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Lesson Plans: Verbs and Tenses

ESL lesson plans for teachers of the English language. Check out our collection of lesson plans filed under the 'Verbs and Tenses' grammar topic.

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Bad Habits- Past Continuous

The two meanings of Past Continuous practice
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Be used to & Get used to- Sentence Completion Games

Talking about being and getting accustomed writing and speaking games, including bluffing, finding things in common and guessing.
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Be used to and get used to dice games

Be and get used to doing communicative practice game.
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Be used to and Get used to- Ranking

Strong and weak language with be and get used to doing speaking.
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Business English Alibi Game Worksheet

Memory game/ roleplay for past tenses practice, like a business version of the alibi game
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Business English Questions- Present Simple and Continuous Game

Present Simple and Continuous business grammar practice and cultural training
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Business English- Christmas Cards Do's & Don't's

Practising imperative and linking words for giving reasons by discussing sending Xmas cards to business contacts
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Business English- Key Words in Business Writing Tense Review Games

Different tenses in emails and other business writing practised with key words.
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Business English- Present Continuous Mimes

Using sounds and actions to present and practise Present Progressive for business students
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Business English- Present Simple & Continuous guessing game

Practising present tenses by guessing common business English verbs
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Business English- Simple Past of Common Verbs

Past Simple for business classes pronunciation and speaking
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Business English- tense review

Past, present and future forms and times with business topics
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Christmas and New Year Tense Review- Mimes

Miming actions connected to the festive season, then talking about them with different tenses
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Christmas- Past Tense Mimes

Practising narrative tenses while learning about Xmas
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Christmas- Present Simple & Continuous Mimes

Linking present tenses and the festive season with TPR and then personalised speaking
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Classroom Instructions- Imperative Mix and Match

Classroom vocabulary and positive and negative imperatives practice through a mix and match card game or foldable storybook.
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Continuous Aspect Guessing Game

Different continuous tenses in one speaking game
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Continuous Aspect Sentence Completion Games

Different continuous tenses review games
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Continuous Aspect Sentences

Different continuous tenses speaking
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Describing Social Issues with the Passive Voice

Talking about society with different passive tenses, including a guessing game.
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Describing Xmas things with have games

Using have (got) and doesn't have/ hasn't got in a guessing game and brainstorming descriptions game with Christmas vocabulary
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Finding patterns in verb patterns

Verbs with similar and opposite meanings that share both taking gerund, both taking infinitive, efc
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Have and Don’t Have- Drawing Coin Game

Have possessions practice with a drawing game, flipping a coin to make it more fun and add negative statements practice.
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Have and Want- Personalised Guessing Game

Students guess other students' real possessions and desires in a fun card game, with useful vocabulary for describing objects.
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Have with Numbers- Mix and Match

Have and have got and English numbers funny and sensible matches activities.
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I wish & If only- Guessing Game

Unreal Past for regrets and complaints practice game
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Imperative Practice- Ball Games

Four fun games to practise verb and don't plus verb for orders/ commands/ instructions on the topic of ball games, including competing to come up with ideas and guessing games.
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Job interview verb patterns speaking

Verb + verb practice through job interview questions
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Like and Would Like Bluffing Game

Preferences and desired with like lying game, with food vocabulary and movies vocabulary.
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Narrative Tenses- Guess the Year Game

Past tenses guessing game for Past Continuous and Past Perfect Simple and Continuous
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Need Analysis- Past, Present & Future Review

First lesson pairwork needs analysis form and link to tense review
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Needs Analysis- Level Check First Lesson

Past, present and future review
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New Year- Continuous State Verbs

Verbs that cannot take -ing and will be verb with -ing to talk about the next twelve months
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Past and Future- Opposites Reversi Memory Game

Students play a fun card game based on Othello to learn similar past time expressions and future time expressions like "two days ago" and "in two days" and past and future tenses.
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Past or Not?

Different meanings of past tenses, including unreal past
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Past Progressive Bluffing Card Game

Lying game to practise was/ were + verb+ing, based on the accusations game "Liar"
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Past, Present and Future Inventions- Vocabulary and Speaking

ESL lesson plan on past, present, and future inventions. Includes vocabulary, speaking activities, and roleplays.
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Past, Present and Future Listening

Listening for what times are being talked about, including a tense review and time expressions review, great for TOEIC Listening preparation.
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Pick and Act- Imperatives Card Game

Fun TPR verb and don't + verb practice for giving instructions/ commands/ orders, with students following instructions their classmates make from cards about what to do or not do around the class.
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Postcards- Chain Writing

Practising present tenses and writing with consequences
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Present or Future- Simplest Responses

Listening for if sentences are about the present or future, including Present Continuous for future arrangements.
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Present Simple and Continuous in business communication

Present tenses in business emailing and telephoning practice
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Present Simple and Continuous- Create a Town

Describing places with present tenses activities
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Present Tenses- Architecture

Present Simple and Present Continuous to describe being an architect, with useful architecture vocabulary
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Requests and Offers in Business Meetings- Imperative Practice

Please + verb for offers and commands/ orders/ instructions presentation through contrasts with the language of requests, for and through the topic of the language of meetings, including error correction and sentence completion.
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