A selection of English ESL printables with beginner (pre-a1)

The kids will have to color and to decorate the mug of hot chocolate with things like :straw, marshmallow, cream, or whatever they like. Also, they have to decorate the mug.

Hot Chocolate Mug

Gap fill activity - very slow listening exercise so maybe best for lower level learners - students listen to the audio (link supplied at bottom of worksheet) and fill in gaps using words at the bottom - solution is in YouTube description box

Layla's local area and future living plans

A simple crossword activity for students practicing SH words like SHeep and caSH. A great worksheet for the end of a phonics class. Students look at picture clues and fill out the words in the puzzle.

Crossword with SH sounds

Fill the blanks of the song. It's from Nico & Vinz. The name of the song is Am I wrong...

I gave the words, and you have to fill the blanks...!!!

Hope you enjoy this class

Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz

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Powerpoint 

Definition Worksheet 

A Pictionary  Vocabulary game 

A reading Comprehension  Activity

A reading Comprehension Questionnaire 

A summary Worksheet 



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This  is definition worksheet    Across Cultures: Attitude towards Children

This worksheet is for elementary students, you can do this activity as a review of verb to be, possessive pronouns (his/your) and easy adjectives (strong, handsome, long, cute, etc.) I hope you like this activity. Have a nice class.

Tarzan and Jane

1.	What colours can you find on flag of Britain? 

2.	Is Britain an island? 

3.	Write the full official name for Britain:

4.	Name all parts of Britain:

5.	Who is the queen of Great Britain?

6.	What is the name of her palace? 

7.	What is the capital city of Northern Ireland? 

8.	What is the capital city of England? 

9.	What sights can you find in London? Name at least four: 

10.	Write the name of one bridge in London:

11.	Write the name of one museum in London:

12.	Write the name of one park in London:

13.	Write the name of the river in London:



London - Test

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Тест

COUNTRIES. WHO? WHAT? PAST TENSE.

Worksheets that can be used as an alternative for the topics.

Illustrations. Questions and answers.

Can be used for oral and written speech.



COUNTRIES. WHO? WHAT? PAST TENSE.

COUNTING FROM 1 TO 10.

Can be used for teenagers and adults (younger years of college).

Counting rhymes, illustrations, simple sentences to read and translate. Can be used for asking and answering questions and describing the pictures.

COUNTING FROM 1 TO 10.

This worksheet brings young learners an opportunity to practice writing "I like xxx" in the first activity. Students guess who likes what animal and make sentences. 

"I like xxxx " writing practice Worksheet

Make your first lessons back to school fun and interactive with this Bingo game for ESL / EFL students!
Students practice speaking in the Past Simple tense while sharing what they did during the summer holidays. Perfect for warm-ups, icebreakers, and speaking practice at the beginning of the school year.

✨ How to Play

Each student gets a Bingo card with different summer activities.
On their turn, students choose an activity and say a sentence in Past Simple (e.g., “I went camping.”).
If they really did this activity, they cover the square.
The first student to get 6 in a row shouts BINGO!
The player with the most activities covered at the end is the winner.
Skills Practiced

✔ Past Simple verbs (regular & irregular)
✔ Speaking and fluency
✔ Listening and interaction
✔ Sharing personal experiences

What’s Included

Multiple Bingo cards (different versions for variety)
Word list with Present → Past Simple forms for teacher support
Teacher instructions with game variations

Perfect for

ESL / EFL / ELL classrooms
Back to School activities
Icebreakers and getting-to-know-you lessons
Small groups, whole class, or pair work

Back to School Bingo – Summer Activities | ESL Speaking Game

Beginner (pre-A1)

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

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: 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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26,333 Beginner (pre-A1) English ESL worksheets pdf & doc