A selection of English ESL signal words printables

This part is about the signal words for intermediate or upper-intermediate level. There are 3 translation tasks, a mixed sentence task; a multiple choice task, more fill in tasks, a rephrasing task and a find the pair(s) task. You find the solution on the 5th-6th page. The difficulty level of the task is marked with cute stars. There are challenging ones, too. The cliparts are from Grace Lee and the notebook style from Philip Roeland. Thanks for their generosity. Hope you find this part useful. Have a nice day. :)

Signal words * Present Simple Tense * Part 6 * 4 pages * 10 tasks * grammar explanation * key is included * for intermediate ss

This part is about the signal words for elementary level. There are 3 translation tasks, a mixed sentence task; a multiple choice task and two fill in tasks. You find the solution on the 4th-5th page. The difficulty level of the task is marked with cute stars. There are challenging ones, too. The cliparts are from Grace Lee and the notebook style from Philip Roeland. Thanks for their generosity. Hope you find this part useful. Have a nice day. :)

Signal words for elementary level * Present Simple Tense * Part 5 * 3 pages * 8 tasks * grammar explanation * key is included 

This ws helps the ss learn the signal words in present perfect and how to use them. Hope you like it. The pics are from fumira.jp. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi

since, for, yet, already, just, ever, never, still, recently, lately - signal words in present perfect - with grammar & key & B&W

I prepared two packages because I know how good it can be if we don’t give the same test to the whole class / group. This is for group A. You can use this ws after the signal word ws for intermediate level and the reading comprehension ws. With this you can check the knowledge of your ss. The ws is fully editable. The background is from Grace Lee. Thanks for her generosity. The key is on the 2nd page. Hope you find it useful and download it.

Test * Group “A” * signal words in the Present Simple Tense* for intermediate level * 25 questions * key is included * fully editable

I prepared two packages because I know how good it can be if we don’t give the same test to the whole class / group. This is for group B. You can use this ws after the signal word ws for intermediate level and the reading comprehension ws. With this you can check the knowledge of your ss. The ws is fully editable. The background is from Grace Lee. Thanks for her generosity. The key is on the 2nd page. Hope you find it useful and download it. 

Test * Group “B” * signal words in the Present Simple Tense* for intermediate level * 25 questions * key is included * fully editable

In this reading comprehension ws the ss can read 4 short text. There are three tasks: fill in the chart and two different types of ‘question’ tasks. You can use this ws after the signal word ws for intermediate level. The ws is fully editable. The background is from Grace Lee. Thanks for her generosity. The key is on the 3rd page. Hope you find it useful. 

Reading comprehension * signal words in the Present Simple Tense* for intermediate level * 2 pages * 3 tasks * key is included * fully editable

The students must fill in the correct forms of the verbs. Signal words often help them to find the correct tense (simple past, simple present, will-future). You find two versions of the worksheet. The second one is for weaker students. A key is attached.

Mixed tenses (past, present, future)

Fully editable. Tasks are of varying degrees of difficulty. A grammar guide for the present perfect including: the uses; the form: time signal words; spelling rules for forming the past participle as well as 9 tasks. The tasks include a crossword (past participles); interrogatives; tasks with signal words such as 'for', 'since, 'already' and 'yet'. Parts 2 and 3 are linked to the song 'We Are The Champions'.

Present Perfect Simple - Grammar guide Part 1 of 3

This grammar-guide helps you to teach the Present Simple Tense. I collected the formation, the signal words, the spelling rules, and the rules when to use this tense. There are parts which are for intermediate ss. The spiral notebook style is from Philip Roeland. The cliparts are from Philip Martin. Thanks a lot for sharing it. Hope you find it useful.

Present Simple Tense * Part 1 * Grammar explanation * 2 pages

Now the ss have to deal with 5 different tasks where they can practise since and for. With the grammar guide and the tasks I hope your ss will also learn the difference between these signal words. Thanks Philip Martin for the nice cliparts. Have a great day. Hugs, Zsuzsapszi

Since or for *** with grammar *** upper-elementary (A2) *** with key *** B&W

With this worksheet students can practise the Present Perfect Simple with 3 different signal words. There is a small description on the use of these signal words which should make the use of this tense clearer. For a grammar guide on the topic go to https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/present_perfect_-_grammar_guide/present-perfect-simple/90409

PRESENT PERFECT with already/just/yet

Here your students get an overview about the tenses "simple present" and "simple past" with signal words. Some mixed tasks follow. I also added the solution for you.

Simple present simple past

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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58 Signal words English ESL worksheets pdf & doc