A selection of English ESL word search printables

A word search activity using vocabulary from the "Five Little Monkeys" nursery rhyme, with a tracing activity on the second page.

Note that some words in the word search are diagonal and/or backwards.

Initially made for 4th grade Japanese EFL students, could be used much earlier with students whose first language has the alphabet as its writing system. 

Five Little Monkeys – Word Search and Tracing Activity

Here\'s another great Christmas vocabulary activity from Santa\'s bag of presents!



In this word search, students must find the eight words hidden inside. After tracing the words, students go on a hunt for the words. It\'s a perfect way to practice both spelling and vocabulary!



Here is a list of words that can be found in this worksheet:

a Christmas tree, Santa Claus, a reindeer, a star, presents, a candy cane, a snowman, an elf



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This is the capital letter version.



Find and circle each of the kinds of weather. After your students have found and circled the correct word, they can get writing practice by writing the word two times!



This worksheet integrates well with our "How Is The Weather?" song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB5spT6AcwQ



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"How Is The Weather?" Word Search Plus Writing Practice

A worksheet focusing on the use of prepositions of place using vocabulary from "Bears in the Night" by Stan and Jan Berenstain, with word search for students who finish the first part early and a tracing activity on the second page.

Note that some words in the word search are diagonal and/or backwards.

Initially made for 4th grade Japanese EFL students.

"Bears in the Night" Prepositions/Word Search/Tracing Activity

This word search contains words that describe the life and work of Malala Yousafzai.
Find and circle each of the words from the list below. Words may appear forwards or backwards, horizontally, vertically or diagonally in the grid. 

Malala Yousafzai Word Search Puzzle - Women's History Month Worksheet

Students learn vocabulary related to “summer”. They must find the words in the word search and match them to the pictures. You can find a pictionary on the same topic here: https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary-practice/pictionary-picture-dictionary-or-picture-matching/summer/here-comes-the-summer-pictionary/150241

HERE COMES THE SUMMER (WORD SEARCH + SHORT POEM + SUMMER QUOTES)

Word search, random vocabulary according to students book "Move it 3", review of units five, six, seven, eight and nine. ANCIENT

ASPIRIN

BIKINI

BITCOIN

BUS STOP

COUGH

DENTIST	

EIFFEL

ENDLESS

GAMING

LAUNDRY

MEDICINE

MICROSCOPE

NETWORK

NIAGARA

NOTEBOOK

SCARED

SKIING

SNEEZE

STUDY

SUNBATHING	

SURFING

SURPRISED

TRAFFIC

UMBRELLA

VACUUM

WHEELCHAIR

WIKIPEDIA



Word search random (Move it 3) review Units 5-9

This is the capital letter version.



Find and circle each of the twelve words (frog, cat, fly, ant, on, in, under, by, tree, rock, log and bag). After your student has found and circled the correct word, they can get writing practice by writing the word two times. Study animals, prepositions and nouns with this fun and easy word search!





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English Prepositions (on, in, under, by) Word Search Plus Writing Practice

Students complete the questions with the past participle form of the verbs in brackets and then ask and answer in pairs. All the forms can be found in the word search to help them with the correct spelling. Answer key included! 

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO PARIS? (Present Perfect simple + word search)

This activity is about verbs with ING and spanish . You have to search the verbs in the wordsearch and then write them in the list bellow, in gerund and spanish

Wordsearch with verbs, gerunds and spanish. Word search, list of verbs practice

5 page work booklet with comprehension, listening skills, reading a review, and completing a word search.

Listening skills, filling in lyrics, comprehension questions, word search for Just Like You Keyshia Cole

Grammar-based ´Getting to know you´ worksheet aimed at practising the use of correct wh-question words, speaking, listening, asking for clarification, asking to repeat, note-taking and short presentations or talking in front of the class. Fully editable, printer-friendly colours (background colour does not print) and plain vanilla version (without any colour or clip art) included on 2nd page. Answer key provided.

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Grammar Meets Conversation: Wh-questions (1) - Getting To Know You

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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