Welcome to The Tired TEFL Teacher! I am passionate about creating high-quality, engaging educational materials for the English and ESL classroom. My resources cover a variety of topics, including comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary. Each resource is designed to help the tired TEFL teacher make learning fun and engaging for their students. I have over 10 years of experience teaching English and ESL to students from three years of age to adults in diverse and multicultural classrooms. Explore m
Welcome to The Tired TEFL Teacher! I am passionate about creating high-quality, engaging educational materials for the English and ESL classroom. My resources cover a variety of topics, including comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary. Each resource is designed to help the tired TEFL teacher make learning fun and engaging for their students. I have over 10 years of experience teaching English and ESL to students from three years of age to adults in diverse and multicultural classrooms. Explore m
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets to introduce and practise using the past simple. Includes an explanation and examples of the past simple, multiple choice questions, sentence unscramble, sentence completion and speaking activities and a homework worksheet. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets to introduce and practise using the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous. Includes an explanation and examples of the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous, multiple choice questions, sentence unscramble, sentence completion and speaking activities and a homework worksheet. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets to introduce and practise using the past perfect continuous. Includes an explanation and examples of the past perfect continuous, multiple choice questions, sentence unscramble, sentence completion and speaking activities and a homework worksheet. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets to introduce and practise using the past perfect. Includes an explanation and examples of the past perfect, multiple choice questions, sentence unscramble, sentence completion and speaking activities and a homework worksheet. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets to introduce and practise using the past continuous. Includes an explanation and examples of the past continuous, multiple choice questions, sentence unscramble, sentence completion and speaking activities and a homework worksheet. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A review of the future with ‘will’, the future with ‘going to’, the future continuous, the future perfect simple and future perfect continuous. Includes brief explanation of the uses of each with examples, sentence completion exercises and a gapfill exercise. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets to introduce and practise the future perfect simple and future perfect continuous. Includes an explanation and examples of the future perfect simple and future perfect continuous, multiple choice questions, sentence unscramble, sentence completion and speaking activities and a homework worksheet. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets to introduce and practise the future perfect simple. Includes an explanation and examples of the future perfect simple, multiple choice questions, sentence unscramble, sentence completion and speaking activities and a homework worksheet. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets to introduce and practise using the future perfect continuous. Includes an explanation and examples of the future perfect continuous, multiple choice questions, sentence unscramble, sentence completion and speaking activities and a homework worksheet. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets to introduce and practise using the future continuous. Includes an explanation and examples of the future continuous, multiple choice questions, sentence unscramble, sentence completion and speaking activities and a homework worksheet. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets to introduce and practise using the future with will and going to. Includes an explanation and examples of the future with will and going to, multiple choice questions, sentence unscramble, sentence completion and speaking activities and a homework worksheet. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A set of two worksheets to practise the first conditional. The first worksheet consists of two letters between pen pals with gaps for students to complete the sentences using the first conditional. The second worksheet contains another incomplete letter and space to write a reply using the first conditional. Portrait, landscape and Powerpoint versions included. Answer key provided.
A handy worksheet for students to practise using will to make predictions. Includes spaces to talk about clothes, homes, food, school, technology and transport and two blank spaces for their own ideas. Landscape version included.
6 pages of word formation practice. 90 sentences, each with a single word missing. Students must complete the sentences using the correct form of the word in bold.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets for practising ‘text speak’. Includes examples of text speak, discussion questions, a text message ordering exercise, a ‘rewrite the text in full sentences’ exercise and a ‘rewrite the message using text speak’ exercise.Includes ‘WTF’ and ‘LMAO’ so unsuitable for younger students
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets relating to technology. Includes word unscramble and vocabulary match activity, conversation questions, create your own app activity, create the best memes activity, debate topics and B2-style website review writing task.
4 survival scenarios and 3 holiday items out of a possible 10 that student must agree would be most useful for their survival.
Vocabulary: camera, coat, insect repellent, snorkel, skis, suitcase, sunglasses, swimsuit, towel and trainers.
A simple, no-frills set of worksheets for preparing for interviews. Includes useful vocabulary, a brief review of different types of interview questions with space to practise and an interview question sentence unscramble activity.
A useful set of cards for a fun ESL B2 review class. Jenga set not included!
Instructions:
Print out the different categories on coloured card, laminate if possible, and cut out the individual words or phrases.
Play with a Jenga set with 6 different-coloured blocks and a dice.
Students take it in turn to roll the dice, and the colour corresponds to a category. Students take one of the cards corresponding to the colour they have rolled and complete the relevant task before removing a piece from the tower.
Tasks:
Conditionals - students must complete the sentence half.
Dependent preposition - students must use the phrase correctly in a sentence.
Irregular verbs - students read the base verb and must say the past simple and past participle forms.
Phrasal verbs - Students must use the phrasal verb correctly in a sentence.
Tenses - Students must correctly conjugate the verb to complete the sentence.
Vocabulary - Students must use the word or phrase correctly in a sentence.
*To make the game more challenging, for the dependent preposition, phrasal verbs and vocabulary categories, you can set a minimum number of words for the sentences students need to produce.
