A selection of English ESL even though printables

A brief passage about fish and chips. I've made this worksheet and now I am just going to have to go out and get some fish and chips even though I've made chilli for the tea;-) T/F and questions. Key provided. 

Fish and chips, a great British dish

Reading comprehension about Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin. Even though this article focuses on Rosa Parks, it also explains why Claudette Colvin is a "forgotten" heroine of the Civil Rights Movement. There are different exercises: easy ones like a true or false but also some questions about the Jim Crow Laws and the different references to religion in the article. This document can either fit in the notion Myths and Heroes or Places and forms of Power in the French curriculum. Hope you´ll enjoy it

Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin (Civil Rights Movement)

A role-play to review family members, learn how to express your opinion, how to agree and disagree. Extra phrases may be provided depending on the students\' level. A good communicative activity to start of finish a class before the Christmas holidays. Can be used with the students of different levels (even though the most suitable for Intermediate and higher levels). You can practice various grammar structures and vocab, such as home, food, Christmas, decorations, etc. Make sure that your students keep their role cards secret. You can also laminate the cards so that they last longer. Let me know if you have any suggestions. 

Role-play: Christmas - Family Dinner

This is a listening worksheet for 'Mockingbird' By Eminem. I have a student who really likes his music. I think its a great challenge because the rap is really fast, even though I realize a lot of his lyrics are rude or contain a lot of slang. It has sections, some parts are gap fill, another is sentence ordering and another is word circling (which is really easy). I didn't limit how often my student could listen to the song, but I think that depends on the teacher.

Mockingbird by Eminem

As this is the 50th logic game, I thought it must be about celebration. So in this game five children celebrated their birthdays last weekend. Each child is uneven aged, likes different cakes and got different presents. Your task is to find out which information belongs to which child. The background is my creation. Hope you´ll enjoy it with your students. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi

Logic game (50th) - Birthdays *** with key *** fully editable *** greyscale

Short excersizes to reinforce students understanding of different jobs.



T.01: Students read the sentences and identify the child each sentence represent his/her thoughts.



T.02: Students number seven of the given jobs titles according to each child.



T.03: Students determine which sentence is correct and which is right.

Helpers - 07

Gap fill exercise for practicing comparatives. I used it as a review for a high level business student, even though it is a little silly.



Make sure you use the movie clip, not another version of the song, otherwise the lyrics won´t match up.

Song 'Anything you can do' gap fill

Here are some Present Simple tasks, they will not take long, but you will see, if you mastered it during your learning process. Even though they are easy you will see, if it does not hide anything from you.

Present Simple - Exercises

This worksheet comes with the lyric translation into Spanish, because there is nothing more frustrating than not knowing what the song is about.



Be weary about the word 'FUCKING' even though it is used as an emphasizer. The song is about the singer's ex-boyfriends and how it has contributed to her personal growth in a positive way.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUme0h-uPP4



This song is a little fast paced  - but younger students appreciate more modern songs from current pop idols such as Ariana Grande. If you use it, please comment below any feedback that you have!

Ariana Grande - Thank U Next - Past Simple Irregular Verbs

A worksheet asking for choice of because, although, or even though

Dependent Words


Investigate a crime that has been committed. Interrogate 3 suspects (characters' cards) and review evidence (included and to be uncovered progressively). 
I initially found a solve the crime document on islcollective and it inspired me to build a much larger game. / NB > Charlie SMITH to be changed for Charlie FIT + in the notes I wrote HER instead of HIM (cover for him)

Crime Role Play - House Robbery - Multi-Page Information Material

This is a test which I created while working in a tourism school many years ago. It might be of some use even though the text is rather old now, as the problem might have only become more acute. Also this could be used to introduce a comparison between the way it was then and the situation now. Originally designed for French learners, but you could adapt it to suit your own needs.

TEST ABOUT TOURISM : Press article Terrorism vs. Tourism + practical info about hotel

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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70 Even though English ESL worksheets pdf & doc