A selection of English ESL german printables

Put the irregular verbs on a ring to take with you everywhere! Just copy the two pages on one sheet - front and back, then cut out the verbs, make a hole in each and put them on a ring.

Basic Irregular Verbs - For German Speakers

Personal Pronouns Reference Sheet - English - German

A little Grammar Guide for the personal Pronouns in English and German - best for A1 students or a nice reminder for A2+ students

Personal Pronouns Reference Sheet - English - German

I created this to teach question words in context.

The sheet includes a second pages with the most popular irregular verbs.

I made a two-side-sheet for my students and laminated it.

I hope you like it!

:=)

Guide Question Words + Irregular Verbs Chart - German Speakers

Die unregelmäßigen Verben nach Vowel/Lauten sortiert. Die Zeilen mit Schattierung sind für das Gymnasium. This is a list of irregular verbs grouped phonetically. 

Irregular Verbs, - For German Speakers (die unregelmäßigen Verben)

A guide and worksheet I made to help simply the different types of Conditionals and to practice. It has some German description words in it. It is in black and white as I only have a black and white printer and I like that some of the worksheets on this site are also in B&W. There are no images, it;s rather boring, but helpful for self study to repeat.

Conditionals 5 types plus worksheet - for German student

Last Lesson I showed my students the irregular verbs, and asked them to put them into groups. This is what they came up with. 

(The important verbs and the senses I had given to them before - so it stayed like that.)

4 Page Irregular Verbs Exercise - For German Speakers

This is a video vocabulary word map worksheet for the adjective GERMANE. Students watch the short video clip and then complete the different parts of the map. It is perfect as homework, for fast finishers, or for a WORD OF THE DAY/WEEK group project. The QR code is included for scanning. 
Happy learning !

Advanced Vocabulary Word Map - GERMANE - WORD OF THE DAY

Students have to write the correct conjugations of the Modal verbs. The questions related to können, sollen, müssen, dürfen, wollen, möchten are given in the worksheet. This worksheet has also got many words to learn. It is very helpful for German A1 learners. Modal verb conjugations are bit difficult to learn for the beginners. In order to master these conjugations, this worksheet will be useful. The questions have different subject pronouns so that all types of conjugations are used. Students have to learn all the conjugations. It will be helpful when they write the sentences or in letter writing. Writing skills are also equally important because the students have to the A1 German exam. In A1 exam 4 modules will be there. Reading, listening, Speaking, Listening. So, Writing skills is also important to clear the A1 exam and als to get the good marks. Solutions / answers are also given at the end of the worksheet. Have a happy learning. 

In this Worksheet, you can learn Modal verbs and vocabulary in German. All A1 German learners can benefit from this worksheet.

Explanation with a lot of examples in both languages english and german and an exercise to find your own sentences and to write it in your exercise book! I hope it will be helpful!

Explanation of different adverbs an their usings in both english and german

Here you can find a composition about a student´s daily routine on weekdays. The ss have to read the text then put the pictures in order. They can learn the words of this topic and have an example how to write their own ones. Hope you find it useful. The German version of this can be found on islcollective under my nickname. Have a great day. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi

Daily routines for students * elementary * with key

Breaking News - Past Passive Speaking Activity: Ss are organised into small groups. Each group gets X pictures and their task is to come up with a story / a piece of news connected to the picture. The main aim of this task is to form as many sentences in passive voice as possible. The groups then present their stories using a style that resembles news programmes. T can write some sentences on the board to help Ss mime this style, e.g. “Good evening, this is...” / “Hello and welcome to... Radio...”



Source of the photos:

1. dailymail.co.uk

2. spiritualunite.com

3. drstevebest.wordpress.com

4. india.com

5. windsorstar.com

6. davidhagerman.typepad.com

Breaking News - Past Passive Speaking Activity

Here you can find a composition about an adult´s daily routine on weekdays. The ss have to read the text then put the pictures in order. They can learn the words of this topic and have an example how to write their own ones. Hope you find it useful. The German version of this can be found in the German section. Have a great day. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi

Daily routines for adults* elementary * with key

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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189 German English ESL worksheets pdf & doc