A selection of English ESL printing printables

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Print Walk 

Quick listening comprehension activity about a short documentary on the future of printed books. Several readers and professionals give their opinions on the matter. There's a short vocabulary activity, comprehension exercises while listening and final discussion questions. 

Ebooks or print books? 

Printout cards to use during a lesson about food. You can use it in group work as well as individual work. The way I use it: I put the cards on the floor and ask students to stand in a line. Their task is to jump in the right direction to vote on a certain meal. 

Rating meals (print horizontally!)

Most people are unaware of the fact that additive manufacturing technology is not new process. In 2009 when the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) patents expired, 3D printing became such a popular topic that many people easily believed that it was a brand new innovation. It also gained such a wide media coverage because people often imagined that FDM was the only additive manufacturing technique, even though the stereolithography technique was patented in the 1980s. Here is a quick timeline of the history of 3D printing to today. 

The History of 3D Printing

A reading and comprehension worksheet for vocational training students. They read about the different stages of printing, from the idea to the final product. They have to match the different stages to the titles provided. Some of the vocabulary has been also provided so as to make it less hard.

The printing process step by step

This worksheet is a reading, writing and comprehension task on the British poet William Blake as well as the early invention of the printing press. Students are asked to watch a video about Blake's printing process and answer comprehension questions. An answer sheet for teachers is provided.

William Blake and The Printing Press

Here students can practise building the sentences, it's more challenging becasue the irregular verbs are used. The same verbs were used in the worksheet called: "Irregular verbs, part I".

Simply print and cut the sentences, cut into the words, just make sure you don't mix them :)

Sentence Scramble - Print & Cut Words Separately

Students pick a card and spell and pronounce the word. they play between clasmates and groups forming teams or couples to practice their speaking skills, some words have a different color for giving a different score.

Spelling Cards for print and play

What are the different types of 3D printers?Vat polymerization: liquid photopolymer (resin) cured by light.


Material extrusion: molten thermoplastic (filament) deposited through a heated nozzle.


Powder bed fusion: powder particles fused by a high-energy source.

Types of 3D Printing Technologies: FDM, SLA, SLS

Princess Anna or Elsa are part of the saga of "The Snow Queen" or Frozen in English. after the great success of Rapunzel, the success of Frozen was immediate after the release of the first film. Moreover, The Frozen 2 is Frozen 2 released in November 2019 was the biggest opening of all time for an animated film. Princess Anna is therefore a daring young princess who is not afraid to face danger, she loves adventure and moreover she is often with her friends like Olaf, Kristoff, Sven or Elsa Frozen. So here you will find the best coloring pages of the Snow Queen, Elsa coloring, Anna coloring, Olaf coloring, in short all the characters from Frozen.

Download free frozen coloring pages at here: https://disegnidacolorare123.it/frozen-da-colorare/

Disney has gone above and beyond in creating this fun, vibrant and amazing musical adventure for kids of all ages. Frozen is a story of two sisters, Princess Anna and Princess Elsa, who grew up together but were always separated due to an accident during their childhood. They live in the same castle, but do not speak to each other very much and look at each other very rarely, until the day when the older sister, Elsa becomes a majestic queen. It is at her coronation that Anna learns that her sister has the power to control ice and snow, and when Elsa runs away due to an unforeseen incident, Anna must find her and bring her home so that Elsa can end the eternal winter that she accidentally started.



Frozen coloring pages to print and color

double sided flashcards to cut out and use for classroom games and activities. It's really helpful if you include the solutions in the resource as it makes it easier for us in class to check the answers. Also, the solutions make the resource suitable for self-study.

Flashcards - 3 Pages of Irregular Verbs - Print and Cut

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Hello there ♥



Animal Dominoes with cartoon-like animals IN THREE PARTS



1st part: https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/animals/animal-dominoes-13/132314



2nd part: https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/animals/animal-dominoes-23/132315



The base for the file was taken from this worksheet (updated the images and added some more):

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/animals/animal-dominoes/1881

Thanks to @PhilipR



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Animal Dominoes 3/3 - print, cut and laminate flashcards

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>

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55 Printing English ESL worksheets pdf & doc