A selection of English ESL true false 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

Students listen ou watch the video from YouTube (link included), then match the highlighted words to their definitions, choose a multiple choice answer, true or false, hw-questions and fill in the gaps exercises. The audio script and answers are included.

The History of Halloween - Video Class

It's not my usual kind of thing, but I just loved the picture! An easy reading exercise where they look at the image and complete the true or false exercise. Key included. 

The Cooper Family

Students work in small groups. They must take turns to complete the stem sentences correctly. Some of the sentences must be true and some lies. The other students must mark on their sheet if they think the sentences are true or false. Then during feedback students must practise asking questions to confirm whether the statements were lies or not.

Liar Liar

This worksheet helps students revise vocabulary about housework and includes a RC about housework. Students do a matching activity, read the passage, do a true and false exercise, answer the questions and form sentences. Key included.

Vocabulary and Reading - Mr. Bean's housework

This worksheet is for adults and high school, level A2 students. The students read the text and answer true or false  questions. There are also open questions that students have to answer. The text should also introduce a debate about the subject.



Easy reading - The Tour de France

This worksheet introduces young learners to different Christmas traditions around the world, focusing on Brazil, Iceland, Mexico, Japan, Germany, and Ethiopia. The reading passages are written in simple language suitable for Cambridge Movers level. Fun activities like True/False, Multiple Choice, and Short Answer Questions help students practice reading comprehension and learn new vocabulary. The worksheet encourages cultural awareness and curiosity while allowing learners to share their own holiday traditions. Engaging discussion questions also promote speaking and critical thinking skills. This resource is perfect for EFL/ESL classrooms or holiday-themed lessons!

Christmas Around the World : For young learners

Colour written test for (kids & beginners) Students have to draw some  weather icons,they have to write sentences using have /has got+a/an. They have also to write sentences using there is and there are and there's an activity with true/false.

Written Test December 2015 beginners.

Students read the text that describes how Saint Lucy is celebrated in Sweden and do the activities: answer true or false, open questions, and match vocabulary with their definition.

Saint Lucy - Xmas Celebration in Sweden

This is a reading comprehension passage about the history of caravans. Students read the passage and complete the true/false and cloze exercises to demonstrate their understanding of the passage.

What is a caravan?

There are three activities regarding the listening:

1) tick the statements that are actually heard

2) correct the ones that are mistaken 

3) answer questions orally



Ideal for 1:1 class with adults. 



Link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DiBSYPIIF0

Royal baby - Listening comprehension 

A fun activity to practice "used to" for past habits and states. Students have to write down 50 statements (10 for each section) about how they were/their habits in the past. For every section, 5 statements must be true and 5 must be false! When they have finished, you can put Ss in pairs/groups and get them to guess which are the true statements and which are false. (You can, of course, decide to make them write fewer statements, depending on how big your class is).

Hope you like it!! :)

TRUTH OR LIE?

This worksheet is designed for B1 level teenage English learners and focuses on the topic of hobbies, specifically social media and video games, and how these activities can be beneficial. The accompanying article, “Why Your Parents Need to Stop Nagging You About Your Hobbies,” presents a balanced perspective on the positive aspects of these hobbies, such as improving problem-solving skills, building social connections, and encouraging creativity. The language and content are appropriate for teens, making it engaging and relatable.

 
The worksheet begins with warm-up questions that prompt students to reflect on their own experiences and how their parents perceive their hobbies. The vocabulary matching exercise introduces key words from the text and reinforces understanding of new terms. True/false and multiple-choice comprehension questions check understanding and help students engage with the article’s content. Open-ended comprehension questions encourage deeper thinking and personal responses.

 
The discussion questions provide opportunities for meaningful conversation, allowing students to express their opinions about their hobbies and how these activities can help them learn new skills or improve their well-being. The homework assignment asks students to write a short essay defending one of their hobbies and explaining its benefits. This worksheet promotes critical thinking, vocabulary development, and self-expression, making it a valuable tool for B1 level learners to discuss and explore topics relevant to their lives.








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