A selection of English ESL wife printables

Get your students to practice making present simple sentences whilst also having to elide sounds in connected speech e.g. "Where duzee work?" in order to make it 'fit' with the rythmn of the chant. Have half the class chanting the text in red on the left with the other half responding with the corresponding text in blue on the right. Beat out the rythmn with a marker on a desk! It's great fun.

Thai students respond well to visuals that are famliar to them but feel free to replace logos of Thai banks with those from your own country.

Jazz Chant - "Banker's Wife Blues".

This is the last exercise about HENRY VIII and his six wives for FCE LEVEL STUDENTS. This is a word formation exercise. Page 2 has the answers.IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY MYSELF IN THE ESLPRINTABLES WEBSITE IN OCTOBER 2010. Thanks, Tetê Prata.

THE SIXTH  WIFE OF HENRY VIII

Students read a text about Anne of Cleves, THE FOURTH WIFE OF HENRY VIII, and choose the answer which best fits the gap (USE OF ENGLISH PAPER IN THE FCE EXAM).  I used THE TUDORS (dvd or youtube) to illustrate the class. IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY MYSELF IN THE ESLPRINTABLES WEBSITE in SEPTEMBER 2010. Fun and lots of learning together!!!!!Page 2 has the ANSWERS.

THE FOURTH WIFE OF HENRY VIII

This is an exercise for FCE level students where they read a text and use the words given in CAPITALS to form a word that fits the gap. Page 2 has the ANSWERS. IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED by MYSELF in the ESLPRINTABLES WEBSITE in August 2010. Enjoy. I hope you find it interesting and useful, specially if you´re preparing students for the FCE exam! Let´s add some culture in our classes!!!



THE SECOND WIFE OF HENRY VIII

It belongs to a series of SIX different exercises for FCE level students (about THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII) and this is about THE THIRD WIFE. It´s a reading exercise where students have to find the correct sentence to fill the gap.IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY MYSELF IN THE ESL PRINTABLES WEBSITE in SEPTEMBER 2010. They are very useful and bring variety and interest to class.Page 2 has the ANSWERS.



THE THIRD WIFE OF HENRY VIII

This is an exercise for FCE level students where they read a text and think of the word which best fits each gap. Page 2 has the ANSWERS. I hope you find it interesting and useful, specially if you´re preparing students for the FCE exam! It was FIRST PUBLISHED BY MYSELF in the ELSPRINTABLES WEBSITE in AUGUST 2010. 

THE FIRST WIFE OF HENRY VIII

In this worksheet students read a text and think of the word which best fits the gap (the first letter is given!).  Page 2 has the answers. Enjoy. IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY MYSELF IN THE ESLPRINTABLES WEBSITE in September 2010.

THE FIFTH WIFE OF HENRY VIII

A reading comprehension about a couple with the surname 'Christmas'. There is a true/false exercise and some comprehension questions. NOTE: in British English, we do not put a stop after Mr or Mrs, but in American English they do. Just so you know! 

RC: Mr Christmas and his wife Mary

this is my last worksheet on the Canterbury tales: the Wife of Bath. After reading the story, students must do the activities: questions, translation, irregular verbs and vocabulary.

The Canterbury Tales - The Wife of Bath

Things you don not say to your wife


This worksheet is designed to help husbands find creative and thoughtful ways to make their wives feel appreciated and loved. The "Wife Hacks" include organizing a surprise spa day, stocking up on favorite snacks, planning cozy movie nights, taking over least favorite chores, and leaving hidden love notes. These hacks aim to enhance relationships by showing empathy, thoughtfulness, and genuine appreciation. The worksheet includes warm-up questions, reading comprehension, vocabulary matching, true/false statements, and a creative writing activity to help husbands test and apply these hacks effectively. By implementing these ideas, husbands can ensure their wives feel valued and cherished, strengthening their bond and promoting a harmonious household.

Wife Hacks: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Her Happy

Paul Dupont is a French citizen who travels to the UK with his wife. She cannot speak English, so he will have to face different situations: at passport control, at the train station, at the hotel, at the restaurant, at the clothes shop, at the foreign exchange office and at the post office.



These sample dialogues might be adapted for different role plays.



Practical English Dialogues

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)

For personal or classroom use only. Uploading on other internet sharing platforms or any commercial use NOT PERMITTED. Share Alike.

Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License

Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives License

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License

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

46 Wife English ESL worksheets pdf & doc