A selection of English ESL phonics a-e 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

This is a teacher's guide meant to teach beginning sounds.  You can modify it to meet any phoneme you wish.  

Phoneme isolation is when you say the sound of focus.  Then give two examples of familiar words using the sound.  Phoneme blending is say each sound individually and slowly, then a little faster, with emphasis on the chosen phoneme and finally at regular speed.  Onset and Rhyme, write the word on the board and then cross out the beginning phoneme and and a new sound.  Say "change the /b/ to a /s/ and listen to them change the sound.  Synthetic phoneme is the opposite of blending.  You say is at a regular speed first, they must break it down sound by sound.  Example: you say "bat", they say /b/ /a/ /t/.  For analytical phoneme I give them small white boards.  I say a word and they must write it down in their "sound boxes".  They draw a line horizontally through the middle, dividing the board like a hamburger.  At the top, they must first use and "x" to mark each individual phoneme they hear.  So, if the word is "dog", they ought to put three "x"es at the top of the board.  Then they vertical lines in between the "x"es to further show separation and below each "x", they have to write the letter(s) that represent the phoneme they think they hear.  This takes practice, but they pick it up quickly.  The more advanced they become, the less important the lines and 'x'es become.  At the very beginning, I accept c or k for /k/ as well as c or s for /s/.  Or, if the word is tall and they give me t/a/l, it's ok.  I do make sure to emphasize that this is ONLY for sounds and although it helps with spelling, it isn't perfect.  Finally spelling.  These are their spelling words for the week or however long you focus on the phoneme.  Clap them, snap them, hit the floor, pat their neighbor's leg or back, etc.  Do each word at least three different ways.  This is best followed up with reading simple books focusing on the phoneme you just taught.  I have used this with adults (minus the spelling part where they clap and smack the floor!) as well as kindergartners with great success.   





Short a, e Guide

As an ESL teacher I often find that a lot of worksheets in activity books lack enough activities and are filled with a lot of empty space. The activities that are provided take a few seconds to do before moving onto the next page and rarely review or expand on what they have learned.



I have included the first 5 worksheets in this pack. You can find the remaining worksheets at:



https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/NEW-26-Simple-Phonics-Activity-Printable-Worksheet-Pack-Read-Write-Draw-6884869





These phonics worksheets were created to give students a wide range of activities that would allow them to improve their writing, reading and comprehension skills and to increase their vocabulary. Each section builds on the last, starting with the basic writing practice to reading a short story for which they will illustrate later. I have had great success in using them with my own students, especially for those that lack focus and it also gives them a good sense of progression as they work their way towards the final activity.



In my own classes I try and use the worksheets in the following way, but feel free to use them however feels most beneficial to your own students:



Before handing out the worksheets check what vocabulary the students already know for the given letter.



Demonstrate how to write the uppercase and lowercase letter on the board.



Introduce the 5 new vocabulary



Give a short explanation of each of the 4 activities.



Most students should be able to go through the worksheet by themselves once they have done it once.



Note: If some students are completing parts too quickly, ask them to call for the teacher to check once they have completed a single activity.





Phonics Activity Worksheet A-E

My own remake of the vowels sounds - inspired by jolly phonics



Read the words and point to the pictures emphasizing the vowels sounds a/e/i/u/o. 



The children look at the picture box. Say the word box ask the children to listen out or the /o/ sound. 

Point out that in the line of short vowels above the picture the /o/ has been circled.



The children look at the rest of the pictures and say the words for them circling the short vowel above. Also write down the words under neath the pictures. The last picture has 2 vowel sounds see if your children can pick them up!



Finally a word search containing 4 of each vowel sound to find.



Fully editable, hope you like it!

Short Vowels a/e/i/o/u

My own remake of the vowels sounds - inspired by jolly phonics



Read the words and point to the pictures emphasizing the vowels sounds a/e/i/u/o.



The children look at the picture box. Say the word box ask the children to listen out or the /o/ sound.

Point out that in the line of short vowels above the picture the /o/ has been circled.



The children look at the rest of the pictures and say the words for them circling the short vowel above. Also write down the words under neath the pictures. The last picture has 2 vowel sounds see if your children can pick them up!



Finally a word search containing 4 of each vowel sound to find.

Short Vowels a/e/i/o/u  RE-UPLOADED

With these worksheet, you can help students make the connections between uppercase and lowercase forms of letters, and let students make the associations with the phonetic sounds for each letter. Students can learn the phonetic sounds that fit with each letter and practice the correct writing order while developing hand-eye coordination. Students will get to practice both writing the letter in the context of a word and by itself, making this a great review activity for both phonics and forming the letters of the alphabet.

Our YouTube channel has a playlist of fun phonics chants

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Da41olUhDg&list=PLdYw4OCnQJUeyNM6gx0Et9CRg_RVGbeO0)



This is one worksheet from a series of our free phonics worksheets called Phonics Matching Time (See more at: https://www.bingobongokids.com/worksheet_type/phonics-matching-time-worksheets/)

This worksheet perfectly complements the materials from our original ESL book, Super Easy ABCs and 123s Writing Practice and Phonics FUN!book (https://www.bingobongokids.com/product/super-easy-abcs-123s-writing-practice-phonics-funbook-ago-kids-english-learning/). Using these worksheets, students can master both the writing of letters and the production of their phonic sounds.

Phonics Matching Time Worksheet (Uppercase & Lowercase A-E) - BINGOBONGO

Students hear the animal names and have to circle the animal if it has a long a sound. Once they've circled the animals they should count how many have the long a sound and put the number in the box. Then they can color the animals. This exercise helps with letter sound identification.

Preschool english: circle the animal with long a sound

Useful to practice sounds and synonyms.



Activity for a song: Can't take my eyes off of you.

Here is a gap fill ee ea worksheet with fun sentences. I created it as a part of a lesson that started with the 2 short and funny videos from kids vs phonics. . * % & ^

ee ea phonics digraphs

A basic, phonics writing, worksheet for ESL students.

phonics worksheet

A simple work sheet for the beginners to practice the sounds.This is a simple exercise consisting of three pages which will help the students to remember the sounds of different alphabets. 

Phonics

This would work as either a handout or a wall chart.  It is a table of the International Phonetics Alphabet showing the most common graphemes associated with each phoneme.  It has simple explanatory notes showing how to write and read the International Phonetics Alphabet.  It could be used for phonics drills and general reference.

International Phonetics Alphabet

A simple phonics worksheet designed to help Kindergarten ESL students learn the letter "S"

70 Phonics a-e English ESL worksheets pdf & doc