Present Perfect continuous Vs. Present Perfect Simple

I have often found that students often get confused between present perfect simple and present perfect continuous.

Here is a very clear instructional video that explains the two in a wonderfully simple clear way. I really hope that my students found it useful when I played it in class few days ago ;)

And here is a slideshow dealing with these two tenses:

Present Perfect Simple And Present Perfect Continuous

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And here is another one explaining the present perfect simple:

PRESENT PERFECT

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To make sure that students understand these tenses well, they can go to these following sites where they can test themselves using some online exercises:

Present perfect simple or continuous

English Grammar Lessons

1st conditional videos

1st conditional  is covered in our New Headway Plus Special Edition (Pre-intermediate Level), Unit 9. 

Here is a very useful video tutorial about factual conditionals in the present (first conditional). It is taken for JenniferESL channel, which is a very useful and helpful channel in learning English.

 






Another useful and interesting video on the 1st conditional. It points at its rule and its different uses and a song in the background to help remember the conditional.....

soooo......sing along ;)

And here is another song that uses the 1st conditional:

Do you remember that cute children song "If you're happy and you know it"?

It uses the 1st conditional, doesn't it?

Here is a cute reminder of it from the mother goose club.

Videos about The Passive voice

Passive voice is covered in our New Headway Plus Special Edition (Pre-intermediate Level) on Unit 11

Here are few videos to add some sparkle to the passive lesson ;)

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 A rap song that can really capture students' attention ;)

A movie segment to assess grammar goals; here it is about the passive ;)

(The movie is: 300 )

Enjoy :)

(Not) my cup of tea {Idiom of the day}

Idiom: "It's not my cup of tea"

e.g. coffee is not my cup of tea

Meaning:

If something is not your cup of tea, you don't like it very much.

It's raining cats and dogs!! (Idiom of the day)

How I hope that it would rain soon.

It rained last week "cats and dogs" :) LOL

This means that : "It rained very hard"

I honestly wish it would rain this week and I'd have a chance to use this idiom ;)

It's a piece of cake! (Idiom of the day)

This is one of the idioms that I love to use ...& I think even my students love it and started to use it a lot ;)

When you say that something is "a piece of cake", it means that it is very easy and you can do it. 

Idioms - what is an idiom?

dioms are words, phrases, or expressions that cannot be taken literally.  In other words, when used in everyday language, they have a meaning other than the basic one you would find in the dictionary.  Every language has its own idioms.  Learning them makes understanding and using a language a lot easier and more fun!

For example, “break a leg” is a common idiom.

Literal meaning:  I command you to break a bone in your leg and you should probably go to the doctor afterwards to get it fixed.

Idiomatic meaning:  Do your best and do well.  Often, actors tell each other to “break a leg” before they go out on stage to perform.

Source: 

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