A selection of English ESL back to the future printables

This is a reading comprehension about the film Back to the Future. There are a few comprehension questions and the last one I recommend to ask as homework, in order to elaborate an essay about the same theme as the film presents. The last question is related to the theme "if clauses", the second conditional. You may ask your students to follow that content.

It can be used for Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate students.

Reading Comprehension - Back to the future

This is a great movie and I'm sure every student will enjoy it. If you have the time, have them watch the first half the movie (this activity begins at about 00:11:00 into the movie until 00:41:00, half an hour). They're supposed to complete the questions using the present perfect form of the verbs given, and answer them as well. The last part of the activity may be done in pairs or groups, or assigned as homework. Have fun!!



(I've made this activity based on a similar one I've found on another website. If you are the author and have issues, please let me know and I'll remove it right away!)

Movie Worksheet: "Back To The Future" (Present Perfect)

Students have to write 10 questions to ask the Magic 8 Ball Pumpkin. They can ask yes/no questions like "Will I be a doctor when I grow up?" or "Do I have ten eyes?" The questions can be silly and fun. The matching video has an animated pumpkin that will reveal the answer after 60 seconds. (Students have 60 seconds to write each question before the answer is revealed). Link to video: https://youtu.be/ipCJlSkkwxU


The worksheet contains space for 10 questions and space for students to write the answers given by the Magic Pumpkin. This is a really fun activity and throwback to the retro Magic 8 Ball! Students will love it.

Magic 8 Ball Pumpkin Writing Game for Halloween with Video

It’s a very fun activity to do with a A2 B1 level. You need space and a good amount of students, let’s say more than 7. Read the instructions well and enjoy the activity! It can also be repeated. Leave an honest feedback, it is one of my most cherished activities and I’m eager to see if you also like it. 

FUTURE FORMS BE GOING TO PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT SIMPLE

Based on the worksheet by "dobrawaa" this board game should be used by 4 players to have an optimal experience.

To play this game you need to 2 dices and 4 small objects of the same colour for each player.

The objective of the game is to take the 4 pieces from your circle to the line of your colour in the middle, to do this you must place one of the objects on the starting arrow, roll the dices and advance the number of spaces obtained on the roll, each time a player lands on a space he/she has to say a sentence with the words written in that space, if the player fails s/he has to go back to his/her previous space, when you've moved through the entire board you get to access your own line, you win by getting your 4 objects to the line.

If you get the same number on both dices you can roll them again or move one of your objects outside the game into the board.

If another player lands into the same space occupied by an earlier player, the second player has to give a sentence with the words on the space, if the second player is correct the first player has to move his object from the board to his/her starting circle.

The small circle in the middle of the board is a shortcut, players can land on it by getting the exact number, if they are on the starting arrow they would need to roll a 5 to access the shortcut, to get out of the shortcut you need to roll snake eyes (1 & 1) or (6 & 6),  so the risk-benefit is quite high; if another player lands on the shortcut the first player is removed from the board and needs to roll the same numbers on the dices to get a new object on the board.



To make it easier to print in black and white printers each color has a different texture so that teachers can easily and unexpensively photocopy it.

Advanced future board game (Ludo)

A chart to illustrate the tenses for the modal verbs has to and have to. The present tense is particularly confusing for students, but necessary to learn as this is the most used modal of obligation. Could be laminated back to back with the must/mustn't chart found here:



http://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/must_and_mustnt/must--have/74016 



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Has/Have to Guide Classroom Poster

movie: Back to the Future, Ss will answer part 1 of the activity and then watch the rest of the movie to answer the part 2. The Students will practice questions using WILL.

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Worksheet on the various uses of "Will". Solution included - remember to fold back the bottom part of the second worksheet!

Will/Won't

Vocabulary Exercise
Task: In this exercise, students will match a list of vocabulary words to their definitions. However, both the words and definitions are scrambled, requiring students to work carefully to find the correct pairings.
Goal: This task helps students develop their vocabulary and learn new terms in context, improving their understanding of key concepts in the video.

Comprehension Questions
Task: After watching the music video "Are You Lost In The World Like Me?" by Moby and the Void Pacific Choir, students will answer a series of questions that test their understanding of the video. The questions focus on key scenes, themes, and the video’s portrayal of technology and society.
Goal: This task evaluates students' ability to extract relevant details and comprehend the deeper meanings and social commentary presented in the video.

Discussion Questions
Task: Students will reflect on and discuss a series of questions related to the video. These questions are open-ended and designed to prompt students to think critically about the video's message and relate it to their own experiences.
Goal: This task encourages students to engage in meaningful discussion, express their opinions, and practice speaking skills in a group setting.

CLOZE Exercise
Task: Students will complete a paragraph by filling in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words from the lesson. The missing words are related to key concepts explored in the video.
Goal: This exercise reinforces understanding of vocabulary and its usage in context while also helping students recall important terms from the video.

Are You Lost in the World Like Me? ESL Worksheet

A couple of exercises to practice the future perfect. There is a brief explanation (to save on students taking notes), a gap-fill, and then a speculation exercise. The answers for the gap-fill are at the back. Be warned, the speculation part mentioned a female pope, a world government, and a world religion, if this could be a problem where you work, you will need to alter it.

Future Perfect

Enjoy this wonderful song from the movie BACK TO THE FUTURE, by Huey Lewis & the News . As you listen, you do the various activities (fill in blanks, put in order, choose the correct word). Feel the power of love! 

LET´S SING: "THE POWER OF LOVE"

A shorter version of my normal phrasal verb projects although it has more games. Answers are on the back. There is also a bingo game and a snap game. This is for intermediate business English levels. I may add to this or do a more advanced version in the future. You can also play the Kahoot game using the link inserted to the bottom of the page. You can also assign it for the next month using this link https://kahoot.it/challenge/05622471?challenge-id=ef3b8af8-2b98-4cee-b0e3-cee9f33a45b8_1604226790542: 

The pin number to play it is 05622471. 

You can then check and see who did the best. These challenges can be reset once the time is up.

Phrasal Verbs for Marketing

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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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)

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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

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A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

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Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

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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

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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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27 Back to the Future English ESL worksheets pdf & doc