A selection of English ESL thankful printables

A multiple-exercise worksheet on the song Thank God it's Christmas by Queen: choosing the right word; filling in the gaps; filling in nissing vowels; suitable for all levels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5mtUff6ik&list=RD6V5mtUff6ik

Queen - Thank God It's Christmas

A fun lesson for all levels to celebrate teachers and Teacher Appreciation Day/Week. 



Warm-up and discussion questions, vocabulary matching activities, idioms/proverbs to show appreciation, watch a YouTube video conversation, and answer listening comprehension questions.



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Teacher Appreciation - Thank You Teachers!

This activity is to practice listening and perception. It is a Céline Dion's song, it's easy and very beautiful. You have to complete the song with the missing words, put sentences in order and circle the correct word according to the sound. 

Song: Thank You - Céline Dion 

This is a simple and quick activity for kids - They are going to think of 3 things they are thankful for and then write and make a beautiful drawing in the boxes. 

THANKSGIVING - KIDS - I AM THANKFUL FOR

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Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday and is a time for giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Students are asked to make a list of some things that they are thankful for.

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Thanksgiving - What Are You Thankful For?

Students must write a list of things they are thankful for using the letters in the leaves. This is a great worksheet for celebrating Thanksgiving. This worksheet can be used alongside this matching video: https://youtu.be/Dd_BPb2E_aY


There are two parts to this exercise. In part 1, students come up with nouns that begin with the letters in the leaves. Example: toys, candy, family, friends, socks, house

 In part 2, students come up with verb phrases or gerunds using the letters. Example: having friends, feeling happy, riding bikes

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I'm thankful for Thanksgiving Worksheet + Video

Well guys, it's just a simple practice sheet with just one message. It might not suit your classes but I hope you will read it! If you are doing 'good manners' with your group, it might be worth downloading it. 

It's nice to say 'thank you'. 

Short and good text to read, write and speak about the importance of saying thank to people. Good to debate about it, 10 questions to work with. No solution, some questions are about the text, some give freedom to students think and express their opinion.

The importance of saying thank you

This is an ice breaker for more advanced students. I usually use it when talking about movies. Thanks to movies, we are led to believe a lot of things are just dramatic. After reviewing all the pictures, I then divide students into small groups asking them which myth they found most surprising and if there are other myths they have from watching movies they then realize it doesn't work in reality. 

Myths we believe thanks to movies

This is an easy reading comprehension activity. Students read a story about a girl called Julie, do a true and false exercise and answer the questions in full sentences.

Reading - Thanks to my alarm clock!

Practice giving thanks with this worksheet that teaches students how to express gratitude in English by saying "I'm thankful for" and "I'm grateful for". Students have to answer different writing prompts related to being thankful for people and places. Matching video: https://youtu.be/u6JWnxnVZwc


This is a great way to celebrate Thanksgiving in your classroom.

"I'm Thankful For" Thanksgiving Writing Activity Practice + Video

How To Say 'Thank You' and 'No, Thank You'. Hpow to express gratitude or reject offers. (Language Functions). Hope you will like it. ...........................

How To Say Thank You (Language Functions)

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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38 Thankful English ESL worksheets pdf & doc