A selection of English ESL contrast printables

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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Although-despite-while-in contrast to

Students discuss different topics, using comparison and contrast to support their opinion. They should be able to mention advantages and disadvantages of the given situation. After all students are done with their role play, they will vote the best performance.

Role Play - Compare and contrast discussion

I have been meaning to do this for a while. 6 different ways of using contrast to speak about unexpected or surprising things. It has been turned into a dice game. I have tested this one but if anybody sees anything I missed, please let me know. Made for adults but I think this would be OK for children. 

Ways of Contrasting - Although, despite etc.

THIS TABLE ENABLES STUDENTS TO REMEMBER VERBS IN THE PRESENT OR IN THE PAST. Good to have the students learn to discern the difference between regular and irregular.

Compare & Contrast Regular and Irregular Verbs

Grammar Explanations and practice to contrast between Present Simple and Continuous. Different types of exercises to practice spelling rules of both tenses. The exercises are graded from elementary to pre-intermediate.

CONTRAST BETWEEN PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

This worksheet is designed for B2 (Upper-Intermediate) students and focuses on clauses of contrast and purpose. Using the story of Radegast, the Slavic god of hospitality and war, students are introduced to both mythological content and advanced grammatical structures. The worksheet includes reading comprehension, grammar tasks, and creative production. The grammar point is taught through the P.P.P method—first presenting clauses of contrast (e.g., although, despite) and purpose (e.g., so that, in order to), followed by guided practice and free sentence production. This ensures that students understand the context in which these clauses are used and can apply them accurately in their writing.
 

Students will explore vocabulary related to Slavic culture and mythology, enhancing their ability to understand historical content. The task-based learning activity encourages independent research and creative output, allowing learners to connect grammar with real-world topics. This worksheet is well-suited for upper-intermediate learners aiming to improve their grammar skills while engaging with culturally rich material. The variety of activities ensures that students practice grammar, reading comprehension, and critical thinking in an integrated way.

Radegast: clauses of contrast and purpose

Fill-in-the-gaps activity about contrastive linkers. Good to use for a discussion about the different contrastive linkers and how sentences could be changed when using the different contrastive linkers.



The text and idea is taken from:

Rebecca Robb Benne, Jon Hird, MVE Advanced Coursebook, Macmillan 2007.

Contrastive Linkers - Japanese inventor Dr. Naka Mets

The task is to fill in the story using either Past Simple Tense or Past Continuous Tense. Additionally, there is one reading comprehension task. There are some questions that students have to answer.

Enjoy!

Past Simple and Past Continuous in contrast

This is 5 activities based on a scene from Star Wars. Students are asked questions, responding to a visual stimulus. They are also asked to compare and contrast each scene. You will need access to You Tube for this activity.

Working with Visual Stimulus / Compare and contrast

Grammar and Spelling Practice using both American and British English. Students need to learn the difference in spelling and vocabulary of the two slightly different forms of English.

British and American English Compared and Contrasted

Activities contrasting Simple Present and Present Continuous

Contrast beteen S. Present and P. Continuous

Have you anytime found some arrangements concerning looking at oranges and apples and marvel what that meant?

Considering, understanding the break down essay help you acknowledge what that meant and how you can write one for yourself. Else, you can in like way pick an ace essay typer if you face any kind of difficulty in any of the writing stages. Discovering support from experts is continually an unrivaled decision when you can't write your insightful assignments on account of any clarification.

 

What is a Compare and Contrast Essay?

An investigation essay is depended on to explore the likenesses and contrasts between the two subjects. Looking at is evaluating the for all aims and purposes unclear characteristics and isolating is taking a gander at the complexities between two subjects that are partner in a meaningful manner.

To the degree it is connected with separating the oranges and apples, you can not do that. As opposed to looking at oranges and apples, you can inquire about two sorts of apples or two sorts of oranges to combine their detached qualities.

 

Clarification behind Compare and Contrast Essay

The thing is shockingly clear from the name, investigate two subjects. Consider the subject reliant on the practically identical characteristics similarly as the detachment between the two subjects. Assessment is done at risk to advance toward elements, while separate is done subject to various elements.

The standard clarification for ask about essay isn't to give the certain yet rather to see the limits or disturbing similarities for example two subjects should interface in a meaningful manner.

 

Structure of Compare and Contrast Essay?

As we have discovered that an inside and out analyze essay is proposed to see two subjects, so we need to structure the essay in like manner. The speculation statement clearly concedes the two subjects are being limited, or looked at, or both. You may structure the investigate essay in one of the going with ways.

Structure them as showed by the subject, talk around one then the other

As showed by the focuses; talk about individual living spaces, each subject for all plans and purposes vague from each point.

The assorted leveled structure completely relies upon the chance of the subject, the fundamental clarification and the focused on swarm.

 

Writing a Compare and Contrast Essay

 

The writing system joins:

Pick the Subject

While you pick the subject for your essay, remember that they ought to relate in a meaningful manner to cause a meaningful to explore essay. It looks unprecedented to separate two government specialists instead of detaching an administrator and a force.

 

Models:

Cautious people and neighborly individuals

Totalities and vote based framework

Salieri and Mozart

Veggie dears and non-vegans

Catholicism and standard

Numerically contradicted and humanities-tended to

 

Conceptualize

Correctly when you have picked the point, conceptualize the similarities and separations of the picked subject. Make two separate records, one is for all aims and purposes indistinct characteristics and one for contrasts. On the off chance that you are a visual individual, the Venn chart may engage you to better. It bolsters you separate the close by, phenomenal and commonplace things of the subject.

 

Pick the Structure

As we have inspected there are two sorts of structures that you can complete while writing an and through discrete essay. At this moment, writing the essay, pick whether you need to disengage various subjects, separate relative subjects, or both explore the subjects.

 

Make an Outline

Plotting your essay is a magnificent thought. Make an arrangement as showed by the structure that you have picked. Generally, an essay wires 3 segments: presentation, body, and end.

 

Presentation

Present the subject with a pulling in opening segment. An opening area is the most fundamental piece of the essay. The peruser picks the explanation of the opening section that whether he should remain and dissect the remainder of the essay or not.

 

Recommendation Statement

Build up a solid theory statement that positively gives the clarification for an essay, regardless of whether you are looking at, or withdrawing or both curious about the subject.

 

Give the Supporting Points

As you start writing, give affirmation from books, analyze, looking at or explicit experience. Usage of stories, statements may assist you with introducing your supporting check in an unrivaled manner.

 

Transitional Words

As you are investigating the subjects, you should utilize progress words like "indistinctly", "additionally", "in any case", "unmistakably", or "both".

 

Change and Review

Right when you are finished writing your essay, think about it for review. Break down your essay a couple of times, check for syntactic or spelling messes up, check if the sentence structure is right.

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