ESL Activities for Students

Articles

• A, An, or The (fill in the blank)
• The or Nothing (fill in the blank)
• A or An Easy
• A or An Easy (jobs and characteristics 1)
• A or An Easy (jobs and characteristics 2)
• A or An Difficult 1 (words that start with u) (#1)
• A or An Difficult 2 (words that start with u) (#2)
• A or An Difficult 3 (words that start with h) (#3)
• A or An Difficult 4 (words with mixed beginnings) (#4)

Contractions (Combining Words Using the Apostrophe)

• Possible Contractions 1 (to be)
• Possible Contractions 2 (to be)
• Combining Words to Make Contractions - to be
• Separating Contractions - to be

Verb Tenses

Present Simple

• Present Simple Tutorial and Examples
• Present Simple Activity 1 (fill in the blank)
• Present Simple Activity 2-Subject Verb Agreement (Difficult)
• Present Simple Questions Error Correction (beginning/intermediate)
• Present Simple - There is or There are
• Present Simple - The Verb To Be 1
• Present Simple - The Verb To Be 2

Present Progressive

• To Be (present simple vs. present progressive)
• Present Progressive (action in progress vs. immediate future) 1
• Present Progressive (action in progress vs. immediate future) 2
• Present Simple vs. Present Progressive | PDF
• Present Simple vs. Present Progressive
  
  Present Perfect
  
  
• Present Perfect Activity 1-Subject Verb Agreement (Difficult)
• Present Perfect vs. Past Simple 1
• Present Perfect vs. Past Simple 2

Past Simple

• List of 41 Most Common Past Simple Irregular Verbs
• Past Simple 1 (mixed regular and irregular verbs)

Past Progresive

• Past Progressive-Describing a Setting
• Past Simple vs. Past Progressive

Past Perfect

• Identify the Past Perfect
• Past Perfect 2: Fill in the blanks

Future (will)

• Future with "will" (change from present)

Future (going to)

• Future "going to" (change from present progressive)
• Future "going to" - fill in the blank
  

Future Perfect

• Future Perfect - fill in the blank

Present Perfect Progressive

• Present Perfect Progressive - fill in the blank

Past Perfect Progressive

• Past Perfect Progressive-Multiple Choice

Future Perfect Progressive

• Future Perfect Progressive - fill in the blank

Auxiliary (Helping) Verbs

• Auxiliary (Helping) Verb Error Correction 1
  Present & Past Simple and Future (Going to)

• Auxiliary (Helping) Verb Error Correction 2
  Present & Past Simple and Future (Going to)

• Auxiliary (Helping) Verbs
  Present Simple Interview Questions

• Auxiliary (Helping) Verbs in Questions
  Present/Past Simple and Future (Going To)

• Forming Questions
  Present &Past Simple and Future (Going To)

Dependent Clauses

• Noun Clauses or Adverb Clauses with "if" 1
• Noun Clauses or Adverb Clauses with "if" 2
• Noun Clauses or Adverb Clauses with "if" 3

Subject Verb Agreement

• Editing: Subject/Verb Agreement and Gender 1
• Editing: Subject/Verb Agreement and Gender 2

• Was or Were - fill in the blank
  
  
• Auxiliary (Helping) Verbs
  Present Simple Interview Questions

Punctuation

• Prepositional Phrases as Transitional Phrases (add commas)
• Punctuation Marks Names
• Quotation Marks 1 (Fill in)
• Quotation Marks 2 (Fill in)
• Quotation Marks: Single and Double (quoting someone who's quoting)
• Commas with Adverb Clauses (Fill in) Theme: Animals

Tutorials

• Better Writing (Essays and Cover Letters)
• The Speech Writing Process
• Present Simple Tutorial and Examples

Games & Fun

• 20 Questions Game

American English Phrases and Expressions

• Expressions with "break" (break up, break down, etc)
• Replacing 'got'
• Expressions with Can't
• Phrases for Agreeing and Disagreeing
• Expressions with "blow"
• Expressions with "dog"

Commonly Confused Words

• Is or Has
  
  
• Come and Go
  
  
• Expressions with Go
  
  
• Must or Must Not & Have To or Don't Have To
  
  
• Side, Beside, & Aside
  
  
• Here vs. In Here
  
  
• Bored vs. Boring

• Even, Even if, or Even though - multiple choice with video

• Than or Then beginning
• Than or Then intermediate
• Than or Then advanced
• Than or Then advanced - In Literary Contexts

