The past perfect is a typical grammar topic in pre-intermediate coursebooks. For instance, English File Pre-Intermediate A2 B1 deals with this verb form in File 12A. Multiple-choice and true or false questions are a quick way to check students’ understanding … Continue reading Revising the past perfect
The first unit in Macmillan English Hub B2+ features a revision of present and future verb forms in the grammar section. The following quiz can be used as a diagnostic or revision tool for the grammar exercises in this book. … Continue reading Present and future verb forms – B2
Expressing emphasis with adjectives, adverbs and nouns The word “so” emphasizes the adjective or adverb that follows and usually expresses a consequence. Example: It was so expensive that we couldn’t afford it The word “such” also emphasizes the meaning of … Continue reading So & Such
There are two tabs in a quiz created using Google Forms, “questions” and “responses”. The “Responses” tab allows us to stop accepting responses if we decide to do so. It also offers us three approaches to response analysis: summary, question … Continue reading Results in Google forms quizzes
As you’ll see in the following examples, it is possible to add a text or an audio or video player on the right hand side of Hot Potatoes activities. This is particularly useful for reading and listening comprehension tasks. Here … Continue reading Adding texts to Hot Potatoes activities
In activities created with Jcloze, students have to type in their answers, which may lead to frustration if they cannot get a correct answer after several attempts, and, on top of that, have no way of finding out what the … Continue reading Jcloze – Giving feedback and answer key
Edpuzzle is a web app that allows teachers to create different activities based on videos they upload or pick from the web. There are several activity types based on videos, but this post will just show how to create and … Continue reading Edpuzzle for video listening comprehension
If you have a Gmail account, you can create Google Forms. Initially, these forms work as a survey, but there is an option to turn a survey into a test. These tests allow teachers to get statistics on students responses. … Continue reading Create language tests with GoogleForms
Today in class we worked on unit 9A from English File Upper-Intermediate Third Edition. After seeing examples and theory about linking words for contrast and purpose, the book offered an exercise called “Sentence race”, where students had to complete as … Continue reading Sentence race using Socrative
Hot Potatoes allows teachers to create fill-in-the-gaps activities quickly and easily. Today I have designed a quiz based on the song Daniel, by Elton John. It contains language that fits perfectly the lesson we’re dealing with in class (3A from … Continue reading Specific vocabulary gapfill in a song