A selection of English ESL phrasal verbs idioms printables

A worksheet on the verb HANG and the different meanings of this word used as a verb,  a phrasal verb, a compound noun and in idiomatic expressions.  Have yr students start from the first section , keeping the rest of the worksheet covered and have them uncover one section at the time.  

HANG

Worksheet on phrasal verbs and idioms related to learning experiences and habits. Made accordig to the content of New Total English Intermediate textbook. Appropriate for older teens and adults.

Idioms and phrasal related to learning

EASY LISTENING HIP HOP FOR TEENS ESL STUDENTS. STUDENTS WILL LEARN MEANING and PRONUNCIATION OF " FEEL LEFT OUT", "DID SOMEONE WRONG", "STRESSED OUT", "REPUTATION", "HANGING OUT"

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This is a New Year’s Phrasal Verbs lesson. Students study phrasal verbs connected to New Year’s resolutions in context and then match them to their definitions. Finally, they finish sentences containing the phrasal verbs to make them true for them.
 

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Phrasal Verbs related to New Year Resoulutions

This is a lesson to teach phrasal verbs related to holidays and travel. It includes a phrasal verbs/definition matching exercise, a gap-fill exercise, a prepositions gap fill, conversation practice and a game to revise the phrasal verbs. 
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Holiday & travel phrasal verbs

Matching and Speaking activity with "look" phrasal verbs.  This is actually a  preactivity to FCE Gold Unit 3 Fact or Fiction pg 32-33 and Unit 3 FCE Maximizer pg 23, but can be used on its own.  Answer Key provided.

Phrasal Verbs With LOOK

A short but very complete exercise about phrasal verbs that are often used to refer to presentations. There is also a bingo game, a mix-and-match, a dice-game for fixed expressions relating to presentations, a mini-presentation exercise, a first certificate exam practice section, plus there are not one, but two! That's right! Two online quizzes for consolidation. Just click the links below. The answers are on the back. 
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Phrasal Verbs about Presentations

What are phrasal verbs and some examples. There are three pages included here. The teacher should present the phrasal verbs and their meaning to the class. Then the students could make sentences with them- written or orally.

Practice with Phrasal Verbs

Song activity to help with the irregular and regular verbs in the simple past form, with a nice and fun song by Florence and The Machine. Simple to use, just wait until the students complete the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs and play the song to correct it. If time allows, use the lyrics for further discussion.
The song helps a lot with other grammar subjects, such as phrasal verbs, idioms and etc...

Florence and the Machine - Bird Song - Song Gap Fill

The test is in two versions (A and B) on conditional sentences, modal verbs, wishes and vocabulary (idioms with parts of the body; phrasal verbs - health). The object is to check whether  they have learnt the material. There is a key. 

Test - Grammar and Vocabulary - 2 groups

Speaking activity for advanced students to practise the past tense  and some phrasal verbs and idioms too

When was the last time you ....?

Song "Whataya Want From Me" - By far the most popular song at our school at the moment! Fully editable. Elementary and higher. A song to teach Phrasal verbs with ‘GIVE’. Grammar guide is in Part 1. Answer Key given in Part 3. 10 tasks of varying difficulty. Choose the activities you want and make up your own worksheet. Various activities including: listening for specific info; comprehension questions - crossword puzzle; vocabulary matching task; gap fill; an ordering task; discussion questions and idioms focused on the word ‘WANT’.

Phrasal Verbs - particularly with 'GIVE' : Part 2 (Song)

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

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how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

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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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