By albacker

If you’re an ESL teacher, you know that getting students to practice speaking is a top priority. One way to do this is by using future conversation questions that focus on future tenses (future simple, future perfect, and future continuous). In this blog post, we’ll dive into why using these…

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Modal Verbs Conversation Questions, Use, and Examples

Posted on November 16, 2021August 9, 2022 By albacker

Practice modal verbs with conversation questions, watch video explanation and study example sentences. What are modal verbs? According to Merriam-Webster, a modal verb is a verb (such as can, could, shall, should, ought to, will, or would) that is usually used with another verb to express ideas such as possibility, necessity, and…

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Conversation Questions Passive Voice: ESL Speaking Activity

Posted on September 14, 2021October 7, 2022 By albacker

Passive Voice Conversation Questions Form: a form of the verb ‘to be'(used to change the tense) + past participle Tense Active Passive Present simple I make dinner. Dinner is made (by me). Present continuous I am making dinner. Dinner is being made (by me). Past simple I made dinner. Dinner…

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Conversation Questions Gerunds and Infinitives: ESL Speaking Activity

Posted on April 20, 2021October 7, 2022 By albacker

We use gerunds (verb + ing): After certain verbs – I enjoy drawing After prepositions – I drank a beer after running. As the subject or object of a sentence – Jogging is good exercise We use ‘to’ + infinitive: After certain verbs – We decided to buy the house. After many adjectives – It’s easy to do it. –…

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Conversation Questions: Future Tenses

Posted on February 19, 2021August 9, 2022 By albacker

The focus of this activity is to practice grammar while speaking. These conversation questions with future tenses will help the students better understand when to use various future tenses. When we want to talk about the future we can use these tenses/structures: We can use the Present Simple when we…

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Conversation Questions: Present Perfect and Past Simple

Posted on November 23, 2020March 16, 2023 By albacker

Present perfect vs. simple past Present Perfect Simple Past Simple Unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present: I‘ve known my wife for fifteen years (and I still know her). Finished actions: I knew my friend Anne for fifteen years (but then she moved abroad and we lost touch)….

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Digital and Online Teaching Resources for Teachers Who Teach English from Home

Posted on March 18, 2020May 21, 2020 By albacker

I put together a list of free digital and online teaching resources, or resources that now offer premium features for free, that might be useful now when many teachers are overwhelmed by the sudden shift to online teaching, for which many of us aren’t prepared due to the consequences of…

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Unfinished Sentences ESL Speaking Activity

Posted on October 29, 2019May 21, 2020 By albacker

Unfinished sentences ESL speaking activity is great for revising grammar, as a warm-up or a conversation starter. It can be used with groups of various sizes as well as in one to one classes.   Finish the sentence. Tell your story. 1. I was very surprised when__________________________________________________. 2. What I…

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ESL Reported Speech Speaking Activity: Gossip

Posted on October 12, 2019May 21, 2020 By albacker

This is a fun ESL/EFL reported speech speaking activity which I like to throw in when the students start to feel tired and bored by the theory and dull practice exercises. It is a great activity to energize them while practising reported speech in the most natural way – gossiping….

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10 Websites To Make Your Lessons More Engaging And Fun

Posted on April 29, 2019October 19, 2021 By albacker

Fun and engaging online activities for your ESL/EFL classes.

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Your role play worksheet is great!

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Awesome resource, thank you!

- MeanTeacher

Some good ideas, especially with older students who are pretty quiet.

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