A selection of English ESL vocabulary drill 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>

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A list of adjectives. You can use it for coaching or different worksheets. There is russian translation of words and  sentences. It's taken out of reverso online translator.

Feelings and emotions, definitions, vocabulary drill

This is a detailed reading comprehension worksheet to practice the different dialogues for when you are going or are at the doctor's office. It focuses on a number of common expressions and questions. It practices possible symptoms and questions. It includes 4 different dialogues all of which have custom comprehension questions to ensure the students understanding and engagement. After completion, this Worksheet could also be used to speaking drills or role-play activities amongst students. It is the ultimate lesson plan for practicing conversations for the doctor's office!

At the Doctor's Office Dialogue Practice, Common Expression and Vocabulary

AIR TRAVEL - a short text about flying with 'Fill the gaps' words so it is basicly ment to drill vocabulary but it can also be a good base for reading and comprehension. Fully editable.

AIR TRAVEL short text-Fill the gaps (vocabulary)

This worksheet can stand alone as a reading/presentation speaking activity (students roll the dice to make their Halloween story) or can be incorporated in a lesson alongside dominoes that use the vocabulary and/or a music video quiz for \'Thriller\' by Michael Jackson.





Video Quiz

https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/thriller-halloween-quiz-lyrics-and-vocabulary



Dominoes and Quiz worksheets

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/nouns/thriller-music-video-quiz-and-dominoes/119069



1. Lead-in: Hangman with spooky music to spell out \'Halloween\'



1. I start with the dominoes as a warm-up and to lead-in the vocabulary.



2. We then check the answers to the dominoes on the Power Point and I add extra information about each word and drill pronunciation.



3. Students then fill out the blank squares in the \'roll-a-story` boxes and then go through the story, rolling the dice to determine the outcome of their story. If there\'s enough time, 1 person from each group reads out the best story. 



3. Students then read the quiz questions for the \'Thriller\' quiz through and watch the video, answering as they watch in groups.



4. We then check the answers interactively by watching through the video again and tapping on the answers.





Halloween Roll-a-story (Thriller Quiz Vocabulary)

A worksheet to drill vocabulary (food) and practice spelling

FOOD

Worksheet for beginners when learning how to order food in restaurant i use this to teach vocabulary, to drill students and then have them fill in the words under each picture.  good for adults wanting to get by in an english speaking country and business students that need to go out to eat with clients/collegues.

Food/Meal Restaurants vocabulary

Vocabulary builder: George Michael-CHARITIES; For teenager students or older;  not just to drill reading,  vocabulary or speaking but also to learn about another part of a great singer's and superstar's life - relieved only after his sudden death. Fully editable.

Vocabulary builder: GEORGE MICHAEL - CHARITIES -life of a superstar

it accompanies the worksheet "A Happy Christmas Song".This worksheet is a drill of Christmas Vocabulary, revision of capital letters and the alphabetical order. 

Christmas Vocabulary Wordsearch


Read their opinions and answer the question.


Say which of the statements are true and which are false.


Look through the text again and complete the following sentences.


What do you think about healthy way of life? Use the scheme below.


Reading about teens' healthy lifestyle (drilling some basic vocabulary related to food and sport)

In this worksheet students learn and drill different phrases about money and verbs that are used to tell about money. They match the phrases with the pictures and paraphrase sentences using the new phrases.

MONEY MATTERS. Vocabulary.

vocabulary

Cardgame to memorise words. 

It is a fun way to learn words instead of a drill. However it is almost a drill.



How do you play it?

players: 2-6

shuffle the cards.

Everybody gets 7 cards. The other cards are put in a stack (A) in the middle with the pictures faced down. The top card on the pile (A) is turned and put next to the pile. This becomes pile B.  The first player looks if he has either a card from: 

•	the same category or 

•	with the same coloured bar

If so, 

•	put the card on the card with the picture faced up on pile B. Say the word, the category and the colour: This is the lion from the animals. The colour is red.

If not,

•	take a card from the pile A.

Then it's the next player's turn.

You can put a wild card (with the 8s) on any other card without regard of category or colour. The next player  can put any card on the wild card as well.

Goal: The player who gets rid of his cards as first wins the game.



16 Vocabulary drill English ESL worksheets pdf & doc