A selection of English ESL phrasal verbs printables with general vocabulary practice, vocabulary practice

General vocabulary practice

Phrasal verbs

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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This is a New Year’s Phrasal Verbs lesson. Students study phrasal verbs connected to New Year’s resolutions in context and then match them to their definitions. Finally, they finish sentences containing the phrasal verbs to make them true for them.







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New Year's Phrasal Verbs

The the names and the meaning of the most common phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs are used in everyday conversation. They are very important for an English student to master.

The Most Common Phrasal Verbs

There are 20 phrasal verbs in this ESL exercise. Students need to find corresponding prepositions. It may be used as pair work to review the information or as a test.

Phrasal verbs quiz (prepositions challenge)

Matching and Speaking activity with "look" phrasal verbs.  This is actually a  preactivity to FCE Gold Unit 3 Fact or Fiction pg 32-33 and Unit 3 FCE Maximizer pg 23, but can be used on its own.  Answer Key provided.

Phrasal Verbs With LOOK

A short but very complete exercise about phrasal verbs that are often used to refer to presentations. There is also a bingo game, a mix-and-match, a dice-game for fixed expressions relating to presentations, a mini-presentation exercise, a first certificate exam practice section, plus there are not one, but two! That's right! Two online quizzes for consolidation. Just click the links below. The answers are on the back. 
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Phrasal Verbs about Presentations

This is a lesson to teach phrasal verbs related to holidays and travel. It includes a phrasal verbs/definition matching exercise, a gap-fill exercise, a prepositions gap-fill, conversation practice and a game to revise the phrasal verbs.


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Holiday and Travel Phrasal Verbs Lesson

This is a very old worksheet of mine that I have used time and time again. Be aware that there is mention of swearing, homophobia, drinking alcohol and violence so, not for children. However, the worksheet has always gone down well the students and they always seem to remember the phrasal verbs later. Answers are at the end. 

Phrasal Verbs with FOR - Games, Exercises, Definitions - 5 Pages

A shorter version of my two longer worksheets of the same name. There is a mix-and-match, bingo, an article, some fce exam practice, and a debate. Below is a link to play an online quiz for those phrasal verbs on Kahoot. https://create.Kahoot.It/details/64b178be-7929-4f2b-8527-2451217734fb

Thinking and Deciding Phrasal Verbs - 10 Pages of Activities

A shorter version of my much longer worksheet which makes it easier to teach and cover in shorter time periods. There is a mix-and-match, a bingo game, gap-fill exercise, an article, plus a debate section, not forgetting the kahoot quiz that can be accessed below by clicking on the link. The kahoot has an extra 6 phrasal verbs but they are shown in the article. The answers are at the back. 
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Phrasal verbs about house and home (short version)

Students study phrasal verbs connected to the environment in context and then match them to their definitions. Finally, they ask and answer questions related to the environment in pairs/small groups to further practise the phrasal verbs. Perfect for Earth Day (22/04/24).


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Environment Phrasal Verbs lesson

A shorter version of my earlier worksheet with a couple of small improvements all on the subject of leadership. There is also a kahoot game available, now. This worksheet includes a mix-and-match section, bingo, gap-fill, an article about a historical figure in british history, an fce exam practice section, plus a debate. The answers are at the back. The link for the kahoot quiz is on the worksheet and can be accessed by copying and pasting the link below. Https://create. Kahoot. It/share/duplicate-of-phrasal-verbs-about-training-courses/7fcb8dc8-9407-4d05-9ea5-ec0d22e04e4f

Phrasal Verbs About Leadership - Short Version

What are phrasal verbs and some examples. There are three pages included here. The teacher should present the phrasal verbs and their meaning to the class. Then the students could make sentences with them- written or orally.

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