A selection of English ESL join printables

This game can only be played with even numbers. 

If you have a group of odd numbers then you should join in the game to make up the numbers.

Print out the cards and laminate.

For a game of two players just give them a pack of 1 each. 

Groups of four shouldn’t be a problem.

Players put their cards in front of them face down.

Players take it in turns to place a card in the middle, word side up – without looking at it first.

When the card lands in the centre of the table, all the players should say the word.

If a card lands on top of a card that has the same meaning somebody must say “snap!” to win that round.

After saying snap, the winner must say a sentence for both words correctly.

The winner then takes all the cards in the centre and places them next to their pile.

The winner of the game is the last person left with all the cards.



American and British English Snap Game

Join the numbers to make letters, shapes or objects.  Give your class the number instructions.

Number Shapes

Students have to complete information about some famous people, using the clues,  in the second exercise there is a matching exercise where they have to join the answer to the question and finally they´ll put  two sentences into negative and question.

Past of to be

Practice about commands in class for students in first grade. It is a matching with pictures and words, they have to join them. Do not repeat, it is completed. 

commands in class

A passage about a teacher who joins up to an esl website. On the second page, a gap fill and a 'replace the questions' exercise. This is a ws that reminds students that teachers are humans, too!

Mr Brown surfs the net

This game can only be played with even numbers. If you have a group of odd numbers then you should join in the game to make up the numbers. Print out the cards and laminate. For a game of two players just give them a pack of 1 colour (yellow or blue) each. Groups of four shouldn’t be a problem. Players put their cards in front of them face down. Players take it in turns to place a card in the middle, word side up – without looking at it first. When the card lands in the centre of the table, all the players should say the word. If a card lands on top of a card that has the same meaning somebody must say “snap!” to win that round. After saying snap, the winner must say the meaning for both words correctly. The winner then takes all the cards in the centre and places them next to their pile. The winner of the game is the person with the most cards.

Phrasal verb snap 1

This game is like connecting dominoes. Each domino has a noun in Chinese and a noun in English. The players must join the cut out cards in a single line by finding the correct translation. It can be played as a competition to see who is quickest. when cutting the domino cards out be sure to combine the 1st column with the second column and the 3rd column with the 4th. Cards will complete a line with all included.

Geography Dominoes for Chinese Learners

These Reported Sp.eech sentences are long and have to be joined to make the sentences indirect. There are statements, questions and commands.

Reported Speech with long sentences

This worksheet consists of 2 games: the 1st- game with fruit ( you should cut fruit into 2 parts, for example , I-am. He-is and etc; after this, you ask your students to join parts properly) and the 2-nd-  puzzle ( to build the structure TO BE) 

GAME "TO BE"

Colour worksheet.Beginner and elementary level.Students have to join the words with the pictures then they have to write sentences using present continuous tense.

Kids and Actions October2015

A scenario that the student meets a man (number 2 is meets a woman) They have to ask questions in the present to get to know them. They than have to tell a friend about the meeting using the past, and their future plans using the present. Can be used also for beginners just with past simple and future with will. Great fun for adults, even beginners join in with comments about why they are approached in a bar!

Questions Present Past Future 1.

CLIMB & GET ACADEMY. This is a perfect worksheet for students in order to learn all about their Bones and joints. Joints: wrist, neck, knee, shoulder and a lot of bones like: radius, ulna...

JOINTS AND BONES

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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