A selection of English ESL meal 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

With this worksheet you can learn about healthy habits, and the importance of eating colorful meals and what is the contribution of each colour. Children can watch and orientative video and then they will be able to  discuss about the importance of a good alimentation. Also, they will check how many colorful food they eat per week. 

Eating the Rainbow

After the picnic at the park, the O'Malley family heads home. On the way, the parents have a short conversation (it's a one-page story!) about what they should eat.



After students read this (generally as homework), I ask how they plan their meals. If they can go shopping at the last-minute on a Sunday (in Germany, a lot of shops are closed) and if it's better to have a weekly plan of meals to cook.

O'Malley 003 - Dinner shopping

AIM: The worksheet is mainly designed to practice to be and verb tenses with the conjunctions (so, but, because, and ).It is applicable for all to be forms verb tenses ..

SKILLS: I’ve used it as a speaking activity with my adult students but with the younger groups it can be used as writing completion activity. The worksheet is suitable for pair and group work.

LEVEL: A2/A2+



1-It was a boring lesson, so I fell asleep.

2-Mrs.Sky is a good teacher, but she sometimes comes to class late.

3-He is a rich businessman but he pays little to his employees.

4-It was a difficult question so I couldn't answer it.

5-I don’t want to go to İstanbul, because it is a dangerous city.

6-We left the party early because the meal was awful



ADJECTIVES

I've Just Seen a Face

This is a song worksheet to review a few words about meals. Students fill in the gaps with the missing words as they listen. Explain the students the song is about a girl who will take revenge on a boy who did bad things to her family so the title is only a threat nobody is going to eat any boy for real. Some words are in Spanish

Ida Maria - I eat boys like you for breakfast - song worksheet

This material will be useful and helpful for teachers who teach vocabulary about food and drinks, fruit, vegetables, milk products, meals, desserts, quantities of food.

Task "Food and drinks"

Based form tasks
meaning based task
communicative based form tasks
exercise 3: ask questions on the underlined words
a: …………………………………? b: in algeria pupils used to study 6 years at primary school. a: …………………………………? b: no ,they did not use to study french at the 3rd level of primary school. A: …………………………………. . ? B: yes they used to study english at the 4th level of primary school, but now they study it at middle school. a: …………………………………. ? b : no, they did not use to take the final primary exam t the 5th level , but they used to take it at the 6th level. a: …………………………………………………………? B: yes pupils used to have meals at the schools’ canteensbe able to
1-when i was young, i ________run fast
a)be able to b)able to c)was able to d)were able to2-we__________to play computer games 25 years ago
a)were able to b)weren’t able to c)wasn’t able to d)weren’t able3-sally has a great voice. She _____sing very well. A)is able to b)was able to c)isn’t able to d)is able4-____you _______ride a bike when you were a child? A)are/able to b)were/able to c)were/able	 d)be able5-i________drive a car two years ago. But now i______drive very we

Expressing Past Habits

This is a speaking class to revise the topics such as: travelling, transport, food, restaurants, complaining, sightseeing, writing a review, at the airport. Most suitable fr 1-on-1 lessons where the teacher is th visitor. Students roleplay various scenaros and practise speaking and vocabulary. Feel free to edit the pictures and chang the names of the cities to make it more relevant for them. Teacer's Notes included

You are the Guide! (Speaking class)

This reading comprehension tasksheet contains some exercises to deepen the vocabulary of the Hungarian cuisine. You can work with traditional Hungarian meals, different meals.

Hungarian cuisine reading comprehension

This worksheet contains activities where students make a review of frequency adverbs. In the first activity they have unsramble the letter, then identify the words according to the frequency and finally tell how often they do some activities

Adverbs of Frequency

This A1-level worksheet is designed for young learners, particularly those practicing reading comprehension through daily routines. It features a short reading passage about an American boy’s day, including his school schedule, hobbies, meals, and bedtime routine. The text is followed by true/false and comprehension questions to support understanding. It introduces vocabulary related to time, school, sports, and everyday actions, making it ideal for learners preparing for Cambridge YLE Movers or similar levels.

Ryan the American Boy.

students revise meals, food and time
students revise meals, food and time
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