A selection of English ESL ability printables with finding specific information (scanning), reading comprehension

It's a reading comprehension on King Charles III. Students read the information and do the activities: True or false exercise and solve a cryptogram. . There's also an easy rhyme to learn. Answer key included.

King Charles III's Coronation

"Students read the text, constructed using the Present Perfect, and answer true or false questions." Short and Easy. "Students read the text, constructed using the Present Perfect, and answer true or false questions."

SAM AND HIS YEAR SO FAR

Exercises to practice present simple and present continuous and past simple and continuous. There's also a reading included with some questions to answer. 

Solutions not included. 

Present simple & continuous, past simple & continuous

This worksheet helps to understand and practice subject pronouns, object pronouns and possesives. It also contains an exercise which sould help to understad the difference between this is and there is versus these are and there are.



Pronouns and possesives

English Level Writing Task - Instructions and Explanation
Introduction
This writing task is designed to assess the English language proficiency of 12-year-old students. It is intended for students who are developing their writing skills in English as a second language (ESL) or who are in an English language learning environment.

The test aims to measure various components of language, such as grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, coherence, creativity, and expression.

English Writing Task

It's a worsheet on Gandhi: his life, his career, his achievements, people he influenced.
In the second paga of my work you can find a lot of activities to do.
Students can do a quiz, answer some questions, put some events in order, label words and pictures.

The leader of India's independent movement:Mahatma Gandhi

Practice test for students to study for the high school , it will be useful and worthy to everyone who wants to enroll in the specialized school . Wish you have the best entrance exam

Test for gifted students in VietNam (practice test)

This is a reading comprehension activity that focuses on how to express abilities and hobbies. Students read the text, choose the correct option in the given sentences, and answer the questions.

Abilities & Hobbies - Reading

The Worksheets has 3 sets of reading activities that has comprehension questions, spelling, matching and cloze which elementary students will find it fun and engaging.

3 sets of reading activities for ESL pre-levels

: Daddy Pig is taking the family for a drive in the country.
Daddy: Come on! Is everyone ready?
Peppa: Ready!
Mummy: Yes, Daddy pig, We're ready.  But the car isn't ready! Look how messy it is! Daddy: Oh, it's not too bad. You should see how messy it is inside!
Narrator: Daddy pig has some warm soapy water to wash the car.
Narrator: Daddy pig is washing the roof. Mummy pig is washing the bonnet. Peppa is washing the doors. George wants to wash the windows. But he is too little.
Mummy: Poor George. Let me help you.
Narrator: Oh, dear! George has dropped his sponge in a muddy puddle.
Mummy: I hope you will all keep this car clean today.
Peppa: Yes, Mummy pig.
Daddy: Yes, Mummy pig.


Peppa Pig - Dialogues - 9 Pages of Role Playing Practice

This worksheet is centered around David Pastrňák, a prominent Czech hockey player known as "Pasta." It provides a brief overview of his life, including his early interest in hockey, his career with the Boston Bruins, and his personal hobbies. The worksheet includes comprehension questions that cover various aspects of Pastrňák's life such as his nickname, favorite activities, dietary habits, and community involvement. It is designed to engage young learners in reading comprehension while also introducing them to a famous athlete's lifestyle and values. The questions aim to enhance understanding of the text and encourage students to reflect on how Pastrňák uses his talents and interests to influence and contribute to society. This worksheet is suitable for educational settings that incorporate sports figures to motivate and educate students.

Hockey and Heart: Learning with David Pastrňák

Reading Comprehension Level 1. Worksheets includes: Reading Comprehension Questions, Cloze, Spelling, Sentence Structures. Yes and No Questions, Vocabulary, and Grammar.

Shopping for a Car

Finding specific information (scanning)

Ability

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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