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Japan Earthquake (a video activity)
I used this special edition of CNN Student News (10 min) video as the basis for a class discussion about the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last Friday. The worksheet contains a set of comprehension questions as well as an Answer Key. Unfortunately I�ve found out recently that the video has been removed from CNN and YouTube. I...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 278
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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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The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (video listening)
(two pages) A worksheet based on an animated film of The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde. It contains a True/False exercise, a set of comprehension questions, a vocabulary exercise (crossword puzzle) and a grammar exercise (reported speech). B/W version and Answer Key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 115
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Soup Ladle Stops Tiger Attack (reading + passive voice)
(2 pages + B & W copy + Answer Key) I always look out for interesting authentic texts for my students to practise grammar points in a natural meaningful context. This worksheet, which is based on a BBC news article, contains a True / False comprehension exercise, a crossword puzzle, two exercises on passive voice, a cloze test to practise articles ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 125
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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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Janine Shepherd_ A broken body isn�t a broken person (TED Talk video)
This worksheet is based on a TEDx Talk video. Janine Shepherd, a cross-country skier who hoped for an Olympic medal until she was hit by a truck, shares a powerful story about the human potential for recovery. Before watching the video the students do a vocabulary matching exercise. Then they watch the video and do a True/False exercise. Answer Key...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 182
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The 8 secrets of success (B & W copy + Answer Key)
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. This worksheet contains the exercises I prepared for my students. 1. The students have to listen for the 8 secrets of success and write the words in the spaces provided. 2. They fill in the gaps with the missing words 3. They...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 417
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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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Bear guilty of stealing honey (B&W copy + Answer Key)
This worksheet is 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. You can find an online exercise version here: http://www.eslprintables.com/exercise.asp?id=2349#a
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 171
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Crime and Punishment - The Death Penalty
(two pages + Answer Key) I chose this old but true story to discuss the subject of the death penalty with my older teenage students within the general context of crime and punishment. Apart from the article, the worksheet contains a set of comprehension questions, two vocabulary exercises, a roleplay task and some questions for class discussion. Th...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 365
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Croc-wrestling granny wins award
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 a gap-fill grammar exercise on the past tenses, a true / false comprehension exercise, a vocabulary matching exercise and a roleplay activity.
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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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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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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Personality Adjectives
This is an online version of my printable on Personality Adjectives but I have added an extra exercise. It is a useful way to revise personality adjectives (ambitious, arrogant, generous, etc.). There are three exercises: 1. Solve the puzzle 2. Complete the sentences with the correct adjective 3. Wr...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-100
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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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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 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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