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These adorable flashcards are great for lessons on prepositions of placement. Your students will love the pictures and have fun learning these simple, common prepositions. Use them in pre-teaching, reinforcement games, memory, as a reference guide for spelling exercises or even as a cute poster to display in class. Laminate them to be able to use them over and over.

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Have students write a paragraph about themselves (roughly 40 words.) Instruct them to use prepositions of place, time and movement, leaving 10 spaces where the prepositions should be. Have students trade papers and complete the sentences using the correct prepositions.

These adorable flashcards are great for lessons on prepositions of movement. Your students will love the pictures and have fun learning these simple, common prepositions. Use them in pre-teaching, reinforcement games, memory, as a reference guide for spelling exercises or even as a cute poster to display in class. Laminate them to be able to use them over and over.

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A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words. Prepositions are usually places before or in front of nouns.

Prepositions of time:

• in - My birthday is in December.

• on - The homework is due on Wednesday.

• at - I wake up at 7:30 a.m.

• since - I haven't been to the sea since last summer.

• until - I won't see you until next year.

Prepositions of placement:

• in - Sara is in the kitchen.

• on - The flowers are on the table.

• under - Her shoes are under the desk.

• in front of - I waited in front of the school.

• behind - There's a garden behind the house.

• across from - I sat across from her at dinner.

• between - The bank is between the library and the market.

Prepositions of movement:

• toward - She walked towards the school.

• away from - I ran away from the bee.

• into - She put her books into her school bag.

• onto - The cat jumped onto the table.

• through - The train goes through the tunnel

• along - We rode our bikes along the path.

Split the class into two teams. Each team must create a "preposition dance" using the prepositions of movement. They will write the instructions on a piece of paper and then act them out. When the dances are finished, each team will perform their dance for the class.

Split the class into two teams. The first member of each team will be shown a flashcard. The student who guesses the correct preposition first wins a point for their team. The students go to the end of the line, and the next two students face off.

This colourful reference card is great for lessons on prepositions of time. It includes common examples for the three main prepositions of time "in", "on" and "at". It also includes some examples where these words are used as prepositions of placement. Use it in pre-teaching, as a reference guide, a handout or simply as a poster to display in class.

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Pair students up and have them each choose secretly where to place four 'battleships' by marking an X on the left hand grid on their worksheet. Have them take turns to 'fire' by saying a position using the prepositions words as coordinates. Teach them the words 'hit', 'miss' and 'sunk' to use while playing.

Here's a useful reference guide to use in your lesson about prepositions of time. It gives some examples of when to use the words IN, ON and AT both with time expressions and locations. Use it in pre-teaching, as a reference guide for spelling exercises or simply as a poster to display in class.

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These 12 reference cards give an example, illustration and definition of some common prepositions of placement. They can be cut and laminated for re-use and to pass around to students. They can also be printed as whole sheets for student handouts, or displayed in your classroom as a poster.

Present the crossword puzzle and explain that each picture describes a prepositions. As they fill in the answers, they'll be using the images and their knowledge of prepositions to complete the puzzle. This activity not only reinforces prepositions but also develops critical thinking as they decipher the clues.

Introduce the Mad Lib story about a playful vampire. Tell your students that they'll be helping to complete the vampire's adventure by filling in the blanks with prepositions. Encourage them to be as creative and funny as they like. Afterwards, you can invite students to read their stories aloud for a few laughs.

This colourful help card is great for lessons on prepositions of movement. Your students will love the pictures and have fun learning these common prepositions. Use them in pre-teaching, as a reference guide for spelling exercises or simply as a poster to display in class. Encourage the use of complete sentences while reviewing verbs too. There is an example featuring a different verb included for every preposition.

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This colourful help card is great for lessons on prepositions of movement. Your students will love the pictures and have fun learning these common prepositions. Use it in pre-teaching, as a reference guide or simply as a poster to display in class. Encourage the use of complete sentences while using these words.

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This adorable help card is great for lessons on prepositions of placement. Your students will love the pictures and have fun learning these simple, common prepositions. Use them in pre-teaching, as a reference guide for spelling exercises or simply as a cute poster to display in class.

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This adorable help card is great for lessons on prepositions of placement. Your students will love the pictures and have fun learning these simple, common prepositions. Use them in pre-teaching, as a reference guide for spelling exercises or simply as a cute poster to display in class. Encourage the use of complete sentences while reviewing shapes and colours too. For example "The green triangle is in front of the yellow cube".

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This is designed to help students practice sentence construction using placement prepositions such as "in," "on," "under," etc. It is divided into multiple sections, each containing a set of items. For each set of items, there are illustrations paired with corresponding words. For example, there is a picture of a box along with images of photos and tape/scotch, suggesting the possibility of constructing sentences like "The photos are behind the box," or "The tape is on the box."

The activity could be turned into a fun relay race in small groups where students take turns quickly choosing an object and forming a sentence using a placement preposition. The relay aspect would add an element of excitement and physical activity, enhancing the engagement level for the students as they learn.

