A selection of English ESL bbc printables

A worksheet to use with a BBC video presenting the biggest political parties in the UK. The students watch the video and are asked to answer questions and to match the names of the politicians with their parties

British Elections 2015

This worksheet is based on a short BBC video about the escape of an octopus from a New Zealand aquarium. There is a vocabulary matching exercise as a pre-listening activity, a True/False comprehension exercise, a grammar exercise (students are given the transcript and are asked to put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense, active or passive) and finally there is a trivia quiz about octopuses. Answer key included. 

Octopus Escapes from Aquarium

Father's Day

This worksheet teaches Ss to create a recipe using cooking verbs, instructions, phrases, ingredients, weights and measurements. The lesson should enhance writing and listening skills in particular.



Video link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mary_berrys_perfect_34317



Ss should fill in the blanks while watching the video, then they need to put the directions into sequential order using a-e.



Ss will then create their own recipe. Brainstorm and elicit ideas before you begin. This can be completed individually or in groups!

Create a Recipe - Cooking Verbs

Hey  Teachers!



I recently published a lesson plan on Fluentize based on a short informational news report from BBC Ideas on veganism and what would happen if everyone in the world became vegan. 



I would say this lesson plan is probably most suitable for upper intermediate (B2) students.



In order to view the video, please visit the lesson page on Fluentize via the link below.



https://app.fluentize.com/lesson/veganism



You can also download the full lesson plan directly from Fluentize with all of the post-viewing activities for free.



As you'll see in the lesson plan, students discuss topics and questions related to video veganism, depending on whether they are vegan or not. Students also learn some of the important compound words they'll hear in the video such as livestock, greenhouse gases, and biodiversity. There are also some really useful phrasal verbs presented in the video, which is why I decided to features some activities on them. These include phrasal verbs such as account for, take up, and cut down.



There is a short grammar activity on second conditional, which seemed to be pretty prevalent as a grammatical theme in several cases throughout the video, including...



"If we all became vegan, greenhouse emissions would be slashed.”



"If everyone in the world ate a vegan diet, around 8 million deaths could be avoided by the year 2050”



You can follow everything up with additional discussion (agree / disagree / partially agree or disagree) based on the following topics...



- It’s natural to eat animals.

- Vegans have healthier lifestyles than those who eat meat.

- It’s wrong for vegans to push meat eaters towards becoming vegans.



From the creator’s standpoint, my favorite part of the lesson is the writing topic right after the agree / disagree topics, in the middle of Post-Viewing 3, in which students have to think from the perspective of a cow, and write a message to humans expressing support for veganism. A little silly, sure, but a fun one that will get students thinking in a creative way!



I hope you have a great lesson exploring the topic of veganism and climate change with your students! I've attached the full materials for the printable, interactive, and teacher's guide below.



Thanks!



Jake from Fluentize

What If Everyone In The World Went Vegan? - ESL Lesson Plan

This is a conversations lesson that follows "The flatmates" (see the BBC site), and is my lesson no.3 used with school teens  (when "Pub" lessons may frowned upon by parents).  I am new at "writing lesson plans", so it may evolve as I go along.  Many of you produce great lesson plans, thanks for your contributions!

At the Cafe' / Restaurant

Worksheet based on a BBC learning Elementary podcast (I've edited the audio file and printed the QR code to access it). Gap fill activities + hidden words + vocabulary exercises.

introducing people

Hi Everyone!

I've made an interesting debate topic (and reading exercise) about eating alone and its effect on our diets. My creation is based on mainly Guardian and CNN articles. 

 Table for one - how eating alone is radically changing our diets

Video link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOBvRs4btvE



Cover of a song by The Pogues (1988) by Ed Sheeran and Anne Marie, live on BBC Radio in December 2017.

Original lyrics have been softened a bit for airing on the BBC it seems...

It's a Christmas classic, although it's about a love relationship ending in bitter resentment...

Students fill in the sheet while watching the video.



Christmas song - Ed Sheeran - Fairytale of New York

This is a worksheet using the website BBC good food

SS use the website to answer questions. There are 3 levels to the worksheet-

EME- lowest level

CON-middle level

EST- highest level



This is designed so mixed groups can work on the same topic.



Please check for spelling errors and enjoy ;)

recipes (using online resources)

Follow the links included in the worskeet, watch, listen and work with advanced vocabulary about solstices, equinoxes etc. 

Links from BBC, National Geographic and English Heritage

Key included

Summer Solstice at Stonehenge

Students watch the video ( from BBC Learning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxnEuj1c0sw ) and fill in the missing health-related key words and phrases. Can also be used as a starting point for a more general discussion on the topic of staying healthy.

Health - What Do Humans Need To Stay Healthy? - Video Activity

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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145 BBC English ESL worksheets pdf & doc