A selection of English ESL true and false printables

A warmer to get into the topic of food and cooking. The students can express their opinion right at the beginning of the lesson and it already starts an interesting discussion.

True and false game food

a task I do at the beginning of a lesson. brings a bit of movement in the classroom as the students get up or sit down or walk to true and false corners.. they also can express their opinion and find out about others

Valentine's Day True and False


 Using the present continuous by matching statements and illustrations.

 Answering two present continuous questions  about school.

 Answering true and false questions about pictures.

The topic is the present continous and a few true and false questions.

This worksheet is designed for B2 level adult English learners and focuses on the topic of hobbies and how they can benefit every family member. The accompanying article, “Why Hobbies Are Important for Your Family,” highlights the positive impact hobbies have on children, parents, and couples, as well as how shared hobbies create stronger family bonds. The language and content are tailored for adult learners, making it accessible yet thought-provoking.


The worksheet begins with warm-up discussion questions to activate prior knowledge and encourage students to talk about their hobbies and how they support their family members in their interests. The vocabulary matching exercise introduces key terms from the text and helps learners understand their meanings in context. True/false and multiple-choice comprehension questions check understanding and engage students in deeper thinking. Open-ended comprehension questions allow students to reflect on the benefits of hobbies for children, adults, and the entire family.


The discussion questions provide opportunities for meaningful conversation, where learners can share their personal experiences and opinions. The homework assignment encourages students to write about their family’s hobbies, helping them practice writing skills while exploring the theme of hobbies and family well-being. This worksheet helps build vocabulary, promotes critical thinking, and fosters discussion, making it an ideal activity for a B2 level class.

Why Hobbies Are Important for Your Family

This worksheet is designed for A2- level adult English learners and focuses on the topic of hobbies and their importance. The accompanying article, “The Importance of Hobbies for Adults,” introduces the benefits of having hobbies, such as reducing stress, staying active, and meeting new people. The language and content are tailored for adult learners, making it accessible and engaging.

 
The worksheet begins with warm-up questions to activate prior knowledge and encourage students to discuss their own hobbies and interests. Vocabulary matching follows to reinforce key terms from the text and build context. True/false and multiple-choice comprehension questions assess students’ understanding and encourage critical thinking. Open-ended comprehension questions allow students to express their own ideas and connect the content to their lives.

 
Discussion questions provide an opportunity for further speaking practice, fostering meaningful conversation among students. The homework assignment asks students to write a short paragraph about their favorite hobby, encouraging writing practice and self-expression. This worksheet helps students build vocabulary, improve reading and writing skills, and engage in discussions about hobbies, making it a valuable and enjoyable learning experience.

The Importance of Hobbies for Adults

This worksheet is designed for A2 level teenage English learners and focuses on the topic of hobbies and sports, emphasizing how these activities benefit teenagers. The accompanying article, “How Hobbies and Sports Benefit Teenagers,” introduces the idea that hobbies and sports are not just fun activities but play an essential role in teenagers’ growth and development. The language and content are tailored for teenage learners, making it engaging and easy to understand.
 

The worksheet begins with warm-up questions to activate prior knowledge and encourage students to talk about their own experiences with hobbies and sports. The vocabulary matching exercise helps reinforce key words from the text, while the true/false and multiple-choice comprehension questions assess students' understanding of the article. Open-ended comprehension questions allow students to reflect more deeply on the topic and share their opinions.
 

The discussion questions provide a platform for further speaking practice, encouraging students to talk about their own hobbies and how these activities affect their lives. The final homework assignment invites students to write a short essay about their hobbies and sports, allowing them to practice their writing skills while connecting the lesson to their personal experiences. This worksheet helps students build vocabulary, improve reading comprehension, and engage in discussions about their own interests and well-being.

How Hobbies and Sports Benefit Teenagers A2

There are three different texts and tasks:

a) Mark Zukkerberg (True/False exercise)

b) a Facebook app (gap-filling)

c) a TV quiz show (table completing)

Audio texts and audio files are included. Save document as Office Word 97-2003. Should the audio not work, email me - carlos70reis@gmail.com

TEEN & MEDIA (A1 - A2 listening)

This wss allows the students to practise their reading abilities and understand of easy text bits.

Read & Understand (1)

 Another ws for kids to practise their reading and understanding of small text pieces.

Read & Understand (2)


This worksheet is designed for B1 level students and focuses on the common races in Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). It includes a reading passage titled "Common Races in Dungeons & Dragons: A Lit Guide for Teens," which introduces students to various races they can choose for their characters, such as Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Gnomes, Half-Elves, Half-Orcs, Tieflings, and Dragonborn. The passage uses engaging language and contemporary references to make the content relatable and exciting for teens.

The comprehension section features true/false questions, multiple-choice questions, and short answer prompts to test students' understanding and critical thinking skills. This activity is ideal for enhancing students' reading comprehension, vocabulary, and cultural awareness in an engaging and educational manner, set against the backdrop of the exciting world of Dungeons & Dragons.

Common Races in Dungeons

This worksheet is designed for B1 level teenage English learners and focuses on the topic of hobbies, specifically social media and video games, and how these activities can be beneficial. The accompanying article, “Why Your Parents Need to Stop Nagging You About Your Hobbies,” presents a balanced perspective on the positive aspects of these hobbies, such as improving problem-solving skills, building social connections, and encouraging creativity. The language and content are appropriate for teens, making it engaging and relatable.

 
The worksheet begins with warm-up questions that prompt students to reflect on their own experiences and how their parents perceive their hobbies. The vocabulary matching exercise introduces key words from the text and reinforces understanding of new terms. True/false and multiple-choice comprehension questions check understanding and help students engage with the article’s content. Open-ended comprehension questions encourage deeper thinking and personal responses.

 
The discussion questions provide opportunities for meaningful conversation, allowing students to express their opinions about their hobbies and how these activities can help them learn new skills or improve their well-being. The homework assignment asks students to write a short essay defending one of their hobbies and explaining its benefits. This worksheet promotes critical thinking, vocabulary development, and self-expression, making it a valuable tool for B1 level learners to discuss and explore topics relevant to their lives.








Why Your Parents Need to Stop Nagging You About Your Hobbies

This is a true or false worksheet I used in my Peter and the Wolf reading series.

Peter and the Wolf

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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