A selection of English ESL advent ppt slides

 A  wonderfull story about the best story-teller  in the world baron Munchausen . the text  for reading and some test tasks.  The material is ready for reading and discussing during the lesson 

The adventures of Baron Munchausen

Marshall's Story



There's a fire in Adventure Bay. Which pup will step up and save the day?

What tools does he use? What does he drive?



Find out in this story! 





There's a Fire

It is a short 6-questions quiz for students of all typs. It is all about six basic things to learn or repeat about Christmas holiday.

It can be also used after my PPT file 'Christmas Traditions -Great Britain' (check it on my Profile's page here...)

Key included.

And something at the end - FUN! -  Xmas Toungue Twisters!

Fully editable.

CHRISTMAS - MINI QUIZ + + Xmas Toungue Twisters!

In this lesson, students embark on an ocean adventure, learning new words about orcas, engaging in lively conversations, and tackling fun multiple-choice questions to deepen their understanding of these fascinating black and white whales.

Ocean Adventure with Orcas: Exploring Black and White Whales

Make learning phrasal verbs fun and interactive with this story-based worksheet pack, perfect for A2-B1 ESL students! Your students will follow Max’s morning adventure, a five-part comic-style story, where each part introduces basic phrasal verbs in context.
 
3 Interactive Online Tasks :
 
Quiz: Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence.
 
Flashcards: Students guess the missing preposition without options.
 
Speaking Task: Open the box, complete the question, and practice speaking with a partner.
 
Perfect for English teachers who want to add creativity to their lessons! Get your students excited about learning phrasal verbs today!
 
The online presentation link is included.

A2 - B1 Phrasal Verbs Story & Interactive Tasks – Digital

Reading Worksheet – Treasure in the Rockies - The Hunt for Forrest Fenn's Fortune



An eccentric multimillionaire, after learning of a terminal illness, hid a fortune in the Rocky Mountains. This worksheet tells that story and of its eventual recovery.



This worksheet includes:



Pre-discussion



Key Vocabulary



Reading



Reading Comprehension



Vocabulary Comprehension



Summary Writing



Writing: 3 short questions and 1 long question (ideal for homework)



Answer key to comprehension questions included at the end of the document.



This reading activity is great for a filler lesson or as supplementary work to your core textbook.

Treasure in the Rockies - The Hunt for Forrest Fenn's Fortune

"The Brave Jumping Mouse: A Hopi Story," adapted by Tinoy James, is a beautifully illustrated children's book that brings an indigenous tale to life. Suitable for ages 3-6, this story follows a curious and brave little mouse on his adventurous journey to see the distant mountains. Along the way, Jumping Mouse encounters various animals, each teaching him valuable lessons about courage, determination, and transformation. This book is ideal for enhancing vocabulary and grammar skills, with its simple, repetitive text and engaging narrative. Teachers can use it to introduce new words, practice sentence structures, and discuss moral lessons. The vivid illustrations, inspired by indigenous patterns and motifs, captivate young readers' imaginations, making it a perfect read-aloud story that encourages participation and interaction. "The Brave Jumping Mouse" is not only an engaging story but also a valuable educational tool that introduces children to the rich cultural heritage of the Hopi people.

"The Brave Jumping Mouse: A Hopi Story," adapted by Tinoy James,

This is a tic-tac-toe game that allows the student to learn vocabulary words based on space travel and adventure. It is a fun game.  In my classes, the winner asks the loser to repeat one of the words up to 10 times.  They also instruct the loser to say the words fast, slow, or sing it.  If the game is a tie we use a spinner to determine the winner.

Space Adventure Tic Tac Toe

Introduction to Egg, elephant and elk.... plus sentence It is an......... you can make up your own story .... once there was a magic egg and poef an elepant pops out then the elk.... on go on a short adventure. Introduction to E words plus a simple sentence.

The Magic Egg Powerpoint

Each slide presents a choice to build up an adventure story, eg. where to go, where to sleep, animal sidekick. I also added questions inbetween to practice first and second conditional sentences.

Create an adventure

"The Legend of the Salmon People: A Stó:lō Story, adapted by Tinoy James, is a beautifully illustrated children's book designed for ages 3-6. This engaging story follows a young salmon named Silverfin on his courageous journey upstream, encountering various challenges and learning important lessons along the way. The book features vibrant illustrations inspired by traditional Coast Salish art, making it visually appealing and culturally rich. Teachers can use this story to introduce themes of bravery, perseverance, and the importance of working together. Additionally, it offers opportunities to teach vocabulary related to nature, animals, and indigenous culture. The repetitive and rhythmic text supports early language development, making it an excellent resource for both storytelling and interactive reading sessions. Through Silverfin's adventures, children will learn about the life cycle of salmon and the cultural significance of these creatures to the Stó:lō people. This book not only entertains but also educates young readers about respecting nature and understanding different cultural traditions."

The Legend of the Salmon People: A Stó:lō Story, adapted by Tinoy James

Thailand Curriculum, Primary 6, English 1  PowerPoint slideshow 5



Theme is "island Adventure"



Some new vocabulary for adventures in boats



Meets Primary 6 Thai Curriculum

Thailand Curriculum, Primary 6, English 1  PowerPoint slideshow 5

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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how to accuse somebody of something in English

how to apologize, say sorry, forgive and express regret in English

how to ask for information and make inquiries in English

how to ask for something, make requests in English

how to blame somebody for something in English

how to defend yourself from criticism in English

how to deny or admit something in English

how to describe things or people in English

how to emphasize important things in English

how to encourage or discourage people in English

how to evaluate people or progress in English

how to express agreement /disagreement in English

how to express approval and disapproval  in English

how to express cause and effect in English

how to express interest in something in English

how to express likelihood, probability in English

how to express likes and dislikes in English

how to express sequence and chronology in English

how to express shock and disbelief in English

how to express sympathy and condolences in English

how to give permission, authorization in English

how to inform somebody about some news in English

how to interpret what was said in English

how to keep a conversation going in English

how to make guesses about something in English

how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

how to praise people and express appreciation in English

how to reassure somebody of something in English

how to refuse and object to something in English

how to remind people of something in English

how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said in English

how to say thank you, express gratitude in English

Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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43 Advent English ESL powerpoints