A selection of English ESL problem solving printables

First, they solve the problem of which missing piece of the deck chairs  goes where. Then, they supply the correct present tense in the descriptions and finally, they write one themselves. The key (and a suggestion for their own description) is on page 2. 

present tense practice with a puzzle

Explore a visual list of irregular verbs with engaging pictures to enhance learning. Identify and discuss the past simple and past participle forms for each verb.

Irregular Verbs List With Pictures

1. What's the objective of this worksheet? 

I use this song to teach IPA. My learners will look at the transcribe and read the words. If they find any difficulties,, I ask other learners to help and I'll give my feeback.

After that, all the class learn how to sing the song. 

I guide them use linking sounds in English. 

Besides, students will learn some new phrase. And talk about the musical band they like after talking about Westlife.

One other interesting thing is that they learn how to solve problems which often happen in any relationship. For instance, when you have a conflict with a family member, what should you do? Does your family/lover play an important part in your life? How come.

After that, to make fun, in my class will have a musical contest where rap, soft, rock beat will be played. Learners will choose the music and rap or sing or even read the lyric like a poem...

2. What kind of a worksheet is it? 

Fun activities, and grammar too,

3. What kinds of tasks are there in it? 

Reading transcribe, writing some missing sentences, solving problems

4. Is there a solution? 

Work in pairs and work in a group.

5. Any best practice tips about how to use it best?

Use it for a class of 6-10 people.

My love - Teaching IPA

Guide students to solve the problems by comparing and using scale.

RATIO AND PROPORTION

"Global Story Sprint" is an active and engaging activity where students work in teams, taking turns as 'runners' and 'writers' to piece together stories about people from around the world. Runners dash to read and memorize details from texts posted around the classroom, then sprint back to dictate what they've learned to their writers. This fast-paced challenge culminates in students writing their own global stories, combining language skills with a dash of physical activity. Ready, set, learn!

Global Story Sprint

Have students work in A group and a B group and have gem find the mistakes in each question.  Check their work.  Then put a person from A and a preson from B together and ask and answer the questions.

Present Simple game A and B students find the mistake andthen ask and answer the questions

grid or puzzle. Clues or definitions are provided to guide them. For example, "A person who cooks in a restaurant" leads to finding the word "Chef" hidden in the grid. It's a fun way to boost word recognition and understanding!

Hidden Word: At the restaurant

Students can be divided into several groups and will be given a few minutes to prepare and to discuss to find a good solution to solve the problem faced by the other student. 

Group Activity About Giving Suggestions

Guiding students to be able to use the best solution in solving their problem.

And to develop their logic of thinking in learning mathematics so they can apply it in their daily life.

Solutions - Substitution - Elimination - Inequalities

This is Treasures Writing Project Unit 5, Theme: Play Time. 

Practice Vocabulary, problem solving and writing a play.



Treasures Writing Project

Smart Cities: What the Future Might Look Like

This worksheet is designed for A2–B1 level learners and focuses on the topic of future cities and technology. The main grammar focus is on modals of possibility (may, might, could) used to express future predictions and uncertainty.

It begins with a 500-word reading text about how smart cities might solve everyday problems using technology. The article covers areas such as transport, environment, energy, and safety.

After the reading, students complete a vocabulary matching and gap fill activity to build deeper understanding of the topic. A short grammar discovery task guides students toward the form and function of modals of possibility, followed by a clear explanation and two grammar-based exercises: one for checking accuracy and one for fluency and creativity.

The lesson ends with a speaking activity called “Future Life Presentation,” where students use modals to imagine their lives, jobs, or cities in the future.

This worksheet is ideal for general English classes, themed units about technology or the future, and grammar review lessons.

Smart Cities: What the Future Might Look Like (modals of possibility)

Creating tasks related to human body organs flashcards can be an engaging way for students to learn about different organs and their functions. Students will identify different organs on the flashcards. Reinforce memory and recognition of organs and their functions. Facilitate peer learning and discussion about body organs. Facilitate peer learning and discussion about body organs.

Human Body Organs- Display posters

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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