$5 - $10 Pre-K EFL - ESL - ELD Task Cards (by date, oldest first)

This resource serves as a start-to-finish way to teach speech language therapy students or English language learners the correct form of present tense verbs. The use of community helpers naturally elicits present tense verbs, while also providing opportunity for vocabulary development. Start by producing short sentences with community helper flashcards, then advance skills by using fill-in-the-blank sentence worksheets, sentence writing worksheets, and reading comprehension worksheets.

Included in this resource:

Task Cards/Flash Cards can be used to drill correct use of present tense verbs in sentences. They can also be used as memory games or paired with motivating board games. Singular and plural subjects are pictured in both color and black-and-white. Task cards include both picture-only and picture-and-word formats to adapt to your lesson. Community helpers include:

• Baker
• Astronaut
• Farmer
• Dentist
• Detective
• Construction Worker
• Firefighter
• Gardener
• Custodian
• Librarian
• Lifeguard
• Mail Carrier
• Painter
• Plumber
• Police
• Teacher
• Sanitation Worker
• Veterinarian
• Coach

Sentence Frames for all sentence structures including present tense verbs.

NO PREP Reading comprehension passages are written to naturally elicit use of present tense verbs in answers. Words-only and icon-supported reading passages are included for a variety of reading levels.

NO PREP Fill-in-the-blank writing worksheets provide writing opportunities for singular, plural, and mixed subjects with support of a word bank.

NO PREP Independent writing worksheets promote correct use of present tense verbs when writing complete sentences.

Teaching Materials:

• 1-page teachable explanation of use of present tense verbs and their conjugations when speaking
• 1-page teachable explanation of use of present tense verbs and their conjugations when writing
• 1-page list of verbs for each community helper
• 1-page list of commonly-used present tense verbs

Excellent Resource for Mixed Groups

Grammar: Naturally elicit present tense sentences for singular and plural subjects through flashcards, fill-in-the-blank sentence worksheets, sentence writing worksheets, and reading comprehension worksheets. Present progressive, Past, Future, and all other tenses can be prompted as well.

Vocabulary: Practice labeling community helpers/occupations and their actions. Sort pictured community helpers by location, attributes, tools, actions, etc. Compare and contrast community helpers. Produce synonyms and antonyms of verbs.

Wh- questions: Ask who, what, where, when, why questions about community helpers. Use reading comprehension passage to answer wh- and inferential questions.