A selection of English ESL first americans 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

This worksheet is made for the first classes oF English. 
JUNIOR A AND JUNIOR B. After these tenses are taught to the children you can give them this mini test to evaluate their knowledge. The questions are mixed and this will test them on their ability to know the difference between these two tenses. 
GOOD LUCK TO THEM!

40 questions Simple Present vs Present Continuous

Defeat Chuck and answer all conditionals correctly! Review the correct formation of the conditionals before completing the worksheet. You know you can. There is a black and white version and an answer key. 
 
More fun with Chuck: 
 
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All Conditional Tenses + B&W + KEY  

5 page worksheet includes a poster, 2 pages of speaking cards- one for each expression, and a two page glossary explaining the meaning of each expression- in numerical order. These common, everyday idioms are based on parts of the body.

Funny Body Idioms Classroom Poster + Glossary + Cards

A current-events reading to help students understand the news about the coronavirus outbreak. 5 comprehension questions and an answer key follow the reading. Have students work to understand and define the vocabulary first before doing the reading. 

Corona Virus Reading and Comprehension Questions

This two-part activity ESL climate worksheet is good as a culmination knowledge classroom and group discussion and speaking exercise reviewing about what they have learned followed by cutting, arranging and pasting carbon footprint action steps that they and their families can take to reduce their carbon footprints.  Have your students first arrange the carbon-reducing steps from top to bottom on their desks to test previous knowledge and then show the video and have students glue them in place in their notebooks.  You might also want to include a chart on your PPT after the movie that shows the final pasting order as there are several versions to choose from.  Enjoy!  

Best Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint - Climate Change PBS

It's about symptoms and preventions of COVID-19 and definition. The virus that causes COVID – 19 is a new coronavirus that was first identified in Wuhan, China. 
The COVID – 19 is an infectious disease caused by a new virus that has not been detected in humans before. 
The virus causes a respiratory illness like the flu with various symptoms that in severe cases, can cause pneumonia.

COVID-19 

Detective Holmes Mysteries 
 
Work through 3 puzzle-based mysteries with Detective Holmes. 
 
1 - The Calendar Man 
2 - The Oil Boss 
3 - The Smithy Thief 
 
Answers below... 
 
The mysteries are presented in a newspaper/noir style. 
Each mystery could take 5 - 10 minutes to complete, depending on students' level. 
 
I hope you enjoy this pack and have fun in your classes. If you like this worksheet, please leave a rating or review. 
 
Find more stuff at <a href="http://www.linktr.ee/orightenglish" target="_blank" title="www.linktr.ee/orightenglish">www.linktr.ee/orightenglish</a> 
 
Thanks for your interest! 
 
ANSWERS: 
 
Mystery 1 Answer: 
The killer is Jason. 
The months on the calendar are July, August, September, October, and November. 
The first letter of each month spells J.A.S.O.N. 
 
Mystery 2 Answer: 
The leader of the gang is Bill. 
Turn the note upside-down. The numbers resemble letters (this is clearer with a calculator). 
The note reads: BILL IS BOSS HE SELLS OIL 
 
Mystery 3 Answer: 
The thief is Mark Smith. 
The note to Holmes reads literally, “QUESTION MARK SMITH, THEY ARE THE THIEF”.

Detective Holmes Mysteries

This is a webquest/research worksheet about the different aspects of segregation in the USA. In the first part, the students are invited to describe/comment on two photographs showing what segregation was. They will have to choose another picture (photograph or painting) to present to the class. 
Beside this research, they will have to present an important figure of the movement (someone who fought for civil rights or a person in favour of segregation). 
The lesson itself is about the trailer of the film Selma - the British-American historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb (2014)

The civil rights movement in America - Selma

Ask the students to mention the name of each picture and complete the middle sound of the words. 
 
Author recommends teachers and parents to introduce the first sound before middle sound. The worksheet of the first sound is under the title: Three-letter Words (First Sound)

Three-letter Words (Middle Sound)

This worksheet is to be used by teachers working in France as the first 2 exercises are in French. I use this document to introduce my series of documents about English and American Literature

Literature

There are too many things to have your kids busy. First a puzzle to review healthy and unhealthy food. Then, they have to classify the food in a chart. This is na important practice 

Healthy and unhealthy food 

In this lesson, students will learn more about Black History Month and read the biography of Ruby Bridges, who was the first girl to integrate American public schools. 

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