I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
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Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make 3
Believe it or not, English native speakers sometimes make mistakes when using their own language! To find them, simply read a daily newspaper regularly or check out some of the leaflets at an English Tourist Information Centre or library!
Identify one mistake in each sentence below and write the letter of the category that it belongs to out of the following:
A. apostrophes
B. articles
C. capital letters
D. clumsy style
E. commas
F. extra or missing words
G. spelling mistakes
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Mistakes that English Native Speakers Make 4
Believe it or not, English native speakers sometimes make mistakes when using their own language! To find them, simply read a daily newspaper regularly or check out some of the leaflets at an English Tourist Information Centre or library!
Identify one mistake in each sentence below and write the letter of the category that it belongs to out of the following:
A. apostrophes
B. articles
C. capital letters
D. clumsy style
E. commas
F. extra or missing words
G. spelling mistakes
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Personal and Possessive Pronouns (gap-fill)
1. Personal subject pronouns:
the subject of a sentence
go before the main verb
e.g. “she” in: “She had a cup of tea at eight o’clock this morning.”
2. Personal object pronouns:
the object of a sentence (what the subject is talking about)
go after the main verb
e.g. “him” in: “I saw him for a few minutes before he left.”
3. Possessive adjectives:
describe possession
go before a noun
e.g. “my” in: “Can you pass my bag please?”
4. Possessive pronouns:
o describe possession
o replace a noun
o e.g. “hers” in: “Whose book is that?” “It’s hers.”
Put the pronouns in the correct order.
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Building a Sentence Using Subject-Verb-Object
Word Order Grid (blank)
This word order grid will help you to write a very common type of sentence in English using Subject-Verb-Object word order:
Are you wanting to encourage your students to research a wide range of different topics? Then try this fun set of resources. There is plenty of homework / home study or joint study here! All the worksheets come complete with an answer.
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Adjective Pairs – ‘-ing’ and ‘-ed’ Adjectives
This worksheet helps your students revise the verb form , ‘-ing’ adjective: ‘-ed’ adjective:
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Auxiliary Verbs in Question Forms – Complete the Sentences 3
Verb ‘to have’
Example
Practise using auxiliary verbs in question forms by completing the following sentences:
1. Who have you _____________________________________________?
2. What have you _____________________________________________?
3. Why have you _____________________________________________?
4. Why haven’t you _____________________________________________?
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Make or Do 1
Example questions...
Complete each gap below with either make or do:
1. _______________ a bet
2. _______________ a job
3. _______________ the dishes
4. _______________ a skirt
5. _______________ the cleaning
6. _______________ your hair
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The Funny Noise –
Irregular Verbs in the Past Simple Tense (gap-fill)
Example work:
Complete the gaps with an irregular verb in the past simple tense. Choose from:
be, break, buy, come, drive, eat, feel, find, get, give, go, have, hear, hold, know, let, lose, make, put, read, ring, run, say, sleep, take, think, tell, write
Note: you will need to use some verbs more than once:
Dear Ethel
I’m writing to tell you about something that happened yesterday. I __________ up at the usual time – about 10 am – __________ a shower and __________ breakfast. I __________ a big bowl of cereal and some toast and watched TV for a while. Then I __________ into the kitchen where I __________ a funny noise. I __________ it __________ from behind the cooker. I __________ my tool box and moved the cooker out of the way.
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School Variety Show – Who Did What?
Passive Voice – Future (with will) and Past Simple
Instructions:
You’re involved in helping to organise your school variety show.
You are at a meeting to discuss who will do what job at the variety show. Use passive voice (BE + past participle) to write full sentences using future form with will, to show who is scheduled to do what:
1. a) PHOTOS > TAKE > JOE (STEVEN) The photos will be taken by Joe.
But when the day of the variety show finally arrived, absolutely nothing went to plan! The person in brackets actually did the job in question, so write a sentence using active voice with past simple form to show what actually happened:
1. b) Steven took the photos.
Then write a sentence using passive voice with past simple form that you can put in your after-show report:
1. c) The photos were taken by Steven.
In summary, you have to write three sentences for each question:
i) passive voice with future form (will)
ii) active voice with past simple form
iii) passive voice with past simple form
Note: each group of three sentences could also be drilled orally.
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Make or Do 2
Example
Complete each gap below with either make or do:
1. _______________ the laundry
2. _______________ an appearance
3. _______________ something crazy
4. _______________ a phone call
5. _______________ a fuss
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Make or Do 3
Example questions...
Complete each gap below with either make or do:
1. _______________ some yoghurt
2. _______________ the best of things
3. _______________ more than 120 miles per hour
4. _______________ an appointment
5. _______________ your homework
6. _______________ some arrangements