A selection of English ESL nouns ppt slides with general vocabulary practice, vocabulary practice

General vocabulary practice

Nouns

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

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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>

Get here and you are ready to study in English at university

In this PPT game Ss will listen to the sounds of different farm animals and guess their names. Click on the slide to get the correct answer. The PPT is  made both for preschool children and beginners.

Guess the Animal Sounds

Based on the game played on Jimmy Fallon. 

Two teams are created and players have to give their team or partner a one word hint in the hopes that they guess the password. If they don't 1 of 5 points is deducted and it's the next teams turn. Both teams go back and forth until one person guesses the password or points get to zero.

Good for word association and getting kids to use an array of vocabulary.

Password Game for Two Teams

Presentation for kids. It's a game for kids (fun activity). You can use this worksheet to memorize new words (Back to school).

This downloadable printable is a great resource for elementary school at Beginner (pre-A1) and Elementary (A1) level. It is aimed at teaching vocabulary about sschool in English, and was designed for strengthening your students' Spelling, Reading, Listening and Writing skills. The exercises come with the solutions.

Back to School Objects and Places

Use this game to practice vocabulary for instruments. Remove the harder ones and adjust for your own classes. Can use it with higher level students and ask them to make a sentence with the word.

Instruments vocabulary - Pass the ball game

Game on slide 10. Teams choose an egg which is hyperlinked to a slide which an occupation picture and simple sentence. On the Occupation slide, click about 3 times until the angry bird with relevant points appears. Then click the HOME button to return to the game on slide 10. When ALL the eggs have disappeared, teams choose a bird at the bottom of slide 10.

Occupations (Angry Bird Points Game)

In this activity, students will engage in observation and deduction by analyzing pictures depicting various rooms in a house. They will use their visual cues to speculate not only on the type of room being depicted but also on the objects commonly found within each specific area of a house.

Fun Around The House

Reading with listening link,and several exercises to practice new vocabulary and grammar and listening. this could be also helpful for IELTS test to give students a background of advanced text.

History of the Coca Cola Company

Vocabulary – Clothing

Even though this lesson plan is geared towards working students, students of all backgrounds will appreciate this lesson plan about clothing. It features clothing-related vocabulary that is a bit more specific (collar, high heels), as well as useful adjectives to describe clothes. Also, this makes it a great vocabulary-focused lesson plan for intermediate-level students! Finally, this lesson goes perfectly with the third lesson in our Step-By-Step curriculum on Money and Shopping.

This practical, easy-to-use lesson plan is ready for your next online or in-person class. 

Don't forget to sign up for your FREE Off2Class teacher account,  where you can access the teacher notes that go with this lesson. 

As well, you can assign your students homework so they can review the subject content after class!  

While you’re there, have a look at our ESL Lesson Library!  Here, you’ll find hundreds of ready-to-teach lesson plans for all skill levels and subjects. Leave the hard work to us and spend more time teaching the subject you love!

Vocabulary - Clothing - An ESL/ELL Lesson Plan

Vocabulary – Jobs

In this lesson students can practice talking about vocabulary related to jobs, where jobs are performed and tools. Employed students or those looking for work will really enjoy this lesson! After teaching this lesson, check out our lesson plan A Day at the Office and allow students to put this new vocabulary in use.

This practical, easy-to-use lesson plan is ready for your next online or in-person class. 

Don't forget to sign up for your FREE Off2Class teacher account,  where you can access the teacher notes that go with this lesson. 

As well, you can assign your students homework so they can review the subject content after class!  

While you’re there, have a look at our ESL Lesson Library! Here, you’ll find hundreds of ready-to-teach lesson plans for all skill levels and subjects. Leave the hard work to us and spend more time teaching the subject you love!



Vocabulary - Jobs - An ESL/ELL Lesson Plan

Vocabulary – Food Introduction

This lesson plan introduces common food items like fruits, vegetables and other staples. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, most students love to talk about food, so use your creativity and turn this lesson into a communicative activity. This vocabulary lesson plan also pairs well with the unit Are you Hungry, which is part of Off2Class’s Step-by-Step curriculum.

This practical, easy-to-use lesson plan is ready for your next online or in-person class. 

Don't forget to sign up for your free Off2Class teacher account,  where you can access the teacher notes that go with this lesson. 

As well, you can assign your students homework so they can review the subject content after class!  

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Vocabulary - Food Introduction - An ESL/ELL Lesson Plan

Learning objective: BTEOTL, L will be able to describe a famous landmark in their city, region or country

Target comp: Interact, interpret, produce

Domains: Oral & Written.

Target structures: Adjectives / sequencers.

Materials: pictures, white board, listening script.



Cross cur comp: 

-Intel comp: He can understand verbal and non-verbal messages.

-Met comp: He can work on his own, in pairs and within a group.

-com comp: He can reinvest language in a real life situation.

-Pers and soc comp: He socializes through oral exchanges.



Core values: Being proud of the national heritage / openness to the world



Let's Visit London by Bougherara Zineb

In Vocabulary - Body, students will practice vocabulary related to major parts of the body (head, back, shoulders, knees, etc). They'll also practice how to use these words in simple sentences. This is a great introductory lesson plan for students of all ages and abilities. Keep it handy, as it also makes for a great warm-up or review activity!

This practical, easy-to-use lesson plan is ready for your next online or in-person class. 

Don't forget to sign up for your free Off2Class teacher account,  where you can access the teacher notes that go with this lesson. 

As well, you can assign your students homework so they can review the subject content after class!  

While you’re there, have a look at our ESL Lesson Library!  Here, you’ll find hundreds of ready-to-teach lesson plans for all skill levels and subjects. Leave the hard work to us and spend more time teaching the subject you love!



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