A selection of English ESL life goals printables

Having a Summer Bucket List is a great way to set your goals and have fun! 

You can choose each activity every day and try something new in your life! 

First of all, students can read this list. Then tick the things he/she definitely wants to do.Practising "to be going to" will help student to talk about their plans. If the year of study isn't finished yet, student can start doing bucket list activities and share emotions with their peers and a teacher.

Secondly, this list can be used while making up role-play activities. Student's can make up their own dialogs.

Thirdly, students can play different games. For example, one student can show any activity using gestures and other students should guess what this activity is in English.

Finally, student can have fun giving task to each other. For example: "Max, your task is to dance in the rain, take a picture of it and share with us".

I've tried to make this worksheet colourful, so the students could feel the atmosohere of summer and enjoy their summer holidays!

Summer Bucket List

This A2-level worksheet is designed to help students practice using linking words such as because, so, and even though in context. Through the story of a former Humboldt goalie overcoming a tragedy to compete in the Paralympics, students will connect events using linking words to show reasons, results, and contrasts. The worksheet includes a variety of activities such as vocabulary matching, true/false questions, multiple-choice, and open-ended responses to test comprehension.


The practice section reinforces the use of linking words in a meaningful way, while the task-based writing homework encourages students to reflect on their own challenges. This worksheet is ideal for building both grammar skills and real-life application. The vibrant, dynamic imagery of a sledge hockey player adds an engaging visual element for teen learners.


Former Humboldt Goalie Shines at the Paralympics: linking words

This is designed with the goal of reviewing the material of recent chapters studying in a text. The main points are language for requests, recommendations and making a schedule. It may be pre-taught or just treated as a simple real life simulation. There may also be some concepts or terms that need to be pretaught as I wanted to add a little extra to the value of this activity.



For the activity, give one student the whole Travel Agent's sheet and for the Traveller's sheet you can cut it up and distribute or you can get them to take turns doing the roles.

At the travel agency

This worksheet is related with any person´s  life goals. Then it calls students´ interest. it is planed to review future grammar structures.

your long snd short term goals

The cards have questions about goals in life. Use them with some of the other cards.

Walk & Talk: Goals

This is a very simple activity for a group of adult learners who are very serious about their goals in life.

Getting to know you 

This is a song which can be used for the topic of Family, or Milestones. It was a very popular song and likely one the students have heard before. It could also be used to stimulate discussion on life goals etc. 

Song 7 Years by Lukas Graham

David Beckham’s childhood / DB’s first appearance with Manchester United / His 1st goal with England / His career with real Madrid / His childhood / His fortune / His relationship with the stars in real Madrid / His wife Victoria / His life in USA / His move to AC Milan / The problems of being followed by the media.

lesson 7 an interview with a footballer

A mixed bag of 20 questions which reflect some perceptional biases. You may find these statements controversial, socially divisive or even downright sexist - call it what you will, but that just the goal of this activity - to clarify your viewpoints and get rid of certain stereotypical lines of reasoning. Some sparks might fly, but hopefully, only positively. Enjoy! 

Challenge these! - discussion topics

B1 suitable reading practice and exercise. A multiple choice questions exercise that aims to make students think around the subject and deal with sporadically unknown vocabulary. The goal is to teach them how to select a correct answer either by directly selecting it, or by using the process of logical elimination, if necessary.

The use of VGO robots in education - a reading exercise

A beautiful card to make resolutions and set goals for 2021. Perfect for adults and young adults (and for teachers as well). Idea: you can previously work with a wheel of life or S.M.A.R.T. goals. 

Resolutions 2021

This is a very interesting topic  children and teenagers are going to like a lot because Thibaut Cortois  is one of the most famous  goalkeeper and he has an amazing career. You will find a summary and opinion  of his life and students can invent questions about the information. 



THIBAUT COURTOIS

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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