VOCABULARY WORDS CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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To help students to enrich their vocabulary. CLICK THE TITLE TO DO THE CROSSWORD.

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Quantifiers Quiz

Quantifiers deal with countable and uncountable nouns, eg, a little, a few, little, few, much, many, more, most, fewer, fewest, less, lesser, least, some, any etc. Examples: We have some coffee. Coffee is the uncountable noun. Some tells us that there is a little coffee left.CLICK THE TITLE TO DO THE QUIZ.

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Subject-verb agreement is a rule in grammar that states that the verb must agree in number with its subject. CLICK THE TITLE TO DO THE QUIZ.

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FIGURES OF SPEECH QUIZ

This quiz deals with three figures of speech: the simile - this figure of speech compares two things using "like" or "as", eg, "He is as sly as a fox."; the metaphor which also compares two things, but it does not use "like" or " as", eg, "He is a sly fox." and personification which gives things or abstract objects human qualities, eg, "The wind cried itself to sleep.".CLICK THE TITLE TO DO THE QUIZ.

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PUNCTUATION MARK QUIZ

Punctuation marks such as full stops(.), commas(,), question marks(?), hyphens(-), brackets( () ), speech marks (" "), semi-colon (;), colon (:) etc are used to punctuate a text. They divide something written or give emphasis, an exclamation mark (!)..CLICK THE TITLE TO DO THE QUIZ.

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RELATIVE PRONOUNS QUIZ 2

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Relative pronouns such as that, who, whom,
whose, which, where, when, and why, are used to join clauses to make a complex sentence. This is the boat that Jack bought. I don't know the day when I'll leave home. The teacher, whom I admire, is knowledgeable.

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CONJUNCTION QUIZ

Conjunctions join words, phrases, clauses or sentences, eg, because, and, although, even though, while, unless, as, since, before etc

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A preposition is a part of speech that is used to introduce a prepositional phrase. There are many prepositions, for example, "in", "on", "to", "of" etc

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Conditional Quiz

Conditional sentences use the word, if. These are a few examples of conditional sentences:
The "zero" conditional sentence uses the simple present tense in the subordinate clause and the main clause, eg, "If the sun sets(subordinate clause), it is night. (main clause)"
One type of conditional sentence uses the simple present tense in the subordinate clause and the simple future tense in the main clause, eg, "If you do not come home in time, you will be punished."
Another type of conditional sentence uses the simple past tense in the subordinate clause and the present conditional in the main clause, eg, "If you studied, you would get a good result."
If a conditional sentence uses the past perfect tense in the subordinate clause, then the perfect conditional tense is used in the main clause, eg, "If I had studied drama, I would have become an actor."

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COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS QUIZ 3

Commonly confused words are words that sound the same but are spelt differently, for example, pear/pair; see/sea; here/hear; to/too etc. Some of the words do not sound the same, but tend to be confused: affect/effect etc

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TENSE QUIZ

It is important to use the correct tense when speaking or writing. The present tense refers to actions that are taking place at the present time - now, for example, "I kick the ball." The past tense refers to something that has taken place a few minutes ago, a day ago, a week ago or years ago: "Yesterday, I kicked the ball." The future refers to something that is still going to take place in the next few minutes, tomorrow, next month or years into the future, for example, "Tomorrow I will kick the ball."

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ARTICLES QUIZ

There are 3 articles: "a", "an" and "the". Indefinite articles such as "a" and "an" refer to something that is not specific whereas "the", a definite article refers to something specific. "a" refers to any car that you may see on a road, for example, "I like a car because it is convenient." "a" refers to any car. However, if I say, "That is the car I want to buy.", I'm referring to a specific car and not just any car. We use "an" mainly before nouns that begin with vowels (a,e,i,o,u), for example, "I ate an orange for lunch" and I use an umbrella when it rains. There are exceptions to the rule. You do not say "a hour" instead the correct article to use is "an" in "an hour" and you do not say "an university" instead you say "a university".

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COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS QUIZ 2

Commonly confused words are words that sound the same but are spelt differently, for example, pear/pair; see/sea; here/hear; to/too etc. Some of the words do not sound the same, but tend to be confused: affect/effect etc

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RELATIVE PRONOUNS QUIZ

Relative pronouns such as that, who, whom, whose, which, where, when, and why, are used to join clauses to make a complex sentence. This is the boat that Jack bought. I don't know the day when I'll leave home. The teacher, whom I admire, is knowledgeable.

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PARTS OF SPEECH - ADVERB QUIZ

Adverbs modify verbs or add to the meaning of a verb. There are adverbs of manner - gradually, lovingly, importantly. There are adverbs of time - now, soon. There are adverbs of place - here.

