A selection of English ESL spring activities printables

Writing Test. Spring is here!

For Grade 6 (Primary) Students.

Writing Test. Spring is here!

And Now two more activities for young learners to learn or revise words associated with Spring, crocuses, daffodils ,swallow, Easter, here in a matching activity and word completing with missing vowels

Spring: matching activity and vowel missing

This Notes sheet comes with a series of four reading comprehension sheets, all of relatively the same level of difficulty. They are printables, but you'll find them in the "Projectables" part. It is aimed for the students to take notes, first as a group, and then individually, listening to other groups presenting their work to the class.



It starts with a very short reading comprehension, aimed as an introduction - to create a need to find out more information about NYC. Further down you can read more of my lesson planning. 



On the first lesson, students read the introductory e-mail, then work in groups on different topics. 



On the second lesson, I give them one photocopy per group of my handwritten answers - photocopies that I collect back at the end of the marking time; so they must mark their work themselves. After marking their work, they 1) get some sentences ready and 2) present their work to the class, who is taking notes. During the presentation, as the class is taking notes, I tend to ask for only one person per group to speak, one to write difficult words on demand, and a third one to check the information being given. 





INTRODUCTION E-MAIL



1. 	Type of document? ==> an e-mail. Not a spam or a fraud!

	Who? ==> from Betsey Brandon to English students

	Where? ==> In NYC; in “the Big Apple”.

	When? ==> During Spring Break

	How long? for a week-end



RECAP	==> Betsey Brandon is writing to tell English students that they have won a week-end in NYC, during Spring Break! 



2. 	What do we need to do, now? // What must we do, now? 

	==> Read the information enclosed, so we can PLAN our trip. 



BRAINSTORMING: 



	What can you do / see / visit in New York?

	==> Loads of things to do and places to go. 



	We need more info:  



	WHAT MONUMENTS? 

	GENERAL INFO ABOUT THESE MONUMENTS

	WHAT ACTIVITIES CAN YOU DO?  





Plan a week-end to NYC (Notes sheet)

This is designed for beginner learners. The first task is to practice the long e vowel sound and some consonant blends.
The second part is for some vocabulary to be found in the reading text. Learners should match words and pictures.
The reading comprehension mainly focuses on words from the vocabulary activity. The learner may need to be shown how to find words from the questions in the text, then read around the word to find the answer.

Spring vocabulary and easy reading text

worksheet for reciting, reading and writing poetry on a basic level

4 seasons poem spring

In this St. Patrick's Day lesson, teach your students the difference between there is and there are with fun St. Patrick's day themed vocabulary. Students will practice using there is and there are with fill-in-the blank exercises. 



There is also a drawing activity where they need to draw pictures to match the there is or there are sentences. 



This YouTube video lesson will help teach your students how to use there is and there are correctly before proceeding with the worksheet: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYrdo62iLYo



St. Patrick's Day Lesson on There is or There are - Worksheet, Activity, and Video Lesson

Students read a short text about a girl who loves spring. They can underline the words they don't know. Then, they do the tasks on the worksheet and check their answers.

(The spelling mistake should be fixed now.)

Spring Reading Comprehension

This is an activity for returning students that can be used in their first lesson to ease them back into English.



First, they need to complete the sentences that apply to what they did during vacation. Depending on their level you can ask them for more detailed answers.



Afterward, they should write three sentences detailing what they will do during Golden Week. There is a list of verbs at the bottom, in both English and Japanese, to aid them. If your students are high level you can remove the box and/or make them write more sentences.

My Vacation: Spring & Golden Week - Japan

A fun conversation-based lesson about April, spring, and small talk. 



An engaging lesson that will get your students talking. 



Start with some warm-up questions, complete a vocabulary matching activity to introduce new vocabulary, watch an ESL  YouTube video and answer listening questions. 



Use visual aids to retell the conversation in your words, discuss some things about April and spring, teach some spring and April-related idioms, ask students to use some selected words and phrases in context, watch the video again and fill in the missing words, and finish the lesson with more conversation questions. 

The YouTube link for this lesson is in the lesson plan or click here for a sneak peek: https://youtu.be/NVm9H50LGMw



This is part of our spring course. One of hundreds of lessons and over 10 full courses. Learn more: www.pocketpassport.com or email us: info@pocketpassport.com

April Fun Facts

Anna and Tom's spring picnic. Read the text and draw a picture of Anna and Tom's spring picnic. A fun reading comprehension and drawing activity for young ESL learners.

Read and Draw: Spring

Everyone knows that this is a very popular Christmas song for learners to sing along. Christmas is known with beautiful and holy posters, cards or pictures so I hope the design of this material can be give learners the feeling of Christmas coming.

Song - We wish you a Merry Christmas

Worksheet to enjoy a sweet episode from PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD that deals in particular with seasons, mainly spring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um7X2VCUX70 I designed several activities for YOUNG LEARNERS: fill in the blanks, correct mistakes, label the characters and decide who said different lines .

VIDEO SESSION on PEEP and the BIG WIDE WORLD: SPRING THING

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 express likes and dislikes in English

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how to give permission, authorization in English

how to inform somebody about some news in English

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

how to praise people and express appreciation in English

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how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said 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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59 Spring activities English ESL worksheets pdf & doc