Creative grammar lesson plans for ESL teachers and classes.

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Grammar Exercises and Worksheets

Teaching grammar can be a tedious task for both teachers and students. However, there are lots of materials and techniques available to make this task less onerous.
Over the years, I have put together some of my favorite grammar teaching exercises.
And recently, with the availability of large image libraries it has been possible to create more interesting exercises using pictures.

Parts of speech

Present continuous

Subject/verb agreement

Advice/modal verbs

Time expressions

Present perfect

Gerunds/past perfect

Brainstorming and understanding parts of speech

Brainstorming parts of speech worksheet (PDF)

Common verbs (PDF)

Common adverbs (PDF)

Basic adjectives (PDF)

Nouns worksheet (PDF)

Classifying nouns & verbs (PDF)

Vocabulary and Classifying Lesson Plan (PDF)

Fill in the gaps in the chart (PDF)

Circle the correct part of speech for suffixes-able -ity(PDF)

Parts of speech graphic organizer (gif)

Parts of Speech – Nouns Mind Map

Parts of speech guides & verb Lists for ESL teachers & students

Verb tenses chart (PDF)

Verb list (PDF)

Verb chart worksheet

Comprehensive verb chart (PDF)

Parts of Speech exercises for ESL students

Parts of speech worksheet using pictures (PDF)

Understanding 4 parts of speech worksheet (PDF)

Parts of speech diagnostic test (word)

Parts of speech & sentence types test (PDF)

Do You Know the Eight Parts of Speech? crossword (PDF)

Parts of speech obstacle course (PDF)

Parts of speech challenge (word)

Identifying parts of speech worksheet (PDF)

Parts of speech: nouns, verbs & adjectives (PDF)

worksheet 2 (PDF)

Various exercises for parts of speech (10 page PDF)

Extensive parts of speech exercises (42 page PDF)

Parts of speech practice (PDF)

Parts of Speech Bingo for Kids

Collection of verb worksheets (PDF)

Tenses & timelines

Tenses practice worksheet using timelines
& pictures with answers (PDF)

Timelines to demonstrate present perfect & other tenses (PDF)

Visual tense charts (PDF)

Tenses practice with timelines 1 (PDF)

Tenses practice with timlines 2 (PDF)

Verbs review

Stative verbs sorting worksheet (PDF)

Helping verbs quiz (PDF)

ESL Brainstorming Exercises and Worksheets

Brainstorming exercises are great icebreakers. They are a great way to start a class and they are also a great way to engage students.
Students can freely associate ideas to a topic. This allows them to be more creative and explore any path their minds might take.
Brainstorming exercises are casual and collaborative.
Moreover, they can be modified in many ways to make them more compelling or more focused. Below, you will find many kinds of brainstorming worksheets for many topics.