ESL teen activity for intermediate to upper-intermediate learners. Best combined with pre-teaching of sport vocabulary, particularly places and equipment, and grammar for giving commands

ESL Kids game to reinforce use of ‘a’ or ‘an’ along with pronunciation of included vocabulary (pictures on the cards) and structure ‘have you got’. Game play goes just like go fish! A: Have you got a box? B: No, I haven’t. Have you got an umbrella? A: Yes! I have. The winner is the one with the most pairs when someone goes out. When someone goes out, those with cards in their hand need to subtract the number of cards from their pairs; ie, I have 2 pairs, so 4 cards, on the board. I am left with 3 cards in my hand when my partner goes out. Therefore, my score is 1 card.

English words, such as simile and personification. 1 - Look, cover, write spelling practice 2 - Cut out and match definition cards with the above words 3 - Crossword puzzle with the above words and definitions

Review of the rules including example sentences and structured practice. Exercises using a mix of conditional forms to practice structure and comprehension.

Presentation to structure a conversation lesson on beauty and fashion. Best suited to ESL teenagers, approximately at level B2

Look, Cover, Write activity with 10 super challenging words. Contains: - cut outs engage tactile learning of challenging spelling words - worksheet for pupils to practice spelling these words using the look, cover, write method

Review worksheet for Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate ESL learners covering a range of grammar and vocabulary

Presentation which prompts pupils to think about and discuss how much sleep they get and whether it’s enough. It can be a good idea to start this lesson by asking pupils to write on the board the number of hours they got. You can prepare before class a big line with 1 at one end and 12 at the other. Ask pupils to put their number along the line. Discuss the results without singling out anyone. Handout with the same slides if you want them to follow along. Silly pictures to end a more serious class discussion on sleep habits, where pupils must answer 2 questions about each pictures - where and why!

10 colours to practise in 3 ways: 1 - children read the colours and colour the cloud in the corresponding colour 2 - children look at the colour and write the word on dotted lines 3 - Look, Cover, Write activity practising the same words

Multiple-choice worksheet targeted towards advanced ESL students learning economics.

Paragraph guidance for planning an essay about one’s family heritage.

Help your low level ESL learners talk about their daily routine using a simple and clear speaking chart. By having learners tell each other about their own daily routine and that of others using this chart, they practice proper verb conjugation, learn useful verbs and phrases, and learn prepositions (at the weekend, on Monday, etc.). Use of this sort of speaking chart helps prevent small mistakes from becoming habit early one - repetition of the basics using the correct form can stop bad habits forming. This can be used either in a group with students in pairs or small groups, or in a one-to-one lesson between the student and teacher.

100 grammar questions aimed towards teenage ESL learners, covering a range of grammar skills including tenses, comparatives, modals, among other skills. Suitable for a first lesson level check, or to be used before a cumulative exam. Skills are grouped together, so it could also be used as an ongoing handout.

This is a simple activity to lead a conversation class with a low-level group of ESL learners. It may be adapted for a 1-1 lesson by simply the teacher being the partner. Print and cut out cards. Separate into 2 groups - questions and answers, and sentence prompts and extra general questions. Part 1 of the lesson: Organise students in pairs. Teach basic questions used when meeting someone for the first time by having students match questions to answers. Once they have matched pairs, have then organise the questions and answers into how they think the conversation would flow. Have pairs act out the dialogue. Tell students to act out the dialogue again but only using the questions. They should use the dialogue answers as models to create their own sentences about themselves. Part 2 of the lesson: Put 2 pairs together from Part 1 in order to form groups of 4. Hand out the second group of cards and tell students to mix them up face down. Students take turns drawing a card and must create a sentence using the prompt. If they draw a question card, they may ask anyone in the group the question. They should be encouraged to ask follow-up questions (depending on how strong the students are).

Visual presentation of the adverbs of frequency for ESL beginners, along with a present simple speaking chart to guide production of full sentences.

Either as a pre-course or pre-unit check to see what your students already understand, or as quick revision before a test. Suitable for B1 or high A2 language learners, or B2 if used as a pre-unit check.

A basic worksheet to practice the past simple form and understand the meaning of 12 verbs. They are sorted into 6 groups of verbs with similar meanings to help comprehension. **Note: This worksheet is intended to accompany Alice in Wonderland (A2 kids reader). It practices words and verb forms from the story. Look at my other resources to find more games and activities part of this unit.

Fun practice for your ESL/EFL students with an often dreaded grammar point - conditionals! A lot of the vocab utilises topics related to beauty and appearance, amongst other topics. The two board pages are meant to be attached side-by-side. Ideally, print them, then place on a photocopier together and make yourself some A3 sized copies. The sheet of cards are to be printed double-sided and placed upside down near the board. Included are pdf files plus editable docx files, so that you can change some of the discussion topics to suite your group. Game Play: As with a typical board game, students take turns rolling a die and moving around the board. They must talk about the different topics on the board as they land on the spaces. Depending on your class, you may add a more competitive element here - make them time each other to talk for 30 seconds or 1 minute, if they succeed then they get to stay on the square, if they fail then they have to move back 1 space. On ‘NEGOTIATE’ squares, the student takes one of the cards and must follow the instructions. Encourage use of conditionals at this point (if you do my homework, I’ll buy you an ice cream). The first person to reach the end wins.

2 separate card games, both follow the rules just like the game ‘Uno’. Suitable for young learners of English from about age 5 to 12. Game play for both is suitable for 2-8 players. I have used them successfully with both individual pupils where game play was only myself and my pupil, up to groups of 8 in a classroom. Deck 1: Print 2 or 3 copies (depending on size of the group) double sided per group, cut out cards and shuffle. Deal 5-7 cards, depending on size of the group and age* Pupils must put down a card with either the same character or same pronoun. Only one card can be put down at a time (I know, this varies from the proper Uno, but makes it work better). When they put down a card, they should say the full sentence to get some speaking practice. If a player does not have a card, he/she must pick up one card. If that card can be played, then he/she can put it down. If not, he/she misses a turn and it goes to the next player. As a variation with older children, it also works to have to pick up until you can play. It gets a bit crazy sometimes with one person having 10+ cards in their hand, thus not suitable for the little ones. Chesire Cat - wild card. Can be played on any card and any card can be played on it. Draw 2 - can only be played on the correct character or another Draw 2 card. It makes the next player take 2 cards. That player then takes his/her turn - if he/she puts down another Draw 2 card, the next player takes 4 and so on. Winner - first person to get rid of his/her cards. Deck 2: This is a much bigger set than Deck 1, so only one copy per group is necessary. Print pages 1-7 single sided, then reload and print page 8 seven times on the reverse side, or use card stock so pupils can’t see through the cards. Game play proceeds as with Deck 1, except pupils put down cards with the same pronoun or same verb. Balloon cards are wild. *Dealing: younger children up to about 7 tend to do best with a maximum of 5 cards due to their small hands. Also, if you have a large group it’s best to only start with 5 cards so that there will be enough for a discard pile. **These cards are meant to accompany Alice in Wonderland (A2 reader). They use words and grammar found throughout this story. Look at my other resources for more games and activities part of this unit.