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New Zealand quake
I often use current world news videos in my classes so that my students can practise their listening and speaking skills in a motivating authentic context. This worksheet is based on a short video about the recent New Zealand earthquake. It contains a set of comprehension questions, a gap-filling exercise and a vocabulary exercise. Answer Key provi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 57
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Brothers in Arms (song)
This is a worksheet on the classic anti-war song by Dire Straits. It contains a gap-fill listening activity, a vocabulary exercise and comprehension questions. Teacher�s notes with a pre-listening activity and an answer key have been included. B&W version provided. (three pages)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 130
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The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
This is a worksheet based on an animated film of The Selfish Giant, the famous story written by Oscar Wilde. It contains a gap-fill exercise, a crossword puzzle and an exercise in which students are asked to write suitable comprehension questions for a set of statements about the story practising wh-questions in the Past Simple and Continuous mainl...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 91
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The Terracotta Army
(2 pages) This is a worksheet based on a TED-Ed video about the incredible history of China�s terracotta warriors. It contains a True/False exercise, a set of comprehension questions and a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle). Answer Key included. You can also find an online exercise version here: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgam...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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Weather Vocabulary
The aim of this worksheet is to revise some weather vocabulary, such as �blizzard�, �hurricane�, �drought� etc. It contains a crossword puzzle and a gap-fill exercise. B/W copy and Answer Key provided. You can find an online version here: http://www.eslprintables.com/exercise.asp?id=7969#thetop
Have a nice day!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 477
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Death Penalty Report
This is a worksheet based on a short Reuters video about Amnesty International�s Death Penalty Report 2015. The video is suitable for revising crime and punishment vocabulary. The worksheet contains a vocabulary gap-fill exercise as a pre-listening activity and a True/False exercise to check comprehension. Answer key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 71
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Croc-wrestling granny wins award (B&W version + Answer Key)
This is a reading comprehension worksheet. The exercises are based on an article taken from CBBC Newsround. There is a pre-reading activity, a gap-fill grammar exercise on the past tenses, a true / false comprehension exercise, a vocabulary matching exercise and a roleplay activity. B&W version and Answer Key are included. You can find an online ex...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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Cliff Divers Jump 30 Metres from Victoria Falls
This worksheet is based on a short ODN video. It contains a cloze test, a T/F exercise and a trivia quiz about Victoria Falls. Answer key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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The Milky Way
This is a worksheet based on a video about our galaxy, the Milky Way. There are two listening comprehension exercises (gap-fill and True/False) and a vocabulary exercise (students complete a number of sentences using the words given in a box). Answer Key provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 70
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King Tut and His Treasures
This worksheet is based on a video about the pharaoh Tutankhamun and the incredible treasures found in his tomb. There are two listening comprehension exercises (gap-fill and True/False) and a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle). B/W copy and Answer Key provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 71
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Halloween (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Game)
I have used Adam Simpson�s amazing "Who wants to be a millionaire" template to make this game, which revises vocabulary and information related to the history and traditions of Halloween. You can download the template here: http://www.teachthemenglish.com/2015/04/games-for-the-language-classroom-who...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 92
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Grammar and Vocabulary Jeopardy Game
The aim of this Jeopardy Game is to revise the Present Tenses (dynamic and stative verbs), Personality Adjectives, Word Formation with Negative Prefixes, and Phrasal Verbs with Up.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 69
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would, used to, be used to
A clear and simple presentation of the form and usage of "would", "used to" and "be used to"
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Downloads: 49
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Passive Voice Jeopardy Game
The aim of this Jeopardy Game is to revise Passive Voice. There are five categories, Passive Verb Tenses, Active to Passive, Active to Passive Questions, Passive Reporting Structures and Passive to Active.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 40
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The Milky Way Quiz
The aim of this quiz is to test students� knowledge on the Milky Way Galaxy, and revise relevant vocabulary in an enjoyable way. It contains twenty questions. There is a scoreboard to keep track of points in case you would like to do the quiz as a team game.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 13
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Food and Cooking Vocabulary Jeopardy Game
The aim of this Jeopardy Game is to revise Food and Cooking Vocabulary, such as Vegetables, Fruit, Legumes/Pulses, Cooking Verbs, and Kitchen Utensils.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 44
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Clauses of result (so - such...that) & Adverbs of degree (too - enough)
I prepared this ppt to help my students understand clauses of result with so/such...that, as well as the use of �too� and �enough� (adverbs of degree). I tried to give some clear explanations with many examples. (11 slides) Have a nice Friday!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 221
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Grammar Review Jeopardy Game
The aim of this Jeopardy Game is to revise Verb Tenses, Comparison, The Passive, Countable / Uncountable Nouns and Question Tags.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Downloads: 53
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Perfect Prague
This video activity is part of a lesson I prepared for my students before they went on a school trip to Prague. After watching the video the students are expected to number the attractions in the correct order and then to complete the answers to a set of comprehension questions. I�ve also uploaded a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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The 8 secrets of success
Error! You can view the whole exercise here:
http://www.eslprintables.com/exercise.asp?id=3178#thetop
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering
This online exercise is based on a TED video about a different kind of school. It contains a vocabulary matching activity (to be done before watching in order to enhance the students� comprehension of the video), and a set of comprehension questions. After watching, the students are asked to complet...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Crime and Punishment - The Justice System
The aim of this online exercise is to practice vocabulary related to the justice system and the trial process. It contains a crossword puzzle, a matching exercise and a cloze exercise. You can find a printable version here: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=440769#thetop
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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The Cutty Sark (reading + passive voice practice)
The first text is an article taken from CBBCnews. There are two comprehension exercises (True/False statements and Find Synonyms in the text) and an exercise on passive voice. The second text is the story that inspired the naming of the Cutty Sark. It is followed by two vocabulary exercises (student...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Soup Ladle Stops Tiger Attack
This is a reading comprehension exercise based on a BBC news article. There is a True / False exercise, a crossword puzzle and a cloze test to practise articles. I�ve also included a link to a CBBC online quiz about tigers. Yesterday I uploaded a printable version of this OE with two extra exercises...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton
This online exercise is based on Eric Clapton�s Wonderful Tonight, a simple but beautiful song. First the students listen and put the pictures in the right order according to the lyrics. Then they listen again and fill in the blanks with the correct words.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
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Fairy Tale Gone Bad - Sunrise Avenue (song)
This online exercise is based on the song Fairy Tale Gone Bad by the rock band Sunrise Avenue. The students listen to the song and put the pictures in the right order according to the lyrics. Then they listen again and fill in the missing words. You can also find a printable version of this OE here....
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Animal Idioms
The aim of this OE is to practise some animal idioms. The students first complete the idioms with the correct animal words and then they match the idioms to their definitions. Finally they use the same idioms to complete some sample sentences.
I have also uploaded a printable version here: http://...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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Animal Similes
This online exercise helps student learn some animal idioms. It also provides useful revision of certain adjectives and animal vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-100
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