A selection of English ESL shapes printables

There is a true and false activity. Then on page 2, either you give out the picture ad they listen and follow the instructions, or it can be done as a reading comprehension. Finally they have to write some sentences themselves. It's a picture of a nursery, but I think it's a suitable exercise for older students. 

Focus: there is/are/present cont, prepositions and shapes. 

Present continuous tense practice with shapes. 

This is a little session of video studying I created for a student I do private lessons with. But it also works well with a whole class: and they love watching videos at school! 

It is mainly oral comprehension, and is nice to start an interesting discussion with the students.

Vocabulary translation is in French, but feel free to use it as you wish. 

The aim is to arouse the interest of the student with the topic of music, talking about his/her tastes and personality. This video teaches a lot of things and not only English: the science of Music. I also imagined questions that would make the student question those facts: "am I really defined by what I listen to?"

I hope you'll like it.

Your Personality Shapes Your Musical Tastes

-Cards to learn some basic shapes.
- Memory game.

Shapes and Colours -Cards (Set 2)

An activity as a review for young learners. There are sea animals, colors, means of transportation, shapes and the pronous "HIS" and "HER". 

It can also be used as a test.

Transportation, Sea animals, colors and shapes

This is a great activity that combines christmas and shapes. A christmas tree decorated with circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hearts, and stars. My little students loved it!

A christmas tree full of shapes

The "Back to School" series is for young learners, level A1-A-2. I tis supposed to repeat the material the students  have already learned. The worksheet can also be given as homework.



Back to school- Colours and shapes

This worksheet is designed for B1-level learners to explore the topic of music education and how access to it can depend on social and economic factors. The reading text introduces students to the cognitive, emotional, and academic benefits of learning music, while also highlighting the issue of inequality in access to music lessons.
The warm-up questions encourage students to connect the topic to their own experiences with music and school. The vocabulary section helps students engage with key terms related to education, opportunity, and personal growth. By matching words with definitions and completing gap-fill sentences, learners can better understand and use this vocabulary in context.
The multiple-choice reading comprehension questions check for specific understanding of the article, while the discussion questions provide an opportunity for critical thinking and meaningful conversation. This worksheet is ideal for building reading skills, vocabulary knowledge, and speaking fluency in a way that connects with students' interests.

Music and how it shapes us

There are several exercises!

It's an excellent activity to improve listening skills.

We really hope you enjoy this worksheet!



Song: Shape of you

By: Ed Sheeran

Fly High 2017

Ed Sheeran - Shape of you

This is a text on the effects of branding on teenagers

It is followed by some comprehension exercises: , word association,  questions on the text and picture description

Hope you find it useful.

How branding is shaping teenagers

This was designed for either beginners or intermediate students.  Beginners complete the easier directions and interemediate ss can complete all of them.  Students will read and follow basic directions.  For instance, one of the beginner directions is "Color the door blue." and one of the harder/intermediate directions is "Draw a bird in the rectangular window."  A small picture word bank is given.  Hope this is a fun way for kids to practice their basic shapes, colors and house vocabulary.

Color code the house-basic vocab/shapes

Study the picture and write the name of the shape ;using formal mathematical words.

Can you name the two dimensional shapes?

Serves to recap and consolidate .

Page 1 

1) Write numbers for the months. 

2) Write ordinal numbers. 

3) Count the shapes (around the edge) and write the numbers (cardinal). 

4) Write the seasons (look at the trees). 

Page 2 

1. Look at the grid of nine different coloured shapes. Learners will need to know shapes, colours and prepositions of place. Read each description then locate the corresponding shape.  Write the colour and shape. 

2. Convert the dates in number format to words using ordinal numbers and months. 

3. Write today's date and your date of birth in both formats. 

Maths consolidation - numbers, dates, shapes and more

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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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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