Games using Numbers, Time and Dates for Adult Learners

A selection of ESL games using numbers, times and dates aimed at adult learners. Teaching Online You can find online numbers, times and dates exercises and activities at our online-focused site LearnHip.com. Numbers Phone Number Collection To practise the numbers one to ten, have students invent a 10 digit long telephone number and then mingle […]

Tag Question Activities – Confirming Information in English

These tag question activities help students practise forming and using question tags in a natural and communicative way. Most activities are speaking-based and designed to encourage confirmation, clarification, and a bit of fun in the classroom. Confirm What You Already Know Tag questions are usually used to confirm something we think we already know. For […]

Past Perfect Activities

Contrast with Past Simple The past perfect can be tricky to explain, and even advanced students often default to the past simple. A clear way to highlight the difference is to compare: Write both sentences on the board and ask students to explain the difference in meaning. This helps them see how the past perfect […]

Present Perfect Continuous Activities – Practise Ongoing Actions

The present perfect continuous is often taught alongside the present perfect simple. These are some of the present perfect continuous activities I’ve used in class to highlight its use for actions that started in the past and are still continuing — or have only recently stopped. I often begin by contrasting the sentences I’ve read […]

Future Forms – Will, Going to & the Present Continuous

English learners can find the different English future forms quite intimidating and often just stick to the simple future will form to stay on the safe side. Here are some activities for teaching and comparing the different forms in applicable circumstances. Present Continuous – For Future Arrangements The present continuous is often used to talk […]

Past Continuous Activities – Describe Ongoing Past Actions

These past continuous activities are designed to help students practise describing actions in progress at a specific time in the past, or setting the scene for another event. The past continuous is especially useful when talking about interrupted actions, background information, and time-specific routines. What were you doing at … ? Start with a simple […]

Present Continuous Activities – Practice Actions Happening Now

These present continuous activities focus on the tense’s use for describing what is happening now or situations that are temporary. Activities which focus on its use for describing future arrangements can be found on the future forms page. What are you Wearing? The subject of clothes is an ideal way to introduce and practise using […]

Present Simple Activities – Fun Tense Practice for Beginners

Looking for engaging ways to teach the present simple tense? You’neve come to the right place. Below you’ll find a selection of fun, reliable present simple activities that are perfect for beginners and low-intermediate learners. These games and exercises get students speaking, asking questions, and using English in meaningful ways—without relying on drills or heavy […]

Passive Voice Activities – Get Active with the Passive

Tried and tested passive voice activities for the EFL classroom. Conspiracy Theory Match This conspiracy theory activity may not be appropriate in every context, use your judgement, but most students will probably know about and have strong opinions about at least some of these conspiracy theories, so as well as being a useful way of […]

The Biggest and the Best: Comparative Activities and Superlative Games

Here are some tried-and-tested comparative activities for practising both comparatives and superlatives in a fun, meaningful way. Most of these require minimal prep and work well in pairs or small groups Comparative Pairs Put students into pairs and have them find out enough about each other to write five comparisons using the comparative form. Sheila […]