A selection of English ESL dating 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>

Get here and you are ready to study in English at university

I used this in a class where the topic was relationships and the Students were to practice giving advice using a variety of structures (I also gave them the following handout from a different user: https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/advice_-_so_many_ways_to_give_advice/parts-of-speech/69325)



They worked in pairs; each pair was given one cut out problem which they read (which were taken from a genuine agony aunt page and are therefore authentic) discussed the problem and came up with a few suggestions for the person and then used the structures from their handouts to write a response. 



I banned them from using the easier structures which they use all the time and encouraged them to use the newer ones. This is necessary with some students who tend to stick to the safer options.



The final page has some quotes from the actual responses given on the website. As a follow up, I read these out and the students listened and had to try to identify which response was for their problem. Then I gave them the response that corresponded to their problem and they discussed and reported back to the class on whether or not it was similar to their response.

Agony Aunt Dating Problems

This worksheet contains flashcards with identities to use for "speed dating". Students are going to talk in pairs and their goal is to find out as much as possible about the other before the end of a time limit (3-5 minutes). After the time limit the pairs switch (like in speed dating). The goal is to find a "soulmate" - someone who has at least 3 same interests.  

"Speed dating" - asking questions

Cut out the cards. If you want to you can laminate them.

Divide your class into 2 groups. Form a double circle (inner and outer circle). The pupils in the inner circle get the white cards and the ones standing in the outer circle the grey ones.

You may use a signal (like a bell) to start the game. The teams start asking each other questions. They should alternate so that everybody asks questions and gives answers. (In this connection the pupils can also practice conversation phrases like "It's your turn", "What about you?", "Mine, too.", "Interesting", ...)

After some time you ring the bell again and the inner circle moves one partner to the left or right. And they start again asking their questions.

The partners who agree in 3 categories will be the speed date of the day. (key included)

Speed dating simple present

Simple love story to work out the meaning of related phrasal verbs. It follows a matching activity and an optional writng follow-up

PHRASAL VERBS AND DATING

These are real 'problems' taken from an Agony Aunt website in relation to the topic of dating. They can be cut up and given to different Students who then work in pairs to discuss the problem, suggest a variety of solutions and write a letter in response, giving advice to the writer. 



Ss should be provided with a variety of ways of giving advice before they begin writing (e.g. It's (high) time you. You'd better.. You ought to If I were you.. You should/shouldn't have..) and also for suggestions (eg. why don't you.have you though about.. It'd be a good idea if you..) and help them as they try to decide which ones are appropriate for different suggestions or pieces of advice.



On the final page there are some (abridged) responses which were also taken from the website. As an optional extra they can be read out and Ss have to listen and identify which response is related to their problem, then read it and see how it compares to their answer. They could discuss if it was good advice or not and why.



There are some very useful phrases and vocabulary and it would be good to get students to note them down.



This was used in relation to the topic of relationships and dating.

These 8 people are going to a party. The party is for people who are looking for a girlfriend or a boyfriend. They all have to fill in a form, then the computer finds their ideal partner. When they go to the party, they meet the person recommended by the computer. Hope you like it. ;)

Computer Dating - Speaking Cards

A guided roleplay to practise describing personality. One student works at a dating agency, the other is the client looking for love. The aim is to use and understand personality adjectives, and likes and dislikes.



The client interview is an activity for pairs. Choosing the best match can be done in the same pairs (client and dating agency staff member) or can be discussed in bigger groups.

At the Dating Agency

DATING FOR DIVERSE TEENAGERS.

A BURNING AND VERY-OFTEN MUTED TOPIC OF DATING FOR TEENAGERS.

SURVIVAL PROMPTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

WHAT TO DO? HOW TO FIND A DATE?

HOW TO KNOW, IF THE PERSON IS GOOD FOR YOU?

DATING FOR DIVERSITY YOUTH

Best for classes of 8 to 16 students. Each student has to ask questions to another and get answers then report on it. 
Use a free "Tournament App" to arrange the students. 
Give each round 4 minutes with a 1 minute break to move to the next round. 
At the end ask the student questions like
- Who had the most in common with you
- Who was the most interesting
etc

Use - https://tournamentscheduler.net/ to arrange the students into pairs. 

Speed Dating speaking activity

A WS to learn vocabulary about the seasons, the names of the days and months, and ordinal numbers.



With one exercise for practise (write the dates in full) (instructions must be changed for non-French learners)



also included: 2 word search puzzles where pupils must find the vocabulary used in the ws (2 versions: easy and medium, but they both use the same vocabulary)

Seasons, Dates, Ordinal Numbers

Grammar, vocabulary and listening practice. Students learn or revise the months of the year and the ordinal numbers and mainly how to read dates. 

Audio file links, QR codes and key provided.

HOW TO READ DATES

 a worksheet done to revise ordinal numbers and writing dates

458 Dating English ESL worksheets pdf & doc