A selection of English ESL wellbeing printables

I created this worksheet for all my ESOL learners who will be working on mental health. As we are in a third lockdown, I decided to give a lesson on this very important topic. I hope some of you find it helpful.

Health & Wellbeing: Mental Health 

Reading comprehension. General vocabulary. Speaking about: coaching, types of coaches, smiling and wellbeing, wearing a mask. Synonym matching. Phrase matching. True or false.

SMILING LESSONS in Japan after Covid - Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension. General vocabulary. Learning about laughter yoga, its origins, benefits, and how to practice. Talking about the benefits of laughing for our mental and physical wellbeing. 

What is LAUGHTER YOGA?

This lesson plan is designed for intermediate learners (B1–B2) who want to talk more fluently and naturally about stress, emotions, and resilience. Students explore collocations such as cope with stress, build resilience, experience burnout, seek support, show vulnerability, suppress feelings, emotional stability, and mental breakdown while improving their speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills.

Collocations: Mental Health & Emotional Resilience

This gym vocabulary ESL lesson plan is designed for intermediate learners (B1–B2) who want to talk confidently about fitness, exercise routines, and gym culture. Students learn the names of common equipment, key exercises, useful supplements, and phrasal verbs. The lesson combines practical vocabulary with speaking tasks so learners can apply the language in real-life fitness conversations.
This worksheet is part of my Wellbeing English project, where I create engaging wellness-themed ESL lesson plans: https://wellbeingenglish.com

At The Gym - Gym Vocabulary & Speaking

This lesson is designed for intermediate learners (B1–B2) who want to explore food choices, cravings, and wellness while building their English skills. Based on an engaging video "I Quit Junk Food for 30 Days", students follow the story of a relatable challenge and reflect on their own eating habits. The lesson introduces practical food and wellness vocabulary, natural expressions, and thought-provoking discussion prompts.
This worksheet is part of my Wellbeing English project, where I create engaging wellness-themed ESL lesson plans: https://wellbeingenglish.com

I Quit Junk Food for 30 Days

Students will explore a set of powerful idioms that capture the essence of self-care. Through vocabulary matching, reading and dialogue completion, and discussion questions, learners will gain a deeper understanding of these idiomatic expressions and how they apply to real-life scenarios.
This lesson is part of a series at https://wellbeingenglish.com — health & wellness-themed ESL lesson plans.

Self-Care Idioms

This lesson plan is designed for intermediate learners (B1–B2) who want to explore the mental health benefits of spending time outdoors. Students learn about practices like forest bathing, volunteering in nature, and exercising in green spaces while building their English vocabulary and communication skills. The lesson is based on real-world scientific research and a video from WWF on The Benefits of Nature for Mental Health.
This worksheet is part of my Wellbeing English project, where I create engaging wellness-themed ESL lesson plans: https://wellbeingenglish.com

Natural Spaces & Mental Health

This lesson is designed for intermediate learners (B1–B2) who want to expand their vocabulary and talk about wellness habits with confidence. Students learn eight practical phrasal verbs through reading, comprehension, interactive tasks, and discussion. 
This worksheet is part of my Wellbeing English project, where I create engaging wellness-themed ESL lesson plans: https://wellbeingenglish.com

Phrasal Verbs: Self-Care

This lesson is designed for upper-intermediate learners (B2–C1) who want to explore the fascinating science of why we laugh, how it affects the body, and what makes it contagious. Students expand their vocabulary, while developing their reading, listening, and speaking skills. The lesson blends humour, science, and wellbeing to make language learning engaging and memorable.
This worksheet is part of my Wellbeing English project, where I create engaging wellness-themed ESL lesson plans: https://wellbeingenglish.com

The Science of Laughter

This lesson plan is designed for pre-intermediate learners (A2–B1) who want to master functional phrases for asking for and giving advice. Students practise essential structures such as you should…, how about…?, you could try…, and you ought to… through interactive activities.
This worksheet is part of my Wellbeing English project, where I create engaging wellness-themed ESL lesson plans: https://wellbeingenglish.com

Asking for and Giving Advice about Exercise

April is a month dedicated to health and well-being. This worksheet is meant to be used  no just in April but for always. It's clear, interactive, and adaptable for both B1 and B2 learners

BODY SCAN MEDITATION!

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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13 Wellbeing English ESL worksheets pdf & doc