A selection of English ESL english dialogue 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

Ss choose a picture and make up a dialogue between the people presented in the photo.There are 11 pictures (6pages) to choose from. This activity should match all levels. Cutting out the photos and laminating them helps you a lot and saves your time.They may come in handy at any time.
It's also useful for describing pictures. 

Holiday Mini-dialogues

This worksheet is an ESL/EFL printable handout comprising a dialogue built around English collocations with "do" or "make" for learners of English as a second language, followed by an exercise.

Do or make collocation exercises

This is a restaurant role play for learners to practice ordering food. The dialogue is divided into 3 parts: at the front of the restaurant, ordering food, and getting the bill.  Different main courses and desserts can be brainstormed and substituted to extend the activity.  Also, after enough practice, learnerss could arrange desks in a restaurant setting. 

Restaurant Role Play 

This Resource includes an almost complete list of the possible expressions and questions used at the doctors office between the doctor, the receptionist, and the patient. It includes useful language for reserving an appointment, talking about your symptoms to the doctor, receiving treatment or advice from the doctor, receiving prescriptions, and more. This list could be used for various class activities like Speaking drills, role-play activities, writing dialogues, or scripts. And is rather useful for those who aim to improve their day-to-day conversations in English.

At the Doctors office - Complete List of Common Expressions, Questions, Dialogues between the patient, doctor and reception

This worksheet has 3 blocks of dialogues. The 2nd block consists of 2 dialogues. The 1st and the 3rd models can help your students discuss their favouite kind of weather. The 2nd model can help them suggest doing something according to the weather. 

Dialogues about the weather

A worksheet including a dialogue on the topic of free time & hobbies, highlighting useful phrases such as "Do you like to __ in your free time?" and "How often do you __?". Students fill the gaps in the dialogue then talk to their classmates using similar language. I would recommend starting by going over vocabulary for different hobbies first, then move on to this activity after. For this, I used the excellent worksheet uploaded by rmartinandres, which can be found here:



https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/dynamic-verbs/free-time-activities-vocabulary-and-speaking/120347



Free Time Activities and Hobbies - Dialogue and Conversation Questions

2 sets of dominoes related to the vocabulary of the reading "900 new words in 3 months". Definitions are provided for each expression.

English File 3rd Edition Pre-Intermediate Student’s Book, p. 25.



In my opinion, it's a good idea to have a follow-up exercise, too; e.g. make up a dialogue using at least X of the given words. Such a follow-up task makes memorisation easier.

Dominoes: vocabulary related to "900 new words in 3 months" (English File 3 ed. Pre-Intermediate)

First of all find the missing words in this telephone conversation and then practice the dialogue with your partner, don’t forget to be angry, it's a complaint! https://www.facebook.com/languesjanetmournard

TELEPHONING -A COMPLAINT

Little dialogues for beginners to practice and present (Introduction: greetings, age, feelings, home countries). The rest of the class listens and fills out the questionnaire. 5 dialogues, 3 questions each.

Introduction dialogues and questionnaire

It is a listening/comprehension worksheet. Students watch a video ( a couple in the restaurant complaining about food) and fill in the dialogue with the missing words.

complaining at the restaurant

A simple worksheet to teach compaints in English. It includes:



A short dialogue that learner need to read and study then answer comprehension questions.

Classification of expressions used to make complaints/responding positively and negatively.

Matching task for further practice.

Three different situations where students will have to complain.

Making and responding to complaints

This worksheet provides commonly used phrases and a model conversation used between customers and sales people when shopping for clothes and goods. 



The students will do partner practice and then answer questions based on the teacher dialogue. 



There is a section on Japanese to English translation of the key phrases and finally a drawing section to entertain those who finish early.

237 English dialogue English ESL worksheets pdf & doc