Once in a while I read something and I find myself thinking, ''Now, why didn't I think of that?''. Well, Richard Gresswell had such an idea. He started a blog, called it ELTBITES, and challenged us: ''Describe an activity that requires no more than the teacher, students, and possibly making use of the board, pens, and paper. Describe the activity ...

A few weeks ago, I suggested some ideas for a lesson based on a close-up image - if you've missed it, I suggest you read that first. Click here to read it.I snapped this shot today, and I thought I'd share some more ideas with you all. Between this and the previous article, I think you'll get an idea how you can start your students speaking on any ...

Here are a few activities to help you learn adjectives which describe emotions and feelings. If you still get confused with the -ed and the -ing endings, remember that you are interested in something, but it's the thing itself that is interesting. Examples: The students were confused by his confusing explanation.I'm excited about my new job. I ...

As promised, here's an activity of reordering jumbled sentences based on common idioms. All the sentences (from recent press reports) have appeared as idioms of the day in this blog. If you've been religiously following the blog, you'll recognise most of the sentences; and if you haven't, well, shame on you! Answers are available in a separate ...

I though I'd posted this, but I didn't, so here it is. They're all sentences in the simple past, taken from recent newspaper reports. Answers are available in a separate post - you'll just have to look for it! Next jumbled sentences activity will be on idioms, so watch out for it! Have fun learning! PS: I'm often guilty of writing for readers of ...

Another batch of jumbled sentences for you to have fun with! They're all taken from recent newspaper reports. Answers are available in a separate post - you'll just have to look for it! Have fun learning! Jumbled Sentence Simple Past-2 (Intermediate Plus) ...

I'm trying my darnest to crack into the Chinese market, hehe. This has been done by Google translator, so I have no idea what it says! If you read Chinese, let me know if it makes sense at all! 你有一個對話的腳本，也許您希望自己編寫它，或許你想獲得它從另一來源，也許在這個博客，也許你的學生自己編寫了-因此，您做什麼之後， ？你告訴你的學生和實踐形式對，你去附近的一類配對，監測其產出，對不對？嗯，這裡有一些變化可以用香料行動。 *更改夥伴：他們執行的對話，以不同的合作夥伴或合作夥伴。 ...

Here's one for the elementary level. The theme is daily routine. Pay careful attention to the instructions, and, as usual, comments are much appreciated. Answers are available in a separate post - you'll just have to look for it! Have fun learning! Jumbled Sentences: Daily Routines (Elementary)

If you haven't attempted Part 1, there's no better time than now. This one is quite difficult, and is suited for advanced levels. The theme is swine flu. Pay careful attention to the instructions, and, as usual, comments are much appreciated. Answers are available in a separate post - you'll just have to look for it! Have fun learning! Jumbled ...

Well, have you? Here's a simple fill-in-the-gap activity. There are 10 sentences with 4 missing words from each. You choose the missing words from a jumbled list. No cheating! Try it first before looking for the answers. As usual, have fun learning! Have you been reading my posts?