A selection of English ESL ancient printables

Halloween is coming! My Italian students wanted to know something about the origins of Halloween and I created this lessons for them. I hope you like it!

The Ancient Origins of Hlloween

Vocabulary builder. Ancient Egypt Gods and Pharaohs (basic); First to read the text and after that a student should answer the questions. It can be also used as small classroom poster or a base for discussion. Text fully editable.

Ancient Egypt Gods & Pharaohs (basic)

Students are asked to find all of the Ancient Egyptian inventions hidden in the puzzle. There are fifteen words to find. 



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Ancient Egyptian inventions word search

Lapbook about Ancient Egypt. It was created for me to use with my private teen student who is in love with history. It's a cut and glue material and it is also possible to add several more stuff to it.



The material is separated in black and white and collored pages.

Lapbook Ancient Egypt part 1

Lapbook about Ancient Greece. It was created for me to use with my private teen student who is in love with history. It's a cut and glue material and it is also possible to add several more stuff to it.



The material is separated in black and white and collored pages.

Lapbook Ancient Greece part 2

ANCIENT ART. HISTORY OF ART.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SAMPLES OF THE ANCIENT.

MATERIALS AND GENRES.

ARCHITECTURE, FABRICS, ORNAMENTS, STATUES, MONUMENTS, PALACES, CHURCHES, TEMPLES.

ANCIENT ART. HISTORY OF ART.

The worksheet titled "The Truth About Pyramids and Ancient Aliens" is designed to engage students in critically analyzing the popular myth that ancient aliens built pyramids around the world. Through a humorous and informative reading passage, students will learn about the practical reasons why ancient civilizations independently adopted the pyramid shape for their structures. The worksheet includes discussion questions that encourage students to explore why such myths persist and what archaeological evidence debunks them. Additionally, an activity comparing pyramid construction techniques across different cultures will highlight the shared architectural knowledge of ancient societies. The worksheet is visually enriched with a comical illustration of an alien spaceship hovering over a pyramid, emphasizing the playful tone of debunking the myth. Finally, a homework assignment prompts students to research and debunk another historical myth, fostering critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning.

Ancient Aliens and the Pyramids.

A review of Seven wonders of the Ancient World

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

A humorous text about a so-called Buddhist sect meant to have started in the 56th Century before Lady Gaga. After reading, the readers must try and put together aphorisms supposed to have been written by the sages of the sect (for instance: "If Angelina Jolie had had a moustache, she would have looked even more gorgeous without it.") This text can serve as an introduction to the topic of religions and spirituality: Why are so many people today attracted to Eastern religions?

SECRET WISDOM FROM ANCIENT DHEEMENSHA (humour)

Let your students watch the video and do the activities : then they will ask you to visit the monument like mine did... three years ago ( when everything was possible... )



Mysterious and interesting !



EDIT Oct.24th



Here are the answers for those who can't download the video ( maybe you could turn it into reading activities ? ) :



1) for / years / has been / mysterious

2) pre-historic times

3) the Ice Age

4) present / evidence / theory / celebrate / force / moon

5) the longest day

6) Since / people / celebrate

7) spiritual significance

8) 5000 years ago

9) the previous structure

10) Wales

11) time and energy

12) human sacrifice

13) worship of the sun

14) solar

15) midsummer sunrise

16) Druid / temple

17) Julius Caesar

18) forests

19) massive monuments

20) power / spiritual / spiritual center





Stonehenge : secrets of an ancient monument

Athens, The Ancient Greek City State facts

Athens, The Ancient Greek City State

READING & COMPREHENSION: Focuses on the History of The Ancient City State of Athens - Includes True - False - Not given statements, Questions about the Text, General Knowledge Questions & Discussion - Aim: Student will be able to Read the Text, Find Information & Answer the Questions. Also the student will be able to Expand on Range of Vocabulary and take part in an Engaging Discussion - Have Fun great fun Teaching & Learning today :) 

Kind regards, Mark Pallister

THE ANCIENT CITY STATE OF ATHENS 

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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87 Ancient English ESL worksheets pdf & doc