A selection of English ESL question words printables

Hello everyone! I've written a text about monkeys. The source of the text is wikipedia and chimpanzees called Washoe and Koko. I needed to generalize the knowledge in order to lower the level of the text. It is for my 4th and 5th grade students. It focuses on teaching some new words and revising can/can't , have got/ has got and present simple tense. Questions are mainly yes or no questions. Hope it will be useful to you :)

 Reading passage: Monkeys

It's a reading about the Incredibles, the objective is to practice superlative and comparative adjectives through different types of activities: questions, true or false and a wordsearch to work on spelling. Happy Easter to every one! :)

Reading The Incredibles (comparatives and superlatives)

This is an activity to present some of the WH Questions in a simple recognizable way. You can use them as flashcards, show them and make your students create a sentence with that question word

WH Questions

First, students have to tell the story of the little guy using all the words on the right side of the worksheet. Next, they have to add some more details to the story based on the 10 questions provided. Finally, students add to the story some of the “story phrases” at the bottom. Page 2 suggests follow-up tasks. Page 3 features my sample stories (1 short+1 long version). This story telling task could be used for almost all levels. Students on more advanced levels simply add more elaboration and a broader range of vocabulary to the story. Bless up, Kisdobos 

Desert Island Story -Storytelling Basd on Picture Prompt

2 pages. I know there are plenty of worksheets on the subject, but I had to make this one using words and expressions that my students already know. I didn't even use "why" because they haven't learned that one yet. Anyway, I had a LOT of work making this, so I thought I should share. Maybe it's useful for some of you! Thank you for checking it out! :)

Wh- Words and Questions

There are 5 activities.1-ss have to read the text and choose the right answer.2-find similar words to the given ones.3-answer questions 4-make questions 5- find verbs+ing, verb +to inf, verbs +prepositions, adverbs,adjectives and connectors

READING COMPREHENSION

A worksheet which deals with Future Simple Tense. There are different exercises: put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, ask a question for the underlined word, form interrogative sentece and answer the question. 

Future Simple

This worksheet can be used by elementary teacher, with children at A.1 level of the language. For me, it worked as a review of the following grammar/vocabulary subjects:



(1) Verb "to be";

(2) Demonstratives;

(3) Possessive adjectives;

(4) Have/has got;

(5) Colors;

(6) Clothes and personal objects;

(7) Asking and saying the age;

(8) Asking where someone is from.



There's a translation activity at the end of the worksheet, that I suggest the teacher to ask as homework. Maybe, depending on the level of each student, they might need some help in reading, pronouncing some words and answering to the questions. Help your students out while they work with it!



Remember: it is always good to avoid using any worksheet before teaching all the subjects that are contemplated by it. It can demotivate your kids. 



I hope you all enjoy working with it! 



:-)

Reading comprehension for kids 

You can find the pdf version and many more free worksheets and songs at our website: https://www.bingobongokids.com



The "Telling The Time" English Race Time Game Board" is a fun and simple game similar to Snakes and Ladders. Students can play with their friends or with the teacher. Practice the accompanying "What Time Is It?" video on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LFBai179YA



Simply roll the dice and move along the board and say the time when you land on each space. Students can all learn together by shouting out "What time is it?". 



We have a couple more flashcards all about time at the following links:



https://www.bingobongokids.com/product/time-1-free-esl-time-flashcards-digital-analog-clocks/



https://www.bingobongokids.com/product/at-600-i-get-up-esl-flashcard-pack/



Telling The Time - ESL Board Game (Analog and Digital Clocks)

It's the first set with wh questions with the simpsons. They have to choose the correct answer. In this first set there is a total of 20 cards to make your students talk :)

Wh_questions Cards set1

Several fill-the-gaps dialogues to practice with too/too much/ too many/(not) enough in different situations. The rules are shortly explained at the beginning. On the second page there are two exercises, one using antonyms, and the other rephrasing using quantifiers. I also included in the middle two quick oral exercises on wh-question words and comparatives. /I like to challenge my students and make them use their brain ;)/. Finally, there are some "tips" for filling gaps with these quantifiers, in fact the rules themselves explained with other words. My students said they understand them better this way. I hope you like it!

Too, Too much, Too Many, (not) Enough

To celebrate international Women's Day. This concentrates on reading and understanding. Students can read the background story and discuss new vocabulary then answer the questions.

Reading Comprehension - Malala Yousafzi

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)

For personal or classroom use only. Uploading on other internet sharing platforms or any commercial use NOT PERMITTED. Share Alike.

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License

Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives License

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License

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

2,438 Question words English ESL worksheets pdf & doc