Grammar Practice Activities

Intermediate grammar books often cover structures for giving advice with should, should not, ought to, had better, and so on. The best grammar books contextualize the lesson in a broadly ...

Sentence combining exercises encompass many different subject matters and can lead to some intense, relevant mini-lessons that are vital for writing. Reviewing independent, dependent clauses, comma usage and, if possible ...

Students struggle with prepositions at all levels, but verb + preposition combinations can be especially frustrating. Here is another exciting and engaging game using charades for meaningful spoken practice along ...

Detailed charts and graphs often illustrate the rules governing a specific grammatical form or concept. Don’t simply read them aloud; instead, use them as a basis for active participation. Cut ...

If you’ve tried everything to help students “fix” their fossilized errors, but you still aren’t seeing results, here’s a fresh way to alert students to their errors and build community ...

Speaking activities are essential for the success and mastery of language. This article describes The Moving Chain, a quick activity to add more speaking to your classroom. Rationale One of ...

Students struggle with prepositions at all levels, but verb + preposition combinations can be especially frustrating. Here is a great interactive checkers game that develops these skills. Students dive right ...

The apostrophe -s with possessive nouns presents a number of challenges to our students: It’s so unlike possessives in other languages, there are relatively few opportunities to use it in ...

Adding Diversity to the Grammar Classroom Increasingly, ESL teachers find themselves teaching “gen 1.5” students who have the oral fluency of native speakers but whose writing is dotted or even ...

Most language learners struggle with reading numbers that range into the thousands and higher, so here is a familiar game that students can have fun creating for themselves to practice ...