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

This worksheet introduces young learners to the daily life of a firefighter. It includes a simple, engaging story about their morning routines, responding to emergencies, and teaching fire safety. The story is followed by comprehension questions to test understanding. Additionally, a translation activity is provided with key vocabulary words and their Czech translations. This worksheet aims to enhance comprehension skills and expand vocabulary related to firefighters and safety.

A Day in the Life of a Firefighter- Young Learners

Another worksheet related to FAMILY. When we go on a family trip during vacation how do we enjoy or want to enjoy. After working on this, a nice piece of composition can be written. 

Family on Vacation (Reading Comprehension)

Complete the lyrics with the missing words while listening to the music. This Smash Mouth music talks a little about the global warming and is a known track from the movie Shrek.

Lyrics - All Star

This worksheet contains a picture showing a bank robbery. Students must look at the picture and say if the statements given are true or false. Then they must write suitable questions for the statements given below.

The Bank Robbery

You can use this worksheet with a specific Youtube video that has the same title. The link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz3FeSDWxvI . The video is made by Ace Cosplay channel. You can give a thumbs up to his video to support his work. 

Students are supposed to order, complete, and write affirmative sentences for this activity before and while watching the video. 

Present Simple third person -s - Day in the life of a Stormtrooper

Use this worksheet to recall the 3 simple verb tenses in English. It shows how the tenses differ and how and where to put the auxiliary verbs. I recommend that pupils complete and colour the words.

Time tenses summary - SIMPLE - future-present-simple

If you happen to charter the choppy waters of science - this speaking activity may not lead you straight to the lab, but it might be a good starting point. The worsheet has actually been designed for secondary school students where typically only a fraction displays a keen interest in the topic. These 10 simple questions will tell you, why :) 

Science - survey

I’ve always been interested in the story of Anne Frank and the Holocaust. Therefore, it’s always been part of the activities I’ve used in my teaching ,adapting it to my students’ ages and level.

This is a material I created last year for my 15 or 16-year-old students to be completed during confinement.



 I changed some words in the text on the first pages so that they could understand it better.

I set different goals and I must say these activities were so successful that some of my students decided to start reading the Diary of Anne Frank, and that was rewarding enough for me. There was another goal I set for them: by comparing Anne’s confinement and theirs it was easier for them to feel better, to realize our confinement was nothing compared to the Franks.

I think this material could still be useful, perhaps as a reflection on what happened last year or just as a way to let these young people know about this terrible event in history.

The activities were arranged in order so the students weren’t allowed to complete the next one until they got my “ok”.

Hope you like them



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A practice to develop topics with grammar about simple present. You can use to practice the correcto writing of every tv show explained in class. 

The student just have to write the correct name. 

 TV programs  

Not exactly a time machine, but if you work with elementary students, this activity might be a useful combination of grammar and speaking practice. Short and concise, it will allow you to add an extra word on prepositions + religious festivals and as well as some longer stretches of time. Still, you will be able to finish your lesson on the dot of the hour :) 

Prepositions of time - survey

En esta guía podrás practicar varios temas en ingles importantes a la hora de describir una imagen y expresar tu opinión a cerca de la imagen ( verb to be, present simple, present continuous, there is / there are). 

CALIPER - DESCRIBE THE PICTURE

Students improve their listening skills and learn about Covent Garden. This handout contains a pre-listening task, quiz (source - Jade Joddle), and after- listening activity. Finally, students also practice their speaking skills. 

Covent Garden

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

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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