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 […]
These conditional activities offer clear, simple ways to introduce and practise the first, second, third, and mixed conditional forms in the TEFL classroom. Many of them work well as speaking prompts, grammar reinforcement, or fun warmers with a bit of imagination. First Conditional Activities Superstitions This matching exercise is a great way to introduce the […]
Looking for engaging past simple activities to help students practise the past tense? These tried-and-tested classroom games are easy to set up, fun to play, and designed to help learners internalise both regular and irregular verb forms. Was & Were – Kim’s Game I often use the memory game Kim’s game as an introduction to […]
These reported speech activities give learners a fun and practical way to practise reporting what someone else said. Instead of drilling rules, students use real or imagined conversations, mini speeches, and bizarre questions to explore how reported speech works. These activities are especially useful at B1 level and above, where learners already have some control […]
These present perfect activities cover different uses of the tense: talking about life experiences, recently completed actions, and past events with present relevance. They work well for upper A2 to B2 level learners and are easily adapted for classroom or online teaching. Present Perfect – Past Participles Present perfect crossword Use a present perfect crossword […]
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As well as helping students to remember the names of different items, this memory game (sometimes known as Pelmanism) is also great for practising prepositions of position. Before playing, point at some of the different unturned cards and try to elicit from the students how they could describe the position of the cards. For example on […]
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Here’s a quick idea for reviewing and uncovering clothes vocabulary and practising the second conditional. Brainstorm as many different types of clothes as possible starting with the head and working down. Write all this vocabulary on the board in columns labelled Head / Top / Bottom / Hands and Feet. You could use our clothes […]
