A selection of English ESL british words printables

Students test their vocabulary and grammar skills. Test contains: 

1. Reading comprehension,

2. numbers, 

3. odd word out, 

4. colors, 

5. BE, 

6. vocabularies about animals and clothes. 

Test your knowledge 

A dominoes match up game. Students have to choose the words with the same meaning. 

British and American slang

Another short worksheet in the form of a dice game that should prove useful in extending the range of students when they want to express obligation. Some expressions are formal and others are not quite so formal. 

Ways to Express Obligation

When to use PRESENT PERFECT in English? Here is a very useful list of "helping words" with present perfect, some example sentences for students are also included.

PRESENT PERFECT - helping words

This worksheet is perfect for elementary school children. This exercise is adapted to learners who use Supermind textbook. It can also be used for other learners. Grammar focus of common nouns and vocabularies as well as sentence building is key to the focus of this simple tasksheet.

Things in the living room and kitchen

The last in a series of 5 in all This one has random words with the letters "tt" and "op" in them which the students need to choose from a given list. There are other activities like connect the related words, has got sentences with food, matching sports to the equipment and a what would you find in different places activity in the end. The key is included. Hope you find it useful. Thank you! :)

Spelling and vocabulary 5

It's a great and fun prononciation game. Students prepare a phone number (or any other 10 digit number) and then take it in turn and read it to the class...BUT, only using the words, not the numbers!! The rest of the class has to write the numbers they think they heard. The teacher plays too, to make sure of the prononciation.



I usually just write it on the wall and do not print one sheet for every student. Let's save some trees :)



I didn't create this game but found it on a website. I just created the worksheet and added the "life" and "thought" tables to work on the tough sounds for my French students.

I hope you enjoy this!

PitPatPut Prononciation Game

This is designed to practise the forms of \'to be\'. It includes Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous and Past Continuous. It is understandable for an elementary student. It is also useful for B1 students. 

\'Be\' forms. Present and Past. 

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This new year-themed English resource asks students to underline the word that is spelt correctly.

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Correct Spelling - New Year Vocabulary

Review of lexis related to schools and the classroom. Complete sentences based on a reading text. A wordsearch exercise and two crossword puzzles about school. Review of classroom instructions. Overview of subjects. Matching words to obtain school rules. Writing two descriptions based on fact files. Complete a dialogue between a pupil, his teacher, and an English guest. Consolidation of prepositions of place. Describe the position of items in a picture. Identifying school objects and the items inside a schoolbag in a picture. Answering True False questions about a picture of a school bag. Answering why-questions about the school objects in a school bag.

M5 S1 Let's Visit Aly's School - Extra Practice Worksheet #2

A short exercise to look at different vocabulary, some of the words are Spanish cognates and false cognates. There is a practice page as well. The quiz can be done in teams. The answers are on the back.

What does it mean 4

This game can only be played with even numbers. 

If you have a group of odd numbers then you should join in the game to make up the numbers.

Print out the cards and laminate.

For a game of two players just give them a pack of 1 each. 

Groups of four shouldn’t be a problem.

Players put their cards in front of them face down.

Players take it in turns to place a card in the middle, word side up – without looking at it first.

When the card lands in the centre of the table, all the players should say the word.

If a card lands on top of a card that has the same meaning somebody must say “snap!” to win that round.

After saying snap, the winner must say a sentence for both words correctly.

The winner then takes all the cards in the centre and places them next to their pile.

The winner of the game is the last person left with all the cards.



American and British English Snap Game

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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