A selection of English ESL engineering printables

A2 B1 Worksheet on 5 different Extreme engineering projects around the world- COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE exercises and DISCUSSION questions. I paired it with my worksheet "MEASUREMENTS AND DIMENSIONS",

Reading-extreme engineering projects (comparatives/superlatives

B1+ B2 worksheet  (I USED IT WITH MY WORKSHEET  HERE  "DIMENSIONS AND MEASUREMENTS" ) for Adult's and high school students on Christmas engineering projects. Includes a detailed reading, data tables, comprehension and critical-thinking questions, focusing on technology, design, scale, and real-world engineering challenge

Reading & Group activities: Christmas Engineering Marvels

Instructions are included and perfect for architects and civil engineers. Similar to my other worksheets but with this one the objective is to match each project to the right plan. Then you can get the students to debate the validity of those plans. 



Building and Structure Adjectives - Civil Engineering Project

A great little game-my students loved it -How to play: cut out the cards
-lay out the shuffled cards on the table in front of the Students, WRITING FACE DOWN
-A Student turns over a card and has 20 seconds (10 seconds if you have good learners ) to solve the error on the card,
-If correct: 1 point to that student (or 2 points if under 10 seconds and 1 point if within 20 seconds)
-If wrong: return to the table and shuffle the cards again. 
Most points wins ! - (or the student who guesses the correct answer can slam the table.)

HAVE FUN!!  ( CAN BE EASILY EDITED) - PRINT IN LANDSCAPE 

GAME: Mixed tenses (vocabulary of technical engineering etc)

A worksheet with questions and vocabulary for a documentary that can be watched online (see the link below). You can also buy the boxset. The questions are done in blocks of 5 to 10 minutes, normally although some are longer and some a little shorter. I get the students to read out the questions and then play the clip and then pause it where it is indicated. The students then answer the questions. I used another episode for my engineers and they loved it. I used it on another group with the same result. I think it would be interesting for teenagers and youngish learners too, especially if they want to improve their English in STEM subjects. There is also a text included with this that has been rendered similar to the CAE reading and use of English test, part one. Answers are provided. Click the link to watch it on youtube -



 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jFMroHSi0Y&t=199s

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections . Burl Al Arab - Video worksheet

This worksheet is part of the “Incredible Kids Doing Big Things” series and focuses on a 13-year-old boy from Kenya who created a simple water filter to help his village. The activity includes a warm-up section, a vocabulary matching task, a gap-fill exercise, a 180-word reading text, multiple-choice comprehension questions, and discussion prompts. It is designed for A2–B1 learners and works well for reading lessons, pair work, or speaking practice. The topic is inspiring for teenagers and encourages them to think about real-world problems and how young people can make a difference. Perfect for classes that enjoy meaningful stories, global themes, and practical vocabulary.

Incredible Kids Doing Big Things: The Water Engineer

Elon Musk interview. Listening comprehension. Present Simple. Science, innovations, engineering. Exapnding vocabulary, after-watching activities. Tesla, Solar City, SpaceX

Elon Musk interview. Listening comprehension. Present Simple. Science, innovations, engineering

B2/C1/C2 Level Grammar & Spelling Practice: English for Engineering & Manufacturing: Error-Correction Exercise Focused on Bottling Machinery (Pharmaceutical/Beverage Production Sector) MECHANICAL, ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS  AND PROGRAMMERS.
The phrases relate to bottling machine production in pharmaceutical and beverage industries, covering technical vocabulary for mechanical, electronic, and programming processes.

Correct the errors for engineers B2/ C1/ C2 level

How to Keep Your Engine Running Smoothly During Extreme-How to Keep Your Engine Running Smoothly During Extreme-How to Keep Your Engine Running Smoothly During Extreme

How to Keep Your Engine Running Smoothly During Extreme

ALL LEVEL DISCUSSIONS When you need a filler for 5 or 10 minutes, here is a list for those  emergencies, I have listed them in order from A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 divided them into engineers and administration sections. I'l be keeping mine to hand this school year  ;-)

Quick Business Discussion questions ( For Admin & Engineers) From A1 to C2

2 readings a B1 level THEN a B2 level with the same questions- and an Engineering Extension: The Science Behind Supersonic Flight. there are general questions and a general vocabulary exercise with DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. 

2 READINGS (B1 and B2 ) with same questions-CONCORDE -with ENGINEERS WORKSHEET EXTENSION CONCORDE

I have pulled together a collection of resources from ISL Collective to teach Idioms and compiled them into a resource list divided by specific categories. At the end, there is a list of miscellaneous resources as well! 

Resources to Teach Idioms By Category

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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37 Engineering English ESL worksheets pdf & doc