A selection of English ESL gap fill printables

This gap filling activity allows for building up skills in using ten most commonly used irregular verbs through completing ten short question - answer exchanges. On completion, these short dialogues can be role-played by learners. Answer sheet is included.



The resource can be used on it's own or (advised) as a follow up for  "A Monkey Forest Day Out: irregular verbs / proofreading"   - another worksheet from my collection: http://en.islcollective.com/worksheets/worksheet_page?id=23849 



Hope this one will be well liked by you. 



You can also see similar worksheets based on the following topics: 



A sightseeing holiday in Paris: http://en.islcollective.com/worksheets/worksheet_page?id=24693 



My journey to Manchester: http://en.islcollective.com/worksheets/worksheet_page?id=24263 



We go in for sport every day: http://en.islcollective.com/worksheets/worksheet_page?id=24412  



Every comment is really welcome! :)

A Day Out At The Monkey Forest: Gap Fill Irregular Verbs

This gap filling activity allows for building up skills in using five most commonly used irregular verbs through completing five short question - answer exchanges. These short dialogues can be role-played by learners. Answer sheet is included.



This resource can be used on it's own or (recommended) as a follow up activity for "We Go In For Sport Every Day: Irregular Verbs" - another worksheet from my collection.



On my page you can also find a set of cut-up matching cards with the target irregular verbs: these can be used either as a warming up / revising activity before working on the worksheet, or as a recap in the end of the lesson.



Hope this new worksheet will be well liked by you.

We Go In For Sport Every Day: Irregular Verbs Gap Fill


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 past continuous
 my last weekend
 story
 interrupted actions
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reading 
 gap-fill exercise based on a short story  


My last weekend Gap fill exercise Past simple and Past continuous

A listening/discussion/writing worksheet based on the song "Just When I Needed You Most" by Smokie.

The listening part is a gap fill exercise. I suggest to play the song once first, before handing out the worksheet. For the first three verses the missing words are given 1) in the wrong order 2) with the letters mixed up and 3) in the wrong order. For the remaining verses the missing words aren't given. A key (full lyrics) is included. A part of the gap fill, almost all verbs have been omitted from the song so this worksheet could also be used as a lead in to practice irregular and regular verbs.

For the discussion part I have included a couple of questions to invite the students to think about the song and give reasons for what might have happened.

As for the writing part, students are asked to compose a short letter from "him" to "her" and it would be fun to share these letters with the class and vote for the most romantic just to end the class on a high note. Alternatively, if you want to omit the writing part, just get the students to sing the song together for a little bit of fun.

Smokie - Just When I Needed You Most - Song Gap Fill - Writing

Here you will find a text with missing words to choose from the list beside, concerning advice and habits to get selected in a team,then you can ask them to play the dialogue and write another one , there is the key on the second page

In the changing room of the club , gap filling with KEY

This contains vocabulary work (regular and irregular verbs) and a listening task worksheet with solution. Students have to choose the right word or to fill gaps. Then I show them the video with the lyrics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qp5vcuMIlk

Castle on the Hill - Ed Sheeran - Song Multi-Page Gap Fill

Answer key included.



I have a lot of students request these types of worksheets for homework. The articles are also very useful for conversation classes.

Six nights up a tree: gap-fill exercise + questions for discussion.

A gap filing worksheet about how to make a healthier banana pancake. Students tasks are to read through the steps on how to make a healthier banana pancake then fill in the gaps of the missing kitchen verbs with the words that is provided in the box.

How to make a Healthier Banana Pancake - Gap Filling (Kitchen Verbs)

past simple 
 past continuous 
 gap fill
 past tenses 
 intermediate 
 short story 
gap-fill exercise based on a short story 
 story about a trip 
 

Gap fill exercise based on a short story about a trip

Song activity where students have to choose between frequently misheard/confusing words. The song is upbeat and great for adults. As an added task, they have to figure out what certain expressions from the song mean in the task under the lyrics.

Led Zeppelin - Hey, Hey, What Can I Do - Song Gap Fill

Practice the first, second, and third conditionals with this worksheet. The sentences include contractions and some challenges, maintaining natural-sounding speech.

Conditionals practice - first, second, and third conditionals - gap fill and discussion questions.

I mean, Who doesn´t like Alicia Key´s voice to practice English?

Find a very simple and cool worksheet to complete the lyrics listening to the song. 



You can edit it at your convenience or complement it with this cool video/song edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCphGaR7UGA with kinetic lyrics.  



God Bless AK. 

If I ain´t got you - Alicia Key´s gaps filling worksheet

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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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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