A selection of English ESL fun facts printables

I thought of a fun reading for 4th graders but it is possible to use it for other levels as well. 

There are 10 facts about some animals and a TRUE / FALSE exercise.

Fun Facts!! 

This set of pictures with different facts taken from BBC encourages speaking activities. Students are to decide if these facts are true or false and explain why.

Fun Facts

An interesting activity for warm-up) devide students into 2 teams. Each team have to read the facts and complete it with one word. Then they can check with the help of their competitors)

Fun facts

There is a text about Easter. The students have to read it and answer the questions. More advanced students could write some paragraphs about other facts they know about Easter or write about how Easter is celebrated in their countries.

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Easter - Fun facts

A fun and engaging lesson to learn English through culture and countries. In this video-based lesson students will learn all about Canada in a fun video full of visual aids. 



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The full lesson plan includes 2 parts since it’s a 4 minute-plus video.



Start the students off with some warm up questions about Canada, complete a vocabulary matching activity, a few true and false questions about Canada, watch a YouTube video (check below if you want a sneak peek of the video), complete some listening questions, use visual aids as speaking prompts to talk about Canadian symbols, learn idioms, practice using the new vocabulary in context, compare your country (or any other) with Canada, and watch the video again and complete the missing words. Repeat again for Part #2 of the lesson! 



Check out the YouTube video here that the lesson is based on:



https://youtu.be/zm6gHJ3SQIM



Canada Fun Facts

This reading task is very informative and amusing. Almost every statement contains a question as well with which you are able to make your students speak. (Intermediate, upper-intermediate, advanced students will be capable of discussing these unexpected questions, I think. Have fun! :)

19 fun facts

A fun conversation-based lesson about April, spring, and small talk. 



An engaging lesson that will get your students talking. 



Start with some warm-up questions, complete a vocabulary matching activity to introduce new vocabulary, watch an ESL  YouTube video and answer listening questions. 



Use visual aids to retell the conversation in your words, discuss some things about April and spring, teach some spring and April-related idioms, ask students to use some selected words and phrases in context, watch the video again and fill in the missing words, and finish the lesson with more conversation questions. 

The YouTube link for this lesson is in the lesson plan or click here for a sneak peek: https://youtu.be/NVm9H50LGMw



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April Fun Facts

'This is Britain' is a fun, fact-filled exercise, for students at beginner and intermediate level alike.



The first part can be used as a simple oral reading exercise and includes basic information about Great Britain (GB), and a short quiz on capital cities etc.



Then the students must look at some intersesting facts about GB and decide which of them are false. Answers are provided. This could be used as a single activity for a whole class with oral explanation of key British topics/icons and asking students questions about 'weird' laws in their country.

Fun Facts About Britain

An activity to fill in with the missing words

Fun Facts about Pets

Fun quiz to supplement a lesson about ice cream. Students can guess fun facts related to ice cream and then learn the answers. The questions aren't really things that the students might know but rather things they might find fun to learn. Rather than read the list out you can let them guess! 

Ice Cream Fun Facts

A fun video with some light facts and trivia about the USA. A teaser lesson with a few different activities to show you different types of activities in our new course. Great for building vocabulary, improving listening skills, and English conversation. 



Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/OdigP3FVZBE



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Fun Facts About the USA 

Learn all about Spain, the history of Spain, and Spanish culture. A great resource for teaching cross-cultural awareness, talking about travel, comparing countries, and lots more!

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Spain Fun Facts | Spanish Culture

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

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how to express agreement /disagreement in English

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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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