A selection of English ESL cut and paste activity printables

A worksheet about the story "Where's Spot?". A worksheet with 2 alternative activities, depending on the level of your students (page 2 or 3). The students have to cut and paste the animals on the 1st page according to the story.

"Where's Spot?"

Learn about the time difference. It is 10:00 in New York, but 16:00 in Slovakia. What do people do in Slovakia when Mark from NY is doing different activities? Cut he pictures and paste them to correct places.

Time difference New York - Slovakia

It can be used to make students ordering stories based on the pictures on the sheet. there are also parts of sentences that should be ordered. it can be in form of a rewriting activity or cut and paste activity

STORY ORDERING

This two-part activity ESL climate worksheet is good as a culmination knowledge classroom and group discussion and speaking exercise reviewing about what they have learned followed by cutting, arranging and pasting carbon footprint action steps that they and their families can take to reduce their carbon footprints.  Have your students first arrange the carbon-reducing steps from top to bottom on their desks to test previous knowledge and then show the video and have students glue them in place in their notebooks.  You might also want to include a chart on your PPT after the movie that shows the final pasting order as there are several versions to choose from.  Enjoy!  

Best Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint - Climate Change PBS

This Worksheet consists of a number of activities that could be covered during the session, including coloring, cutting and pasting, pronunciation, and matching. It could be a fun way to practice the letter S, some general vocabulary beginning with s and also some motor skills. The worksheet also includes a possible lesson plan suggestion for the teacher. 

S Phonics Worksheet

These sheets can be used to reinforce vocabulary, by a cut and paste activity or laminate them and get the students to match the words and the meanings. These were used at the beginning of each science lesson some students just had to match the words some more able students matched the definitions with the words.

Earth science - vocabulary matching sheets

The first page has three sets of organs to save paper and money (each student gets one set of organs). Students can demonstrate their acquired knowledge regarding the location of internal body organs. I use this with my fourth level students. The students cut out the organs in one sheet and paste them in the body figures on the other sheet. They can color them and paste them in their notebook. You can also use this to enhance the listening or reading skill by telling them where each organ goes (The brain is located in the head) or by having them read short descriptions of location (texts are not included in the worksheet).

Internal Body Organs cutout activity

These vocabulary sheets can be used with the landforms PowerPoint I have uploaded or used without.  They can be used as a cut and paste activity or laminated to make a matching word and meaning activity. I used this for a grade 8 SEN class, or this could be used for middle primary classes.

Landforms Vocabulary work sheets

You can use this worksheet with young children after listening and singing the song "if you're happy". They cut and paste in the heart the emotions they are feeling on that day. When tey are done they can present their heart to the other children : Today i'm feeling ... It's a relaxing activity to finish the lesson!

emotions for young children

In this activity students must first complete the phrase with the correct past participle and then ask their classmates if they have done said activity (and write the classmate's name). The first student to have a different classmate for each activity wins! 
2 bingo sheets per page; this worksheet is designed to be cut in half to save paper.

Present Perfect Interview Bingo

Activity to practise the pronunciation of regular verbs in past simple. (for small groups)

1. Stick the worksheets with the different pronunciations of "ed" on 3 different walls of the class.

2. Give a copy of the worksheet of the verbs. (verbs must be previously cut)

3. Students stand up and stick the verbs on the correct pronunciation worksheet .

Pronunciation regular verbs in past simple

In this worksheet, you'll find a table filled with words representing various places. Below the table, there are corresponding pictures of these places. The task for the kids is to color the pictures, cut them out, and then paste each one onto the correct word in the table. It's a hands-on activity that helps reinforce vocabulary about places.

Puzzle about places

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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133 Cut and paste activity English ESL worksheets pdf & doc