A selection of English ESL printables with intermediate (b1)

Here some fascinating facts about this prominent political figure and progressive icon who is one of the first women to be appointed to the US Supreme Court.This worksheet contains a text, wordlist, some exercises and keys. Hope you and your students will like it. If you want such worksheet based on other themes, please write me. Enjoy)) 

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Note: Interview audio link provided WITHIN the document or at the bottom of this description.



Here Students digest information by listening to the audio/podcast interview, and answering questions - just like a normal reading Comprehension worksheet.

The questions are divided within 3 columns of difficulty (I used them for students of differing level within same class - putting the names of each). 

There are no lines for writing as this is intended to be used for an online class screen sharing. 



To use this, simply screenshare the document in one half of the screen and the Soundcloud window in the other to rewind any misheard parts. Make sure you are also sharing the sound in your screen share (in Zoom Meetings this would be ticking the "Share sound" box when choosing what to share).

I have not found any seek options on mobile so it's recommended to use a computer to do this exercise. 



In the audio, a man interviews an Indonesian girl about food in Indonesia - what they eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner. The girl is in school and eats healthier foods than most Indonesians.

There is also some local food mentions.





Links:

Soundcloud (no script) : https://soundcloud.com/elllo-todd/1409-warudi-indonesian-food

ELLLO : https://www.elllo.org/english/1401/1409-Warudi-IndonesiaFood.htm

(with script, for double checking or accomodating hearing problems) : 



This is my first comprehension work, especially with a listening medium. Feedback is appreciated!

Food In Indonesia Interview Listening Comprehension (ELLLO)

The Middle- Spring Cleaning

Season 2 Episode 18

This series is amazing and fun to work in class.

The first activity consists of some questions that students can solve while or after they watch the episode. (simple present and simple past)

The second activity is for students to order the scenes chronologically and to talk about them.

Hope you enjoy this! There's a lot of hard work behind this! ;)

The Middle- Spring Cleaning

Students have to decide whether to use the Present Perfect or the Simple Past. The sentences contain signal words for the tenses.

Suitable for learners from year 7 in German Secondary School.

Present Perfect or Simple Past 4

https://youtu.be/wYqIHDXkWhk Copy and paste the link into your browser. A fast and fun warm-up activity for all ages. As some vocabulary and speed is needed, it is not suitable for beginners.

10 things

I use this exercise at the beginning of this week's lessons. Students get up when they agree to the statements and stay seated when they disagree. It only lasts about 5 minutes and students find out more about each other. 

true or not true autumn version

After teaching vocabulary from Best Teacher I Ever Had By D. Owen students should fill in the gaps in sentences. The missing words are given in a box. The story tells about a teacher who taught their students to use critical thinking even with their teachers and check the information they are taught. 

Best Teacher I ever had Vocabulary

My students often have trouble when attaching files to emails in English. This worksheet can be used as a simple classroom poster or can be used with the activities as a lesson/homework assignment etc. Enjoy! 

 How to Attach Email Files in English

his tale was based on the common lore of mangat. Mangat could be literally translated as ghosts. They were perceived to be the spirits of the dead that were stuck in the world of humans as these spirits were supposed to cross to the spiritual world. This story foretells on how a family led by their son copes with the presence of mangat in their village. This story was written by Sirhajwan Idek. This material contains several questions. It is also available in ESL Printables.

Mangat (The Lost Spirits)

This is a word search activity on the seven continents. Students find the words from the word bank at the bottom of the activity and circle them This can be used as a warm up activity.

Things In A Park

A song worksheeet to revise and practice past simple tense.  Complete the song by writing the verbs given in the past simple tense.  Listen to the song or check your answers with the key provided.  

Froggie Went a Courtin'

My students recently read a book on superstructures such as bridges, skyscrapers dams etc. As a way to review the vocabulary we learned I gave them this creative writing worksheet where they design their own superstructure.

Design your own building, bridge or superstructure

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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