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PARTS OF SPEECH - ADJECTIVE QUIZ

Adjectives are describing words that tell us about a person, place or thing, for example, attractive, kind, gentle, wild, huge, crowded, silver etc

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PARTS OF SPEECH - NOUN QUIZ

Nouns are naming words for objects or animals, for example, dog, table, chair, tree, girl, man etc.

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SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT QUIZ

Subject-verb agreement is a rule in grammar that states that the verb must agree in number with its subject.

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PREPOSITION QUIZ

A preposition is a part of speech that is used to introduce a prepositional phrase. There are many prepositions, for example, "in", "on", "to", "of" etc

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VOCABULARY QUIZ 1

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ENGLISH CLUB

English Club is a social network for teachers and students of English. You can blog, write forum posts, upload photos and videos and find lessons, jobs and friends.
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WARM UP LESSONS

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ENGLISH LESSON PLANS

At About.com you will find English lesson plans for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. There are also reading, writing, listening, grammar, speaking, pronunciation for adult and childrens' classes as well as Business English.
http://esl.about.com/od/englishlessonplans/English_Lesson_Plans_for_ESL_EFL_Classes.htm
This is the link for a Beginner English Grammar Review Lesson 1
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This is the link for a Beginner English Grammar Review Lesson 2
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This is the link for a Beginner English Grammar Review Lesson 3
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This is a link for an Intermediate English Listening Exercise
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These links give you an idea of the lessons that are available on About.com.

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Grammar 1

The basics of grammar are essential if you want to be clearly understood in the written or spoken form and also, in order to gain high scores in your essays and in your speeches.

Poorly formed sentences with lots of grammatical errors detract from the message and make comprehension problematic. Learning the grammatical rules of English is highly recommended. Putting them into practice is tricky.

Parts of speech, punctuation, tenses, articles etc may seem to be boring aspects of language, however, if students do not understand how to use these, they will encounter huge hurdles in their speaking and their written work.

Pronouns are particularly problematic for students whose mother tongue does not distinguish between 'he' and 'she'. Chinese students, for example, experience this problem. They constantly refer to a man as 'she'.

Speaking 2

Students need to practise their speaking skills on a daily basis. Lack of confidence is one of the reasons students are afraid to speak in public to mother tongue speakers of English. They fear ridicule and they are afraid that they will appear foolish in front of others.

Students need to forget about these fears and they need to jump right in and start practising their English on anyone and everyone who speaks English. When out shopping, visiting, staying in homestays, on public transport, or wherever they meet people, they need to constantly practise.

Students should be made aware that most people want to help them. Friends who keep speaking their mother tongue such as Cantonese, Russian, German, Japanese, Korean etc to them, are not helping them to gain confidence in speaking English.

Responding to questions in class should be encouraged. Grammatical errors should not be constantly corrected as this will interrupt the flow of conversation. A few errors could be noted and commented on at the end of the lesson or at the end of each speech. Students should be positively reinforced to promote confidence.

Speaking 1

Speaking is an extremely important skill as you are conveying a message to another person and you need them to understand what you are saying.

Proper pronunciation is essential as many words and phrases are not understood because of poor pronunciation. Phonetic exercises are placed in most Second Language books and listening exercises require repitition of words, phrases and sentences so that students can practise pronouncing their words precisely and clearly.

The content of the spoken message is also important. The main idea needs to be clearly and precisely stated so that the message is understood. Relevance and topic sentences assist in making a clear speech, especially for IELTS students who need to speak about subjects at length. Most students tend to go off the topic and waste time speaking about irrelevant and trivial aspects that detract from the content.

Vocabulary is also important. A limited vocabulary does not help a student who wants to gain a high IELTS score.

LISTENING SKILLS 2

Music is a very good way to improve your listening skills because it is popular and most people listen to music during the day. Instead of listening to songs in your mother tongue, listen to English songs.

Lyrics for popular songs can be downloaded from search engines such as google. In this way, your listening and reading skills are being exercised as you follow the written words in the lyric while listening to the song.

As you become familiar with the song, leave gaps in the lyric. While listening to the song, try to fill in the missing word(s) in order to test your listening skills.

LISTENING SKILLS

When learning a language, it is essential to listen carefully to the speaker so that you clearly understand their message.

A good exercise for all English students, especially IELTS students is to listen to the news on the radio, the television, the mobile phone or any gadget that allows you to practise your listening.

The main ideas of the listening text should be precisely outlined so that you can follow the reasons, the examples or the ideas that are being explained.

Who is the speaker and who is the speaker addressing? What is the purpose of making this speech?