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A look back at the life of Steve Jobs (listening - reading)
(2 pages + Answer Key) This worksheet is based on a short NBC News video about Steve Jobs� life. It contains a gap-fill exercise, a vocabulary matching exercise and a reading comprehension exercise where students are asked to fill in the key dates in the timeline of Steve Jobs� life. I�ve done the transcription myself so if you come across any erro...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 384
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European leaders meet over Greek debt crisis (video activity)
I�ve prepared this simple worksheet to revise some financial vocabulary but mainly to use it as the basis for a class discussion on the recent developments in my country�s financial situation. It contains a cloze text and a set of comprehension questions. I�ve done the transcription myself so if you come across any errors, please let me know. There...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 30
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Personality Adjectives
This is a worksheet to revise personality adjectives (ambitious, arrogant, generous, etc.). It contains a crossword and a gap fill exercise for extra practice. ANSWER KEY and B & W COPY provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 160
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(song) The Show Must Go On - Queen
(with Answer Key) This worksheet is based on the song The Show Must Go On by British rock band Queen. Before listening, the students are given a number of words from the lyrics and are asked to rewrite them in rhyming pairs. Then they try to complete the lyrics using these rhyming pairs. They listen to the song and check their answers. Finally, the...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 227
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Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering (B&W copy + Answer Key)
This worksheet 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 complete the answers with the missing words or phrases. B&W cop...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 41
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(song) Grenade - Bruno Mars (B&W copy + Answer Key)
I prepared this worksheet on the song Grenade by Bruno Mars, at the request of my students. It contains a variety of listening tasks (fill in the blanks, put the lines in the correct order, correct the mistakes), a vocabulary exercise, a grammar exercise on second conditional, and a set of comprehension questions. Printer-friendly version and Answe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 289
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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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Young Greeks and the debt crisis (reading)
I�ve used this worksheet as the basis for a class discussion about my students� growing concerns regarding their prospects for employment after school or university. The worksheet contains four tasks. As a pre-reading activity the students discuss a few questions about unemployment. Then they scan the article and fill in the missing information in ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 25
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The Dog and the Hummingbird
This is a worksheet based on a short video about the unlikely friendship between a dog and a hummingbird. There are two comprehension exercises (gap-fill and True/False) and a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle). Answer key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 106
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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: 219
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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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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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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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The Terracotta Army
This is an online version of my worksheet which is based on a TED-Ed video about the incredible history of China�s terracotta warriors. It contains a True/False exercise and a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle). Here is the link to my worksheet: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=8464...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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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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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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Bear guilty of stealing honey
This is adapted from a lesson plan I prepared for my students. The exercises are based on an article taken from CBBC Newsround. There is an exercise on prepositions, a true / false comprehension exercise, a vocabulary matching exercise and a phrasal verbs exercise.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100
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The 8 secrets of success
The preview doesn�t show all the activities. However, when you open the OE, everything is fine. I�ve used this video (Richard St. John�s 8 secrets of success) as a supplement to a coursebook unit on the topic of success. Here are the exercises I prepared for my students. 1. The students have to list...
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 European Refugee Crisis
This online exercise is based on a video about the European Refugee Crisis. It contains a True/False exercise, and a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle). I have also uploaded a printable version here: http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=835714#thetop
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
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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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