A selection of English ESL nouns printables with board game, speaking practice

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Nouns

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>

Get here and you are ready to study in English at university

The traditional boardgame idea on Halloween. Use a die and counters. WARNING: You must also bring candy to class as one of the spaces says: "Get a candy from your teacher!"

Halloween Boardgame

This is a summer card game good for somewhat advanced learners (maybe high school and lower level adult students). Students divide into groups of four or five and lay the cards down while reading what the cards say. For instance, the first card says, "Start. Who had a pool?" The student with the "I have a pool card" then lays their card down and says, "I have a pool. Who has sunscreen." Continue the game in this fashion until all cards have been played. (Note: I got the idea for this from another set of cards on ISL collective).

Summer Card Game

This is a bingo to review vocabulary items (namely: clothes, letters, numbers 11-20, animals, places, and food). There are different charts for each player. You can edit the grids and add any picture/number/letter you prefer (remember that each chart should have the same number of items --there can be some white spaces if you like). At the bottom of the file, there is a list of all the items that can be found in the charts. You should cut these words and mix them. Game instructions: 1) Give each participant a chart. 2) Mix the isolated words in an opaque bowl/jar/bag 3) One person has to pick up one word at a time from the bowl and say it out loud 4) The participants who have the corresponding item in their charts should mark it with a bean 5) The winner is the participant who has all their items marked (When they realize they are done, they should shout "Bingo!").

*Tips: You can glue the copies on a cardboard to reinforce the chart. It's a great idea to use beans to mark the items that have been raffled.

Bingo (clothes, ABC, numbers, animals, places, food)

This is a boardgame I created last year. It's very simple to use. You can play with your students, and they can practice vocabulary related to transportation and basic grammar. 

Boardgame

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The "ABC to XYZ (Lower Case)" English Race Time Game Board" is a fun and simple game like Snakes and Ladders for students to play with their friends or with the teacher. Practice the accompanying "ABC to XYZ (The Alphabet Song)" video on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdz23OUPL58



Simply roll the dice and move along the board, reading each letter out loud. More advanced students can practice phonics by reading each letter along with the attached picture, such as "c, c, crab!".





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A-Z Lower Case Alphabet - ESL Board Game 

I use this game in either A4 to send home to reinforce work we have done in class or on a vinyl 1.2m by 0.8m on the board with an 30cm inflatable dice for classroom use.  It is easy to edit to put your own pictures in. It is based on the BBC programme Get Squiggling Letters. I made 5 of them to cover the alphabet A-Z

Snakes and Ladders

Very interesting boardgame about fruit. You can "meet" worms, monkeys and other interesting things during the game. There are all kinds of fruit. Almost all kinds.

fruit

An easy and quick board game for the youngest - play and learn the names of the animals - let kids talk about pets.



It might be useful to teach some adjectives in the meantime :)

 (e.g. slow, fast, small, big...)





Board game - pets

Vegetables boardgame is very interesting. This game helps to improve speaking skills, it's a fun way to learn how to “follow rules, focus, take turns and defer gratification, which helps with self-regulation.

Vegetables

Common nouns worksheet. This is a worksheet for absolute beginners. Review the meaning of each noun before completing the worksheet. It would be a good idea to have a speaking activity also based on these words.

Common Nouns Worksheet

This board game is for students who have learned about environment and pollution vocabulary. It's good for a warm up or wrap up especially for a group activity. Hope it's useful as well.

ENVIRONMENT board game review

I created this game as a fun learning exercise. When it gets too easy, you can add a time element (eg. 3 seconds per field). I also have the students count while walking the fields.

21 Nouns, Board game, Speaking Practice English ESL worksheets pdf & doc