A selection of English ESL tourism printables

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>

Get here and you are ready to study in English at university

Role play for esl students to improve their speaking skills. Two to a team. Role play dialogue. Students can add additional material, It is best that they memorize the lines, after practicing the role play. Real life situations for esl students. Team work. I used these in freshmen classes at a Korean University. Practice in pairs, then perform at the from of the class. Two opposing tables is best.

The hotel Concierge for ESL tourism students

This text is meant for adults or high school students. They have to read several texts about different buildings. Then, they have to answer the questions about the text and about their own experience. They also have to describe a wonderful building they know.

Tourism - The most beautiful buildings in the world

Worksheet for adults and teens. The students look at the pictures and say what kind of trip they prefer and why. What kind they don't like. 

Then there are some people who say what the like and the students have to find the trip that would fit these people.

If you want to practice more, you can find more of my worksheets about the same topic here

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Tourisme - What kind of trip do you like?

Space Tourism and how people might enjoy itFollowing several successful explorations into space, several companies are now considering the possibility of enabling tourists to visit space. In order to make it more affordable, suborbital space travel is being considered by many companies, including Virgin Galactic. 

Space Tourism and how people might enjoy it

Have the students watch a short video about the effects Game of Thrones had on tourism in Northern Ireland. Form groups of 3 or 4 students, let then discuss and answer the questions. When the students have agreed on the final answers, check their work. They can then go on reading about film-induced tourism in Northern Ireland and Croatia...

The Effect of The Game of Thrones on Irish Tourism

I wrote this for a tourism school and the tone is very neutral, but I was told to avoid using it for one reason: it could start nasty reactions. It was prepared for French students but you can probably replace the vocab by words from the language of your learners. 

Israel Cultivates a new Breed of Tourism: an article/test/lesson plan

I used the exercises with my students as a revision of units 8 and 9 from the book "English for International Tourism" pre-intermediate. There are two parts: in grammar part there´s an exercise on different ways of expressing future (future simple, to be going to, present continous. The other exercise revises the use of modal verbs and some vocabulary used at the plane. The second part - vocabulary focuses on the travelling words, some airport vocabulary and duty-free items. The answer key is included. I hope you will find it useful! :)

Grammar and vocabulary exercises for students of tourism industry 3 pages plus answer key.

This is the exam I´ve prepared for my students of hotel and tourism industry. It´s based on the material from the book "English for International Tourism" pre-intermediate. There´s lots of grammar practice in the first part. The second part includes vocabulary mainly from the area of travelling and hotels - but it might be suitable for teaching the "holidays vocabulary". The last part is reading about Japan adapted from the book mentioned above. There are two reading comprehension exercises - answering questions and True-False. I hope you´ll find it useful! Have a nice day! :)

Exam for students of tourism industry*** 6 pages***3 parts- grammar, vocabulary and reading 

This worksheet contains 18 conversation cards, an interview box and a hands-on task (drawing 2 flags). The cards can be cut out if desired and be used as conversation questions. Can be used with both young learners and adults (elementary to intermediate). 

Let´s talk about TRAVEL

Where in the world can these landmarks be found? What do you think? Guess and discuss. This conversation worksheet with 10 landmarks and 7 questions can be used as a basis for an informal discussion about landmarks, tourism, culture, national identity, pride, and more. It can be used for Internet research and/or giving short presentations as well.

Conversation Corner - Where in the World (6): Landmarks

This worksheet was made as an extra activity when you teach or revise the following topics "Holidays" and "Travelling". It consists of four exercises with the answer key on page 2.

Holiday time (vocabulary)

Where in the world was this photo taken? What do you think? Guess and discuss. This conversation worksheet with 1 photo and 18 questions can be used as a basis for an informal discussion about holidays, mountains, clothing, leisure activities, weather, tourism and more. It can be used for Internet research and/or giving short presentations as well.

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