A selection of English ESL when and where printables

The worksheet is created for practising a scanning technique and can be used both for classroom and one-to-one classes. To make it more fun, you can cut the article into pieces, give your students a list of bullet points and make them compile the text back together piece by piece. There is a small comprehension activity check if you fancy developing some kind of a discussion afterwards. Be aware that the text may contain some typos (*we are all humans after all) as I've tried to make it more comprehensible. Enjoy!

When and where did gold begin (READING)

This worksheet includes a variety of famous people around the globe. Some have already passed away and others are still alive. The aim of this exercise is to print out the worksheet and cut each square individually. After you have done that, you can use the cut outs as a name tag to each student. You can tell your learners to assume the identity of the person on the tag, then they will have to tell their names, the place they were born and when they were born. This is to promote speaking and the use of the past simple tense of the verb to be (was-were). If you have any other suggestions for this worksheet, feel free to comment. I hope you enjoy this exercise along with your learners.

When and where were you born - Speaking activity

STUDENTS CAN USE THE EXPRESSIONS TO ORGANISE A PARTY.  
1: ASK STUDENTS TO THINK ABOUT A PARTY THEY WANT TO ORGANISE
EXAMPLE:  WHAT KIND OF PARTY?  WHEN? WHERE? WHAT TYPE OF FOOD AND DRINK?
2: STUDENTS BRAINSTORM A FEW IDEAS WHICH CAN BE WRITTEN ON THE BOARD
3:  ELICIT FROM STUDENTS HOW TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS, AND HOW TO AGREE AND DISAGREE
4: DISTRIBUTE HANDOUT AND GO THROUGH THE EXPRESSIONS
5: USING THE NOTES ON THE BOARD, ASK THE STUDENTS TO MAKE THEIR SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PARTY.

Making Suggestions For Organizing A Party

To complete this worksheet students will need to circultate around the class, ask each other to go places using the key phrase, then write down their appointments.

Would you like to go...?

This is a simple game and drill exercise to be played in pairs, to ask and answer 'where' questions. Each student receives one worksheet and one random 'secret picture card' (Before the lesson print the secret picture card sheets, cut them out, and shuffle them up). The students can glue or tape the 'secret picture card' onto the 'secret area' of their worksheet.

The student then has to find a partner and write their name in one of the three boxes on their worksheet. The students then alternate asking each other 'where' questions; "Where is the cat?", "Where is the apple?", and answering; "It's on the table", "It's by the tree", using their 'secret picture card' to answer the questions. When their friend answers, the student can then label the picture on their worksheet, by drawing a picture, writing the word ('cat', for example), or writing the number that corresponds to each of the five objects. When they have asked each other all five questions, they can compare their 'secret picture cards' and worksheet pictures to make sure that they match.

Interrogative, 'Where' ~ Where is the cat?

1) Pre-reading: Teacher draws students attention to pictures illustrating target vocabulary (nouns and adjectives related to body - e.g: tall, short, thin, moustache, beard etc). Teacher gets students to drill chorally and individually the target vocabulary. Teacher corrects pronunciation when necessary. Then, after reading model examples, which build on previous lessons, wherein target vocabulary is contextualised, students are encouraged to formulate similar sentences. Teacher assists students in the process - e.g : He has got a moustache; He is tall. 



2) While-reading: Students read 4 paragraphs describing four characters. Afterwards, students are urged to match the paragraphs (1-4) with the characters (A-D).



3) Post-reading: In the end, students are invited to think of a friend or a family member and write a description of them in the form of a paragraph. 

Reading and Writing : Body and Clothes

This ESL worksheet helps students to learn verbs and expressions related to daily routines.



Besides that, this activity lends them the opportunity to have more contact and learn those verbs in better while coloring, cutting and paste them in their notebooks.



Then they will write for every image at what time they do the particular activity.



They can contrast their daily routines with their classmates.



They can do the activity forming groups to share colors, scissors and glue for the activity.



As an extra for the activity, the can read aloud and listen to their classmates to tell at what time they do their daily routine activities, practicing telling the time.



They can practice BEFORE and AFTER prepositions.



(For more advanced level students) They can talk about how, where, why, when, who with they do the activities... (etc)

Daily routines - Color, cut and paste

How and when to use the subject pronouns, I and me in a sentence. Explanations and samples. 30 questions where students much chose. Answer key is provided. Useful.

Subject and Object Pronouns" I and me."

This is a simple game and drill exercise to be played in pairs, to ask and answer 'where' questions. Each student receives one worksheet. There is a short simple dialog for the students to use as a model when they do the activity.

The student first has to ‘hide’ the eight objects listed on the top right of their worksheet (1-bag, 2-cat, 3-book, etc.) in their room (Room A). They can do this by writing the corresponding number or drawing a picture of the object on Room A. The students then work in pairs and alternate asking each other 'where' questions; "Where is your cat?", "Where is your TV?", and answering; "It's on the table", "It's under the bed", etc. When their friend answers, the student can then label Room B on their worksheet, by drawing a picture, or writing the number that corresponds to each of the eight objects. When they have asked each other about all eight objects, they can compare their worksheets to make sure that they match.



Interrogative - "Where is your~?"

This worksheet introduces students to a future where virtual reality games allow people to do anything they want—because they believe no one gets hurt. Inspired by the idea of catharsis and ethical gaming, the story explores what happens when players discover that the characters inside the game are not artificial intelligence, but real people trapped inside. Through an engaging reading text written at a B1–B2 level, students reflect on right and wrong, freedom and safety, and how people behave when they think there are no consequences. The lesson includes discussion questions, a simple choose-your-own-adventure activity with multiple outcomes, and a personal writing task. It is perfect for conversation classes, critical thinking practice, or moral dilemmas in English.

Virtual Violence – What If the Game Was Real?

A short story where the students must change the highlighted words to either synonyms or antonyms depending on the highlighted colour. This teaches students to think about other words when they are writing or talking so as not to repeat the same words. 

Synonyms and Antonyms

This may be used as a guide to explain the differences of What, Where, When, Which, Why, and For What for a Spanish speaker. There are parts of this that explains what is native way to use a word translated from Spanish. I also use it as an example of word order for the Where and For what section. 

W's and How

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

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Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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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

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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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