334. Don't let grammar get frozen: use it in your class!


Teacher A said yesterday that it turns out to be sound to practice grammar and vocab in his classes. Sometimes, in the time of the class dedicated by the students to doing homework from their schools, when some students have got to do homework some others may not have any homework. So, this teacher hands out worksheets to students with no homework. He's made many worksheets. He tries to compose funny exercises and based on their likes. Here is one, but for a special learner, age seventy-something. Yet, basically this worksheet is similar to the ones made for young kids. It's based on real events and things too. It's in BrE. Photo from thepirata com. Frozen Niagara Falls: amazing. I changed some names and circumstances. Sorry for the formatting bugs: I copied and pasted. You can copy, steal, spread, implement this worksheet.



Worksheet nº 99


Composed on 21 April 2010


Do or make?



  1. Writing and speaking in English ................... a difference, obviously. They are different language skills.

  2. That native teacher will ........................ interviews with each student, while the other teachers will teach in their classrooms.

  3. And every pupil will ........................ a small job, like rubbing the blackboard or turning off the fans after the classes.

  4. In the afternoons of the camp of English the kids will .................... other activities like sports or visiting and assisting in an elderly residence.

  5. So, as I’ve said, the native teacher, Gregg Mayer, an American guy, will ..................... conversations with every kid, to have extra speaking in English.

  6. We have got to ........................ a decision about which teacher to choose among the possible ones we have in the list of possible teachers.

  7. Also in the afternoon the kids and the monitors ....................... some swimming in the pool.

  8. One activity every pupil have to do is ................... (-ing) an oral presentation about a topic their choice.

  9. Dogs in police forces, like in Algeciras, have to ................... some training regime to be able to find drugs hidden in the boots of cars.

  10. When learning English it’s usual to ................... mistakes and errors. No problem.

  11. One of my friends, Pablo, who is a professor at Universidad Complutense, is .................. (-ing) a project about English language learning/acquiring, with some colleagues of the State University of San Francisco, within H D Brown Foundation. It’s a project carried out by experts at TEFL/TESL, about something related to learners' capability for retrieving honed skills in order to communicate with other people.

  12. The research about learning/acquiring a language this friend of mine is ..................... (-ing) seems so brilliant. He is an ace about teaching/learning a language.

  13. NYC Police Department are ......................... (-ing) an investigation about potential terrorist cells hidden in the city. [Would to God this wouldn't be the case, oh my God. Would be nice every people live and work to build a better world]

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