A selection of English ESL printables with pre-intermediate (a2)

Students listen to the song 'Bloody Mary' by Lady Gaga, from the Netflix show 'Wednesday'. Then they fill in the exercises with the words they hear, put verses in the correct order and match halves of verses.

Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary - Song Listening Activity

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 - The stupid man and the 3 criminals

Ss have to guess the 5 history makers by asking questions to their partners (5 small groups).
Task 1: Ss prepare possible questions to ask their partners in order to guess the history maker. They CANNOT ask about the name. T can write the questions on board.
Task 2: T delivers each group an envelope that has a text with information and photos of the history maker.  Ss CANNOT show the pictures or the texts to the rest of the class. The idea is to guess. They CANNOT either say the name of the history maker. 
Task 3: Ss start asking 1 group the questions. If they know the answer, they have to write it on a sheet of paper. They CANNOT say it. They have to wait until everybody has written an answer or has no more questions. They continue with this dynamic until everybody has asked for the 5 history maker.
Task 4: Ss write their answer on board while the teacher monitors.
The grupo with more guesses, wins!


Guessing game with History Makers - Speaking

The worksheet has two exercises to revise vocabulary. Book we cover is Discover English 4, but it's good as a general revision of vocabulary as well. One exercise is gap filling with the hint, the other is multiple choice one.

Vocabulary 41 (General revision)

This worksheet contains exercises about food and drinks. There's a short passage with missing words that students must complete and some questions too. It's useful to revise vocabulary.

Food - revision of food and drinks

Quantifiers - some & any
This is the 3rd worksheet about the Taylor Family. See previous worksheets for other grammar points.

Background
This a a worksheet from a book that I created to help visual learners review grammar, learn vocabulary and practice speaking. The book is about a typical family who live in England. John and Sue are the parents of Emily and Peter. They live with their dog Barney. 

Introduction
This worksheet can help learners practice a number of different things, for example,
             - food vocabulary & containers
             - countable and uncountable nouns
             - there is/isn't, there are/aren't
             - has got/hasn't got
             - some/any
  
Task 1: Learners identify what items Sue has got in her fridge, i.e,
             'Sue has got some wine.' - 'Sue hasn't got any sausages.'
             OR
             Learners can say what there is/isn't, there are/aren't, i.e,
             'There is some wine.' - 'There isn't any milk.'
             'There are some eggs.' - 'There aren't any beans.'

Task 2: If you have a partner you can ask each other questions using any, i.e,
             'Has Sue got any wine.' Yes, she has./No, she hasn't.
             OR
             'Is there any wine?' - Yes, there is./No, there isn't.
             'Are there any beans?' - Yes, there are./No, there aren't.



The Taylor Family - some & any

Warm-up activity for any level. The teacher asks trivia questions, students try to answer them as quickly as they can. 

For example, Who painted MonaLisa? and etc. 

25 Trivia questions

Language level:	Pre-Intermediate (A2)+

Age group:	Teens, Adults, CLIL

Time:	30 minutes (+ follow up)

Skills focus:	Reading (+ writing follow up)

Topic:	Food & cooking

Grammar focus:	Imperatives

Materials:	Video & worksheet



You may want to actively involve students in following the instructions from the recipe :)

Western Spaghetti: An Unusual Recipe

Hey everybody, 

here is another worksheet especially made for the teachers that really want to express their love for Christmas. A little humorous story about Christmas and some true and false questions for the young ones to take part in the fun!

Oh it's that Christmas cheer, Picture description.

"Afterglow" is a song by English singer Ed Sheeran. Released on 21 December 2020, the song marks Sheeran's first single release in more than 18 months. An accompanying music video features a one-take performance by Sheeran with solo acoustic guitar accompaniment.



The song reached number-one in Israel and peaked within the top ten of the charts in ten other countries, including the United Kingdom (number two on the UK Singles Chart), Australia, and Switzerland. It also became Sheeran's 13th top ten on the US Billboard Adult Top 40, the most on the chart for a male solo artist.

Ed Sheeran - Afterglow 

Pink and Willow's song  cover me in sunshine

Fun end of the year activity you can watch the music video on youtube and sing along at the end

Listening comprehension multiple activities : fill in the blanks, reorder sentences... With key

Pink and Willow - cover me in sunshine

Today 3 - 6th grade. It is about planning holiday. You have two examples of children speaking about their holiday plans. It is divided into 4 paragraphs. The next step is for student to write sth on their own. 

Writing about holiday plans

Pre-intermediate (A2)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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40,033 Pre-intermediate (A2) English ESL worksheets pdf & doc