A selection of English ESL kangaroo printables

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

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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

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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>

Get here and you are ready to study in English at university

This is a series of : 

- 3 reading comprehension sheets, of relatively the same level of difficulty. 

- 1 sheet for taking notes.



It is aimed for GROUP WORK. 



0. I introduce the topic progressively showing the image on the notes sheet. I engage students to explain the photo, saying that this is a stereotype ("Yes, in Australia there are kangaroos, BUT..."); 



1. I split students in small groups, and they work on different topics; 



2. on the second lesson, after I've marked their work, they 1) get some sentences ready and 2) present their work to the class, who takes notes.



During the presentation, as the class is taking notes, I tend to ask only one person to speak per group, one to write difficult words on demand, and a third one to check the information being given.



Australian stereotypes debunked (Reading comprehension)

This quiz meant to give students some practice around how-to-text (procedure), jobs and animals. Students practice to fill the gaps with appropriate nouns and verbs. The picture of kangaroo will have to be colored. This quiz is suitable for A1 and A2 level. Hope it can be useful.

A quiz that can make students a bit busy for an hour.

Short activity for practicing ABC. 

Can be printed as a small book of 6 animals (kangaroo, horse, zebra, rabbit, snake, mouse). Includes 3 tasks:

1-find all the letters of the animal  of (e.g. kangaroo - a,g,k,n, r,o);

2-write the initial letter of the animal in a blue circle;

3-cut out the pictures and paste them in alphabetical order.



Animals' letters

Students look at the pictures of three different Australian animals; the koala, emu and kangaroo. They must read the sentences and choose the right adjective, verb or verb form..

Australian animals- Adjective and present simple verb practice

write the words:koala kangaroo condor caiman chimpanzee ostrich



Wild animals 1

Previously I uploaded the wrong worksheet to to sudden blackout. I am so sorry. It is supposed to be this one.  This is a quiz to practice: how-to-procedural text, jobs and animals. The kangaroo picture should be colored to make students busier and more excited. This is suitable for A1 and A2 levels.

A quiz that can make students busy for an hour

v-z puzzle

The pupils will learn new vocabulary and  will be able to answer short questions.

The video that I chose is easy to understand, it is fun way to learn a new vocabulary for general knowledge.

When? I will use this activity as an introduction to the new topic - "The Kangaroo's Pocket”.



First activity: Pre viewing- 

Before watching the video clip, the pupils will need to match the English word to the Hebrew translation by drawing a line between the two.

Second activity: While viewing-

Before watching the video clip, the teacher will read and explain the questions, while watching  the video  the students will need to answer the four true/ false questions.

Third activity: post-viewing-

After the pupils finish watching the video clip, they will need to correct the false questions from exercise B.   The teacher will check the answers from exercise B before the pupils start exercise C. 

The last activity is to answer one question and the pupils will need to draw a picture according to the instruction and the video.  



"The Kangaroo's Pocket”

 "The Kangaroo's Pocket”.

The Kangaroo's Pocket... how the kangaroo get the pocket ?

lets find How jOY save her baby kangaroo 

Snuggle down with Baby O while Mama O reads a good night story.

This worksheet is suitable for grades 6 and 7 grades 

Students can work on their listing skills and enrich their vocabulary.

The Kangaroo's Pocket

This is a dialogue between two people at the zoo, followed by some comprehension questions. Students have to list the present continuous verbs they hear.(Answer Key included) I have made an MP3 audio file to accompany this dialogue. http://www.4shared.com/mp3/8R1NFhBO/At_the_Zoo.html


 There is also a link to a very nice short Youtube video of a baby kangaroo. (You´ll have to ignore the man´s voice though - He said it´s a little girl - but it´s not as you will see.)




At the Zoo (dialogue)

TIGER, GIRAFFE, MONKEY, KANGAROO, LION, ZABRA, CAMEL, PARROT/BIRD

24 Kangaroo English ESL worksheets pdf & doc