A selection of English ESL in the morning printables

This is a gap-fill story, for beginners, consisting:

1. Hotel terminology

2. 'To be' (am-is-are) practice

3. "Stative" sentences.

4. Dialogue practice.

You can start by reading the dialogue and then fill the gaps, or fill in the gaps and then check your work with the full story. 

A morning at the hotel

A short passage with true or false activity and comprehension questions. This happened to me this morning and really made me laugh. One of those little slap-in-the-face moments!

My good deed for the day

A song and worksheet for the morning routine.

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

This is how to make Ss do the broadcast in the early morning in their schools..I hope you enjay it>>>

broardcast in English for the Arab World



This worksheet introduces young learners to the daily life of an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS). It provides a simple, engaging narrative about their morning routines, daily activities, exercise habits, meals, and relaxation time. The story is followed by comprehension questions to test understanding. Additionally, a Bamboozle game is included with 15 key vocabulary words and their Czech translations to make learning fun and interactive for EFL students aged 8. The worksheet aims to enhance comprehension skills and expand vocabulary related to space and astronauts.

A Day in the Life of an Astronaut

Review the present simple and present continuous. Hundreds of thousands of British holidaymakers desperately 1) (to try) to return home to the UK after the government imposed quarantine measures on France and five other countries taking effect in just under six hours’ time. Travellers will have to self-isolate for 14 days as the French prime minister acknowledged the number of coronavirus cases in the country was going the wrong way.  
Well, the race to get home  2) (to continue) here through the night. Eurotunnel 3) (to run) shuttles right through till tomorrow morning, but they 4) (to be) all now booked up until Sunday. The short window for British tourists here 5) (to close).


Review Present Tenses

this worksheets is based on the "This is the way we go to school" by kiboomu (you can search it in youtube). In it, students are asked to draw the morning routine that it is said in the lyrics.

This is the way we go to school SONG

fill in the blank lyrics for the christmas song " I want  hippopotamus for christmas" A fun activity for christmas classes and goof for hearing comprehension. Ready to print 





I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will do

I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy

I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?

He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue

Just bring him through the front door

That's the easy thing to do

I can see me now on Christmas morning

Creeping down the stairs

Oh, what a joy and what surprise

When I open up my eyes

To see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will do

No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses

I only like hippopotamuseses

And hippopotamuses like me too

Mom says the hippo would eat me up

But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

I can see me now on Christmas morning

Creeping down the stairs

Oh, what a joy and what surprise

When I open up my eyes

To see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus (I want a hippopotamus)

I want it (I want it), I really, really, really want

A hippopotamus (hippopotamus)

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will do

I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy

I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses

I only like hippopotamuses

And hippopotamuses like me too



I want a hippopotamus for christmas fill in the blanks

This worksheet introduces young learners to the daily life of a firefighter. It includes a simple, engaging story about their morning routines, responding to emergencies, and teaching fire safety. The story is followed by comprehension questions to test understanding. Additionally, a translation activity is provided with key vocabulary words and their Czech translations. This worksheet aims to enhance comprehension skills and expand vocabulary related to firefighters and safety.

A Day in the Life of a Firefighter- Young Learners

A reading comprehension worksheet based on an article "12 Morning and Evening Routines That Will Set Up Each Day for Success" by Stephen Altrogge. There are also t3 exercises: Answer the questions, make questions and find the opposites. Hope you'll like it. There are no keys, but if you need them, please, don't hesitate to write me and I'll add them.

Morning Routines to Help You Start the Day Off Right (part 1)

Two pictures of the same family, one in the morning and one in the evening. The exercises with the first picture are: replace the missing words and choose the right preposition. With the second picture, there is a true or false activity. 

Morning and evening, what are they doing? 

A worksheet to review the times and the routines. It also takes a look at "in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening".

What Time Do You...?

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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103 In the morning English ESL worksheets pdf & doc