A selection of English ESL boat printables

This handy worksheet helps pre-intermediate ESL students practise transportation vocabulary in context. Students complete sentences using transportation words from a word bank (e.g., train, plane, boat, taxi) by identifying the correct word based on clues. The activity encourages word recognition, spelling practice, and comprehension. An additional writing task allows students to create their own sentences using the transportation vocabulary, fostering creativity and reinforcing learning.

Let’s Travel Together!

Mountain, house, tree, flower, lake, bird, tent, fish, boat, river, sun, bridge. Vocabulary related to Explorers 1 Unit 6. I created this worksheet for my first year primary school students.

Explorers 1 Unit 6

A worksheet for Mathyom 2 students.

Questions and answers using 'going to'. 

Describe/predict future plans.

Additional list of special occasions and time expressions on the back for advanced students

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Future plans using 'going to'

Video Boatlift - transcript

Mountain, house, tree,flower, bird, lake, tent, fish, boat, river, sun, bridge. Related to Explorers 1 Unit 6. I created this vocabulary worksheet for my first year elementary students. 

2 Explorers 1 Unit 6 

Replace the family members in french with your language. You can play with the pupils or they can play in groups (mine love trying to sink my boats to receive sweets)

Battleship -Have Got + Family Members

This thought-provoking worksheet, The Lifeboat Ultimatum, is ideal for B1–B2 level students and centers on a powerful ethical dilemma. After a shipwreck, six survivors must decide who should be left behind so the lifeboat won’t sink — prompting difficult choices and intense discussion. The worksheet includes a short reading to set the scene, vocabulary matching for key terms, and ranking tasks where students must justify their decisions. A set of discussion questions and twist scenarios encourage deeper moral reasoning, empathy, and debate. Perfect for conversation classes, critical thinking practice, or lessons exploring ethics in English.









The Lifeboat Ultimatum: Who would you leave behind?

Students are given a list of words (SUN, BOAT, SEA, ICE CREAM, BEACH, SAND) and a set of pictures depicting each word.
Their task is to match each word with the corresponding picture by drawing a line or writing the word next to the appropriate image.
Exercise 2:

Students are provided with incomplete words and their task is to fill in the missing letters to complete each word.
Exercise 3:

Students are presented with sentences describing certain objects or scenes (e.g., "IT'S A BOAT", "IT'S AN ICE CREAM") and a set of pictures corresponding to each sentence.
Their task is to drag a line from each sentence to the correct picture that represents it.
Exercise 4:

Students are given a set of blank spaces and their task is to look at an accompanying set of visuals (which are not described here) and write down their observations or descriptions in the provided spaces.
This exercise likely involves observing and describing various objects or scenes depicted in the visuals.

Summer Fun: Vocabulary Worksheet

I created a role play , that might be useful for those interested in shopping. The theme is shopping in Vietnam, for a shirt, some sandals, and booking a tour boat for island hopping. 

Key words and phrases are translated into Korean (using google translate). This is good for pre-intermediate, to intermediate ESL students.

Shopping  Three situations Role play

A song by Regina Spektor. I use it with New English File Advanced (5A) when I discuss the topic of art with my students. 

Regina Spektor All the rowboats

This B1-level worksheet is based on a mystery roleplay scenario set on a desert island. Six people were stranded after a boat trip went wrong, and now each of them shares their side of the story in a short interview. Students must read between the lines, look for contradictions, and decide who is most responsible for what happened. The worksheet includes survival-themed vocabulary activities, a gap fill, comprehension questions, a deduction task, and group discussion. Perfect for practicing reading, critical thinking, and speaking in an engaging and imaginative context.

Stranded – Who Is to Blame?

Traveling by differnt means oftransport (by bus, by car, by boat, by ship, by plane, by train). Pictures of different transport for schoolchildren. (5th grade).

TRANSPOR (PICTURES)

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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