A selection of English ESL verbs printables

how we use some modals in order to make our speech more polite. Examples of too direct speech and how to soften it. There are exercises at the end of the page and possible solutions are provided

Modal Verbs to be Polite

Students test their knowledge on the forth group of irregular verbs (verbs are in alphabetical order).



Students have to fill in the past simple form and the translation into the official language of their country of each irregular verb.



The blue colour, the font (Arial) and the size of the letters (16) are adjusted for students with special educational needs.



Test Group 4 - Irregular Verbs

The card games require students to refer to the information sheet, they are expected to change the verbs into their irregular forms of past tense. This is also available in ESL printables.  Download the others! Developed by Sirhajwan Idek

Elephant Card Games - Irregular Verbs

Students practice on 23 of the commonest irregular verbs using the funny picture clues to give full answers to the questions. The names given to the people in the pictures are actually, puns in the Greek language which contain the solutions (eg.Mr Galatakis' name in question 11 is from the greek word "gala" which means "milk"). These funny names motivate the students and help them have fun while doing the exercise. You can "create" names like these in your own language. I'm sure your students will enjoy it! 

Irregular Verbs Practice With Pictures

Grammar of the modal verb must with key.

Modal verb to have to.

Question and negation. 

How to use the modal verb to have to in the past tense.

And in the future tense. 

Especially for German pupils who learn English grammar.

Description how to use the modal verbs in German.

Example sentences with key. The examples describes what you must do and what is forbidden to do. Farm life plays an important role in the grammar sentences due to the fact that it is interesting, easy and funny. We want to help the pupils right from the start to use the modal verbs correctly. Especially for English learners whose mother tongue is German it is important to read the grammar essential in German. German pupils can easily understand each sentence and therefore write an essay with this important grammar. Modal verbs often define what we have to do and what is forbidden and this is often used in English conversation, essay writing and  dialouges. 







MUST - HAVE TO - MODAL VERBS

This is the third Test on Irregular verbs. Students have to match the verbs to the pictures and write the missing forms.a greyscale version also included. I hope you like this approach!

Illustrated Irregular Verbs Test # 3

Sts have to match the infinitive with the simple past.  Thanks Colorful chart to practice some of the basic irregular verbs in the past tense. The key is included.

Chart of Basic Irregular Verbs

A rather lengthy little worksheet about phrasal verbs in the context of human resources. There is the usual mix-and-match, a gap-fill, an "onboarding" communication for new employees, a snap game, bingo, etc. Below you will find 2 online games to help consolidate. The answers are on the back. 

https://wordwall.net/resource/45352641 

https://kahoot.it/challenge/03954020?challenge-id=ef3b8af8-2b98-4cee-b0e3-cee9f33a45b8_1681895073627

Phrasal Verbs for Human Resources

With this ESL/EFL worksheet, you are going to be able to practise your skills with those special verbs in which, depending on the context, you must write an infinitive or a gerund after them. Hope you like it!

Verbs with gerund or infinitive

A shortened version of an earlier worksheet but this time with extra activities. I have included a crossword for homework plus there are two online quizzes for the students to try and consolidate the vocabulary. The answers are on the back. Kahoot quiz:


Wordwall link: https://wordwall.net/resource/72366599

Phrasal Verbs about Cooking worksheet

irregular verbs It's really helpful if you include the solutions in the resource as it makes it easier for us in class to check the answers. Also, the solutions make the resource suitable for self-study.

Verb Discs For Grammar Practice

Phrasal verbs beginning g-m. You can use this test for high school teachers in your english classes especially if your students learn english as a second language. For online lessons, you can find a fillable version at https://wordwall. Net/tr/resource/39150260/phrasal-verbs-g-m which students can complete on their devices. By the way, i prepared the material in my wordwall account. It is not plagiarism, no worries.

Phrasal verbs beginning g-m

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

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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

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how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said in English

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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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