A selection of English ESL speak printables

I´ve just prepared this lesson plan, wich contains some ideas on how to use the Serie "LOST", Episode 20 from Season 1. I use my netflix account to watch it, but you can find the serie on dvd. My esl students always ask me to practice their listening skills and pronunciation. One of the best ways to do this is by using medias, such as series and movies. I choose this episode because it contains a beautiful message by the end, while the action gets the viewers and makes the video interesting. Instructions and Ideas for teachers: This kind of worksheet can be worked on many different ways, and you are able to invent your own way of using it. 1)	You can give the first part of the transcript to the students read, as they are reading a drama piece. They will imagine the scenes by reading. The teacher can help with the translations by giving an vocabulary background. The students can also be divided in characters, so each one reads its speaks on the role. 2)	Before showing the episode, you can create a talking about the reading and ask the students to try to imagine the characters they acted. You can work on adjectives and describing people here. 3)	Now you have some options. I would start by showing the episode, till the part they’ve read, with subtitles (in Portuguese, in my case). They’ll have the opportunity to watch the episode relaxed, because they already know the speaks and the story. So they must focus on trying to listen and read the transcript, while they verify the pronunciation. They can take notes and discuss with the class after watching. 4)	An other option could be by playing the video but they will only listen to the audio, without watching the scenes. They’ll be reading the transcript while listening. You can use a “gap fill” system to test their listening skills. Hope you enjoy! Sincerely, Teacher Mariana Fonseca - Brazil

Serie Activity: Lost - Episode 20, Season 1 - PART 1

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Focus on "ecouragement". Really awesome under-raded song. With speaking questions on the topic of "encouragement". Njoi and promote the little guys!!!

Know About Us ~ The Let Go

ESLFrog.com presents: intermediate reading lesson based on current events in May 2025. Includes 10 multiple choice questions that use higher-order thinking skills. Also has prompts that can be used for speaking and writing. https://eslfrog.com/pennies/

US Will Stop Making New Pennies

This B1-level worksheet explores the idea of artificial intelligence becoming a reflection of our own personality. It includes a simplified article of around 600 words and two follow-up activities. First, students answer comprehension questions to check their understanding of the text. Then, they move on to discussion questions designed to encourage speaking and critical thinking. The article explains how personalized AI can start to act like a supportive friend—or even influence us, like the classic image of an angel and devil on our shoulders. A humorous black-and-white cartoon in the style of a vintage newspaper editorial supports the theme visually and makes the topic more relatable. This resource is ideal for lessons about technology, identity, modern communication, or ethical decision-making.


Is Your AI Becoming Like You?

This worksheet is designed to help students develop their skills in describing pictures, a key component in exams like Maturita and Cambridge. It guides students through the process of providing a detailed and organized description, focusing on essential elements such as people, setting, objects, and mood. Students will also practice making logical assumptions about what’s happening in the picture and expressing their personal opinions. The worksheet includes clear steps to follow, making it an excellent resource for preparing students to confidently approach picture description tasks in exams. The included visuals and practical activities encourage engagement and help students improve their observational and descriptive abilities in a supportive learning environment.

picture description cambridge

Dive into "Adventure Acts & Jungle Journals," where students engage in two thrilling parts: a miming game to guess past actions and a role-play of a lost camper and ranger in the Amazon. First, they act out and guess scenarios silently, then vividly narrate their jungle adventure, practicing past tense storytelling. It's a creative mix of action, imagination, and writing, perfect for energizing English practice with a wild twist

Adventure Acts & Jungle Journals

 students read about the history of body art and answer questions  they then have to invent 5 questions to ask the two people in the photos at the beginning they must also identify which paragraph is speaking about which picture

body art.. present simple and question making

The topic is wokeism and we start by discussing the topic in pairs. 
Next, there is a list of popular "woke" terms, which can be discussed in a group.
Finally there is a text about wokeism and students have to decide if the sentences are true or false.
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WOKEISM: Read about wokeism and learn vocabulary connected to it.

This handout was created for my teacher trainees to point out common sound-spelling relationships. As we know, English is not a phonetic language, and how something is spelled, is not necessarily how it sounds. You can use the 'ghoti' activity along with this. More details here: https://www.ego4u.com/en/chill-out/curiosities/ghoti 

Sound-Spelling Relationships

This is a very short play I created to aid the understanding of modal verbs. Because I developed it for a class of Spanish speakers, I have given the characters Spanish names. Please feel free to change the names. All of my materials have humorous element, and I find it keeps the students interested.

What Should We Do

AGE DISCRIMINATION.

WHY DOES IT HAPPEN?

HOW DOES THE AGE DISCRIMINATION HAPPEN?

WHAT IS THE STATISTICS?

ILLUSTRATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS.

MATERIAL FOR DISCUSSIONS.

AGE DISCRIMINATION

TEACHING ENGLISH TO THE ILLITERATE.

GUIDE FOR TEACHERS WHO WORK WITH THE ILLITERATE.

HOW TO TEACH ENGLISH, IF A PERSON CANNOT READ IN HIS/THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE? PLANS, STRATEGIES AND MATERIALS.

TEACHING ENGLISH TO THE ILLITERATE

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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