A selection of English ESL fce speaking printables

Advanced TEDed Video on The History of Marriage, Listening and Speaking

Vocabulary pre-teaching, True and False for gist, Gap-Fill for detailed listening and then post listening conversation questions. A key is provided

The History of Marriage TED ed

Have fun work in groups and try to guess the value of pieces of art. gradation of adjectives, points for discussion,



Have fun work in groups and try to guess the value of pieces o

Most expensive pieces of art - group work

Here comes the set of activities involving comparing holiday photos. The speaking activities are similar to FCE tasks. The first worksheet provides a list of most useful phrases and expressions commonly used to fulfil the task. It should be useful to all who need to compare any visual material. This is a two-page worksheet.

Holiday -Focus on Pictures-Intro

This worksheet aims at testing students' oral productive skills on the topic "Gender Issues". The preparation stage for the conversation involves students' elaboration on two mini-texts and precisely formulated guiding questions. In case of breakdowns in communication, these may of course be supplemented with additional ideas and questions by the teacher.

Gender Issues - Oral Exam

English Binomials and PDF worksheets. Must know phrases before English Exam. and expressions that are frequently used by native speakers of English. The word order of a binomial pair is usually fixed, and to use them in a different order would sound strange to a native speaker.

Binomial Pairs, English Expressions List, FCE Revision

This worksheet aims at testing students' oral productive skills on the topic "Dining as a Millionaire". The preparation stage for the conversation involves students' elaboration on two texts and precisely formulated guiding questions. In case of breakdowns in communication, these may of course be supplemented with additional ideas and questions by the teacher.

Dining as a Millionaire - Oral Exam

Main event in USA Can be used for a lesson of American History To set the basis on the main periods You can add titles to the timeline You can make students to talk about their own knowledge

USA TIMELINE

***Santa Claus is coming to town...***
Hi All!
I've created a great bunch of exercises about Santa Claus.
The ws contains:
- conversation questions about Santa
- Santa idioms
- Reading comprehension (FCE)
- Grammar exercise (FCE)
- Video exercise (What If Santa Really Delivered Presents in One Night?)
- Writing exercise (Write a letter to Santa)
- Speaking exercise (FCE)
The ws is suitable for B2 level.

Santa Claus FCE worksheet - 2023

A shorter version of my original phrasal verb worksheet but this time with only twelve examples and no story. However, there is a Wonderwall online game available as well as my Kahoot game. There is also bingo included, as are the answers. Have fun! Play the Wonderwall game from the link below https://wordwall.net/resource/8087940 Play the Kahoot game from the link below https://create.kahoot.it/details/2e59053b-a135-430b-a39f-03f9b138324d Also published on live worksheets, click below to do the task- 

https://www.liveworksheets.com/ya1421981kx



Phrasal Verbs about the Past - shorter version

General grammar exercises for various students with Polish instructions. All sentences refer to Christmas. You will find there:

a) passive voice

b) indefinite pronouns

c) conditionals (0/1/2)

d) comparison of adjectives

e) past simple vs past perfect

f) translation (Eng-Pol)



There is no solution as sometimes more than one option is accepted. You can print both pages using only one sheet of paper!



Perfect for both school and private lessons :)



If You have any comments, please, let me know. I'm still trying to improve my English. My exercises were not checked by any native speakers.

Christmas Grammar

The following song was chosen by the author because there is a variety of vocabulary  that can be explored to try to practise listening, reading, writing and speaking skills with the students. In the end of the exercise, teachers can ask a personal question about the song.



The Greatest Showman-From now on

Get some great tips for understanding English pronunciation. https://purlandtraining.com/2021/09/23/30-clues-for-predicting-the-pronunciation-of-words-in-english/

30 Clues for Predicting the Pronunciation of Words in English

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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123 FCE Speaking English ESL worksheets pdf & doc