A selection of English ESL printables with intermediate (b1)

This worksheet focuses on practicing passive voice in all grammatical tenses. The exercises include sentence transformation as well as asking for underlined words (question formtation).

Passive voice - statements and questions

Reading comprehension lesson about the famous 1975 film "Jaws" and how it changed the way people see sharks. Includes multiple choice questions and prompts for speaking and writing.

Jaws Movie Turns 50

This A2-level worksheet focuses on the past perfect tense, using the context of sports legends who passed away too early. Students will read about iconic athletes like Johnny Gaudreau, Kobe Bryant, and Diego Maradona, while learning how to form and use the past perfect to describe accomplishments before a specific event in the past. The worksheet includes comprehension questions, a detailed grammar explanation, common mistakes, and practice exercises to reinforce understanding. A task-based writing activity encourages students to use the past perfect in a meaningful context by writing short biographies of famous athletes. Perfect for reading comprehension and grammar integration.

Sports Icons Who Passed Away Too Early: past perfect tense

This worksheet on "The Impact of Father Figures on Child Development" is designed for intermediate-level English learners, providing engaging and accessible content to help students understand the significant role of fathers and male role models in a child's life. It offers simplified language and clear explanations to discuss the emotional, social, and academic benefits of having an involved father figure. The worksheet includes a variety of discussion and debate questions, encouraging students to think critically and express their thoughts on the topic. These questions cover the importance of father figures, the support for single-parent families, and the societal impacts of father absence, making the content relevant and thought-provoking. Additionally, the worksheet features statistics to provide a factual basis for the discussions, helping students to connect the information with real-world implications. The inclusion of reflective questions about personal experiences also allows for a more personal and relatable discussion. This resource is ideal for teachers seeking to foster meaningful conversations, improve critical thinking skills, and raise awareness about family dynamics in their classrooms. The accompanying modern art depiction of a father and child further enhances the worksheet's visual appeal, making it an engaging and educational tool for language learning.

The Impact of Father Figures on Child Development

This worksheet provides an overview of Lionel Messi's illustrious football career and his contributions both on and off the field. It covers his early days and development at Barcelona's La Masia, his significant achievements with Barcelona, including multiple La Liga and UEFA Champions League titles, and his high-profile transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. Additionally, it highlights Messi's reserved personal nature, his philanthropic work through the Leo Messi Foundation, and his role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Finally, it discusses his triumphs with the Argentine national team, culminating in victories at the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.


Speak about Lionel Messi

Print off and cut up one set of cards per group. Put the students in groups of 2-4. Students deal the cards evenly between group members. Each player must only look at their top card. Decide which player will go first. Play can happen in two ways:

Straight game - Player chooses an attribute of their animal that they think will beat their group mates. Read out the number. Other players read out their numbers for corresponding attribute. The player with the highest number gets one point. This player can choose the attribute on the next turn. Players can then discuss and compare the attributes of each animal using comparative and superlatives.

Discussion - Each player names their animal and the group discusses which attributes they think will be strongest for each animal. Then the player whose turn it is must make their decision on which attribute to choose. This method may involve more use of language and practice of comparatives and superlatives. The highest number gets one point as above.

Remember this is also a QR code activity, so you could save yourself the time and paper and have them do it on their smartphones. Visit english-able.com for QR codes and a lot more like this.

Animal Top Trumps

The press (our findings show) 2nd term examination 1as, reading comprehension activities plus grammar related to the unit, phonetics and writing a report activity

The press (our findings show) 2nd term examination 1as

The worksheet focuses on persuasive speech. Objectives: To develop an understanding of the different types of persuasive appeals and involvement strategies used in a persuasive speech. As students watch a video clip from the ‘Rings of Power’ series showing Sauron’s key speech, they try to identify the types of persuasive appeals and involvement strategies used by the speaker. As a follow-up activity students choose a different persuasive speech and analyze it using the same questions and share their findings with the peers in a group discussion or class presentation.

PERSUASIVE SPEAKING. Types of Appeal and Persuasive Techniques (based on Sauron’s Speech)

This test will be helpful and useful for teachers who work with gerunds and infinitives, and need to teach their students to use this grammar rule and make sentences correctly.

Gerund and to-infinitive

This worksheet aims at helping students improve their understanding and use of English phrasal verbs. Students work individually to do the exercises and then work in pairs to compare & check their answers.

Phrasal Verbs Exercise

A worksheet containing several reading comprehension exercises + explanation and exercises on make (causative). Answers on page 3. It's fully editable. Hope it helps.

The Comp Card - reading comprehension + causative (make)

A short worksheet and basic game to help students find alternatives to the word "say" in reported speech. They should all work with the sentences that are given, but you will need to explain that the verb "announce" is normally used for giving news to people.

Alternatives to Say: Indirect Speech

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

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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