Do You Recognize These 5 ESL Listening Mistakes?
Most ESL students identify the goal of ESL classes as helping them to speak English better. But to speak better, they have to listen better. Speaking and listening comprehension are like the two sides...
View ArticleLook At, Look Up, Look Into, Look Over: 6 Types of Multi-Word Verbs in English
Verbs are a straightforward element of the English language, aren’t they? Every sentence needs one, and they come right after the subject. Things can get complicated, though, and do when more than one...
View ArticleInterview: Feelings Adjectives
Interview for students to practice speaking about their feelings in different situations. Great for practicing participles with -ed and -ing. Interview is for students to work in pairs. It contains...
View ArticleHalloween Myths and Supestitions
Halloween Myths and Supestitions.This presentation may help when speaking about superstitions and myths relating to Halloween.There are some images of well-known characters and some stories about...
View ArticleAnimal Match Worksheet
Worksheet to practice vocabulary (animals). Students must match the correct word for each animal(picture) and write the name in the box below each picture. You can show them flashcards of these animals...
View ArticleCommon Problems: How to Solve Them
This is a power point presentation showing some problems we normally have. You can play with your students asking them to give each other a possible solution for those. Or you can make them act it out...
View ArticleFoods and their Origins
Here is a power point presentation about foods. You can split the class in three groups. A type of food will be on the screen and, in groups, they have to discuss and dicover the food origin. I focused...
View ArticleStep Up Board Game
For practicing the present simple tense, you can play this game with your students. Here are some rules for the players.The Game Rules: 1-To start playing you should answer the first Q 2- Go up or down...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: I Will Survive (Verb Patterns)
Upper Int level- based on the popular hit by Gloria Gaynor, there are two exercises. The first is a gap-filling activity to practise verbs patterns (gerunds or infinitive) and the second is a listening...
View ArticleSecrets of a Happy Marriage
The worksheet contains the secrets of a happy marriage by R.Hynes of Mornington in a table and the students have to order the words to form sentences based on the given codes. It can be used either as...
View ArticleCloze for "Yesterday"
It's a simple cloze activity, use YouTube to watch the song by The Beatles. Students listen to the song and then underline or select the correct option. After listening they can try to identify the...
View ArticleComparative and Superlative Adjectives
In this worksheet the students revise the use of regular and irregular comparative adjectives. There are exercises where sts fill in the gaps with the correct comparative adjective. On the second page...
View ArticleSpeaking Cards: General Questions
Six pages of general questions to cut out and have students ask each other. Topics are very general, varied and random, so I usually use the questions as a warmer or a first class to get people...
View ArticleThe Environment: Re-Use House Objects
The Environment: Re-Use House Objects. Presentation with 50 pictures of re-used house objects. Students can use these ideas to create and describe their own eco-friendly invention. Some of these are...
View ArticleHalloween Song Worksheet: Calling All The Monsters by China Anne McClain
Halloween worksheet for kids who like China McClain (Disney Channel, Dynamite song,etc.) Listen, fill in the gaps, draw and describe your Halloween costume. I used the video from Youtube and pictures...
View ArticleAlphabet Cards
Cards are the good and convenient additional material for training of pupils of younger school age or children of kindergarden age. Letter naming is a strong predictor of later reading success. To...
View ArticleJohnny Appleseed, an American Hero (voa)
This worksheet is based on a special English broadcast by Voice of America. The corresponding mp3 file and transcript can be found on the Voice of America ESL website at...
View ArticleStarbucks CEO's Interview
This is an article suitable for business classes to improve their reading skills. It is about the past and future of Starbucks. It includes a vocabulary matching exercise and some comprehension...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: The Man Who Can't Be Moved by The Script
I used this song to revise and compare the present continuous and the present simple forms. I also focused on vocabulary and prepared another sheet to know a little more about the group and its...
View ArticleColour These Balloons
This is a colours worksheet. Students must colour the balloons accordig to the words writtennext to them. It can be a revision activity or a test to check if students know colours. Apart from common...
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