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We Need to Talk: 10 Conversations to Have with “Difficult” Students
Most of us hate those dreaded “We need to talk” conversations, having been on both the talking and listening sides. They are, however, sometimes necessary when dealing with unacceptable difficulties...
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Hello, Are You There? 7 Ways to Get Through to Your “Unreachable” Students
We’ve all had the “unreachable” student who doesn’t seem quite “there,” mentally or physically. He sits in the back of the room, doesn’t respond to questions, doesn’t interact with the teacher or other...
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Opening Gambits: 5 Conversational Openers for the Shy Student
In learning English, adult ESL students often find themselves caught in a “Catch-22.” A Catch-22 involves two contradictory outcomes, such as the one made famous in the novel by the same name: to get...
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Vocabulary Presentation
It is a power point vocabulary lesson for like 10 minutes. Again, all the vocabulary was presented with different pictures and sentences. If a teacher has a little time in the class without any...
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ESL Learning Styles: 9 Ways to Teach Visual Learners
As an ESL teacher, you’ve probably noticed that students learn in different ways, and more than that, you’ve started seeing some trends. Do you have students who consistently ask you to write down a...
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Connected Crosswords & a Wordsearch
This is a set of crosswords all related to each other. The solution of the first will be the 1st line of the 2nd crossword. From the marked letters students can create a new word that helps solving the...
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Cities of the World - Reading/Speaking game
This is a game I often use with my students, and it works well every time. The file contains two pages, one with pictures of ten famous cities and the other with short ad-like descriptions of them...
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Song Worksheet: I'm Getting Ready by Michael Kiwanuka
This is 2-page worksheet based on the song "I´m getting ready", by Michael Kiwanuka, designed for intermediate students. Students should rearrange stanzas, match pictures to phrases, make up sentences,...
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Phonological Exercise
Crossing out words that do not contain the same vowel/consonant sound, crossing out silent letters, writing homophones. I used this in a pre-intermediate class. When explaining the homophones, you can...
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Song Worksheet: Your Love is a Song by Switchfoot
This a very good song from Switchfoot which helps to revise the present continuous tense. Make sure that while completing exercise 1 and 2 student must not look at the lyrics. You can ask them to cover...
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Passive Voice: PowerPoint Presentation and Practice
This PowerPoint presentation has a quick overview of the whole Passive Voice form. It also has exercises and practice for the students. Students get to practice common passive structures (Present...
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A Day Out: Reading Worksheet
This is a reading worksheet for teaching the present simple at elementary level.Students are asked to read the text and then answer the questions.The worksheet is available n different formats and the...
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Adjective + Preposition
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching the use of adjectives followed by different prepositions.There is a brief explanation at the top of the page followed by 4 different activities to go with it.The...
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Prepositions of Time Worksheet
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising prepositions of time: at, in and on at elementary level.There's a brief explanation at the top of the page followed by an activity in which students are...
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Famous Movie Quotes: PowerPoint Quiz [Part 1]
This is PART 1 of two parts. If you liked this, please download Part 2.This PowerPoint presentation is a fun way to practice changing Direct Speech into Reported Speech. Directions: First you will view...
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Famous Movie Quotes: PowerPoint Quiz [Part 2]
This is PART 2 of two parts. If you liked this, please download Part 1.This PowerPoint presentation is a fun way to practice changing Direct Speech into Reported Speech. Directions: First you will view...
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Christmas Vocabulary
Christmas vocabulary worksheet - match the words and the pictures. Solution is at the end of the worksheet - print only the first page. It is possible to play bingo with the vocabulary, using the words...
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Fruits and Vegetables
This worksheet is about fruits and vegetables (the unit of food and drink). I made it for my students to stick it in their copybooks, the pictures are very clear and they have the names on them. All...
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Vocabulary Cards
These are cards with various vocabulary. They can be used for games. The aim is to engage students into conversation and improve their vocabulary knowledge. The way it can be played is as follows:...
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Using Superlatives: Getting to Know Your Classmates. Small Group Activity
Ice-breaker. With the use of superlatives and antonyms, students can work in small group to get to know more about their classmates. This activity works best with small groups of about three to four...
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