Buzzfeed: the ultimate teaching resource?: Buzzfeed : the ultimate teaching resource? Eliciting grammar with animated GIFs
What grammar could you elicit/ practise with the following GIFS?: What grammar could you elicit/ practise with the following GIFS? (My ideas follow each one)
Present continuous: Present continuous The red panda is doing exercise http://www.ohmagif.com/2013/04/30/cute-red-panda-doing-pushups/
Past continuous: Past continuous The girls were singing happily when their brother ran them over http://gif-central.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/boy-on-toy-tractor-driving-into-two.html
Positive and negative imperatives: Positive and negative imperatives Look out! Don’t jump! http://gifrific.com/fish-jumps-out-of-water-and-hits-man/
Can/ can’t: Can/ can’t He can’t eat the tomato! http://imgur.com/gallery/coxGG
Should/shouldn’t have: Should/shouldn’t have The turtle shouldn’t have tried to climb out of the bowl ist25.com
Manage to VS. could: Manage to VS. could The cat managed to escaped (a specific time in the past) animalygifs.tumblr.com
Comparative adjectives: Comparative adjectives The first turtle is slower than the second http://magagag.net/gags/dog-riding-on-turtle-gif?pid=11253
You can also embed gifs as videos so you can pause them and ask ‘What happens next?: You can also embed gifs as videos so you can pause them and ask ‘What happens next?
Going to (for predictions based on evidence): Going to (for predictions based on evidence) I think the Racoon’s going to jump on the wall http://www.buzzfeed.com/lindseyrobertson/secret-agent-raccoons
Adverbs of manner: Adverbs of manner The hedgehog is swimming badly, The dolphins are swimming well reddit.com http://giphy.com/gifs/by7uJ8IGaeDmw