Lesson Plans: Verbs and Tenses

ESL lesson plans for teachers of the English language. Check out our collection of lesson plans filed under the 'Verbs and Tenses' grammar topic.

"Like" and "Be Like" Games

Bad Habits- Past Continuous

The two meanings of Past Continuous practice

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Be and Have for Describing Appearances

Be used to & Get used to- Sentence Completion Games

Be used to and get used to dice games

Be used to and Get used to- Ranking

Business English Alibi Game Worksheet

Memory game/ roleplay for past tenses practice, like a business version of the alibi game

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Business English Questions- Present Simple and Continuous Game

Present Simple and Continuous business grammar practice and cultural training

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Business English- "Have You Ever" Job Interview Questions Games

Business English- Christmas Cards Do's & Don't's

Practising imperative and linking words for giving reasons by discussing sending Xmas cards to business contacts

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Business English- Key Words in Business Writing Tense Review Games

Business English- Present Continuous Mimes

Using sounds and actions to present and practise Present Progressive for business students

Business English- Present Simple & Continuous guessing game

Practising present tenses by guessing common business English verbs

Business English- Simple Past of Common Verbs

Business English- tense review

Past, present and future forms and times with business topics

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Christmas and New Year Tense Review- Mimes

Miming actions connected to the festive season, then talking about them with different tenses

Christmas- Past Tense Mimes

Practising narrative tenses while learning about Xmas

Christmas- Present Simple & Continuous Mimes

Linking present tenses and the festive season with TPR and then personalised speaking

Classroom Instructions- Imperative Mix and Match

Continuous Aspect Guessing Game

Continuous Aspect Sentence Completion Games

Continuous Aspect Sentences

Describing Social Issues with the Passive Voice

Emailing Phrases- Tenses and Verb Forms Review

Expressions with “get”- problems and solutions

Gestures- Present Continuous

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Good and Taboo- Past Simple Questions

Good and Taboo- Present Progressive Questions

Have and Want- Personalised Guessing Game

How long had…? Past Perfect trivia quiz

How many… did…? Trivia Quiz Irregular Past Simple practice

How Questions- Tense Review

I wish & If only- Guessing Game

Unreal Past for regrets and complaints practice game

Imperative Practice- Ball Games

Improving your English Verb Patterns

Infinitives of Purpose Adventure Board Game

Like & Would Like- Food Roleplay Dialogue

Like and Would Like Bluffing Game

Like and Would Like- Food Roleplay Dialogue

Like and Would Like- Make me say yes speaking game

Medical English- Present Progressive Mimes

Narrative Tenses- Guess the Year Game

Past tenses guessing game for Past Continuous and Past Perfect Simple and Continuous

Need Analysis- Past, Present & Future Review

Needs Analysis- Level Check First Lesson

Past, present and future review

New Year- Continuous State Verbs

Verbs that cannot take -ing and will be verb with -ing to talk about the next twelve months

Participle Clauses- Storytelling Game

Past and Future- Opposites Reversi Memory Game

Past numbers trivia board game narrative tenses review

Past or Not?

Different meanings of past tenses, including unreal past

Past Progressive Bluffing Card Game