A selection of English ESL can and can't printables

This worksheet is to begginers to revise what they have already learned during the English classes.

There are twenty questions about question words, present simple, adverbs of frequency, can/can't, past simple and how much and how many.

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Begginers Conversation Questions

Use the correct verb: can, can't, could, should, need, must, mustn't and so on. Good luck! :)

can, can't, could, couldn't, must, should, need, ...

I usually find it difficult to give a fair mark to my students when they take an oral test. I can't help thinking that being objective is a hard task as you can be unconsciously influenced by their ability to interact and maybe not consider all details thoroughly. That's why I think having a feedback sheet with all possible aspects to consider, may help. I have written vertically: Pronuntiation, Vocabulary, Accuracy (concerning grammar and word order), Communicative skills (meaning their ability to be creative to communicate), and interaction ( how they understand your questions and answer them)

GIVING FEEDBACK IN ORAL TESTS

A walk down memory lane which won't be too long or tedious. This activity can be a good warm-up if you revise Past Simple and Past Continuous and need some dynamic to kick-start or round off the lesson. Finding out that your students can't actually remember a lot from "not so ago" can also be fun and a nice stimulus to e.g. write a blog or a diary - in English, of course! :)

What can you remember? - past tenses - quick survey 

Fun exercise/game for beginners to learn speaking and interacting in English. Vocabulary: Can questions and basic verbs. Skills: Speaking and asking questions. Asking: "Can you". Answering: Yes, I can / No, I can't.



A good follow up is to ask the students to write sentences about the people they now know something about. ie. "Marie can cook but she can't swim". I asked them to then also write the sentences on the white board.

What can you do? Bingo game

Ask students to find those who have done these things. Ask them stand up and interview different students. Walk around the classroom and write down the names. They can't sit down until they make a line. Then check their sheet and ask some follow-up questions. i.e. Have you ever met a celebrity, Sarah? Since her name is on the sheet, she must have met a celebrity. Then you can ask which celebrity she's met...

Find someone who has...

Easy and funny exercises for young learners.

Matching pictures,making sentences, Who am I?, crossword

Enjoy it!

Can or Can't

student practise "can" can't" quesstion, possitive, negative answers, students can say about their and other people skills

Can battle ship

Ss have to make sentences with can or can't by looking at the charts and the animals

Can or can't

Animals and Colours.

I created my own activities and minibook on the story "Brown bear" after finding a minibook here: http://teacherslove.blogs.sapo.pt/14695.html



I will follow up the work with a song found here: http://morewithmusic.bandcamp.com/track/brown-bear



Several activities: 

- a "code game" to find animal vocabulary

- a wordseach puzzle to practise the vocabulary

- a writing page to memorize it



- a minibook: colour the animals according to the sentences and create the minibook



Also included: a template to create your own minibooks and explanation so you can fold them right. (well, I tried explaining but it's not easy)



How to create a minibook without glue or staples and with a single sheet of paper is not my idea, unfortunately, I can't remember where I first saw it.



Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?

This is a worksheet on actions , sports and can can't. Suitable for beginners and elementary school children. It belongs to a series of 10 worksheets which I created especially for my 2nd year elementary students who are learning English with Explorers. I hope you like it.

EXPLORERS 2 UNIT 1 ACTIONS SPORTS I CAN I CAN'T

It is a domino based game to practice the use of modal verbs for obligation and prohibition (can,can't, have to). The activity is designed to drill the use of the modal verbs in a fun and enjoyable way. The students can play it in pairs. 

Domino- rules

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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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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351 Can and can't English ESL worksheets pdf & doc