A selection of English ESL powerpoint printables

Students find figurative language in songs, and create a powerpoint presentation.  More for middle school due to the tight control on appropriate song selection.

Figurative Language Powerpoint Project

My first Grade students have started learning how to conjugate a few simple verbs so I created a game of Guess Who/What Am I using a powerpoint and verb/adj/noun table. 



You can personalise the teachers' names and the high school to your own. 



The first three clues are for the class to play against you. This will get them warmed up and help them understand how to use the table. Then, put them into small teams, each with their own whiteboard. Send one person from each team out of the classroom and show the remaining students the first slide. Help them make up some clues for the first slide e.g. 'you are a person 'you are American' etc. Bring the students back into the classroom and give them 30 seconds to provide clues to their teammate. After 30 seconds, the student has to write down what or who they think 'they are' e.g. 'I am President Trump'. Points go to teams who get the correct answer. After each round, get the students to raise their hand and tell you some of the clues they gave. More points go out for these answers. Stickers at the end for the winning team! It is fun, some are a bit silly and it gets them thinking a bit more laterally. 



Accompanied writing task at the end. 

Guess Who / What Am I? Powerpoint 

With is worksheet students can learn how to count/quantify uncountables using partitive nouns. There is a simple explanation before doing the matching and labeling exercise. Key and greyscale are included. 

I’ve also designed a PPT game based on this worksheet:

https://en.islcollective.com/resources/projectables/powerpoints_ppt_pptx/food_partitives_game_-_a_box_of_a_bunch_of_/countable-and-uncountable/93671



FOOD PARTITIVES - a box of, a bunch of ...

This is a reading exercise in groups. Divide the class into 4 groups, cut out the handout and give a different story to each group. They read it together and decide on one of the endings given, then they must write their own ending to the story. Once they finish they must tell their story to the rest of the group; to make sure they all participate you can split the story in parts or make them act out the dialogues representing the different characters. Then they read the different options given for the endings and explain which one they think is the correct one. All the students in the class can make their guess. Finally they tell their own ending. 

Once all the groups have finished telling their stories, it's time to tell or give them the real endings. Look in My Resources, there's a powerpoint presentation to help you tell the stories. 

Of course you can also give the whole handout with all the stories to all the students and make them work individually.

Hope you like it!

HALLOWEEN GHOST STORIES

First student need to find the opposite of the adjectives given in the wordsearch. This way they work on the meaning of the adjectives they will have to use in the comparative form in the second exercise. For an interactive practice game go to: https://en.islcollective.com/resources/projectables/powerpoints_ppt_pptx/comparative_of_superiority_-_hangman_game/comparison-comparative-adjectives/88293



COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

I prepared some powerpoints about London. You can find them (10 parts) here. The first one is here: http://en.islcollective.com/worksheets/worksheet_page?id=12719

After watching the powerpoints you can use this worksheet to remember the places. Choose the word from the box and write under the correct picture

London 

This is a reading about World Water Day suitable for  Elementary, Pre-Intermediate students. It consists;

1. Warm up questions

2. Preparation exercise

3. Reading

4. Reading Comprehension Exercises



This worksheet also has a powerpoint version:

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-powerpoints/grammar/auxiliary-verbs/world-water-day/134242

World Water Day

A reading passage with a true or false activity. Then a match-up exercise. After that, they debate whether it's a good idea to make resolutions or not. This is an updated version of a previous ws. 

My ppt can be found here: https://en.islcollective.com/resources/projectables/powerpoints_ppt_pptx/new_years_resolutions_2019/new-years-eve/112464

Tom's new year's resolutions

Another worksheet to practise how to count/quantify uncountables using partitive nouns. There is a matching and labeling exercise. Key and greyscale are included. 

For a grammar guide + practice go to

https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/food_partitives_-_a_box_of_a_bunch_of_/countable-and-uncountable/93708

I’ve also designed a PPT game based on this worksheet:

https://en.islcollective.com/resources/projectables/powerpoints_ppt_pptx/food_partitives_game_-_a_box_of_a_bunch_of_/countable-and-uncountable/93671



This worksheet is related to the Powerpoint Presentation that I uploaded before, which is titled "Thanksgiving".

Students will practise the vocabulary learnt with a wordsearch puzzle. They need to find the words, and then write then under the appropiate picture.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING - WORDSEARCH PUZZLE

These are invaluable words, phrases, and expressions that you can sprinkle your conversations with and sound just like an American. It's these little words that make all the difference in spoken language and allow you to speak more confidently. 





PPT available here:





 https://en.islcollective.com/resources/projectables/powerpoints_ppt_pptx/idioms_speak_like_an_americanppt/idioms-idioms-american/54872




Sound Like An American : Classroom Poster

Students have to choose the name from the box and write under the correct picture. 

First you can use my powerpoint about British Food, the first part you can find here: http://en.islcollective.com/worksheets/worksheet_page?id=12469

and then you can find the other parts on my page. After that sutdents can do the worksheet to remember the words. Have fun !!! 

British Food

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 interpret what was said in English

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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

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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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232 Powerpoint English ESL worksheets pdf & doc