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19 May 2025

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Do you need to teach the past continuous tense to your adult ESL students? This is a complete grammar lesson focused on the form and use of the past continuous tense introduced through the context of a reading text.
For group classes or 1 – 1 lessons.

It is designed for students who are Intermediate level /CEFR level B1/ . One of the main challenges ESL students have with the Past Continuous Tense is deciding which action is the main event and which action is interrupting it. This resource provides you, the teacher, with opportunities to help the students differentiate the 2 types of actions. There are also opportunities for students to analyse sentences (in context) and explain why the past continuous tense has been used.

It is a low prep/ready to go lesson with content that is interesting and relevant for adult students. Activities are a mix of individual, pair and group work.

This lesson can be used with a class - as an independent learning package or with online students… There are opportunities for differentiation if necessary.

What’s included:

Guided reading task that presents the grammar point in a meaningful context
Identifying the past continuous tense in context
8 Activities with printable worksheets
Detailed Grammar Handout with clear explanations
Narrative writing task
Detailed teachers notes with step by step instructions
Answer keys

Bonus BINGO Activity with

• 4 x BINGO Boards
• A set of questions for the teacher
• A bonus sentence gap fill exercise

This resource may contain UK/Australian spelling and prints to A4 paper.

I put a lot of effort into creating and checking my resources. If you happen see an error/typo etc please let me know so that I can correct it. And if you loved the resource a review is much appreciated .

Thank you for visiting my store. If you are looking for lessons that are meaningful and relevant for adult students, you will find more lessons like this in my store as well as easier lessons for Adult ESL Beginners. ALL my resources are written for adults, there are no cute or childish illustrations or texts.

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Grammar- Past Tenses- Mega Bundle -Adult ESOL, EAL, ESL

This Past Tense grammar Bundle features 7 past tense resources suitable for Pre Intermediate - Intermediate level Adult ESL Students They are print and go grammar lessons with content relevant to adult learners. There are no fancy fonts or childish pictures. The emphasis is on good solid content and interesting activities. They are integrated lessons with a mix of speaking, grammar and writing. The lessons begin with some structured grammatical activities which could be done orally first and then written. The second part of the lesson is more open – ended, allowing students to integrate what they’ve learned and begin speaking confidently. Lesson 1 Past Tense - Regular Verbs regular verbs with emphasis on: pronunciation of ED ending with /d/, /t/ or /id/ spelling patterns grammar focus on negative and question forms of past tenses speaking activities to consolidate Lesson 2 Past Tense - Irregular Verbs focuses on Irregular past tense verb forms Negatives and questions in the past tense (which many students find challenging) speaking and writing tasks to consolidate and extend learning Lesson 3 Present Perfect includes: a review of present perfect tense and focuses on the differences between present perfect and past simple - something which intermediate students find challenging. Lesson 4 Past Continuous a complete grammar lesson focused on the form and use of the past continuous tense introduced through the context of a reading text. 8 Activities with printable worksheets Detailed Grammar Handout with clear explanations Narrative writing task Lesson 5 Past Perfect focuses on: the form and use of the past perfect tense. Activities are a mix of individual, pair and group work. Package includes: Grammar guide 5 Activities which include: Verb form practice Sentence completion Sentence matching Teachers notes Lesson 6 Past simple - Speaking Activity Task cards to practice asking and answering questions using both regular and irregular verbs in the past simple tense. 64 task cards - 32 in colour and 32 in black and white 2 grammar reference sheets with a review of Yes/no and Wh question forms lists of common regular and irregular verbs for students to refer to, if needed. Lesson 7 Present Perfect - Speaking Activity Task cards to practice asking and answering questions using the Present Perfect Tense. 64 task cards - 32 in colour and 32 in black and white 2 grammar reference sheets with a review of Yes/No and Wh question forms a list of common irregular verbs for students to refer to, if needed. All lessons contain Teacher's notes and Answers Most of the Activities are self explanatory and answers are provided for the structured activities. In most cases there are other possible answers. The open-ended activities provide opportunities for extension for stronger students and flexibility in how it is delivered. I would expect each lesson to take about 2 hours for an average class, with some of the written tasks set for homework. Ready to print and go. Easy to use. Prints to A4 paper and uses UK/Australian English

£20.45

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