A selection of English ESL printables with intermediate (b1)

you roll the dice and where you get you need to see if the sentece needs to be correct or not

correct or not

This material will be useful and helpful for teachers who teach  English grammar and want to revise knowledge and practical skills of using Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Future Simple

Grammar Revision: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Future Simple

This text is suitable for young learners or students with learning difficulties, elementary to pre-intermediate level. The students have to read the text and answer the questions.

Easy reading - Rabbit

 This worksheet practices the comparative of adjectives. Useful for different age groups. The students look at the pictures and compare the two items using the given adjective.

Adjectives - Comparatives

This is a great quiz to revise/practise Christmas vocabulary and question forms in the run-up to or just after Christmas. Students work in pairs against other teams in the class and then write their own quiz questions to ask the teams.


You can find the pdf version which includes the teacher’s copy with solutions here:


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This is most suited to B1 / B2 level students. We also have an A1/A2 version and a C1/C2 version.


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Christmas Quiz for B1/B2 level

Learn or revise 15 common business idioms.
EOW, QA, WFH, AR, KPI, etc,
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct acronym from the list below.
Exercise 2. Answer the questions.


15 COMMON BUSINESS ACRONYMS

This worksheet is designed for A2-B1 level learners and focuses on teaching modals of probability (may, might, could) through a fun and engaging context—Rock, Paper, Scissors. The lesson begins with a practical warm-up where students play the game and report their findings, followed by vocabulary exercises, comprehension questions, and grammar practice. The grammar section dives deep into when and how to use modals of probability, including common mistakes and correct usage. The lesson employs Presentation, Practice, Production approach, allowing students to understand the grammar point thoroughly before moving on to production tasks. The final part of the lesson uses Task-Based Learning (TBL), where students predict outcomes of another round of Rock, Paper, Scissors using modals, and then discuss whether their predictions were correct. This worksheet not only reinforces grammar skills but also encourages strategic thinking and practical application in a fun, interactive environment.

Rock, paper, scissors (may, might, could)

Reading comprehension exercises. This worksheet has exercises where students must extract specific information from the text as well as reflection questions.
The last exercise consists of a written production.

Future Tenses Reading & Writing

This worksheet, "Haunted Artifacts and Paranormal Relics," is designed for intermediate to advanced EFL students (CEFR level B2-C1) to practice reading, vocabulary, comprehension, and discussion skills through the fascinating theme of haunted artifacts. The worksheet features a reading passage that describes three famous haunted artifacts: the Hope Diamond, the Annabelle Doll, and the Dybbuk Box. Students will engage in a variety of activities including warm-up questions to spark interest and activate prior knowledge about paranormal objects, a reading passage with highlighted vocabulary words to help students learn new terms in context, and a vocabulary matching activity where students match highlighted words from the passage to their definitions. Additionally, true/false questions are included to test students' understanding of the passage, comprehension questions to encourage deeper analysis and comprehension of the text, and discussion questions to foster critical thinking and speaking skills, allowing students to share their thoughts and experiences related to the paranormal. This comprehensive worksheet is ideal for enhancing English language skills while exploring eerie and intriguing topics.

Haunted Artifacts and Paranormal Relics

task 1 : Unscramble the words to make correct sentence 
task2 : Put the verbs in brackets into the correct trense 
task 3: What do the sentences mean 
task 4: Complete the dialogues with the simple present tense or the future simple tense 
task 5: Supply the punctuation and capital letters 
Task 6 : Complete the sentence with your own words 

citizenship & community (conditional 1)

Throw the dice, go to the corresponding square and answer 3 questions about it. It's designed for pre-intermediat students to develop conversation skills and communicate more effectively.

Places in the city - boardgame

You will watch a short animated movie and answer questions as you go along relating to the story.  Make predications and discuss with others about what the story means and the message behind it.

Wire Cutters Movie and Discussion

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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