A selection of English ESL wikipedia printables

Suggestions to make learning English fun especially for the hard to reach students. Included are 2 transcripts- Annoying Orange and SpongeBob SquarePants and 2 pages from Wikipedia about Kevin Durant (pictured). 9 pages in all.

Classroom Icebreakers

Read about the Big Ben and Globe Theatre in London and then answer the questions. This is a worksheet of cultural interest and can be used either as a speaking task or as as a writing task. The sources are the following links:

http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/sightseeing/tourist-attraction/big-ben

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ben

London's Big Ben and Globe Theatre

Fans of Scooby Doo everywhere- play the board game and prove you know what's what when it comes to Scooby and the gang.


Facts about Scooby and friends included on the 2nd page- thanks to Wikipedia.

Role Play - Scooby Doo Boardgame

Country information gap sheets using non-gradable (strong/extreme) adjectives. Useful for classes on travel, tourism, geography, or countries. Students ask question to be able to fill the gaps on their own sheet. One set of copies are for the teachers, which do not have the gaps. All pictures from Wikipedia

Country Information Gap - nongradable Adjectives

FILM WORKSHEET SUMMERHILL

A worksheet about Summerhill with Reading, Listening and Dictionary activities. B1- B2 level - Key included Information and Images from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_School summerhillschool.co.uk/ 

youtube.com/watch?v=GdwjvxcJHTA 

FILM WORKSHEET SUMMERHILL

This fable is modified from Aesop's Fables. I drew the pictures except the one of Aesop - referenced in the story - which is taken from Wikipedia.



I hope you find it useful.

Aesop's Fables: The Boy Hunting Locusts

Hi, this is an activity to learn (using the internet, eg: wikipedia) some cultural characteristics of Argentinians while practising simple present. Hope you find it useful!

A bit about Argentina

This is an article from Wikipedia about the discovery of Radium by the Curie's at the end of the nineteenth century. It's designed as a 'Skim&Scan' exercise for the students. They should be advised to first read the 6 questions at the end of the article and then try to locate the relevant materials from the main body of the writing. A hint to the students could be to tell them to look for any relevant headings.

The element Radium

I made these worksheets to help engage a very reluctant high beginner tutee, who I learned has a penchant for video games (especially Zelda) 



This pack comprises a gapfill based on the wikipedia article about the zelda games and their history, an exercise in which the student must write directions to help link escape a maze, a telling the time exercise (adapted from twinkl worksheets) and a present continuous task. 

Zelda worksheet pack

A reading text based on an authentic source. Taken from Wikipedia and adapted for B1 students. It is followed by five multiple choice questions and five true or false questions. It was used a reading test with a class of 13-year old students. 

Angelina Jolie

Let your students ask and answer questions about countries of the world.



Find the information in the spreadsheet above.

Make sentences with the examples below.



1) Practice the questions and answers together about a country they know.

2) show them just the infos, let them try to remember the given question or make an own sentence.

3) make a quiz :)

4) use wikipedia to show pictures and more infos (how old? how tall? which city?)

5) Try to find more things of each category.

6) Try to describe the holidays and companies.

7) Try to remember all capitals or everything about one country.



I tried to avoid stereotypes. ;)

Sorry, no African countries. :(

When you know better examples for brazilian companies and european animals, let me know!



I forgot Carnival in Brazil

I forgot the Saint Basil's Cathredal in Russia

countries of the world

Let's talk about time.



How long is a year? - It is 12 months long.

How long does it take a tree to grow apples? - It takes 5 years.



Think of other things in your daily life and guess or measure how long it takes to do them.



Those numbers are accurate ;)

source: Wikipedia

Time - How long does it take to ... ?

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

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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

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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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34 Wikipedia English ESL worksheets pdf & doc