A selection of English ESL german printables

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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This worksheet is a gapfill exercise on quantifiers. Students have to find out whether the noun is countable or uncountable.

Suitable for German Secondary School from year 6.

Much or Many

Students have to fill in gaps using the correct tenses (Simple Past and Conditional I). 

Vocabulary focus: Florida

Gapfill/Grammar drill exercise.

Appropriate for Year 8 (Revision in Year 9) of German High School.

Conditional II Florida

this activity is a pair work in two parts. First one pupil ask a classmate if he speaks, reads, understands or write English or French; then he asks if someone in his friend´s family speaks German or Spanish. For example: does your mum speak German ? Finally he can report to the class 

what laguage do you speak ?

This engaging and educational worksheet, "Exploring Einstein: A Journey Through His Life and Legacy," is designed for young learners around the age of 11 who have recently completed their Flyers exams. It presents a simplified biography of Albert Einstein, detailing his early fascination with science, major contributions such as the Theory of Relativity, and his impactful personal life. Through concise sections and straightforward language, it covers key events from his birth in Germany to his later years in the United States. The worksheet includes comprehension questions to test students' understanding and encourage them to reflect on how Einstein's curiosity and values shaped the modern world, making it a valuable resource for learning English while exploring historical and scientific themes.

Exploring Einstein: A Journey Through His Life and Legacy

Fill in an adjective or adverb

Students have to decide whether to choose an adjective or adverb.

Gapfill exercise/ Grammar drill

Appropriate for Year 6/7 German High School

Adjective or Adverb5

Change the adjective into an adverb

Students have to fill in the correct form of the adverb.

Gapfill exercise/ Grammar drill

Appropriate for Year 6/7 German High School

Adjective or Adverb6

This is a very easy gapfill exercise, Students have to decide whether a person or an object has to be replaced by a relative pronoun. This worksheet can be used on an elementary level in German Secondary School from year 6.

Relative Pronoun Easy

This worksheet is perfect for the pupils who learn Eglish and German. The students must match the German wordcombinatons with English ones. The worksheet contains the vocabulary which is used at the English lesson. Hope you find them useful.

Lessonactivities

This test assesses comprehension of "The Wish Ring," a folktale translated from the German by Anna Eichberg. There are vocabulary in context questions as well as questions on character, setting, plot, conflict and theme. There is also an extension activity, in which students write a paragraph about their own wish.

The Wish Ring - Vocabulary and Literary Analysis

Students have to fill in gaps using the correct tenses (Simple Present and Will-Future). 

Can be used as a short test.

Gapfill/Grammar drill exercise.

Appropriate for Year 7 (Revision in Year 8) of German High School.

Conditional I Tenses

German ESL students are asked to fill the gaps in the given conversation in which a secret agent tries to describe to a colleague back in headquarters where their suspect is going.

There are background graphics included that seemingly insist on losing their transparency between saves. A PDF upload option would have solved that, but here we are. So if a giant secret agent is staring you down from the page, blocking the actual text, try to get a hold of him with the mouse tool and reduce him to 80% transparency.

I realize that a set of solutions would come in handy, however I find myself too pressed for time right now to make one. So Godspeed, dear colleagues.

Giving Directions - a secret agent conversation gap fill exercise

Reading and Writing



This worksheet has some activities that center around the poem "Salutation to the dawn", supposedly written by the Indian author "Kalidasa", who lived some 2500-5000 years BC (the exact date is not clear).



The poem's message is about living each day mindfully and consciously so that you live and build a better life in general. I created the worksheet for a year nine ESL class in Germany.



It can serve as an introduction to poetry (poems don't have to ryhme) or as a filler activity because the poem is relevant for students' life as in year 9/10 they get closer to finishing school and - hopefully - have some thoughts about their future. If they don't have any, maybe they will have after working on this poem...

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