A selection of English ESL topic sentence ppt slides

A brief power point presentation to learn how to build a good paragraph from a topic sentence. It also points out the use of connectors. The topic of this example is health

Topic Sentences

Students need to click the correct verb (according to a picture that is provided) to complete a sentence in the Present Perfect. When clicking the correct verb, all three forms are shown (infinitive, Past Simple and past participle). 

For a simplified grammar guide on the topic go to  https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/present_perfect_-_grammar_guide/present-perfect-simple/90409



PRESENT PERFECT game

With this PPT game students can practise some quantifiers. They need to look at the picture and click the right word to complete a sentence. For info on grammar guide on the topic go to https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/quantifiers_-_countableuncountable_nouns/quantifiers-eg-some/89144

QUANTIFIERS - food game

This PPT was designed to revise some of the things I taught my 11th graders last year. It covers several grammar points. Each slide has a task which students need to solve correctly in order to get the corresponding points - higher points mean more difficult tasks. Then there is a simple explanation on the topic. You can also easily change the tasks if you like.

For a more basic spin the wheel game go to

https://en.islcollective.com/resources/projectables/powerpoints_ppt_pptx/spin_the_wheel_-_revision_game/elementary-a1/90693



SPIN THE WHEEL - grammar revision game (for higher levels)

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 is my first ppt concerning IELTS speaking part 1, it includes a couple of general tips and also deals with the topic of family.



It starts off with a list of a few topics students will likely have to talk about in part 1. I have other ppts for these topics.



Next is a do or don't game where students decide what is good be behaviour for the exam, feel free to add more general things like smile etc :). I find that this works well with some example answers from another worksheet.



The family section starts with a table, have the students fill it out and then compare with their neighbours. Ask the students to define the words above the table and use a few in their descriptions.



Next is a skeleton answer. Students must construct an answer to the question using some of the points, but not all. They should also use the phrases on the right to add extra information to the points. Answers may vary but the aim is to ensure answers flow nicely and don't include anything unnecessary.



The next slide is an extension of the vocabulary from the first family slide. I recommend you go through them and ask individuals to make new sentences with the underlined phrases to show they know it.



Slide 7 is a selection of family questions from pat IELTS tests to give your students an authentic style test.



Slide 8 is an activity style I like to do often for IELTS where students must imagine something different from their real life and give answers based on that. Ask the students to choose a family picture and answer the questions from the previous slide in a new way.



Finally, there is a quick question slide with topics that you give at random to students for them to create questions on new topics, it is useful to test students on their quick responses.



Check out my other IELTS ppts for more topics and techniques

IELTS speaking: describing and family

Topic: vegetables

Words: 

- Pumpkin

- Mushroom

- Onion

- Broccoli

- Cucumber

- Cabbage

- Potato 

- Tomato

- Carrot 

- Eggplant

- Spinach 

- Green beans

- Red chili 

- Pepper

- Turnip

- Ginger

-  Garlic

- Radish

- Bitter melon

- Cauliflower

Sentences:

- Do you like carrots? Yes, I do/No, I don’t.

- What vegetable do you like? I like cucumbers.

- What do you eat today? I eat mushrooms.

- What do you need? I need four tomatoes.

- What do you want? I want some cabbages.



Click here to watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMtSbnhitoE&t=6s

Vegetables 

This is a PowerPoint presentation about comparatives & superlatives, used in sentences. First there is an explanation about what comparatives and superlatives are, and when to use them. Than there are sentences in which the right comparative or superlative should be filled in and for pronunciation the student can listen to the whole sentence.

Comparatives & superlatives with Pronunciation

You can use a way of assessing your students on this topic. This passive voice material is only for assessing two topics: simple present and simple past. You can modify as wish. 

Passive voice with simple present and simple past sentences.

This PowerPoint demonstrates the making sentences with was and were in English. It can be used at non-English speaking primary and elementary schools as well. I hope it can be useful to you in explaining the Past Simple topic.

Past Simple was/were

This is a PowerPoint presentation about Be Verbs/Verb To Be (is, am, are). The presentation includes different types of sentences and also introduced to the students how to use the be verbs in different forms. 

Verb To Be (Affirmative, Interrogative, Negative) 

This is a game I prepared to use after I finish teaching "There is / There are" in the classroom with PPTs and worksheets. This game will test the pupils' memories, will get the pupils' attention to the board and the topic and encourage to write sentences with the structure they learnt. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Have a nice lesson :)

Messy Places There is There are Game

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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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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