A selection of English ESL group work printables

transparency for group work in class. Especially for the first attempt or undisciplined students.

group work

This worksheet consists of extra easy tasks. All the activities can be useful or you may use only necessary ones. But there isn't any solutions for the tasks. Good luck!

Group work

This exercise is an easy-to-go task for elementary- pre-int students for drilling the types of the shops and making suggestions based on the pics. Put your students in pairs or group and let them develop a discussion. 

Shopping (Speaking cards, group work)

Young learners watch our animated video and then work in small groups to order the story cards as a way to improve their cooperation and communication skills.



When young learners have completed the activity, simply play the YouTube video again so the groups can check their teamwork.



Teacher will need to cut up story cards before the activity.



https://youtu.be/zdUzmMUjNpQ

Present Simple Questions - Group work activity

Young learners watch our animated video and then work in small groups to order the story cards as a way to improve their cooperation and communication skills.



When young learners have completed the activity, simply play the YouTube video again so the groups can check their teamwork.



Teacher will need to cut up story cards before the activity.



https://youtu.be/7LWC01gTY2s

Present Simple Negative - Group work activity

Young learners watch our animated video and then work in small groups to order the story cards as a way to improve their cooperation and communication skills.



When young learners have completed the activity, simply play the YouTube video again so the groups can check their teamwork.



Teacher will need to cut up story cards before the activity.



https://youtu.be/D5rPu2WhPlA



Present Simple Positive - Group work activity

Students plan a 5-day trip from Prague to one of five English-speaking countries: the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. In groups, they have 15 minutes to prepare their travel plan using English only. Each group must include a flight from Prague, accommodation, one nature activity, one historical or cultural site, a food experience, and a basic budget choice (cheap/medium/luxury). Students also create a short packing list based on the weather and activities in their chosen destination. After planning, groups give a 2-3 minute presentation explaining where they are going, why they chose it, how they will travel, where they will stay, what they will do, what they will eat, how much it will cost, and what they will pack. The activity includes functional language support for suggesting, agreeing, and disagreeing to help students communicate in English while working. This task encourages collaboration, speaking fluency, travel vocabulary, and creative thinking, while preventing “lazy” travel plans by requiring nature, culture, and realistic details. Perfect for A2-B1 learners and high-school classes who enjoy real-life, task-based speaking activities.

A Trip from Prague: Group work

This series of three grammar worksheets is aimed for group work (the first worksheet being the most complex and the third one, the easiest).



It is related to the projectable presentation called "Be able to be allowed to", which you can also find on this website, in the "Projectables" part.  



On the first lesson, I do a traditional grammar presentation, then students work in groups, and on the second lesson, I give them one photocopy per group of my handwritten answers - photocopies that I collect back at the end of the marking time; so they must mark their work themselves.



Assessment can be planned based on the third worksheet. 

Ability or Authorisation, Grammar practice (group work)

This is a listening fun activity to listen and order the lyrics of The Yellow Submarine organised in lines. 4 or 5 groups of 5 or 6 children is good. I also made my students to colour the lyrics and we dispayed besides a yellow submarine craft they made. 

"The Yellow Submarine" lyrics for group work

Have fun work in groups and try to guess the value of pieces of art. gradation of adjectives, points for discussion,



Have fun work in groups and try to guess the value of pieces o

Most expensive pieces of art - group work

Four-page group exercise that stimulates discussion, speculation and thinking skills. Students work in teams to find out what the macro shots represent, then write a definition and sentence (even if they haven´t a clue which can lead to funny definitions). NOT necessary to print in colour (in fact, I think b&w works just as well; you might print one copy for yourself of course and use it when students are really stuck). Teacher´s Notes, Useful Language box, Sample answer and answer key provided. Enjoy!

Up Close - Group work (brainstorming & discussion) - What could that be?

Whole page with prompts for speaking practice - can be used for either introducing oneself to the whole group or as an interview exercise. This worksheet can be used as a whole class activity: give students some time to prepare their answers. Then can can individually introduce themselves to the whole class. Alternatively, they can make up all the information and use it for a pair work interview. This worksheet comes in both colour and b/w.

Let me introduce myself

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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