A selection of English ESL all about me! printables

A role play task aimed at adult ESOL learners. Makes reference to various places in the UK (Yorkshire). You may want to change the place names. 

Cut up the role play cards with the different names. There are 23 in total here. The people to role play have different names, countries, jobs, interests etc. 

1) The handout for all learners is at the end. Start with the word order task, then go through which are suitable questions to ask. 

2) Give each learner a card with the details of different person to role play. First they need to read about their person and write sentences, so that they understand who they are playing. There is a space on the handout for them to do this. 

3) Ask the learners to think about different questions that they can ask to find out if other people share their interests and how to invite others to do something together (Would you like to ...?).. 

4) Role play speaking - learners should talk to as many others as possible, asking and answering questions. they should try to arrange to meet people with similar interests. 

5) After speaking - write about people they have met and any plans to meet.

New neighbours role play (23 cards)

This is a simple lesson plan designed to help lower level students introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about jobs, families and hobbies. There is a mini dialogue to listen and repeat, some drill practice and three easy exercises to consolidate the language. Finally there is a listening section and a fun communication based activity to bring it all together.

Meeting New People

This lesson is dedicating to talk about feminism, its waves, and its aims. The vocabulary used here touches on different concepts. The whole lesson encourages all learners to take part in the debate over rights and equality. I find it fulfilling as it related to our everyday life. The song is full of messages, too. I hope you find it useful. 

Feminism

The series "Weird" brings texts about bizarre or extraordinary things. All texts have written exercises and topics for discussion. 

If you like this worksheet, you can find more "Weird " here:

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Weird means of transport

This worksheet practices the Christmas vocabulary. Meant for small children or children with special needs.

If you want to practice more, you can find more of my worksheets about the same topic here: 

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Christmas Eve

This reading exercise is in fact a part of an upload called Beer Facts by the writer sariyse. I decided to use the history part of it to make my own reading comprehension. Each of the numbered questions relates to the numbered historical story about beer. I also use the 8 Beer facts from the same author's work as a memory exercise.

Beer

This worksheet is created with all the words in the book of Family and Friends Staters. Hope you can use it for your students. Your students should be allowed to this after they finish the book to check their memory about the vocabulary.

You can also cut them according to the three or four units so that your kids can easily do it.

REORDER THE LETTERS TO MAKE CORRECT WORDS

an example of local celebrations in Morocco  . It’s always fascinating to learn about other cultures’ ways of expressing and celebrating love. Imilchil, a small Berber village in the Atlas Mountains with strict social norms around courtship and marriage, holds the Imilchil marriage festival, a three-day celebration where women and men meet eagerly every year to flirt, get engaged and marry.

imilchil festival in Morocco 

Students have to read a text and then fill in Andre's family tree. Then they have to write and separate a small text. In the third exercise they have to read the sentences and  find the right picture.

If you want other worksheets about the same topic, you can find them here:

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Meet Andre - Family

It's a printable worksheet intended for students who are learning about the members of a family.

I hope it can be helpful for all of you. 

With this worksheet, you can practice the genitive case and review the family members' names.

You can create your own puzzles by using the PUZZLE MAKER's web tool.

So you can change the crossword order as many times as you wish.

FAMILY MEMBERS / Genitive case

This worksheet explores the achievements of the five greatest Olympic athletes of all time: Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Carl Lewis, Paavo Nurmi, and Larisa Latynina. Designed for EFL students, the worksheet aims to enhance reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills. Students will learn about Michael Phelps, who won 23 gold medals in swimming across five Olympics, showcasing his versatility and endurance. Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world, set world records in the 100m and 200m sprints, winning multiple gold medals. Carl Lewis dominated track and field with nine gold medals in events like the long jump and sprints over four Olympics. Paavo Nurmi, the "Flying Finn," won nine golds in distance running, revolutionizing training methods with precise pacing and interval training. Larisa Latynina, a gymnast, earned 18 medals over three Olympics, setting high standards for future gymnasts.

The worksheet includes warm-up questions to activate students' prior knowledge and interest, reading comprehension questions to ensure understanding, and discussion topics to encourage deeper thinking about dedication, inspiration, and personal connections to these athletes. A creative activity invites students to draw and write about their favorite Olympic moment, fostering creativity and personal expression. This resource provides a comprehensive and engaging way for EFL teachers to introduce students to legendary Olympic athletes while developing essential language skills.

The 5 Greatest Olympic Athletes of All Time

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

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 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 remind people of something in English

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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