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Listening and Speaking Skills
In this ESL worksheet, students ask their classmates 25 questions about a variety of topics. Students write down the name of a classmate who agrees to each question.
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ESL: Around Town Matching
Tiny pictures of buildings found around town can be matched with their names in this exercise for beginning English Learners. Indefinite articles are included with vocabulary; nice way to reinforce the "a/an" rule. Pictures are quite...
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Bedrooms: Beginning ESL Lesson
"Lullaby, and good night..." Using this presentation, you can help English learners identify the basic items in their bedrooms. Blankets, cribs, nightgowns, and closets are all featured in these slides, along with cute pictures and brief...
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Martin Luther King Day
Invite your advanced ESL learners to explore the US national holiday Martin Luther King day. Play the attached mp3 which is a description of this important holiday and facilitate the phrase match and listening gap activities included....
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Asking Questions About a Picture 4
In this ESL worksheet, students examine a photograph of an oil derrick on a rural plain. Students write three questions about the picture.
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Asking Questions About a Picture 5
For this ESL worksheet, students study a detailed photograph of an ant on a lichen covered rock. On the numbered lines provided, students write four questions about the picture.
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Asking Questions About a Picture 7
In this ESL worksheet, students study a detailed photograph of several flowers. On the numbered lines provided, students write four questions about the picture.
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The -est - Interview
In this ESL grammar learning exercise, students practice asking questions to different students. They record the name of the person they ask and what their answer is. There are 8 questions on this page.
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Interview With Americans
In this asking questions learning exercise, learners interview classmates to find out 9 pieces of information. Students begin their questions with "Can you tell me...", "Could you tell me..." or "Do you know..." This could be used for...
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Freedom of Information Day
In this Freedom of Information Day worksheet, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions,...
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Interview with a Famous Athlete
Teach your learners how to conduct an interview. English learners will learn the language patterns behind asking questions and creating answers through sentence frames and pictures though the topic of famous athletes.
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ESL: Making Questions
In this ESL making questions learning exercise, students make yes/no/"wh" questions from a set of sentences. Students can click on a "check" button after typing answers.
ESL Kid Stuff
Time Frequency - "How Often ...?"
How often do you ride a bike? Time frequency words are featured in a lesson plan designed for ESL/ELD classrooms.
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Intro ESL Lesson (Ages 8-14)
Introduce language learners to class behavior expectations, and each other, with activities that include greeting and name games, conducting a class survey, and creating a classroom rules poster.
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Flag Day
Here are some activities based on Flag Day. Activities include reading a passage, phrase matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and writing. There is a total...
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Forming Simple Present Questions
In this simple present tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form questions in simple present tense. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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ESL: Present Simple Questions
In this ESL grammar worksheet, students order sets of words to make questions. Students are given a list of question words, subjects, verbs and "the rest" at the top of the page for guidance. Students then correct mistakes in sentences...
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Movie Riddles: An ESL Activity to Get Student Talking About Movies
Enjoy the thrill of the movies with this ESL activity! Not only can learners talk about their favorite films, but in creating riddles about their chosen movies, they can practice the skills of context clues and deductive reasoning. This...
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Words In The News
A complete resource from BBC World Service provides informational text for English or ESL classes to teach vocabulary, grammar, and reading skills. Learners participate in small group work, whole class discussions, and role-plays to...
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ESL: Nutrition/Label Reading
Assist your pupils in making healthy food choices with this activity. First, have them bring in different kinds of food labels, and put a list of key words on the board (list is not included, but can be nutrition or health-related...
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Who Are the People in Your Family?
In this family members worksheet, students view and study eight pictures in order to choose the appropriate answer to eight multiple choice questions involving naming specific family members.
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ESL: Basic Vocabulary Matching
Newcomers to English can practice vocabulary about food, daily actions, and school supplies with this 10-question matching exercise. Simple line drawings represent basic terms for beginners.
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ESL: Practice Using Present Progressive Tense
Small, cartoonish pictures of people expressing emotions and actions (blowing his nose, holding her head and frowning, dancing, smiling) provide the basis for writers to describe the feelings and experiences taking place. Help your ESL...
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ESL Conversation Game
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students roll and dice, saying 2 sentences and asking 1 questions about topics landed on. Students are instructed to use who, what, where, when,why and how when asking questions.