A selection of English ESL also 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>

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Classroom Poster. Uses of also, as well and too.

also as well  & too.

Classroom poster.It's a grammar guide students can copy it on their notebooks ,they can provide their own examples showing the difference between them.My students found it very useful.



Also  as well & too.

also as well too stickers

Taeching colours with this poem is fun. The students also have the chance to colour the small pictures, so learning the colours is easier. The poem itself is easy to remember. 

Colours with poem (also colouring)

I got inspired by worksheet uploaded by uniqpink. I kept the scheme and layout, however, the content is almost completely changed and - what is the most important - updated for 2016 ESL purposes.

I recommend to use also the complementary powerpoint file (https://en.islcollective.com/resources/projectables/powerpoints_ppt_pptx/technology_2016_version_look_also_for_complementary_docx/computers--technology/90176).

Technology (2016 version) [look also for complementary PPT]

This worksheet is for adults and high school, level B1 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.

THIS IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY TO GET TO SCHOOL

the uses of these conjunctions are always a headache for many English learners. This worksheet gives people a general idea of how to echo other people's ideas and correctly simplify their sentences.

neither-nor-either-both-not only... but also...-Echoed Sentence

An activity to help students learn the difference between the different adverbs of agreement: also, as well, too, so, as, either, neither.



Learners first complete the worksheet by going through the lyrics and decided which adverb they think best fits the gap.





They then check their answers by listening to the audio from this video (note: the video also contains a short explanation of the grammar): https://youtu.be/bBpt3n26Y5g





Finally learners can check their own answers by watching the same video: https://youtu.be/bBpt3n26Y5g

Adverbs of agreement worksheet (in songs) - also, as well, too, so, as, either, neither

THIS WORKSHEET IS ABOUT THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH OF ENGLISH WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE  ENGLISH WRITING OF BEGINNERS AND WILL ALSO HELP THEM TO LEARN AND MEMORIZE EASILY THE PARTS OF SPEECH AS IT IS IN SIMPLE WORDS WITH PROPER EXAMPLES.

EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH OF ENGLISH WHICH WILL HELP THE BEGINNERS TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND EASILY THE ENGLISH SPEECH AND ALSO HELP THEM TO FRAME SENTENCES WITH PROPER GRAMMAR

PRESENT PERFECT (ALREADY JUST YET)

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE. While you listen to the song fill in the blanks. Focus on the use of present perfect but also the use of vocabulary is something important to be taken into consideration.

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE. While you listen to the song fill in the blanks. Focus on the use of present perfect but also the use of vocabulary is something importan to be taken into consederation.

Sing the song "Hi Cat" (by Germain Courtout.  He has a website called Songsforkids.fr) and drill the colours. Then the pupils can colour in the different balloons at the bottom of the worksheet, or read the book "Mouse and Cat Learn the Colours", then colour the balloons at the bottom.

This is a song and colour worksheet that I use with the little ones (5 -6 years old). I use it with the song Hi Cat by Germain Courtot and also with the book "Cat and Mouse Learn the Colours"..

Vocabulary checking work sheets. There are lists of words written in English based on school program which have to be translated. The checking sheet can be used for Russian speaking students. The checking sheet also is ok to be used for fifth/ eleventh grade students.  The checking sheet includes score table for calculation of the correct and incorrect translated words.  This sheet can be used for competition purposes. The teacher can split a class to two or even three or four teams and give a task to translate the words by exact provided time. The winner team should be awarded with something interesting for his/her self-development in education.  

Vocabulary checking work sheets. There are lists of words written in English based on school program which have to be translated. The checking sheet can be used for Russian speaking students. The checking sheet also is ok to be used for fifth/ eleventh g

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