A selection of English ESL science printables with discussion starters, speaking cards, speaking practice

Discussion starters, speaking cards

Science

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

Some common English idioms based on technology. Good for any lesson based on technology or science. This exercise is acceptable to use on pre-intermediates but it works best for Intermediate and Upper Intermediate.



This activity should take around 10 - 15 minutes to complete. Students can work in pairs to complete section A. You can do it as a race.

Then check the answers with the class and correct any mistakes.



Then students can work out part B alone or in pairs and then check the answers with the class.

Technology Related Idioms

These exercises are aimed at making students' speech logically correct and comprehensive.



The material represents a preparation for the presentation whick is to be made at an important conference. The exercises are meant to help students structure their speech and transfer some piece of knowledge to the audience. Each exercise is devoted to a certain part of speech: an introduction, a main part and a conclusion. Several aspects are trained here: speaking, reading comprehension, summary of the information thus consumed. 



Though the worksheet is based on the official requirements to the oral part of the examination, this will definetely be helpful for all the pre-intermediate and intermediate students who wish to know how to be able to speak on the topic of environmental problems.





Communication skills workshop: ecological problems

FCE to CAE prep for ´phrasal verbs on the subject of science and digital technology. The usual mix-and-match, gap-fill, story with debate and bingo. Ideal for the Cambridge Grammar and Vocabulary books, ´particularly the vocabulary sections. At the end of the worksheet there is a reading and use of English part 4 test to reinforce what they have been learning. Answers at the back. Part 2 will be out next month when I get it finished.

Phrasal Verbs about Science 1

BASICS OF CHEMISTRY FOR ESL LERANRS, LEVEL A.

MAIN TERMINOLOGY. EXAMPLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

GOOD FOR IMMIGRANTS, TEENAGERS, STUDENTS AND ELS/EFL PROFESSORS. CAN BE USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. FREE!

BASICS OF CHEMISTRY FOR ESL LERANRS, LEVEL A

Elon Musk interview. Listening comprehension. Present Simple. Science, innovations, engineering. Exapnding vocabulary, after-watching activities. Tesla, Solar City, SpaceX

Elon Musk interview. Listening comprehension. Present Simple. Science, innovations, engineering

Science Fair Packet. This is for students who have to create a project for the school science fair. There are pages of instructions and hints that would be very helpful.

Science Fair Packet - 10 Pages of Instructions and Explanations

This workshit is for a fun lesson, where your student will read about multilingualism and find out about it's advantages (a great text to motivate (him or her) to learn English).

After reading, you can have a conversation and ask questions, which are writtten in the end.

Not the easiest text to read, but with your help in translation the sudent will be really interested in a stated subject.

Reading. Being multilingual!

This quiz can be used as a break during the lesson in order to make pupils relax. You (teacher) read the description very clearly and slowly then kids have to identify what was described by you. You(teacher) can split kids to 2 team and make it as a competition. 

Fun Speaking Quiz - I Ask - You Answer

If you happen to charter the choppy waters of science - this speaking activity may not lead you straight to the lab, but it might be a good starting point. The worsheet has actually been designed for secondary school students where typically only a fraction displays a keen interest in the topic. These 10 simple questions will tell you, why :) 

Science - survey

Very simple outlines of a few topics for ESL students. There are 5 pages of outlines on a wide variety of subjects for ESL students that could be used as writing or speaking prompts.

Outlines for ESL Topics - Writing or Speaking Prompts

This quick pairwork activity will allow your students to talk about some of the practical skills they possess and their general preferences for studying. I use this one each time the subject of education / science shows up on the horizon. Simple but fun. Enjoy!

What are your skills? - survey

Basic text about robots and robotics supplemented with lexical, grammar and speaking tasks that will booster students' knowledge in technical sphere and develop communication skills

13 Science, Discussion starters, speaking cards, Speaking Practice English ESL worksheets pdf & doc