Students will learn and practice using moving prepositions in sentences related to actions and movements. Begin by explaining what prepositions are: words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. Use real-life examples by moving an object like a book in the classroom and using prepositions to describe its movement.

Have your students draw lines from the prepositions to the matching pictures. Discuss as a class why each preposition matches its picture. Then, get students to make sentences using these prepositions.

For the spelling practice sheet, ask the students to write or say the prepositions correctly. You could turn this into a game where they get points for each correct spelling. It's a good way to drill in the correct prepositions and spellings, which are essential for clear communication.

This activity is all about teamwork and using clues to find hidden objects around the school. Students split into groups and use the worksheet to find each clue that directs them to a place using prepositions like "under," "between," and "behind." They might be searching for letters that form a sentence or a secret code. As they go from spot to spot, gathering their ‘treasures’, they're not just having fun - they're also getting a practical lesson in language. The first group to piece together the sentence from their collected items wins the hunt. It's a great mix of movement, collaboration, and language practice that gets everyone involved and learning without even realising it.

This is a guessing game that gets students to use descriptive sentences to figure out which picture their opponent has chosen. It's filled with illustrations of living room scenes, each slightly different from the others. For instance, one might have a clock above the couch, while another doesn't.

Students play by picking one of the images without telling which one. Their opponent then tries to guess the chosen image by asking yes-or-no questions that include prepositions and object placements, like "Is the clock above the couch in your image?" or "Is there a plant next to the bookshelf?" They keep going back and forth with questions until the right image is guessed. This game is great for practicing language skills, especially prepositions and sentence structure, all while having a bit of fun competition.

This colourful help card is great for lessons on prepositions of movement, place and time. Your students will love the pictures and have fun learning these common prepositions. Use them in pre-teaching, as a reference guide for spelling exercises or simply as a poster to display in class. There are illustrated example included for each type of preposition.

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Give the students the word search and explain that hidden within the grid are prepositions. Ask the students to find and circle all the prepositions. This is not only a fun challenge but also reinforces their understanding of preposition spelling.

Give the students the word scramble sheet and let them know that the mixed-up letters can be rearranged to form prepositions of placement and movement. It's a great exercise to enhance their vocabulary and spelling, and they can work in pairs to brainstorm possible prepositions.

subject + 'to be' + verb(ing)

The present continuous is used to describe an action that is happening in the present moment.

• I am learning.

• I am breathing.

It can describe an action or a trend that is occurring at this time.

• More and more people are becoming vegetarian.

• Children are learning how to read at a younger age.

It can describe an action that is planned and set for the future.

• Next summer we are going to Spain.

• I'm getting my haircut tomorrow.

It can describe a temporary situation.

• It's raining at the moment.

• She's talking on the phone right now.

Combined with "always, forever, and constantly" it can describe a series of actions that happen over and over again.

- Please note the adverb goes between the auxiliary and the main verb.

• They are constantly fighting.

• I am always running late.

This handy card can be printed as a poster for the classroom, handed out as a reference worksheet or laminated and kept on hand for lessons. It shows the spelling for some common verbs in the simple present and present continuous forms, organised by the theme "abstract verbs".

15 mini card prompts with present continuous sentences for fun acting games, such as charades. They can also be shuffled and handed out to be used as prompts in theatre sports based games, or writing tasks.

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This colourful reference card is great for lessons on prepositions. It includes common examples of how we use the words "by" (to mean near to, past a place and not later than) and "for". Use it in pre-teaching, as a reference guide, a handout or simply as a poster to display in class.

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There is a board game with a path with different pictures on it. These pictures will show kids doing various activities. For example, two girls eating ice cream. The correct phrase would be, "They are eating ice cream." If the phrase is correctly said, the student can move their token forward. Use a die to count spaces.

This handy card can be printed as a poster for the classroom, handed out as a reference worksheet or laminated and kept on hand for lessons. It shows the spelling for some common verbs in the simple present and present continuous forms, organised by the theme "action verbs".

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This handy card can be printed as a poster for the classroom, handed out as a reference worksheet or laminated and kept on hand for lessons. It shows the spelling for some common verbs in the simple present and present continuous forms, organised by the theme "common verbs".

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This handy card can be printed as a poster for the classroom, handed out as a reference worksheet or laminated and kept on hand for lessons. It shows the spelling for some common verbs in the simple present and present continuous forms, organised by the theme "complicated verbs".

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A quick and novel way to keep reviewing present continuous verbs with your students. Consistency is key, so finding new ways to revisit the present continuous verbs you've learnt helps to keep it a regular part of your lessons without becoming boring and repetitive.

The answers are:

Across:

5) playing, 7) eating, 9) running, 10) swimming

Down:

1) cooking, 2) reading, 3) jumping, 4) walking, 6) driving, 8) writing

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This handy card can be printed as a poster for the classroom, handed out as a reference worksheet or laminated and kept on hand for lessons. It shows the spelling for some common verbs in the simple present and present continuous forms, organised by the theme "difficult verbs".

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A playful way to extend a lesson on the present continuous and introduce the past continuous. Show them the verb is in the same form, but the verb preceeding it ("to be" or otherwise) has changed to the simple past.

