HAVE TO and DON’T HAVE TO – lesson ideas for A1 students
Previously, I worked on how to teach modal verbs to A1 students. Today, I would like to share an idea on how to teach ‘have to’. The four exercises presented will allow students to...
Category: A1 – Beginning to Elementary
MUST and MUSTN’T – lesson ideas for A1 students
It is time for another modal verb today. This time I decided to introduce and practise ‘must’/ mustn’t and incorporate pictures of road signs, which turned out to be a successful idea. As most...
‘Should’ and ‘shouldn’t’ – lesson ideas for A1 students
Is it possible to introduce all modal verbs in one lesson with twelve year old children? This is what the course book I am currently using suggests. I really doubt it, therefore, I decided...
‘Was’ and ‘were’ – past simple of ‘be’ for A1/A2 students
Teaching and learning the past simple of ‘be’ in affirmative and negative sentences is rather easy. However, the same verb in questions and in the structure ‘there was / there were‘ seems to be much more challenging for...
Past Simple with chants for beginners (A1)
While searching for some youtube resources for my young learners, I came across these simple and funny chants which seem to be easy to use, enjoyable and short: Learn Past Tense Verbs #1 –...
Adverbs of manner for beginners (A1)
It is not easy to teach adverbs of manner to early beginners. I did some research on the internet and what I found wasn’t suitable for my young students, as most of the ideas...
Talking about emotions and feelings with emojis-vocabulary and speaking activity for A1 students
The great popularity of emojis or emoticons made me think about how I can use them in class. The idea below is to teach students vocabulary on feelings and emotions and use the...
Past Simple for beginners (A1)
If you teach young learners and they are beginners, you may find these ideas useful. They mostly focus on the structure of past simple sentences and the order of words. Below you will find:...
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