A selection of English ESL class activities printables

Students will be able to listen and complete the blanks. Great activity to practice listening and writing the Signs of the Zodiac. It can be used as a warm up or wrap up at the end of a lesson or class.

Roberta Kelly - Zodiac

I used this song to talk about Father's Day.



After discussing this important holiday we have we finished the class listening to this funny song and doing the exercises on the paper.

Mr. Mom - Lonestar

This is a FIND SOMEONE WHO exercise with a grammar focus on ADJECTIVES. Can be used as an Ice breaker or Warmer. This is a group class activity to engage students in speaking and listening, using adjectives to express their feelings. 

Find Someone Who

This B1-B2 level worksheet focuses on the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, a significant event in Czech history. Students will learn about Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, the Czech soldiers who executed Operation Anthropoid. The worksheet includes a reading passage detailing the assassination, Nazi reprisals, and the legacy of Gabčík and Kubiš. Activities include True or False questions, comprehension questions, and a vocabulary translation exercise. An answer key is provided for quick assessment. A historical painting-style illustration of the assassination enhances engagement and understanding. This resource is suitable for individual study, group work, and class discussions in history lessons focused on World War II and Czech resistance.

The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich: Operation Anthropoid

In this activity students start with warmer questions to discus in pairs or small groups. could be done in open class. Then they  translate directly expressions from spanish to english then look for equivalent expressions in english. In class i allowed the use of the internet when needed. I had the students use a range of tools to test the accuracy of the translation. 

Idioms and idiomatic expressions from Spanish L1 to English

Fill in the gaps acitivity. Thre's a follow up activity in which students have to chane to discuss the video, according to their language level and class goals. 

Song - On top of the world 

Here you'll find vocabulary and some questions about the first chapter of the serie Dragons- Race to the Edge. There are also 2 activities at the end of the worksheet to complete the class.

Dragons - Race to the Edge (Season 1 - Chapter 1)

This worksheet is helpful for adults. It could be used as a warm-up activity. It briefly introduces the most popular cocktails in 2024 so far. This would be only the first part. Share the refreshments during the class this summer.

The 10 Most Popular Cocktails in the World ( Part 1

Worksheet for the song "Crooked Tree" by Molly Tuttle. First, a speaking activity to warm up in which the students have to describe pictures of trees to one another or to the class, then some vocabulary and grammar with "I'd rather". Finally, the gap-filling activity with the song lyrics. You can listen to the song on Youtube on the following link:
youtube.com/watch?v=9x4rCPWtsRM

Crooked Tree song worksheet

Before presenting these exercises to Ss, make sure you have identified some vocabulary with which they migth have some problems to understand it.
This activty can be done in 4 classes whitin 50 minuts each. Introduce seven questions per class to Ss along with the answers but leave blanks for Ss to fill them in. Help Ss to practice those questions no matter if they are seen the answers Then, to conclude with the first part of this topic, Write on the board the first part of the written text that is form using the answers. 
In the following class, introduce some more question as far as you think it is convenient for students. Try not to overwhelm them with so much information.
Third class, ask some questions from previous classes to Ss to reinforce their learning. Then, continue with the rest of the qustions that yo have in the worksheet and do not foget to use the answers to write a paragraph with them.
At last, make the unision of the three paragraphs to form a written text with the whole questionnaire as it is shown in the worksheet. 

Introducing yourself and WH-words along with a biography

A song worksheet to practice the past simple of the verbs in English. Students listen to the song and fill in the blanks with the past simple form of the verbs. Finally, the summarize the idea that the songs communicates. It is a good activity to wrap-up classes of pre-intermediate levels. 

Summer of 69, by Bryan Adams

Complete this activity with the present simple. We use the Present Simple To express habits and routines, general facts, repeated actions or situations, permanent emotions and desires:

The simple present

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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