JC'S Participle Clauses Explained
Participle clauses can be very easy or very difficult. In this power point presentation I try to make it easy. In it, the "mysteries" of participle clauses are explained in a simple and fun way by...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: Futurama, Season 1, Episode 1 (Relative Clauses)
This was made in response to the request of my teenage upper- intermediate class to 'watch Futurama' at the end of their 3 hour Saturday lesson. The first page is designed as a quick whiteboard/...
View ArticlePyramid - Game to Practice Relative Clauses
Pyramid is an American game show based on guessing words. It is perfect for esl classroom as it uses mostly relative clauses and it is pure fun. Show students a part of an actual show (I used one from...
View ArticleRelative Pronouns - Worksheet
Mostly the students have to face a lot of problems while using relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that). They also work like connectors and conjunctions. This worksheet can be very useful for...
View ArticleRelative Pronouns Worksheet II
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising relative pronouns at pre-intermediate level. There are 2 different activities in which students are asked to combine the pair of sentences using a relative...
View ArticleChristmas Carol Reading
I've used this when reading the story "Christmas Carol" By Charles Dickens with my students. It was useful to help retelling and also to remember details about the story. Although there is a movie...
View ArticleReduction Of Relative Clauses / Participles
This power point explains how relative clauses could be reduced together with suitable examples. As students get confused about this grammar subject, it shows them clear ways to understand it better....
View ArticleDefining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses
This power point explains the differences between defining and non-defining relative clauses with the help of well-chosen examples. It makes it even more comprehensible through exercises. I hope this...
View ArticleDefining Relative Clause Production
Students are supposed to work in groups of 3-4 and complete the task. The task includes sentences like ' We like.... I wouldn't prefer.... Politicians are people ...". Students are supposed to...
View ArticleComplex Sentences
The worksheet consists of 2 exercises for lthe topic "complex sentences" (choosing the appropriate endings to the sentences and finding necessary pronouns). It will be very useful for the revision of...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Sun Goes Down - Relative Pronouns
The idea of this worksheet is to learn through a song that students surely might have heard on the radio, therefore to make beginners or elementary students realize they already know a lot of English....
View ArticleRelative Clause-Matching Sentences Activity
Whole class activity. Cut,mix the sentences and give them to students.The students will stand-up and mingle trying to match the sentences in a meaningful way and also they will guess the correct...
View ArticleRelative Pronouns Battleship
The objective of the game is to use the target language (relative pronouns) to form the Qs provided in order to find and "sink" their "enemy's" battleship. Ss draw their battleships between 3 to 4...
View ArticleMy kind of people
20 minutes activity. Defining relative clauses. To write sentences and find out who wrote them by asking questions.
View ArticleRelative Clauses with Elvis
A worksheet about relative clauses with Elvis. I gave that to my students as an introduction and without explaining anything.
View ArticleIdentifying Types of Clauses: Upper-Intermediate Worksheet
The aim is the student to identify the type of clause (for example: purpose, reason or result clause, concessive clause, rhetorical question, etc) and link it to the given sentence.
View ArticleRelative Clauses
This worksheet can be used for intermediate students, doing the first task they have to choose the correct option; the second task is to join two simple sentences into a complex one using relative...
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