A selection of English ESL printables with intermediate (b1)

list of symbols

It is a vocabulary task to practice spelling on the students ' books

vocabulary

Answer the questions about apples and figure out the missing word.

apple quiz

Fill in the blanks with the correct passive verb form

passive voice

I created these materials for young adults and adults. It is a fill-in-gap worksheet by listening to a song. The song sang by Tevin Campbell, which most probably none of your students would ever heard about, so, you will need to introduce him. To do so, I prepared a picture of the singer. It worked pretty good with my class, hope will do the same with yours. Please send some feedback. Thank you ^_^ 

Listening Lesson

Short/ long I 

This worksheet is designed for B1 level learners and introduces the idea of a hybrid future where schools and workplaces operate partly in virtual reality and partly in real life. The text presents a thought-provoking scenario where students and workers spend several days a week in VR using headsets and the rest in physical spaces. The reading is written in accessible language that engages learners while encouraging them to imagine what life could be like in 2035. It highlights the potential advantages such as saving travel time, reducing pollution, and providing exciting new ways of learning, while also raising important questions about health, social interaction, and the future of cities. After reading, students are guided through a structured set of discussion questions that move from first impressions to deeper moral, social, and environmental issues. The activity encourages critical thinking, opinion sharing, and debate, making it ideal for conversation classes. Students are invited to explore both the positive and negative sides of this imagined future, consider different perspectives, and finally make their own decision on whether such a system should be accepted or rejected. The worksheet combines reading comprehension with speaking practice in a way that sparks curiosity and meaningful discussion.

The Future of School and Work

A lively A2 reading and worksheet on the problems facing FIFA 2026, mixed up : PAST SIMPLE /PRESENT PERFECT futures: WILL/PRES CONT/ BE GOING TO Exercises on this grammar too as gap fill about the history of football and the future of football. My teens and young adults found it fun as a great revision of tenses, hope yours do too ? :-)

Reading : FIFA Football- mixed past and future tenses- current affairs

This is a RC activity that also contains a writing task. Students read a passage about a murder and answer the questions. Then, they write the ending of the story using the prompts.

Reading and writing - Who killed Dr. Russell?

This worksheet introduces students to the responsible use of AI in the classroom, comparing it to how we once learned to use Google. Designed for B1–B2 learners, it includes a reading text that explores how tools like ChatGPT can support learning without replacing critical thinking. The worksheet features vocabulary matching, comprehension questions, and a practical grammar activity where students interact with AI to better understand a grammar point they personally struggle with. Students are guided to write prompts, analyze helpful and confusing parts of the AI response, and reflect on their learning process. This resource encourages digital literacy, independent thinking, and curiosity—perfect for modern classrooms adapting to new technology.

From Google to ChatGPT – Learning to Use New Tools Wisely

Title: The Return of the Dire Wolf? – Reading & Speaking Worksheet (B1)

Description:
This B1-level worksheet is based on a short reading about the real-life dire wolf and the scientific efforts to bring extinct animals back using genetic engineering. It’s inspired by Game of Thrones but written in simplified language for English learners.

The lesson includes:

A 3-paragraph reading

Warm-up discussion questions

Vocabulary matching

Vocabulary gap fill

True/False comprehension

A structured speaking activity with opinion-based discussion

Perfect for conversation classes or lessons focused on science, animals, and ethical debates. Great for teens or adults who enjoy thought-provoking topics and pop culture references.

Target group: B1 learners, teens and young adults
Skills: Reading comprehension, vocabulary, speaking, critical thinking
Topic: Extinct animals, science & technology, opinions and discussion

the Return of the Dire Wolf

Reading lesson about police in Brazil going undercover in Power Rangers costumes to thwart criminals in Carnaval. Multiple choice questions that test critical thinking. Also has prompts for speaking and writing. https://eslfrog.com/power-rangers-brazil/

São Paulo Police Use Power Rangers Disguises to Stop Crime

Intermediate (B1)

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 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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