A selection of English ESL how to contrast and compare in english printables

With this board game you can practise 'there is, there are' sentences in your classroom. It is also possible to use it to practise expressions with 'like' and 'don't like'. 

There is/are game

This ESL worksheet helps students to learn verbs and expressions related to daily routines.



Besides that, this activity lends them the opportunity to have more contact and learn those verbs in better while coloring, cutting and paste them in their notebooks.



Then they will write for every image at what time they do the particular activity.



They can contrast their daily routines with their classmates.



They can do the activity forming groups to share colors, scissors and glue for the activity.



As an extra for the activity, the can read aloud and listen to their classmates to tell at what time they do their daily routine activities, practicing telling the time.



They can practice BEFORE and AFTER prepositions.



(For more advanced level students) They can talk about how, where, why, when, who with they do the activities... (etc)

Daily routines - Color, cut and paste

This worksheet is designed to be used in conjunction with a YouTube video to practise the use of "comparatives and superlatives". Play the video using this link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfPGyb5pZpg   



There are a set of questions which can be answered by watching the video. All of the questions and answers require use of comparative and superlative adjective structures.



The activity should be done as a controlled practice or an activation task after the grammar structures have been taught. 



The answer key is provided. 



I hope your students enjoy it! :)





Student Instructions



1. Watch the video.

2. Read the questions before each clip. Try to guess the answers while talking to a partner.

3. Watch the clip carefully to find the answer.

4. Write the answers on the worksheet provided. 

5. Use comparatives (adj+er / more +adj) and superlatives (the adj+est / the most +adj) to answer the questions.



Comparatives and Superlatives - World Knowledge Video Activity

Students talk to each other. Describe what people are doing in two pictures and find out the differences

Speaking activity- find differences

This is an activity to have students identify the senses. The children have to cut out the pictures and paste them in the right place

The Five Senses

Complete the pop songs using comparative adjectives and then listen and check your answers.  Students can then sing the songs.  Print two worksheets to a page.  A key is given on the final page.

Songs to practice comparative adjectives

Perfect worksheet to practice the expression "Used to ". The exercise focuses on retelling information described in a present time to a past time. some exercises are designed to challenge students to identify and rewrite specific information.

Used to 

Actividad diseñada para que los alumnos puedan poner en practica los comparativos y superlativos con personajes populares del cine y la televisión, además de aprender al mismo tiempo más adjetivos para comparar.

Comparatives and Superlatives 

A simple addition worksheet for young children getting to grips with basic math. The objective is to count the planets, add them together and fill in the blanks. 

Space Addition 

This is a fun way to get students into pairs to practice reading, speaking, and listening, all while learning useful new vocabulary and common English questions.



It is aimed at Japanese high school level but could also work for Junior High School students.



I usually demonstrate this at the beginning by asking the whole class questions (majority rules), and don't reveal the personality types until the end.



Note: When students are in pairs, have one student read and the other simply listen. They can look at their vocabulary list or ask questions such as 'what is (word) in Japanese?'.

Personality Quiz! Reading, speaking, and listening activity.

Reciprocal Pronouns exercise.

This worksheet's objective:

1. To help students understand how to use reciprocal pronoun : each other, each other's, yourself, ourselves, myself.

Reciprocal Pronoun: each other, each other's, ourselves, myself, yourself, yourselves.

With this fun worksheet, your students will follow the instructions below to colour the clothes of these two characters, Peter and Lily. If they cannot read yet, the teacher can read the instructions aloud.

Colour the clothes

how to contrast and compare in English

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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