A selection of English ESL printables with guided writing tasks, writing practice

Can your students spot what's wrong in these nine surreal cartoon scenes? From a girl feeding a shoe to a rabbit to a chef frying an alarm clock, this entertaining ESL/EFL worksheet encourages learners to describe surreal situations (in the present continuous tense) and explain why they are unrealistic (in the present simple tense.)

Students examine each picture and write two sentences: one describing the unusual action and another explaining why it doesn't make sense. The first picture includes an example to help them get started.

Page 2 contains the KEY with example answers for all nine pictures.

An interactive quiz complements the printable worksheet. Students type their answers into open-ended response boxes. These answers are not automatically corrected or scored during the quiz; instead, example solutions are displayed for comparison.

The colourful, comic-style illustrations make this activity ideal for speaking practice, creative writing, pair discussions, and developing fluency through humour.

Language goal: Developing picture-description skills, expressing opinions, explaining unusual situations, and practising using the present continuous (describing the scene) and the present simple (explaining why the scenes don't make sense) in English.

Grammar: Present continuous for describing actions, present simple for stating general facts, negative statements, and sentence structures for giving explanations.

Theme: Funny and surreal situations, everyday activities, spotting mistakes, and explaining what is wrong.

Intended age group: Teenagers and young adults (14–25).

CEFR level: A2–B1 (Pre-intermediate to Intermediate).

What is wrong? Explain the Absurdities. Present continuous vs present simple practice

This worksheet is meant for 4 to 6 year old kids that will learn to differenciate "this is" from "these are" in a fun way! It includes colors that might help learners to pick on the answer more quickly.

Minecraft themed "This is" / "These are" Worksheet

This printable ESL / EFL discussion worksheet / interactive quiz featuring three satirical cartoons about time travel, flying cars, and life on Mars is designed to get learners thinking critically about future technologies. Students give each cartoon a title, write a short cartoon summary, and respond to open-ended discussion questions. 

This resourcee helps students develop speaking and writing fluency, critical thinking, and the language of giving opinions, speculating, agreeing and disagreeing, and discussing advantages and disadvantages. It is especially useful for practicing would, could, and other structures used to talk about hypothetical situations and personal views.

The worksheet is suitable for teens and adults and works best at around CEFR B1–B2 level.

Page 2 contains the KEY / example answers.

An interactive quiz also complements the printable. In the interactive version, students type their own longer answers into answer boxes, so responses may vary and are not limited to one single correct answer. Therefore when students submit their answer, it won't be corrected and scored.

Future Tech: Cartoon Discussion Starters With Example Answers

A mind map designed for speaking practice. It can be used by Students of levels B1 - B2+.

The ways to use it:

► introducing oneself at the first lesson;

► for practicing questions;

►a plan for a written introduction of oneself.

► for a speaking screening test ( a teacher can see what vocabulary / pronunciation / grammar 'gaps' a student has).

Speaking About myself / Trial lesson

A ready-to-use A1–A2 beginner ESL lesson about overtourism and its effects on popular travel destinations.

Students explore why some places attract too many tourists, how tourism affects local people and the environment, and what visitors can do to travel responsibly.

The lesson includes:
- An accessible reading article about overtourism
- Five vocabulary activities
- Five true/false reading comprehension questions
- Five discussion questions to encourage speaking
- Critical thinking and speaking activities

Suitable for adult learners, university students, and beginner English classes. Ideal for reading comprehension, vocabulary development, pair work, group discussions, and speaking practice.

Part of the Perspective English ESL lesson series.

Website: perspectiveenglish.com

Overtourism ESL Lesson | A1-A2 Reading, Speaking & Discussion

A short picture description worksheet with an autumn theme with a few connected activities. There is a true or false, a reading with questions, and so some questions that require their own answers.

An Autumn Walk - Reading Comprehension

This worksheet has instructions in English and Spanish. It includes matching meanings, filling in gaps, ordering sentences, break up versus break down, the place of the pronoun (break it up), a dialogue, oral questions, writing of 40-50 words, self-assessment and key.

Phrasal Verb Worksheet · Level: Elementary to Intermediate (A2–B1)

English worksheets in B1 level to measure the English proficiency of ESL students in relation to car accidents using present perfect continuous, possessive pronouns and unreal conditional. 

Present perfect continuous and possessive pronouns

identifying the directions/ locating a place and its borders/ identifying the capitals of the constituents of G.B. / locating one's country / developing expressions into sentences

reading / writing

a detailed reading of  a biography ( about george orwell) ( information transfer / false statements to be corrected../ developing words, expressions into sentences then developing the sentences into  a biography

reading/writing a biography

Students choose five objects and identify suitable adjectives to describe each object using the DOSASCOMP order (Determiner, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, and Purpose). They then arrange the adjectives in the correct order and write complete sentences using the objects they have chosen.
 This worksheet helps students improve their vocabulary, understand adjective order, and practice describing everyday objects in English.

Describing Objects Using DOSASCOMP – Adjective Order (Vocabulary and Sentence-Building Worksheet)

A test of English for the 9th graders of English. The test has 50 questions with MCQS and writing sentences. It's best for 9th graders in the middle of Term 1. Thanks for using it.

English 9-Midterm 1test. Global Success Book.

Guided writing tasks

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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15 Guided writing tasks, Writing Practice English ESL worksheets pdf & doc