A selection of English ESL art printables with creative writing prompt, writing practice

Creative writing prompt

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 worksheet helps students to write a film review. I have included some information and vocabulary needed to write or talk about a film. It also includes three exercises with more useful vocabulary about the topic. Key included.

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Part 3: https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/films_and_verb_tenses/passive-voice-or/80432

HOW TO DESCRIBE A FILM

Students practice the Past Simple while they read the biography of an artist. Then They answer some questions about the passage. Finally, using some biographical notes, the students write a simple biography of a writer.

FRIDA KAHLO: HER BIOGRAPHY

A worksheet with lexical items and expressions useful to describe a painting

How to Describe a Painting

This is a list of useful expressions to write emails and letters. I used it with my Business English students. The presentation of the toolbox sould be followed by some writing exercises.

Toolbox: writing email

This worksheet is prepared for reading skill. The level of this worksheet is elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate. The text is about modern art. It also contains passive voice and active voice sentences for teaching grammar. It involves vocabulary like matching exercises. There are many activities such as matching, ordering, timetable, and describing. Thanks to these activities learners will have understood the text. The most important thing is that it is prepared for interact with the words. The activities are pair work and group work not individual.

Modern Art (Reading Passage)

This is a lesson aimed at upper-intermediate students (CEFR B2). It will inform the students about famous British art and give them the opportunity to learn about describing art in detail, also learning methods for extending their language. It includes full teacher notes and an answer key, as well as suggested homework. I'd suggest that you use it for students who are interested in art and British culture, although it aims to teach students how to extend their own vocabulary and use more interesting language, as well as explain why they like things in detail. Enjoy!

British Art Discussion and Vocabulary Lesson

My 16-years-old students have found this awarded video hilarious. I've used it to start a discussion about nudity and censorship in art works. Previously, they answer these questions to revise verb tenses and sequence connectors in a speaking task. Finally they have to write a summary and their opinion about the topic we have discussed as homework.

My advice is to hand out this worksheet after watching the video in oder not to spoil the surprise.

Here you are the link on youtube:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J49kdqrvSfk 

VIDEO TASK - NONE OF THAT

This worksheet gives some ideas for phrases and vocabulary that can be used by students to describe paintings in written work or while speaking.  

Students choose paintings which they like (using a web search) or the teacher could select a collection of paintings (for a Word doc or PowerPoint) to suit the interests of the students.

The object is to practice speaking or writing, using art as a stimulus for discussion.

Describing Paintings

In this worksheet, you will find vocabulary and expressions to analyse a painting (introducing a painting, colors, lines and movements, artistic technique and movements, mood and narrative and, expressing opinion).

HOW TO ANALYSE A PAINTING

This is a worksheet about the biography of the world famous Spanish artist: Pablo Picasso. 



With this activity children can learn how to do a biography, who was Picasso and why is he famous for, what is Guernica and the importance of it as a peace symbol, etc. 



This worksheet is a reading comprenhension that includes some easy exercises about the reading.  Perfect to be read in the art class or English lesson. 

Famous artist - Picasso

A worksheet based on the video "what is pop art". It includes 5 tasks and a fun quiz. There is a pre-watching task which helps students with target vocabulary. There is also a writing activity idea for homework.

What is pop art video worksheet

Here is the start of a short story I wrote. Have students read through it and predict what will happen next, or have them finish the story. My students are very eager to see how the story will end!

17 Art, Creative writing prompt, Writing Practice English ESL worksheets pdf & doc