Welcome to
ESL Printables, the website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans,  activities, etc.
Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. If you want to download you have to send your own contributions.

 

 

English worksheets  > contributions by ptrces

 

The author



ptrces

Spain



Points: 2467

 


order results: newest first - most downloaded first - alphabetically random order

 

Printables

 

PowerPoints

Online exercises


 
Visual Thinking Strategies: family, free time, holidays
This is a VTS activity I created for my C1 students but it can be adapted to suit intermediate levels. Students create stories from a work of art (picture, painting). For more info on VTS here you have two very useful blogs: http://www.vtshome.org/what-is-vts http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/whats-going-on-in-this-pictu...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 30


 
Aesop�s fables Tense practice
An exercise I prepared for my ss to practice mixed verb tenses. I used three fables by Aesop.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18


 
Genetic Engineering for athletes lexical cloze
The text has been adapted from English Unlimited Intermediate, Cambridge, and turned into a lexical cloze.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26


 
Aspirational by Matthew Frost
This is a discussion activity about the short film Aspirational by Matthew Frost and with Kirsten Dunst in it. It focuses on how social networks have changed the way we socialize. In the video two girls want to take a selfie with the actress to post it on Face instead of talking to her. I used it with a B2+ group.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16


 
Scary 20�s (Regrets)
This is a speaking activity I prepared for my B2+/C1 students to practice conditionals, regrets, wish, etc. To review vocab I also included some idiomatic expressions in the text. Hope you find it useful!
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15


 
The Fruitcake special cloze test
This is a cloze test I prepared for my ss so that they could practice for the exam. The texts are from Frank Brennan�s The Fruitcake Special and other stories. There should be two pages; in the second one you�ll find the key. Please, if you can�t see it, send me a message and I�ll send it to you.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16


 
Narrative tenses. Disaster at Sea
An exercise to practice narrative tenses. The text comes from an old book, I just turned it into a fill in the gaps exercise.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32


 
Christmas Homework
Hey! This is the Xmas homework I�ve prepared for my elementary students. It has exercises to review the first units of a begginer level: present simple , have got, can, routines, family and time prepositions. Hope you find it useful!
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 48


 
How I met your mother season1 epsode 2
Some activities to work before and after watching the show How I met your mother, first season second episode.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
Noun Phrases
Hi everyone! Here is a set of cards to practice the combination of nouns (n+n; non OF noun; noun +s�/�s/+noun). I used it as a matching exercise, but it could also be used as a �Find the pairs� game. Hope it�s useful ;-)
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 32

 


Present Tenses
A ppt explaining the form and uses of present simple, present continuous and present perfect.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 8


The simpsons family tree
Some slides presenting the Simpson�s family members. Practice of genitives and family vocabulary. It finishes with a pic from Family guy so that students can practice the structures learned.

Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 20


Conditional sentences
All conditional sentences and some exercises to do do in class.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 68


Adverbs of manner crossword
Crossword to practice adjectives of manner

Level: elementary
Age: 12-100


-ING vs TO INFINITIVE verbs
Two exercises to practice gerunds and infinitives. The first one is related to verb patterns, the second one to prepositions.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100


Going to
An exercise to complete with going to and the song Next Year by Jamie Cullum with a fill in the gap actv.

Level: elementary
Age: 12-100


Making questions
Ss have to make questions for the information provided (15 sentences). Tenses: present simple, pres.continuous, past simple, going to.

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100


Marilyn
Tenses. A fill in the gap exercise anout Marilyn Monroe. The text is taken from the official website (http://marilynmonroe.com/).

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


Open cloze test 2
An open cloze test for intermediate students. The text is from David Copperfield by Dickens.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100


Transformations
Ss have to rephrase some sentences using the words given.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


Infinitive/gerund
12 sentences to practice verbs that are followed by infinitives (To/bare) or gerunds.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-100


In the Ghetto song by Elvis
A song by Elvis; perfect to practice present simple, specially 3rd person -s

Level: elementary
Age: 14-100


Technology Vocab
A fill in the gaps exercise to review vocab related to technology.

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100