A selection of English ESL ket vocabulary 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>

Get here and you are ready to study in English at university

This worksheet helps the learner understand basic terminologies used in the JOB market. A good exercise for all who are preparing for jobs and applying for jobs in English. It covers the basic vocabulary for any job in any job sector. A great worksheet for Adults too. The answers are in the footnote of the sheet and inverted.

Job Interview Vocabulary

This worksheets has many exercises. Firstly, students have to choose an idea for a business among some logos. They must discuss the advantages and disadvanges of each one. Secondly, they have to fill in a questionnaire about their business and new company. They will learn a lot of vocabulary related to business.


Then, they must present their idea to the rest of their partners using the answers from the questionnaire and, finally, they have to 'record' an advertisment for the local radio.


My students loved this activity. Hope yours like it too!


All the logos were taken from Google Images.

STARTING A BUSINESS. ENTREPRENEURS' PROJECT

It's a short test I've created for my 5th Grade students on the topic: family and superheroes. I made it to cover all 5 areas of language acquisition fields: reading, vocabulary, grammar, everyday English, listening and writing.

Grammar: use of have/has got, abilities (can/can't), the possessive 's or of the.

Vocabulary: members of the family, physical appearance and personality, activities. 

It has listening exercise included, which you may access on the link: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/describing-people. For the first exercise I used the official trailer of The Incredibles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZbzbC9285I.

It also includes a writing test, where they have to describe their favourite superhero, given the clues.

The Incredibles-progress check

This worksheet is great to train Past simple tense (there's writing short answers exercise and filling the gaps with past simple forms of words in brackets). There is also mixed-in free time activities and hobby vocabulary. 

Past simple + free time activities vocabulary

A word formation exercise for advanced students. The same words as in Word Formation 13B. Thirty sentences to be completed with the right form of the word in brackets. The sentences come from Tatoeba.

Word Formation 13B

Mystery shopping is a practice used by market research companies where a disguised customer makes a purchase in a shop to record their experiences afterwards. Here students have to make a presentation about mystery shopping using the information in the worksheet, adding 15 presentation phrases to the text. Extra: vocabulary building exercises with solutions. Bless up, Kisdobos 

Mystery Shopping (ESP Business English for Market Researchers)

Make the children colour the clothes first. When they finish, help them cut out the dice and glue it together. Ask the students to name the pieces of clothes (dress, shoes, hat, t-shirt, jacket and trousers) when they roll the dice. This fun activiity is for younger students (kindergarten, primary hool) and combines crafts, motor skills and ;earning English vocabulary.

Clothes dice

This worksheet includes a reading passage in which students complete the passage by using the words from the table. It also includes two other reading comprehension exercises (answering questions and T/F/Doesn't Say). The handout can be used as a test, revision, or as homework. Also, it can be used with students aged 10-12 years old. Answer key is included. Hope you like it! :)

Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Family 

A Lady goes with her sons to the supermaket. The students have to write what every person wants to buy following the pictures.

If you want to practice more, you can find more of my worksheets about the same topic here

https://en.islcollective.com/mypage/my-creations?search_key=food&type=printables&option=published&id=5163&grammar=&vocabulary=&materials=&levels=&studentTypes=&skills=&languageExams=&dialect=&functions=&page=1&sorting_type=most_newest&filter_type=filter_all&view_type=list&view_length=12





Food - At the supermarket

A worksheet helping students with their vocabulary on how to describe an item in a shop when they can’t remember/don’t know the name of it in English.

Describing Objects in English

3 exercises to practise the past simple and revise vocabulary. The students have to fill in the gaps with the past simple of the verbs in brackets; write the names under the correct pictures & correct the false sentences. Hope it's useful! Gloria

Camping with my friends

Food containers and packages are matched with the appropriate image after having written the correct word for its container or packaging in the blanks. The vocabulary used is: jar, carton, bottle, can, tin, box, packet, bucket, bag, bowl, bar

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