• Will or Going to

• Advice or Advise

• Who's/Who/Whose 1
• Who's/Who/Whose 2

• During or While

• Their or They're
• There or Where

• By or Until (html) (PDF)

• The Only or Only The

• Maybe vs. May Be

Parts of Speech

Interjections

• Punctuation with Interjections (also in PDF)

Adjectives

• Adjective Errors (editing, plural errors)

Nouns

• Singular or Plural (take the quizzes and get your score!)
• Nouns as Adjectives 1 (possessive nouns using 's)
• Nouns as Adjectives 2 (no plural)
• Nouns as Adjectives 3 (in prepositional phrases)
• Agent Nouns 1 (Noun to Verb Sentence Completion)
• Agent Nouns 2 (Verb to Noun Sentence Completion)
• Agent Nouns 3 (contrasting general -er/-or endings with suffixes)
• Count and Non-Count Nouns (a little/a few) 1
• Count and Non-Count Nouns (much/many) 1
  

Pronouns & Possessive Adjectives

• Object Pronouns 1 (also in PDF)
• Subject or Object Pronouns
• Subject or Object Pronouns 2
• Possessive Adjectives, Subject Pronouns, and Object Pronouns
• Possessive Adjectives or Object Pronouns
• Possessive Adjectives, Possessive Pronouns, and Subject Pronouns
• Possessive Adjectives or Possessive Pronouns (1)
• Possessive Adjectives or Possessive Pronouns (2)

Prepositions

• to, at, or in 1
• to, at, or in 2
• On or In (sources of information) 1
• On or In (sources of information) 2
• Prepositions with Time, Days, and Dates 1

Verbs

• Subject Verb Agreement with To Be
• Types of Verbs: Linking or Action
• Active or Stative Verbs 1
• Active or Stative Verbs 2

Adverbs

• Changing Adjectives to Adverbs (with -ly) 1
• Changing Adjectives to Adverbs (with -ly) 2
• Identifying Adverbs and Adjectives that end with -ly
• Adverbs that don't end with -ly (independent writing worksheet) and PDF
  
  
• Avoiding Double Negatives 1
• Avoiding Double Negatives 2

The -s ending

• Possessive or Plural 1
• Possessive or Plural 2
• Contraction, Possessive, Plural or 3rd Person
  
  
• -S Ending Pronunciation Common Words 1 | PDF
• -S Ending Pronunciation Common Verbs 2 | PDF
• -S Ending Pronunciation Common Verbs 3 | PDF
• -S Ending Pronunciation Common Nouns 4 | PDF
• -S Ending Pronunciation Common Nouns 5 | PDF

Sentence Activities

• Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences for Students
• Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences for Business English
  
  
• Adjective Clause or Noun Clause (1)
• Adjective Clause or Noun Clause (2)
  
  
• Adjective Clauses-Identifying or Non-Identifying (1)
  
  
• Adjective Clauses (1) (topic: first day of school)
  
  
• Adjective Clauses by combining sentences
  
  
• Noun Clause Practice 1 (Topic: Getting Lost)
• Noun Clause Practice 2
• Noun Clause Practice 3 (+ Bonus Activities)
  
  
• Is it a sentence or not? Activity 1
  
  
• Word Order with ONLY

Abbreviations

• Abbreviations in Texting and IMing
• Abbreviations General
• Abbreviations in Car Ads
• Abbreviations in Apartment Ads
• Abbreviations in Employment Ads
• Abbreviations for Street Names
• Abbreviations in the Office
• Abbreviations for USA States in the US

Pronunciation

• Past Pronunciation 1
• Past Pronunciation 2
• Past Pronunciation 3
• Past Pronunciation 4
• Past Pronunciation 5
• Past Pronunciation 6
• Past Pronunciation 7
  
  
• -S Ending Pronunciation Common Words 1 | PDF
• -S Ending Pronunciation Common Verbs 2 | PDF
• -S Ending Pronunciation Common Verbs 3 | PDF
• -S Ending Pronunciation Common Nouns 4 | PDF
• -S Ending Pronunciation Common Nouns 5 | PDF

Numbers

• Ordinal or Cardinal Numbers Activity