A selection of English ESL compost printables

how to make compost at home. Choose the correct order of sentences and cut them out.

compost

Following lesson about composting students should be able to match the picture to the word that describes the type of composting.

Composting Worksheet

Compostion Quiz

There are 16 cards about 16 types of recyclable materials ( facts and how to recycle/use them well): paper, plastic bottle, glass, metal, furniture, tire, ink cartridge, battery, mobile phone, computer, electrical equipment, refrigerant gases, compost, light bulb, computer and even about recycling bins. It is a grammar question but you can devise your own follow-up activities based on the information in each of the cards. These are also available in ESL printables. Developed by Sirhajwan Idek

Recyclable Materials Series

This is a vocabulary worksheet you can use as a diving board to talk about environmental concerns. There is a vocabulary exercise followed by two categorisation tasks and a discussion task.



Tips



For exercise 2, remind students that some groceries will go into two categories.



As a follow up task, you could ask students to think of more groceries and research whether a) they are eco friendly and b) have possible replacements.



Answer Key

1) box of eggs, magazines, bottle of milk, carton of juice, tropical fruit, lightbulb, batteries, clingfilm, can of beans, packet of rice, jar of honey, soap, tea bags, beef, tissues, bouquet of flowers



2) plastic - magazines, carton of juice, clingfilm, packet of rice, soap, tea bags, bouquet of flowers

paper - box of eggs, tissues

bio - box of eggs, tropical fruit, can of beans, packet of rice, tea bags, beef, bouquet of flowers

metal - lightbulb, batteries, can of beans

glass - bottle of milk, lightbulb, jar of honey



3) The eggs, tropical fruit, beans, rice, tea, beef and flowers are compostable.

The magazines, the milk bottle, the can, the jar and the soap bottle are reusable.

The box, the magazines, the carton, the bottle, the lightbulb, the batteries, the clingfilm, the can, the rice packet, the jar, the soap bottle and the tissues are recyclable.



Suggested Answer Key

4) The baked beans, the box of eggs, the bottle of milk and the honey are the most eco friendly. However, you can swap canned beans for dried beans and the products should all be local.



Magazines contain plastic. They could be replaced with magazines made of recycled paper or e-zines.



Cartons contain plastic. They could be replaced with fruit which the student juices themselves.



Tropical fruit has to be imported. They could be eaten very occasionally and replaced with local, seasonal produce.



Lightbulbs could be replaced with long lasting bulbs or LEDs.



Batteries should be rechargeable.



Clingfilm could be replaced with Tupperware, or even better, metal containers.



Rice could be bought in paper or fabric based packaging. 



Soap could be bought in bars in card or paper packaging (or even made by the students).



Most tea bags contain plastic. They could be replaced with loose tea leaves.



Beef is very bad for the environment. It could be eaten very occasionally, if ever, and only from local sources. 



Tissues could be replaced with handkerchiefs.



The flowers themselves are bad for the environment as they need to be farmed in a way which uses a lot of water then imported. To replace them, students could grow their own from seeds in the garden and re-use water from the house to grow them.



NB: This is in British English. If you would like an US English version, it wouldn't take long to make. Please just message or comment with the words you need to replace.

Eco Friendly Groceries

This activity is about new vocabulary and you can discuss in class about it improving the conversation and there is a compostion activity too. Elicite from the students to talk about the topic before the video.

are you attached to your stuff?

This A2-level video quiz focuses on a fascinating recycling process at the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans, where old, unfit currency is shredded and turned into compost used by urban farmers. The video highlights the journey of damaged money being converted into healthy soil, helping to grow vegetables and herbs. Through engaging visuals and simple narration, students will improve their listening comprehension and vocabulary. The quiz includes true/false questions and short-answer questions to check understanding of key details. It also features a vocabulary matching activity with terms like “shred,” “recycle,” and “convert.” This activity is ideal for learners looking to expand their knowledge of real-world processes while practicing English in a meaningful context.

Where Dollars Die and Are Reborn

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

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how to express agreement /disagreement in English

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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

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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

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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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