A selection of English ESL cats printables

Picture description oral activity and gapfill task for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners of English as a second language based on a cartoon depecting a marriage scene. 



You can have pairs of students take a try all on their own to describe the scene in speaking. You can collect a few ideas with the whole class after the first round. There are also some ideas included in the worksheet. Then you can repeat the task.



Then you can do the gapfill task with the students: they have to choose the right answer from 4 options. Grammar topics: past modals, present simple and present continuous. State verbs, like "seem". The gapfill task will also teach students a bunch of useful vocabulary to describe this particular scene and also for general picture description. KEY included for the gapfill exercise. 



Bless up, Kisdobos

Picture Description: Cure for my cat allergy (with KEY)

A short passage in which they have to put the prepositions of place back in. There is also a true or false section and a set of comprehension questions. Full key provided. 

Prepositions and past simple tense with Tulip the Cat

This worksheet is a great resource for teaching young learners. It is based on exciting cartoons "simon`s cat". The task is to look at the picture and complete the sentences, using is or are

Worksheets with simon`s cat - there is / there are

This picture story is  for young learners or students with learning difficulties. The students look at the pictures and  tell the story by answering the questions.


Picture story - The lazy cat and the clever mice

This worksheet is a great resource for teaching young learners. It is based on exciting cartoons "simon`s cat". The task is to look at the picture and make the sentences, using there is / there are.

This worksheet, titled *Paws and Claws: Exploring the World of Cats vs. Dogs*, is designed to engage students in a variety of language-learning activities centered around the theme of comparing cats and dogs. It includes vocabulary exercises where students match words like "independent" and "loyal" with their definitions, followed by tasks where they attribute these traits to either cats or dogs. The worksheet also features fill-in-the-blank sentences that reinforce understanding, as well as agree/disagree questions that encourage students to express their opinions using the new vocabulary. Additionally, students are tasked with writing the pros and cons of owning a cat versus a dog, helping them develop their writing and critical thinking skills. This comprehensive and interactive resource is ideal for intermediate-level students, offering a blend of vocabulary building, speaking practice, and written expression. Teachers looking to foster a fun yet educational discussion on pets will find this worksheet to be a valuable addition to their toolkit.

Paws and Claws: Exploring the World of Cats vs. Dogs (Speaking)

This engaging worksheet is designed to help B1 level English learners improve their reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. The article, "How Cats Became Our Clever Housemates," explores the amusing ways cats have charmed their way into human homes and hearts. The worksheet includes a variety of activities such as warm-up questions, vocabulary exercises, comprehension questions, and a creative homework task. The accompanying comical illustration of a clever cat entering a cozy home adds a visual element to make the learning experience enjoyable and relatable for students.

How Cats Finessed Their Way into Our Home Easy A2-B1

50 irregular past simple tense verbs! They put the stem (in brackets) into the past and thay are all irregular! A fun way to learn, or test, irregular past. I need a lie-down after this! I hope it will be useful. Key included - get them to mark each other's papers!

Jane the Fairy + Thomas the Cat - Reading Comprehension Gap Fill

A boy tells his story throughout this popular summer song. He uses the past simple, so this song is useful to revise this tense in class. 

Song: Summer cat, by Billie the Vision and the Dancers

This is a free B2 upper-intermediate level English listening lesson about idioms, generated using Cathoven AI tools. It includes listening exercises in various formats, along with the answer keys and explanations.

True/False questions
Multiple choice questions
Short answer questions

B2 Listening/Reading - Idiom: Let the Cat Out of the Bag

After reading a short story about a rabbit (Vainilla, her name is in Spanish) students have to answer some true or false questions. Also, they have to identify sentences in the present simple and continuous and answer questions using those tenses

Vainilla the Rabbit and the Sneaky Cat. Present simple and present continuous


 Read the story. 

 Notice the verbs in simple past tense (in bold). 

  Read the verbs in present tense (in the side panel). 

 Answer the questions using the verbs in simple past. 

 Check your answers at the bottom. 

A simple story using 'simple past' tense about a family vacation that only the cat enjoyed.

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)

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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