EAL Newcomer: Essential Verbs & Verb Tenses

Engage EAL newcomer learners with this interactive, fun, social-based vocabulary activity.

“Ask Around: Essential Verbs” is designed to make learning English enjoyable and effective for EAL students. This activity encourages children to walk around the classroom, engaging with their peers by asking and answering essential, repetitive questions. This method incorporates key grammar and vocabulary building, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience.

Key Features:

• Interactive Learning: Children interact with classmates, asking and answering questions to build social and academic vocabulary.
• Balanced Development: Combines social English and academic classroom English for accelerated learning, as research shows EAL social English develops faster.
• Comprehensive Grammar Coverage: Each set of verb sheets covers essential verb tenses in both asking and answering formats:
  • Simple present tense third person singular (What does he do? He verbs or +es)
  • Simple present tense with the modal verb can (What can she do? She can verb)
  • Present continuous tense (+ing form) (What is he doing? She is verb+ing)
  • Simple future tense using auxiliary will (What will she do tomorrow? Tomorrow, she will verb)
  • Simple past tense (What did he do yesterday? Yesterday, he verb+ed)
  • Present perfect tense 1st & 2nd person with auxiliary have/h (Have you ever verb? Yes, I have verb)
  • Identifying and articulating V1 (base form), V2 (simple past), and V3 (past participle)
  • Blank version with just clipart for additional questions or usage
  • Matching flashcards
• Progressive Levels:
  • 6 sets of question sheets, each with 15 verbs and 9 different verb tense practice versions.
• Labeled and Unlabeled Versions: Each sheet comes in both labeled (with words) and unlabeled versions for learners to either write themselves or try to remember without reading.
• Flashcards Included: Includes 100 matching flashcards for both direct teaching and various flashcard games, perfect for EAL specialist teachers, class teachers, or classroom assistants.
• Versatile Usage: Ideal for primary school level grammar lessons in the Kagan “Find Someone Who” format.

Why Choose “Ask Around: Essential Verbs”?

This resource seamlessly integrates essential verb practice with social English, creating a dynamic learning environment. By focusing on verbs and progressing through levels, students gain a solid foundation in English while enjoying the process. Additionally, this activity helps new EAL children make friends and feel a sense of belonging. Once familiar with the format, EAL learners can engage independently, allowing others to continue their grade-level work. Perfect for EAL specialists, classroom teachers, and assistants, this versatile tool supports EAL students effectively.

Also see EAL Newcomer Classroom Nouns and Verbs