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ESL Teaching Ideas for Greetings /Family

Personal, home, travel, sports etc questions

50 "getting to know you" interview questions

A Time to Remember
(Teaching ideas  re education and past tense from New Interchange)

Personal Information questions in past tense exercise

The Fishbowl- Family Life discussion lesson (rtf)

How to tell stories sample questions re
family life

Advice column re growing up

Questions about the past (using past tense) for
family members

How to tell family stories

Childhood Places We Remember: readings in
past tense

ESL teaching ideas for education &
school life

Find someone who ..about school days (PDF)

Complete the conversation with phrasal verbs
about childhood (PDF)

ESL Conversation Questions - School Life

Full lesson about higher education

Which school do we choose? lesson
plan

Education Vocabulary

Lesson to develop students’ knowledge of vocabulary related to education

Education and school  speaking/ discussion questions

Pairwork Crossword Schools and Education

Education and Learning Vocab worksheets


ESL Lessons: wishes/hopes/memories/
regrets

Worksheet for wish/hope etc. (PDF)

What are your hopes and dreams?
Activity type: Small-group discussion (PDF)

Wish lesson plan

Wish and Hope Clinic

3 Wishes writing lesson plan

Hope and Wish Guide

Hopes and Dreams (focus: verb + gerund/verb + infinitive)

Wish guide and exercises (word document)

"Regrets" speaking exercise using "should have"

Memory lessons

Remembering
dates,appointments and time

Past vs Present incl. lessons for "used to"

"I'm different now"- used to speaking activity (PDF)

"I used to, but not anymore" speaking activity

Language exercises for words connected to
"memory" (PDF)

Practising 'used to' with an interview roleplay.

Complete the sentences: "used to" exercise

Complete the following sentences with "used to" or "didn't use to".(PDF)

Things that have changed the world

What Was It Like? to live in a certain time in the
past

Useful worksheets for brainstorming/talking  what people used to think about the stars and what
they think now (PDF)

Used to do & Be used to guides and quizzes

To be used to doing something vs. used to do something

"Alison Used to Ski, Now She Prefers Snowboarding"
comprehension exercise for "used to"

"Used to" grammar guide

There are two different ways to talk about past habits  "used to" or "would" guide and exercises