Melissa Victoria is a former English teacher with over 15 years' experience in a variety of secondary school settings, including comprehensive and grammar schools. She provides English resources mainly for high-ability students studying for GCSE and A level (AQA).
Melissa Victoria has an MA in English from the University of Birmingham, UK.
Melissa Victoria is a former English teacher with over 15 years' experience in a variety of secondary school settings, including comprehensive and grammar schools. She provides English resources mainly for high-ability students studying for GCSE and A level (AQA).
Melissa Victoria has an MA in English from the University of Birmingham, UK.
Four fully-adaptable PowerPoints on the simple past, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoints introduce the student to different ways of using each of the four past tenses.
Includes:
*a brief recap of pronoun/verb agreement, plus the use of past participles, the verb ‘to have’, the verb ‘to be’ , and the forming of gerunds
*an explanation of how the tenses are used with examples
*challenge exercise one which all students should complete to show they understand how to form the tenses
*extra challenge exercises which students can work through, or choose from, to show different uses and understanding of the tenses
*sample answers after each exercise
Teachers can choose to teach all or some of the functions of the tenses, dipping in or out, or selecting as necessary.
Could be used as a series of starter activities or as longer grammar lessons. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as independent study exercises.
The PowerPoints are not definitive, but offer a clear approach to understanding the different uses of the four past tenses.
Best wishes,
Englbee x
A fully-adaptable PowerPoint on adjectives. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoint introduces the student to five different adjective types: positive; negative; comparative; superlative; and descriptive.
Includes:
*an explanation of the function of each adjective type within the English language
*an example list of the type of adjective discussed
*three differentiated challenge exercises for each adjective type with examples for students to choose from (less able might choose challenge one, with increasingly able choosing challenges two and three OR students could work from challenges one to three)
Teachers can choose to teach the adjectives types in any order, dip in or out, or select as necessary. Could be used as a series of starter activities or as a longer grammar lesson. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as an independent study exercise
The PowerPoint is not definitive, but offers a clear approach to understanding and using different types of adjectives.
Best wishes,
Englbee x
A fully-adaptable PowerPoint on the present continuous tense. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoint introduces the student to six different ways of using the present continuous tense: basic sentence; actions happening now; actions happening in the near future; planned future actions; questions; repeated events
Includes:
*a brief recap of pronoun/verb (‘to be’) agreement and the forming of gerunds
*an explanation of each use of the present continuous, with an example
*challenge exercise one which all students should complete to show they
understand how to form the present continuous
*challenge exercises two-six which students can work through, or choose from to show different uses of the present continuous tense
*sample answers after each exercise
Teachers can choose to teach all or some of the functions of the present continuous tense , dipping in or out, or selecting as necessary.
Could be used as a series of starter activities or as a longer grammar lesson. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as an independent study exercise
The PowerPoint is not definitive, but offers a clear approach to understanding the different uses of the present continuous.
Best wishes,
Englbee x
A fully-adaptable PowerPoint on the pasy perfect continuous tense. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoint introduces the student to different ways of using the past perfect continuous tense: continuing past actions in the past now completed; questions; verbs that cannot be used in the past perfect continuous tense
Includes:
*a brief recap of pronoun/verb (‘to have’) agreement (always ‘had’ in this instance), the use of ‘been’ , and the forming of gerunds
*an explanation of how the past perfect continuous tense is used with examples. Discussion of how when not to use the past perfect continuous.
*challenge exercise one which all students should complete to show they
understand how to form the past perfect continuous
*challenge exercises two and three which students can work through, or choose from to show different uses and understanding of the past perfect continuous tense
*sample answers after each exercise
Teachers can choose to teach all or some of the functions of the past perfect continuous tense, dipping in or out, or selecting as necessary.
Could be used as a series of starter activities or as a longer grammar lesson. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as an independent study exercise
The PowerPoint is not definitive, but offers a clear approach to understanding the different uses of the past perfect continuous tense.
Best wishes,
Englbee x
A fully-adaptable PowerPoint on the past perfect tense. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoint introduces the student to four different ways of using the past perfect tense: to show the sequence of past events; to show a length of time in the past now completed;questions, using the 5Ws1H; the third conditional.
Includes:
*a brief recap of pronoun/verb (‘to have’) agreement (‘had’ in this instance throughout), and the forming of other past participles
*a table on how to form questions using the past perfect tense
*an explanation of each use of the past perfect tense, with an example
*challenge exercise one which all students should complete to show they
understand how to form the past perfect tense
*challenge exercises two-four which students can work through, or choose from to show different uses of the past perfect tense
*sample answers after each exercise
Teachers can choose to teach all or some of the functions of the past perfect tense, dipping in or out, or selecting as necessary.
Could be used as a series of starter activities or as a longer grammar lesson. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as an independent study exercise
The PowerPoint is not definitive, but offers a clear approach to understanding the different uses of the past perfect tense.
