A selection of English ESL printables with intermediate (b1)

When looking for some current information concerning the English language, I was provided with an interesting article about "evolving English", so I am posting it right now. It is really good as a reading exercise + students can have fun trying to guess which of the words/phrases in the chart below exist/don´t exist. Unfortunately, teachers always have to find the solutiosns beforehand. 

Evolving English

Song 

Tenacious D - Tribute

This is a reading activity. Students read a passage about the Celts, complete the summary with the missing words, create sentences with words from the text, answer the questions, and create other sentences using scrambled words. A2-B1. Key included.

Reading - The Celts


This is an easy reading passage (A2–B1 level) about tariffs, what they are, and how countries have used them in the past. The text includes examples like the U.S.-China trade war, the Great Depression, and modern uses of tariffs. It is followed by comprehension questions to check understanding and discussion questions to get students speaking and sharing opinions.

Suitable for high school students, young adults, or anyone learning English with an interest in real-world topics and global issues.

Created for EFL/ESL learners. Works well as reading practice, speaking warm-up, or even for pair work and projects.

Target language includes vocabulary related to economics, politics, and trade (e.g., tariff, import, local business, trade war, free trade). The worksheet focuses on reading, speaking, and vocabulary skills.

Estimated time: 30–45 minutes.

What Are Tariffs and How Have They Been Used in the Past

This is a conversation-based EFL activity designed for preteens at an intermediate language level. It explores the future possibilities of Minecraft, encouraging students to imagine and discuss potential game updates, such as smarter mobs, virtual reality gameplay, infinite dimensions, and time travel features. The activity includes engaging discussion questions that prompt students to express their opinions, describe their ideal game updates, and debate different features. It helps improve speaking skills, creativity, and vocabulary related to gaming and technology. This lesson is ideal for fostering interactive and dynamic discussions in a fun and familiar context for young learners.

The Future of Minecraft

The worksheet is focused on the topic of the generative AI, namely the emerging technology of  text to video used in the film industry. The worksheet includes a lead-in discussion, vocabulary matching exercises, and listening comprehension activities based on short videos related to the topic. The main objective of the worksheet is to introduce students to the concept of the potential impact generative AI  can have on film industry, while also encouraging critical thinking about the benefits and risks associated with this emerging technology. The worksheet contains new words and phrases related to film industry and  underlying technologies, providing an opportunity for learners to improve their language skills in an engaging and interactive way. The worksheet is designed for intermediate to upper-intermediate level learners who are interested in technology  and filmmaking. Overall, this worksheet can be a great tool for language learners to develop their language proficiency while also gaining knowledge about an exciting  topic of AI.

Is AI the future of movie-making?(Video-based woksheet: listening and speaking)

he provided text discusses various aspects of the FIFA World Cup, covering its history, format, notable teams and winners, viewership statistics, and preparations for the upcoming 2022 tournament in Qatar.

Historical Background:
The text begins by introducing the FIFA World Cup as an international football competition organized by FIFA, occurring every four years since 1930. It notes exceptions during World War II when the tournament was not contested.



The FIFA World Cup

In this crossword puzzle, your students will be able to learn about the American electoral system and all the vocabulary related to it (20 important words). The keys are on the second page.

American Electoral System Crossword Puzzle

This worksheet will allow you to test your students´ knowledge of prepositional phrases with FOR. They will have to complete 23 sentences with the correct prepositional phrase (for fear of, for luck, for instance, for good, etc...) chosen from a list. Answer sheet provided. Enjoy !!

Prepositional Phrases with FOR

This is a short grammar activity to help students learn how to use confusing conjunctions [By, Until, During, While, For]. It includes a gap fill activity, grammar explanation, and solutions. 

Confusing Subordinating Conjunctions

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)

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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