A selection of English ESL life stages printables

Simple worksheet to introduce ELEMENTARY students to language describing different stages on life.

Students match the vocabulary to the pictures and then work together to decide on the age range for each stage.



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Ages of Life: Elementary

This reading is taken from Shannon Thomas website (link included). Shannon Thomas is the best selling author of Healing from Hidden abuse, a book addressing psychological abuse and strategies to cope with it. It is a reading comprehension which can be used to stimulate a discussion about resilience and the best way to cope with bad events in life, about being thankful, and about solitude seen as a privilege and not as a curse.

Sunshine and rain

Activity though to learn the life cycle.  It consists of make a cycle labeling the pictures with the words included. The final result should be a circle with arrows pointing at the next stage of the human life.

The life cycle

It is a puzzle with the four stages: eggs, caterpillar, pupa and butterfly. It can be laminated and used in class. Hope you like it. Metamorphosis of the butterfly.

Butterfly life cycle

Knowing the different stages of the mosquito's life will help you prevent mosquitoes around your home and also help you choose the right pesticides for your needs, if you decide to use them. All mosquito species go through four distinct stages during their life cycle:

Mosquito Life Cycle

Students cut the pictures and glue them in the right order to demonstrate the stages in the life cycle of a butterfly. Then they colour the pictures and they can describe the stages according to the pictures (oral speech).

The life cycle of a butterfly

This workbook is designed for A2-B1 level English learners who are interested in Ukrainian music and culture. Through various learning activities, students will improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills while learning about the life and career of Verka Serduchka, a popular Ukrainian singer and entertainer.The workbook includes a biography of Verka Serduchka, followed by comprehension questions and exercises to practice using present simple and past simple tenses. Students will also learn vocabulary related to music and entertainment, and engage in speaking and writing activities to express their opinions on Verka Serduchka's music and stage persona.In addition to language learning, the workbook also includes interesting facts about Verka Serduchka's life and philanthropic work, giving students an opportunity to broaden their cultural knowledge and understanding.Overall, this workbook provides a fun and engaging way for English learners to improve their language skills while learning about Ukrainian music and culture.

Workbook on Verka Serduchka: Learning English Through Music and Entertainment

Vocabulary test about the important stage of the circle of life. Multiple optional and crossword about the topic. The objective is recognize the stage of circle of life.

Circle of Life

Cut and stick worjksheets about the life of Louis Braille. 2 levels. Suitable for Key Stage 1

Lous Braiile

3 pages/Exercises: (1)-vocabulary; (2) short life-story/reading comprehension; (3) Discussion - students give their own answers about their views, habits, opinions etc. (ideal for homework).
Perfect for high school students.
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Tina Turner, 'Queen of Rock 'n' Roll,' Dies at 83

Sleep Shopping Spree Worksheet

This engaging worksheet is perfect for A2-level EFL students and focuses on a real-life story to capture interest and stimulate discussion. The worksheet begins with warm-up questions about online shopping habits, allowing students to share personal experiences and set the stage for the main text. The reading comprehension section features a story about Kelly Knipes, a British woman who shops online in her sleep, providing an unusual and captivating reading exercise. Students will learn about her condition, the challenges she faces, and how she manages her unique situation.

To ensure understanding, the worksheet includes comprehension questions that reinforce key details from the text. Discussion questions encourage students to think critically and relate the story to their own lives, fostering deeper understanding and improving speaking skills. Vocabulary practice is included with matching exercises to help students learn and retain new words related to the story. A visual aid featuring an illustration of a sleepwalking woman adds an engaging visual element, making the topic more interesting and aiding comprehension.

*Adapted from an article by Ile Kauppila on Oddee*

Sleep Shopping Spree Worksheet

This engaging worksheet presents students with an ethical dilemma titled The River Crossing, designed for B1–B2 level learners. It begins with a short, thought-provoking reading about a woman caught in a dangerous situation during a war, forced to make difficult moral choices. The story sets the stage for vocabulary practice, a character ranking task, and rich classroom discussion. Students must decide who is most responsible for the woman’s death, explain their reasoning, and reflect on broader ethical questions such as loyalty, love, and moral duty. The worksheet also includes five alternative scenarios to encourage deeper thinking, empathy, and debate. Perfect for critical thinking lessons, conversation classes, or introducing ethics in EFL contexts.

The River Crossing ethical dilemma

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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