A selection of English ESL videos comprehension 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

The worksheet has two exercises regarding the same video: "10 popular actors fired for the craziest reasons" (ATTENTION: link provided in the worksheet!)

1) True or False exercise about the first 3 minutes. - according to the level of the student, you may add a 'correct the mistake' part. 

2) Answer the questions about the last minutes of the video.

Listening video comprehension

Video quiz  from "morganrobinson" redesigned. Questions about the Grinch film "The Grinch 2018 [Waking In The Morning]". Present Simple and Present Continuous. Routines.

Christmas.

THE GRINCH - Video Comprehension Quiz

This worksheet is based on a short video about Japanese students participating in school chores. Most of the video is actually in Japanese, but English subtitles are always provided and bring a nice topic of conversation in class. 

I have provided the link to the video on the worksheet and you can directly find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4oNvxCY5k

"Video" comprehension: chores at school

This is a worksheet for a video (up to 1.56): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgbAWWEgJ4E

It\'s made for high schoolers or adults to practice vocabulary on the topic "fashion".

Holiday party Looks: video comprehension

New working link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0eh-PI_4ptjS0NYblowcEdvVUE/view?usp=sharing 



This is a video comprehension activity where students have to watch the given video and circle the right option. It is about school subjects and the days of the week. 





Let's go to school! video comprehension

There are four exercises about the same video which has subtitles in English (ATTENTION: link provided in the worksheet)

1) Answer the questions.

2) Explain the meaning of the quotes.

3) Fill in the gaps of quotes.

4) Retelling



Exercises 1) and 2) might be done in an oral way if it is a one-on-one class

Some vocabulary is provided with examples.

Video Comprehension - Inspirational video for teens

Simple worksheet to work or review the past simple. For French speakers students but it can be modified (there is an activity to match some expressions with their meanings).

Kung-Fu Panda 2 video as a source to do the activities : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4B43IIq-Sg 

PAST SIMPLE kung-fu panda video comprehension

After watching Emma Stone's interview, the students have five activities:

1) True or False. Correct the false ones.

2) Explain the meaning of certain phrases taken from the video

3) Explain why the interviewer/Emma Stone said something 

4) Choose the correct option between words that sound alike or might have alike meaning. 

5) Answer questions.

It's ideal for one-to-one lessons and for practicing conversation, specially activities 2&4. 

Emma Stone Interview - Listening video comprehension activity 

The worksheet has three activities. Vocabulary is provided at the end of the worksheet:



1) Complete the statements with the words given

2) Join the halves of the sentences

3) Choose the correct statement that summarizes the interview.



Link is here:

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2017/08/24/samira-wiley-as-told-by-her.cnn/video/playlists/as-told-by-her/

Samira Wiley's on Handmaid's relevance - Listening Video Comprehension

This worksheet is created to boost students' listening skills as well as to learn some vocab on the topic of ordering food. 

By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to 
- communicate with the personnel of the restaurant, 
- use appropriate language to order food and ask about its qualities
- feel more confident while speaking English

Here's the link to the video https://youtu.be/KDr2CShDKcg

What's in the salad? Video comprehension and vocabulary lesson

It's a four activities worksheet for upper intermediate-advanced students. The activities cover the first eight minutes of the CNN episode of Inside Africa about Morocco's Hollywood. 



The activities are:

1) Choose the best answer

2) Join the halves of the sentences

3) Answer the questions

4) Fill in the gaps 



You can work with this worksheet in a team class or in a 1:1 class. 

Please note that the link is included at the end of the worksheet.

Video Comprehension: The door of the desert (link included)

Answer some comprehension questions after watching the sketch. Preferably for B1/B2. Includes transcript of the conversation in case students get lost at some point.

23 Videos comprehension English ESL worksheets pdf & doc