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Skill:
Speaking
Time:
20 minutes
Stage:
Controlled grammar speaking practice
Work:
Students work individually then in pairs
Focus:
Adverbs of Frequency
For a excellent speaking practice using the present simple with adverbs of frequency use this worksheet. This worksheet includes creative question writing with adverbs and speaking of simple questions.

Skill:
Speaking
Time:
20 minutes
Stage:
Controlled grammar speaking practice
Work:
Students work in pairs
Focus:
Be
If it's a productive pair work speaking task you're after on the verb be at a very low level, this is it. Students make simple questions from various prompts with am/is/are and answer the questions in pairs.

Skill:
Writing
Time:
30 minutes
Stage:
Discovery of grammatical rules
Work:
Students work individually
Focus:
Be
If you prefer to deal with the verb 'be' and its different conjugations at once, rather in drawn-out stages, use this compact guided discovery, which covers the basics of this very important verb.

Skill:
Speaking
Time:
15 minutes
Stage:
Controlled grammar speaking practice
Work:
Students work in pairs
Focus:
Be
This set of cut up cards features a practice of everyday objects, plural and singular nouns, along with using the appropriate form of the verb be, either 'is' or 'are'. The learners focus on using the correct question 'what is it?' as opposed to 'what are they'? Their partner then answers the question with the correct 'be' structure.

Skill:
Writing
Time:
25 minutes
Stage:
Controlled grammar writing practice
Work:
Students work individually
Focus:
Be Going To
This productive writing task is going to get students writing coherently about their future plans, even at this level. Students complete the handout with time phrases and their own ideas.

Skill:
Speaking
Time:
20 minutes
Stage:
Controlled grammar speaking practice
Work:
Students work individually then in pairs
Focus:
Be Going To
This is a pair work speaking task of be going to that concentrates on question completion using verb and time phrases used for the future. Students ask and answer simple questions using be going to.

Skill:
Writing
Time:
15 minutes
Stage:
Controlled grammar writing practice
Work:
Students work individually
Focus:
Be Negative
To improve students' use of the negative forms of the verb 'be', this handout should be used. Students use their knowledge of the world to complete a number of sentences with am not, aren't and isn't.

Skill:
Writing
Time:
25 minutes
Stage:
Controlled grammar writing practice
Work:
Students work individually
Focus:
Be Past and Present
Putting present and past together is challenging for beginners, which is why it's best for students to use this handout for writing experience of am, is, are, was and were together.
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