Class Handouts

Teachers have my permission to make print-outs or copies of these handouts for use with elementary to intermediate learners of English. Learners can copy them too, though they are intended mainly for open practice of oral or written composition under the guidance of somebody who knows English well.

Questionnaires for spoken introductions to use in new classes

for a new class of learners who have not met before (oral)
for use by 'old' learners to find our about 'new' learners (oral)
for use by 'new' learners to learn the ropes from 'old' learners (oral)
for use by all learners to uncover secrets about their teacher

Written introductions - use after the second week

Introductions to be written by learners after their 2nd or 3rd week
Examples (1) of introductions written by learners after their 3rd week in Brighton
Examples (2) of introductions written by learners after their 3rd week in Brighton
Local Knowledge Test - identify places in your town and in your school [ Model Page ]
Writing about 'My Town'
Writing about 'My Country'
Autobiographies : talking about the past (1) My first ten years
Examples (3) of autobiographies written by learners at the intermediate level

Grammar Practice - verb tenses, adjective comparison, adverbs, prepositions & conjunctions

Present Simple Roland's every day routine / Your routine (with Question Prompts)
Present Simple Hazuki's daily routine / Juan Carlos's likes and dislikes
Present Continuous Your future plans (PC and "going to" questions with adverbials)
Past Simple Narrative: Class Magical Mystery Tour (with question prompts)
Past Simple Happenings: talking about the past (2) Your favourite decade.
Mixed Tenses Role Play: assuming the role of another person. Class conversation.
Past Simple narrative of a journey constructed through question prompts
Adverbs of manner and frequency practised through discussion of likes and dislikes
Adverbs of degree and reason practised through discussion of likes and dislikes
Connectors AND BUT OR SO BECAUSE practised through joining sentence pairs and gap fill
Adjective comparison practised through letter-writing: gap fill | letters written by competitors
Comparison of adjectives and adverbs through short texts with question prompts | competing neighbours
The Past Simple and The Present Perfect - differentiated, explained and practised through adverbials
Present Perfect accounts - 'what I've achieved in my life so far': guessing the celebrity & the balloon game
Present Perfect v Past Simple: question making with indefinite or definite time reference. Parts 3 & 1 of verb
Present Perfect and the prepositions 'for' and 'since'
The use of 'something', 'somebody', 'somewhere', 'nowhere', 'everybody' (rather than 'All people')
Mixed English Verb Tense practice through gap fill suitable for the intermediate level.
English Verb Tense practice through sentence pairs - choose the most likely tense for the adverbial
English Verb Tense practice through sentence construction using word prompts including adverbials