A selection of English ESL link verbs 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

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>

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

Grammar explanation and some sentences to practice new knowledge.

Linking Verbs

Linking Verbs Test

Linking Verbs Practice

This is a worksheet for Ss to practice link verbs.

Link Verb Exercises

Identify the verb as an action verb or a linking verb.

Action or Linking Verb?

Lots of practice with detailed explanation on action and linking verbs includes a writing activitiy, fun puzzle and speech activity. Answer key included.

Action and Linking Verbs - 6 activities

This is a simple exercise that will help beginner students start to and new functional and grammatically correct sentences that are based on descriptions of what they see.



*The worksheet has pictures.

*A spread sheet of sentence components.

*The learner can draw lines connecting the words to make a sentence after they find the picture that matches the possible sentence.



Enjoy!

Make sentences from the pictures using Noun/linking verb/verb

Try this fantastic video activity on daily routines. The activity is an activation task to practice using the simple present tense for daily routines. It should be done after students have been taught how to use the simple present.



Find the video:

On YouTube, by searching for “English Through Videos: Daily Routines with Simple Present Tense - Star Wars Stormtrooper”.

Or by using the link below. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz3FeSDWxvI



Instructions:



- Watch the video.

- Answer the questions from the video to describe the Stormtrooper's daily routine.

- Use the simple present tense. 

- It can be done as a speaking activity (in pairs) and/or as a writing activity using the worksheet.

Daily Routines with Simple Present Tense - A Day in the Life of a Stormtrooper

Try this fun video activity to practise using various past narrative tenses, including the past simple, past continuous, and past perfect. Watch the video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6PIm2gvDJs


Instructions:



•	Watch the video. 

•	Combine the two sentences into one sentence. 

•	Use a linking word such as when, while, because, so, and, etc. to link the sentences. 

•	Do not change the order of the clauses.

•	Change the verb forms used if necessary (e.g. “He went…” to “He was going…” or “He had gone”).

Mixed Past Tenses - Mr. Bean Video Activity

This worksheet is designed to be used with a YouTube video. It helps learners practise the use of the Simple Present tense to describe daily routines. Play the video using this link:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuXACPrJNHw&feature=youtu.be



It is a gap-fill activity. The video shows lots of pictures which show the Queen's daily routine. The pictures have sentences describing them with a word missing. There are three words to choose from written below the sentences. Learners must choose the correct form of the verb, using the Simple Present tense and with or without the third person singular "s" ending. 



It can be done as a speaking activity or as a writing task using this worksheet. The answer key is provided. 



Disclaimer: The video is simply a fun way to practise the use of the grammar structure. The information in the video is not a factual account of the Queen's daily routine. Also, it includes pictures of the Queen herself as well as actors impersonating her. I hope your students enjoy it!



Simple Present for Daily Routines - The Daily Routine of the Queen

Fully editable. A grammar guide for the Phrasal Verbs with examples as well as definitions of phrasal verbs with ‘give’. A fairly simply gap fill and matching task. Answer Key. The tasks are linked to the song “Whataya Want From Me” by Adam Lambert.

Phrasal Verbs - particularly with 'GIVE' : Part 1

This worksheet is designed to be used in conjunction with a YouTube video to practise the use of the Present Continuous / Present Progressive tense. Play the video using this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFApUDdHcTU



The video shows Mr Bean going through his day doing numerous different activities. There is music playing over the video. Each time the music stops, students should describe what Mr Bean is doing using the correct grammar.



The activity should be done as a controlled practice or an activation task after the grammar structures have been taught. It can be done as a writing task using this worksheet or as a speaking activity with the video alone. 



The answer key is provided.



I hope your students enjoy it! :)



Student Instructions:



1. Watch the video. 

2. Look at the actions Mr. Bean is doing when the music stops.

3. Write sentences describing the actions.

4. Use the Present Continuous (Present Progressive) tense.

 - E.g. “He is watching TV.

5. Practise using contractions.

 - E.g. “He’s watching TV.

275 Link verbs English ESL worksheets pdf & doc