A selection of English ESL summer activities ppt slides

This is an activity about fun summer activities.  Students first discuss what they like to do in hot weather using discussion questions.  Then images of summer activities will prompt further consideration and discussion.

Summer Activities

Now you can play a famous quiz game with your students! (elementary)


I made this presentation for the first lesson after summer holidays. You may use it at the end of the school year like revision.


The game is based on HOT SPOT 2 (macmillan) threfore some listening tasks were taken from the book. But you may replace them with your own activities.


A LIST OF TOPICS:personal information, pronouns, numbers, plurals, to be, emotions, sports, family, prepositions of place, there isthere are (listening, speaking), school subjects, have got, food, uncountable nouns, telling the time, present simple, parts of the body, weather, animals.





***The answer for the super game: "fistly, open your eyes"




Jeopardy Knowledge Game

This PPT game was designed to practise/revise affirmative and negative sentences in the Present Simple. The topic is the summer. Orally students need to complete sentences (clicking the pictures will reveal the answer). Then there are two slides where students can figure out its use and two more to systematise its form (the verb "to be" is also included). As a follow-up activity ask students to write about what they do during their summer holidays.

PRESENT SIMPLE - summer time (activities)

This interactive powerpoint presentation is on things we do in summer. It is an activity for reviewing the vocabulary and the gramatical structure of be going to for expresing future plans.

SUMMER HOLIDAYS

speaking activity on "one & ones" asking students "Which picture (one) they prefer?";



pictures refer to usual topics such as "summer & winter" "apples & bananas" "football & volleyball";



the last slides directly address plural nouns, therefore, asking "Which ones do you prefer?" (e.g. Apple phones or Samsung phones)



the exercise was planned for an A2 level, but can be used for upper levels as well, when integrating the aspect "justifying one's decision"

Speaking Activity: Which one (OR ones) do you prefer?

These flashcards can be used to revise or to learn some new vocabulary on topic Summer and summer activities. It's great to use with 10-12 years students. Thanks for downloading.

Summer holidays and activities

I just did seasons and associated vocabulary (4 lessons) at my nurseries here in Japan. These are the 28 flashcards I used (4 x season FCs and 6 x FCs for each season). Because they are very young learners, the letters are all in upper case. We are trying to teach them the upper case characters, initially. It's geared toward young Japanese and the things they see here in the four seasons. I put the season FCs in 4 corners of the classroom, held up a vocabulary card, they ran to whatever season they thought it was. Then we did listen and repeat (for the FC I showed), and I gave them the correct answer. A very basic activity, but they loved it. We also did bowling. 2 teams took turns trying to hit the (standing) season FC that corresponded to the vocabulary FC that I'd just showed. They threw a die for points if they could hit the target. Hopefully, your kids can enjoy a similar style activity with these FCs...cheers!

28 flashcards - seasons

A lead-in activity at the beginning of the school year after summer holidays. Ask your students to share with their memories. Also a good way to revise Past Simple. 

Summer Memories quiz

Hello everyone!

This PPT is all about summer outdoor activities, where you will answer questions regarding different pictures. The pictures reflect fun summer activities and all you have to do is pick the right action that describes the picture. 

Summer outdoor activities 

students  talk about their summer holiday that they spent last summer. They use simple past tense, affirmative, negative and question forms. After talking about their activities they ask questions each other. At the end of speaking, they write a paragraph about their holiday activities. 

SUMMER HOLİDAY

This lesson is about seasons and seasonal activities. In this lesson, kids will learn the four seasons and the various activities in it. For example spring,summer, fall and winter. Swimming etc

Seasons and seasonal activities

Simple presentation about the seasons and the weather in each season. Students learn the 4 seasons and 3 common weather patterns in each season. Visual representations of each season, weather pattern, and temperature. Includes a simple activity at the end (guess the season based on the picture and then describe the weather in that season). Students learn the seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter), weather (rainy, stormy, snowy, windy, sunny), temperature (Hot, warm, cool, cold). Each slide contains notes to give the teacher ideas to elicit vocabulary and discuss the seasons with the class (when is summer in your country? have you seen snow). Pretty basic stuff. My first upload to ISL! Nothing too complex.

The Seasons: Hows the weather?

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 express agreement /disagreement in English

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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

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how to refuse and object to something in English

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how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said in English

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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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19 Summer activities English ESL powerpoints