Have the students write down a list of as many continuous verbs as they know then work together to add them to the story. Some will work but many will not match the sense of the sentence. After laughing about any ridiculous sentences produced, let them have a go at fixing it but moving their verbs around or adding new ones.

Some useful continuous verbs for this story are: sitting, breaking, walking, standing, moving, shouting, drooling, eating, coming, dancing, laughing, running, playing.

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20 colourful question cards using the present continuous tense. Break the class into small groups of four and hand out a card to each student from the set provided. Each card features a different question that encourages students to share personal preferences and experiences. This activity not only gets students talking and writing but also learning about their classmates’ likes and dislikes, making for a fun and interactive class experience.

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Use this card to keep track of your students' progress in learning the spelling of these continuous verbs. It includes some tricky cases. Revisit it regularly and make a note of their results.

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This handy card can be printed as a poster for the classroom, handed out as a reference worksheet or laminated and kept on hand for lessons. It shows the spelling rules for forming the present continuous tense with some examples of common verbs and illustrated by colourful, playful pictures.

51 colourful image cards to use in a storytelling activity. Laminate the cards to use them over and over. Play "Rotating Storytelling" for extra fun: each student has 1 or 2 character cards to write a story about. They each start with 1 or 2 object cards too then every time you call out 'switch' they rotate their object cards to the right or left. They then need to incorporate their new objects into their story. It's a great way to get the students' creativity flowing and see how they adapt to new twists, all while having a blast with their characters and the surprising directions their stories take.

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Use this worksheet as a fun way to reinforce spelling rules and vocabulary recall of continuous verbs. Students work together to unscramble the letters to discover present continuous words. Fun to do in pairs.

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20 colourful and fun taboo cards with present continuous sentence examples. Students must describe the action at the top of the card without using the featured verb or any of the other words included on the card. It's great for building vocabulary and repeating the present continuous structure in a fun way.

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Students search for 15 present continuous words in this word search. This fun activity is useful for teaching students to pay attention to spelling conventions, as well as extending their vocabularies.

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Have + past participle - affirmative form

Have + not + past participle - negative form

Have/has + subject + past participle - question form

We use the present perfect to discuss our experience up to the present.

• I have been to Paris.

• I have never eaten peaches

• Have you seen this film?

When we use the present perfect, we do not mention the specific time that something occurred, however, we do use time indicators for emphasis such as:

since, for, already, yet, still, never, ever, before.

• I haven't climbed Mount Everest yet.

• I still haven't seen the new Star Wars film.

• I have already been here.

• Have you been to Spain before?

The present perfect can also be used to discuss an event that happened in the past, continues to the present, and may continue into the future.

• I have lived in Athens for two years.

• I have studied Medicine since 2012.

To form a question, you put have/has in front of the subject.

• Have you seen the new action film?

• Has Sara ever worked as a waitress?

To form a question using 'wh-' question words, add the question word before the auxiliary.

• What have you done today?

• Why has the council called this meeting?

40 prompt questions about experiences to stimulate responses in the present perfect tense on colourful flashcards. A reference guide with the complete set of 40 questions is included too. These flashcards are great for regular speaking practice in lessons and quick revision games. Laminate them and reuse them over and over.

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Battleships: students use past participle verbs as coordinates as they play this exciting game. This is an engaging way to review past participle verb forms while working on the present perfect tense. This is not only a fun challenge but also reinforces their memory recall of past participles. Use it as a brain break, or to mix up pairs in the class or as an activity for students who have finished their work early.

Have + been + present participle

The present perfect continuous describes an action that started in the past and has continued up until the present. It is often used to describe the duration of the action.

• I have been studying Spanish for two years. - affirmative form

• I have not been living here for very long. - negative form

• What have you been doing today? - question form

The present perfect can often imply that the action is happening 'lately'.

• How have you been doing?

• She has not been feeling well.

• He has been exercising a lot recently.

These colourful flashcards are great for lessons on the present perfect tense. They include 19 common verbs and their past participle forms to match up. They include the auxiliary verb have modified according to the subject pronoun. Use them in pre-teaching, reinforcement games, memory, conversation practice and quick fire challenges. Laminate them to be able to use them over and over.

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A quick and novel way to keep reviewing the past participle forms of verbs (especially when studying the present perfect tense). It also helps students pay attention to spelling. Finding new ways to revisit the verbs you've learnt helps to keep it a regular part of your lessons without becoming boring and repetitive.

The answers are:

Down:

1) given, 2) broken, 3) found, 4) grown, 6) chosen, 8) known, 10) begun

Across:

2) built, 5) gone, 7) driven, 9) drunk, 10) bought, 11) brought,  12) become, 13) eaten

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Here's a bingo card to use when reviewing the past participle forms of verbs (especially when studying the present perfect tense). It also helps students pay attention to spelling. Have the students write one word from the list in each box, with no repeated words. At the same time, cut up pieces of paper or card with the same list of words. Mix them up in a bag or container and let the students take turns to pull one out randomly. Students cross out that square if they have that word. Give prizes or points for the first person to get a row, column or the whole grid.

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