A selection of English ESL leadership printables

Reading and speaking. This worksheet helps students to develop reading comprehension. It includes vocabulary focus, gap-filling assignment based on the short text (adapted article from the Economist), and comprehension check (True/False statements and questions). In this lesson, students will learn about Elon Musk's style of management and how it differs from the modern managers. 
 The lesson starts with a discussion on a successful and influential CEO. Students will then reflect on the questions raised about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter and the implications it has for the future of the company. The lesson concludes with a discussion on Elon Musk's leadership style influence on Twitter. This lesson will enhance students' reading, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills as they engage in discussions related to successful CEOs. 
 The tasks can be used for independent studies or online classes in General English and Business English.

Management Style and Decisions: A Test of Elon Musk's Approaches after Twitter Takeover

Read the story for comprehension. Have each student prepare an idiom expression to share with the class. With a partner, students ask and answer questions about the story and about each other.

A1 | The Inspiring Story of Lee Iacocca

Playing sports provides young people with many benefits, from improving physical health to developing essential life skills. Regular exercise strengthens muscles, boosts endurance, and helps maintain overall fitness. Sports also improve mental well-being by reducing stress, increasing confidence, and teaching resilience. Socially, young athletes learn teamwork, leadership, and communication skills, which are valuable in school and future careers. Studies show that student-athletes often perform better academically and develop strong time-management skills. This B1-level worksheet includes vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and discussion prompts to help learners explore the positive impact of sports while building their English skills.

The Benefits of Sports for Young People

This continues from The Jump. 

We meet the other cadets who were alluded to, but never seen, in the previous chapter. A short story that takes students into space as part of a crew of cadets dealing with their first real emergency. It's a comprehension and vocabulary exercise designed to be read actively.

We get a chance to see leadership qualities and how a group deals with a crisis.

The Meteor Part 2 of 2

Individual: Research destinations, write travel diaries, create travel plans.
Group: Debates, presentations, travel guides.
Research: Environmental impact, cultural traditions.
Writing: Travel articles, letters.
Speaking: Discussions, presentations, role-plays.

Let's talk about travel and tourism

If you have read and enjoyed the giver, this worksheet and the activities therein will surely add more fun to your learning and enjoyment. With this worksheet, you can practice writing, discussion, and team work. I hope you will find it worthy.

The Giver - Chapter 8 Activties

This continues from The Jump.

We meet the other cadets who were alluded to, but never seen, in the previous chapter. A short story that takes students into space as part of a crew of cadets dealing with their first real emergency. It's a comprehension and vocabulary exercise designed to be read actively.

We get a chance to see leadership qualities and how a group deals with a crisis.

The Meteor Answer Key



Nadia is a 16-year-old student from Toronto who combines her passion for technology with a commitment to social activism. Her worksheet provides an in-depth look at how she uses her coding skills to create apps that address social issues and promote gender equality in STEM. 


The questions on Nadia's worksheet explore her involvement in her school's coding club, her leadership in promoting women in technology, and her hobbies that include digital art and e-sports. This worksheet is designed to inspire teenagers by showcasing how technological aptitude can intersect with meaningful social change, encouraging them to think critically about how they can use their own skills to contribute to their communities and beyond.

Coding and Social Change with Nadia

Classroom poster,

Sts can talk /write about :friendship & leadership.

Grammar points verbs+ infinitive 

Albert Camus

This is a B2-level critical thinking and speaking worksheet called "The Broken Trust." Students read six short but detailed interviews after a confidential project is leaked at a small company. Each employee gives their side of the story, but no one fully admits fault. Students must brainstorm together who is most responsible, who is least responsible, who might be hiding something, and who seems honest. The main focus is on group deduction, discussion, and supporting opinions with evidence. After analyzing the interviews, students answer deep discussion questions about leadership, workplace trust, and personal responsibility. This activity is ideal for practicing real-world communication skills, soft skills, and critical thinking in Englis

The Broken Trust : Six Employees. One Leaked Secret. Who Betrayed the Team?

This educational worksheet focuses on the complex legacy of Charles Taylor, a key figure in Liberian politics and conflicts. It begins with a detailed reading activity that explores Taylor's role from warlord to president, highlighting his tactics and impact both locally and internationally. A QR code is included for expanded vocabulary practice, helping students understand key terms related to the topic. The worksheet concludes with a writing assignment, guiding students to research and write an essay about a dictator of their choice, improving their research, writing, and analytical skills in examining historical governance and leadership.

Charles Taylor reading & writing

Tariq ibn Ziyad was a key figure in the history of Spain and Portugal, leading the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century. His leadership marked the beginning of nearly 800 years of Muslim rule in the region, known as Al-Andalus.

Tariq ibn Ziyad was a key figure in the history

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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24 Leadership English ESL worksheets pdf & doc