A selection of English ESL video quizzes with business/professional students

Business/professional students

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

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)

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

In this video quiz students fill in the missing past simple irregular verbs. 20 gapfill questions to practice grammar.

These are quick questions where students need to fill in only one word, but still I'm a bit unsure whether 20 questions are OK or too many. So I would appreciate your feedback about it. Also, if you wish to have fewer questions, just Copy & edit the video lesson (find button below the video screen) and edit out as many questions as you want.

DISCLAIMER:
Contains brief moments of nudity. Maybe you disapprove of this. Maybe you would also never show Michalengelo's David or Goya's Nude Maja in your class. That's your choice. I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you are in such a rush that you don't have time to watch the entire video before using it in class. So please don't blame me if you didn't read this disclaimer and then you felt embarrassed in class.

Job Interview (20 Irregular Verbs in Past Simple)

Answer the questions correctly using present perfect or past simple according to the scene. 

Big Bang Theory - past simple and present perfect

Watch and discuss the questions about the moral code automated cars should have. Go to https://eslbrains.com/the-ethical-dilemma-of-driverless-cars/ for full lesson plan with useful vocabulary and idioms related to expressing opinions.

Ethical Dilemma of Driverless Cars

In this task, students must choose the correct tense while keeping in mind the differences between present simple and present continuous.

Disney Short Film: Present simple vs present continuous

The task is to brainstorm jobs that the characters in the short film would be better off doing instead of their own. Students need to think of jobs according to the instruction in each question, e.g. "Suggest a more meaningful job for this man related to electricity."

You can have a competition among pairs or small teams: let's see who can brainstorm more relevant occupations for each question. Or you can have each pair or team just think of one or two possible professions.

This video quiz was prepared to fit into Kieran Donaghy's lesson plan for this short film on FilmEnglish: http://film-english.com/2017/03/21/the-employment/

The Employment - Short Film (Brainstorming Professions)

There are 10 tricky grammar exercises focusing on the differences of active and passive voice. Active and passive voice sentences are mixed, featuring 13 higher level verbs. All the sentences are derived from the content of the video. The wrong sentences are either grammatically incorrect or are grammatical but don't make sense (don't add up logically). Therefore, to make the right choice, students not only have to filter out ungrammatical options, but also interpret what has been said in the video, while getting right the usage of the advanced verbs in the exercise. This triple cognitive task is what makes this exercise challenging for B1-B2 level students. 

Although the scientific theories are explained in plain language in the video, I would not recommend it below high school level. As for the language proficiency level, this lesson is most suitable for B2-C1 level.

TedEd: Why We Dream (Passive or Active Voice?)

Discussion and vocabulary lesson about the phenomenon of filter bubbles and how it narrows our perspective. It's a part of a B2 ESL lesson plan,  full lesson plan is available at https://eslbrains.com/filter-bubbles/

ESL Brains - Filter Bubbles Online

This video lesson revises verb + infinitive and verb + gerund combinations: forget, remember, try, go on, regret and stop. These verbs can be followed by either an infinitive or a gerund, but their meaning changes depending on the verb pattern. 

This grammar topic is most likely covered at Intermediate (B1) or Upper-Intermediate (B2) level.

The accent of the actors is American English. Everyone can be understood, except for Milton, the weirdo coworker, who is slurring his words.

Recommended Pre-task:

Watch a short video explanation of verbs plus gerund /verbs plus infinitive and their different meanings: 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s1htxRUiLNk

Office Space: Did You Get the Memo? Verb+Infinitive or Gerund - Different Meaning

verbs used: get, go, have, leave, not like, make,verbs used: get, go, have, leave, not like, make

Simon's Cat - Fish Tank - Past Simple

In this video students will revise the present perfect simple and continunous tense. 

Snack Attack - Present Perfect Simple/Continuous

Students must select the correct alternative or unscramble the sentences about the use of may and might as modals of possibility or speculation.

May and might (possibilities and speculation)

Students watch a part of the episode and answer questions about the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous. 

Present Perfect Simple vs Continuous - The Rooster (Friends)

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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: 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)

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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