Best wishes,
Englbee x
A fully-adaptable PowerPoint on the past continuous tense. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoint introduces the student to five different ways of using the present continuous tense: basic sentence; interruption of a continuing action in the past by another action; an action which continued to happen at a precise point in the past; questions using past continuous; events repeated habitually in the past.
Includes:
*a brief recap of pronoun/verb (‘to be’) agreement and the forming of gerunds
*an explanation of each use of the past continuous, with an example
*challenge exercise one which all students should complete to show they
understand how to form the past continuous
*challenge exercises two-five which students can work through, or choose from to show different uses of the present continuous tense
*sample answers after each exercise
Teachers can choose to teach all or some of the functions of the past continuous tense , dipping in or out, or selecting as necessary.
Could be used as a series of starter activities or as a longer grammar lesson. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as an independent study exercise
The PowerPoint is not definitive, but offers a clear approach to understanding the different uses of the past continuous.
Best wishes,
Englbee x
A fully-adaptable PowerPoint on simple past tense verbs. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoint introduces the student to the infinitive verb form and explores conjugation for simple past tense.
Includes:
*an explanation of the infinitive verb
*three differentiated challenge exercises: conjugating verbs; conjugating phrasal verbs; free-writing activity using simple past tense verbs. All include with answers/sample answer (less able might choose challenge one, with increasingly able choosing challenges two and three OR students could work from challenges one to three)
Could be used as a series of starter activities or as a longer grammar lesson. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as an independent study exercise
The PowerPoint is not definitive, but offers a clear approach to understanding how to conjugate the infinitive into the simple past tense.
Best wishes,
Englbee x
Four fully-adaptable PowerPoints on the simple present, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoints introduce the student to different ways of using each of the four present tenses.
Includes:
*a brief recap of pronoun/verb agreement, plus the use of past participles, the verb ‘been’ , and the forming of gerunds
*an explanation of how the tenses are used with examples
*challenge exercise one which all students should complete to show they understand how to form the tenses
extra challenge exercises which students can work through, or choose from, to show different uses and understanding of the tenses
*sample answers after each exercise
Teachers can choose to teach all or some of the functions of the tenses , dipping in or out, or selecting as necessary.
Could be used as a series of starter activities or as longer grammar lessons. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as independent study exercises.
The PowerPoints are not definitive, but offer a clear approach to understanding the different uses of the four present tenses.
Best wishes,
Englbee x
A fully-adaptable PowerPoint on the present perfect continuous tense. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoint introduces the student to different ways of using the present perfect continuous tense: past actions continuing now or relevant now; questions; verbs that cannot be used in the present perfect continuous tense
Includes:
*a brief recap of pronoun/verb (‘to have’) agreement, the use of ‘been’ , and the forming of gerunds
*an explanation of how the present perfect continuous tense is used with examples. Discussion of how when not to use the present perfect continuous.
*challenge exercise one which all students should complete to show they
understand how to form the present perfect continuous
*challenge exercises two and three which students can work through, or choose from to show different uses and understanding of the present perfect continuous tense
*sample answers after each exercise
Teachers can choose to teach all or some of the functions of the present perfect continuous tense , dipping in or out, or selecting as necessary.
Could be used as a series of starter activities or as a longer grammar lesson. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as an independent study exercise
The PowerPoint is not definitive, but offers a clear approach to understanding the different uses of the present perfect continuous tense.
Best wishes,
Englbee x
A fully-adaptable PowerPoint on the present perfect tense. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoint introduces the student to four different ways of using the present perfect tense: basic sentence; past actions in an unfinished time; questions; events that have happened in the immediate past
Includes:
*a brief recap of pronoun/verb (‘to have’) agreement and the forming of past participles
*an explanation of each use of the present perfect tense, with an example
*challenge exercise one which all students should complete to show they
understand how to form the present perfect tense
*challenge exercises two-four which students can work through, or choose from to show different uses of the present perfect tense
*sample answers after each exercise
Teachers can choose to teach all or some of the functions of the present perfect tense , dipping in or out, or selecting as necessary.
Could be used as a series of starter activities or as a longer grammar lesson. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as an independent study exercise
The PowerPoint is not definitive, but offers a clear approach to understanding the different uses of the present perfect tense.
Best wishes,
Englbee x
A fully-adaptable PowerPoint on simple present tense verbs. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.
The PowerPoint introduces the student to the infinitive verb form and explores conjugation for simple present tense.
Includes:
*an explanation of the infinitive verb
*three differentiated challenge exercises: conjugating verbs; conjugating phrasal verbs; free-writing activity using simple present tense verbs. All include with answers/sample answer (less able might choose challenge one, with increasingly able choosing challenges two and three OR students could work from challenges one to three)
Could be used as a series of starter activities or as a longer grammar lesson. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as an independent study exercise
The PowerPoint is not definitive, but offers a clear approach to understanding how to conjugate the infinitive into the simple present tense
Best wishes,
Englbee x