Time flies when you’re having fun! When you enjoy blogging about grammar, teaching, and the English language as much as I do, a year of weekly blog posts goes by just like that! Our goal at Sprout English has always been to provide quality educational materials to English teachers and students, and my personal wish is that teachers and students will continue to learn from and use our free blog materials. We love helping young learners grow their English skills!
I thought it would be helpful to organize all the articles I’ve written so far into a list that’s easily accessible. (Some articles are included twice if they belong to more than one category.) I hope you find this resource list useful!
Grammar – Verbs
- Teaching the Simple Present
- Teaching the Present Progressive
- Simple Present Vs. Present Progressive
- Simple Present Vs. Present Progressive – Grammar Worksheet
- Teaching the Simple Past
- Simple Past Vs. Past Progressive
- Teaching the Simple Future: 3 Forms
- Simple Future Vs. Future Progressive
- Teaching the Present Perfect
Grammar
- Comparative Adjectives
- Superlative Adjectives
- Adjectives for Describing the Face
- Animal Adjectives Activity
- Adjective Sentence Patterns & Suffixes
- Where’s the Puppy? Preposition Practice for IN and ON
- Prepositions of Place & Giving Directions
- Count & Non-Count Nouns
- There Is or There Are for Nouns in a Series?
- Some Vs. Any
- Articles
Pronunciation
- Pronunciation of Past Tense Endings
- Pronunciation Practice: L & R
- Pronunciation of “ph” & “wh” Words
- Pronunciation of Plural Endings
- Question Intonation – Yes/No & Wh-Questions
Vocabulary
- 5 Activities for Teaching & Reviewing Vocabulary
- Travel Vocabulary Game
- Some Vs. Any
- Expiry Date Vs. Expiration Date
- Spooky Spelling – 5 Tricky Halloween Words
- American Vs. British Spelling
Flashcards
Writing
Punctuation
Holidays
- Numbers in Dates: Should We Write July 4, July 4th, or July Fourth?
- New Year, New Year’s or New Years?
- Valentine’s Day – Spelling, Capitalization & Punctuation
- April Fools’ Day or April Fool’s Day?
- Mother’s Day Fun Facts
- 10+ Halloween Lessons, Crafts, and Activities
- Spooky Spelling – 5 Tricky Halloween Words
- Christmas Word Fun – Capitalization Rules & Prezzies Vs. Pressies
Reviews of Educational Articles
- Article Review: Apps to Use in the Classroom
- Article Review: 10 Popular Small Pets
- Article Review: Friendliest Countries in the World 2013
- Article Review: Say What? 5 Ways to Get Students to Listen
- Article Review: How to Make an Infographic
- Article Review: Setting Goals
Other Fun Stuff
- Welcome to Sprout English!
- Introducing Sprout English: Video
- Sprout English Lessons: Suggested Teaching Order
- Educational Resources and Networking Opportunities in Social Media
- Educational Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Sprout English Is Heading to the TESOL Convention!
- Reflections from TESOL14
- Digital Tools for ELs: Summary of TESOL 14 Session
- Icebreaker Interviews
- Text Message Abbreviations List
- How to Introduce Yourself in English
- Using the World Cup’s Yellow Card/Red Card System for Classroom Management
- Hippo Eats a Watermelon
- American Vs. British Spelling
Is there any grammar point for which you’d like information/teaching tips that’s not included on the blog so far? Please leave me a comment below and I’ll do my best to blog about it soon.
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