The series "Weird" is meant for adults and high schoolers.  There are texts about bizarre or extraordinary things. All texts have written exercises and topics for discussion.



Weird Valentine's traditions

This worksheet focuses on the topic of video games and their positive and negative effects on teenagers and is designed for A2-level learners. It begins with vocabulary work to introduce and practise key expressions related to gaming, such as stress reduction, memory, problem-solving, and online behaviour. Students then read a balanced text discussing how video games can help players relax, react quickly, improve memory, and develop thinking skills, while also highlighting potential problems such as toxic online behaviour and spending too much time gaming. A range of comprehension activities, including gap fill, multiple-choice questions, true/false statements, and short-answer questions, helps students check their understanding of the text and recycle the target vocabulary in context. The worksheet is suitable for individual work, pair work, or whole-class use and works well as a lead-in to later discussion or essay writing on the topic of video games and digital habits.

Are Video Games Good or Bad for You?

This worksheet deals with prepositions and consists of 4 exercises. The answer key is provided. I've already uploaded several worksheets on this topic. https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar-practice/general-grammar-practice/prepositions-time/test-prepositions/105090 

Prepositions - test

B1 B2 (low)adults worksheet on Karl Bushby’s 27-year walk around the world. Reading, True/False, comprehension and mixed PRESENT PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST practice, plus discussion on perseverance and goals

This paired up perfectly with a video here on ISLCollective  https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-video-lessons/grammar-practice/general-grammar-practice/present-perfect-or-past-simple-tense/78-year-old-man-feels-50-present-perfect-vs-past-simple/997399

Reading: The Man Who Walked Around the World (present perfect /simple past)

Underline the regular verbs and circle the irregular verbs 
 Put the verbs in the past form  
  Circle the correct answer 
 Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form 
 Game “Find someone who"

Past Simple - Worksheet

B1–B2 reading based on Alex Honnold’s real skyscraper climb. Students practise phrasal verbs and conditionals through a dramatic true story, with T/F, questions, discussion and grammar in context.

Reading: Alex Honnold Climbs a Skyscraper – Phrasal Verbs & Conditionals (B1–B2)

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WH- Questions (General)

The file is a revision board game that includes questions on the following topics: Present Simple, can , to be, colors, animals, food, questions, like, have got. 

A1-A2 questions capybara themed

This YLE Movers–level worksheet introduces young learners to the exciting world of the Winter Olympics through a clear, engaging, and well-scaffolded sequence of activities. It begins with a visual warm-up to activate curiosity and speaking, followed by picture-based vocabulary matching and a simple gap-fill to reinforce key sports words and basic equipment. The short, child-friendly reading text explains what the Winter Olympics are and introduces popular ice and snow sports in an accessible way, supported by a YES/NO comprehension task that checks understanding without overwhelming learners. The worksheet then moves naturally into guided speaking, allowing pupils to personalise the topic by talking about their favourite sport, and finishes with a creative draw-and-label task that works perfectly for mixed-ability classes. With its balance of vocabulary, reading, speaking, and creativity, this worksheet is ideal for primary learners, works well as a standalone lesson or part of a sports-themed unit, and requires minimal preparation for teachers. 

THE WINTER OLYMPICS YLE

Students look at the people in the picture and read the descriptions; then, they label the people. This task helps them revise basic vocabulary about physical appearance, clothes, and accessories. 

Describing people

Activities similar to the Spanish PAU (university entrance exam) exercises.  True/False/Not Given exercise, open questions exercise, find synonyms in the text and some grammar exercises where students have to fill in blanks or rewrite the sentences.

Chinese New Year

An engaging A2+ B1 (low B2) reading about NASA inventions we use every day. past simple vs present perfect practice, phrasal verbs, discussion, and project work. Perfect for teens and adults :)

Reading: NASA inventions that we use everyday-Present perfect/simple past

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

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>

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