A selection of English ESL fce speaking printables

In this simple speaking game your students will practice developing short talks about a topic. This can be played in pairs or with individual students. With larger classes I'd recommend splitting them into groups of around 4.



The topics are the ones you will typically find on B2 exams such as the FCE / Cambridge First. They are appropriate for high school students.



The last row contains topics that may be controversial in some countries. Please be careful to review and remove them if necessary.

Just a Minute - Speaking cards - B2 Teens

An intermediate-level speaking lesson on shopping. (Shopping-related picture descriptions, role plays, questions). Targets: enhancing argumentative skills, developing vocabulary.

Shopping

Another phrasal verb worksheet with bingo, a story and debate. There is also an FCE reading and use of English practice test at the end. Answers are included. This time it is on the subject of relationships. I have looked it over for mistakes a couple of times, but you know how these things go. If there are many mistakes, please let me know and I will update it once I have corrected them. The final story needs some work, to be honest, but it serves the purpose.

Phrasal Verbs about Relationships

Thanks to everybody on this ESL Printables for giving me suggestions for this. Also, there is a lot of vocabulary that I hear on English news stations on a daily basis so, the vocabulary is pretty much up-to-date. I still have to put a worksheet together about some idioms for this subject. I have done this in the usual manner, a mix-and-match, bingo, gapfill, story, debate with personality cards, FCE practice at the end and the answers at the back. 

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Phrasal Verbs about Pandemics and Epidemics

Vocabulary practice

Questions and answers practice

help beginners understand basic vocabulary about their daily life activities and also how to ask and respond to basic questions.

How to dialogue base on daily activities with fun flashcards. Reading practice base on conversation with one person to ask and the other person respond

Example to create idea on making a daily routine diary with poster and speaking guide

Vocabulary practice

Questions and answers practice

help beginners understand basic vocabulary about their daily life activities and also how to ask and respond to basic questions.

How to dialogue base on daily activities with fun flashcards. Reading practice base on conversation with one person to ask and the other person respond

Example to create idea on making a daily routine diary with poster and speaking guide

DAILY ROUTINE

It's very useful for FCE or matura exam. There are 5 exercises based on the text: vocabulary, reading comprehension, writing and even speaking. I hope you like it.

GENETIC ENGINEERING_comprehension based on the topic

FCE to CAE prep for ´phrasal verbs on the subject of IT and digital technology. The usual mix-and-match, gap-fill, story with debate and bingo. Ideal for the Cambridge Grammar and Vocabulary books, ´particularly the vocabulary sections. At the end of the worksheet there is a reading and use of English part 4 test to reinforce what they have been learning. Answers at the back. 

Phrasal Verbs about Technology 1: Digital

Another phrasal verb worksheet together with a set of bingo cards, a mix-and-match, gap-fill, and role play. This time the subject is politics. Let's hope the students aren't too sick of the subject, by now. Answers somewhere at the back.

Phrasal Verbs about Politics

This is an idea I took from an FCE coursebook when I lost the original. It involves two groups of students - one group owns a house with spare rooms and the other group is looking for a place to live. 

The first group must come up with rules (You must not smoke; Parties are allowed; You needn't cook for everyone) etc. while the other group thinks of questions to ask when they meet (Can we smoke? Are we allowed pets? etc.)



Then they meet and chaos ensues while they argue over rules, and ultimately, decide whether they would live together.

New Housemates - Roleplay

This is a complete class. It should last about and hour and a half. First, there is a reading done in the style of Part 1 of the Reading and Use of English section of the FCE exam although, having done it a few times already, I have to say it's vocabulary is more akin to CAE. This is followed by a debate relating to the reading. There is then a dice game relating to traffic stops by police. There then follows a short role-play. An answer sheet is provided for the first part. Thank you to Esther for suggesting the idea.





Traffic Lights FCE/CAE practice - With Debate, Game and Role-Play

Part two of a phrasal verb worksheet about personality. There is the usual mix-and-match exercise, some bingo, a gapfill exercise, an article with gapfill and a debate with personality cards based on the article. At the end, there is a revision exercise based on the FCE reading and use of English part 4 exam. Answers at the back. Thank you to Starr for kicking my backside to get this one finished.

Phrasal Verbs about Personality: Part 2

Here is another phrasal verb worksheet with bingo, a story and debate. There is also an FCE reading and use of English practice test at the end. Answers are included.

Phrasal Verbs about shopping

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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123 Fce speaking English ESL worksheets pdf & doc