A selection of English ESL hangman printables

This is a popular game for spelling. You can start using the first letter to the alphabet to the last one and make a word out of it. It's  total fun and very useful for spelling. 

HANGMAN

This boardgame was created to revise vocabulary at Grade 1 level. 



Easy questions , Simon says, hangman game and vocabulary (balloons, kite, teddy, robot, train, and different adjectives.



I hope you all take advantage of this and your students have fun.

Boardgame Grade 1 - Objects, adjectives,  Simon says and hangman game

Listen to the song and fill the missing words. This will have to be done in pairs, under the mechanic of the hangman game. The winner will be who had completed more games. You are allowed to replay the strophe three times only. Only one word from each strophe will be played in pairs.

Just the Two Of Us - Hangman Game + Vocabulary Fill Ins

First student need to find the opposite of the adjectives given in the wordsearch. This way they work on the meaning of the adjectives they will have to use in the comparative form in the second exercise. For an interactive practice game go to: https://en.islcollective.com/resources/projectables/powerpoints_ppt_pptx/comparative_of_superiority_-_hangman_game/comparison-comparative-adjectives/88293



COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

This worksheet can stand alone as a reading/presentation speaking activity (students roll the dice to make their Halloween story) or can be incorporated in a lesson alongside dominoes that use the vocabulary and/or a music video quiz for \'Thriller\' by Michael Jackson.





Video Quiz

https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/thriller-halloween-quiz-lyrics-and-vocabulary



Dominoes and Quiz worksheets

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/nouns/thriller-music-video-quiz-and-dominoes/119069



1. Lead-in: Hangman with spooky music to spell out \'Halloween\'



1. I start with the dominoes as a warm-up and to lead-in the vocabulary.



2. We then check the answers to the dominoes on the Power Point and I add extra information about each word and drill pronunciation.



3. Students then fill out the blank squares in the \'roll-a-story` boxes and then go through the story, rolling the dice to determine the outcome of their story. If there\'s enough time, 1 person from each group reads out the best story. 



3. Students then read the quiz questions for the \'Thriller\' quiz through and watch the video, answering as they watch in groups.



4. We then check the answers interactively by watching through the video again and tapping on the answers.





Halloween Roll-a-story (Thriller Quiz Vocabulary)

To practice and refresh vocabulary related to Colours, numbers, school materials, prepositions and the day of the week I did this boardgame. (Thank you very much to Muchahorta to do the template!!)



There are different activities to do while you play:



1)Questions (another classmate has to ask, and he/she answer)



2) Numbers (Day of the week. You see a calendar and see what day is 8 (monday, tuesday or so on). Also it appears the day of the week, and you have to discover the number of the day.



3) Hangman game (to practice how words are spelled) 



4) Actions (students would have to do actions, recognising prepositions in/on/under).



I hope you all take advantage of this.

Board Game Grade 1 - Colours, numbers, school material, etc.

exercise sheet connecting animals and the alphabet!

It can be used as a hangman game!

the alphabet animals 

Objective: to learn fabric patterns / print vocabulary, is a fun activity, that might be completed with hangman in the witheboard, applied to the fabric patterns already existing in the classroom, the ones we all are wearing, and with a fashion magazine as well, to use the rest of sujects, for examples, prince charles and diana ARE wearing, this has plenty of possibilities, as we can also introduce the verb to wear.

Patterns of Fabric and Clothing Styles

The worksheet and vocabulary dominoes correspond to the music video for `Thriller` by Michael Jackson.

There is an accompanying video lesson and other worksheets. Sorry about the weird quality- it\'s mostly screen-shotted from the original Publisher document.



Video Quiz:

https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/thriller-halloween-quiz-lyrics-and-vocabulary



Answer Power Point:

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-powerpoints/vocabulary/halloween/halloween-roll-story-thriller-quiz-vocabulary-and-dominoes-a/119078



1. Lead-in: Hangman with spooky music to spell out \'Halloween\'



1. I start with the dominoes as a warm-up and to lead-in the vocabulary.



2. We then check the answers to the dominoes on the Power Point and I add extra information about each thing and drill pronunciation.



3. Students then read the quiz questions through and watch the video, answering as they watch in groups.



4. We then check the answers interactively by watching through the video again and tapping on the answers.

`Thriller` Music Video Quiz and Dominoes

It's my last worksheet about Halloween. It's useful to revise colours and general language and to improve writing skills. 
It's funny (for my pupils) spelling the words they find in the picture and then plying at  the hangman game, I hope you like it!

Halloween Night

This handout has got some girl and boy's english names. It's the necessary list to identify English people by name at A1 level. You can ask the students to spell the names, to copy them, to cover them and write them. You can also play games such as The Hangman. Enjoy it! =)

English Names

This is a worksheet with fun activity for the students to find a secrete message with Halloween related vocabulary. It has 4 activities: 

- A little video

- Hangman game

- Riddles

- Put de letters in order

-  Final crossword with all the vocabulary.

Halloween activity

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

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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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