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Writing an Informal Letter
What is the difference between formal and informal letter writing? Who gets a formal letter? What about an informal letter? This reference page presents different introductions and phrases you might see in each type of letter, and then...
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Email Writing
Students review rules of writing emails for letters, informal to a friend and formal. For this writing lesson, students sort email strips into these categories and then review examples of good and bad semi-formal emails. Students work...
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ESL English Grammar Lesson: The Royal Wedding
Have your ESL learners practice their written and oral English grammar skills, with this highly engaging ESL Lesson. Budding grammarians mingle across the room discovering what they each know about the Royal Wedding between Kate and...
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ESL Asking Questions About Family Fill in the Blank Worksheet
In this ESL writing questions about families worksheet, student fill in the blanks with questions that can be answered with the given statement. They complete 8 examples using the clip art pictures that accompany each one.
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ESL: What's the Weather Like?
Beginning English learners practice describing the weather with help from eight picture clues. Questions are phrased like "How's the weather?" and "What's the weather like?" Tinker with the formatting to make it all fit on one page...
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BBC Learning English, Writing (E-mail)
For this ESL writing worksheet, students compare their own culture to that of England, then identify phrases used for comparing and contrasting. Students write an e-mail message describing some of these differences using the comparison...
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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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Picture This - Stars Over Hoke
The classroom becomes a safe and inclusive place for your ELLs as they create documents about their lives. Learners create, read, and present story books based on their own personal experiences. They use digital cameras to take...
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ESL Picture/Idiom Matching Worksheet
In this ESL picture to idiom matching worksheet, students examine 7 small clip art images before matching them to the idioms they best represent. They work with idioms such as "blood is thicker than water," and "as you make your bed, so...
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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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ESL: Body Parts Matching
Match drawings of basic body parts with their names. A handy tool for teachers of beginning ELLs.
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ESL- Taking a Classroom Survey
In this ESL classroom survey worksheet, students determine which of their classmates do things such as play with yo-yo's, pay attention in class, like camping or go skateboarding. They look at small clip art pictures of the activities to...
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ESL: The United States of America
In this ESL "America" worksheet, students answer a set of 6 questions about America and complete a words search of 5 words related to the United States.
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Breaking News English: Online Bullying
In this online bullying worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Compare and Contrast Night to Life is Beautiful
After reading Elie Wiesel's Night, watching the movie Life is Beautiful, and researching World War II, class members write a comparison essay on the book and film. This includes a prior knowledge activity, discussion in whole and small...
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ESL- I Can... Questions Fill In the Blank Worksheet
In this ESL telling what I can do fill in the blank worksheet, student look 8 small clip art pictures of students in action before writing a question that asks if they can perform the action. They see the answer to the question below the...
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ESL: Beginning Vocabulary Matching
Beginning English Learners match 10 line-drawn pictures of basic nouns with their names, such as kite, airplane, goat, and igloo. Indefinite articles are included, so this exercise also provides reinforcement for the a/an rule.
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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: Classmates Survey
Get your beginning English Learners moving with this class survey. They ask each other the 8 questions provided to find out "How many of your classmates..." Good practice for asking questions that start with"Do you..." including "make...
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Good and Bad Emails
In this ESL worksheet, students read good and bad examples of formal and casual emails. Students cut apart emails into strips and assemble them. There are no logical directions for what to do on these five pages.
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Completing a Piece of Text
Here's a worksheet to help advanced ESL learners work on reading comprehension. Students read an article about Google and decide where in the article each of the missing sentences belong.
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Writing Practice: Name the Pictures
In this picture naming worksheet, students study 7 pictures and, using a picture name, answer the question. Example: What is this item of clothing? (It is a sock.) This is intended for ESL students.
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ESL Verbs- How Do You Go To School? Fill in the Blank Worksheet
In this ESL how do you go to school/verbs worksheet, students fill in 7 blanks with the correct verb and write the corrected sentences on the blank lines beneath the original sentences.
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ESL- What Can You Do in Your Free Time?
In this ESL free time activities worksheet, student see clip art pictures of leisure activities along with the question, "Can you..?" They ask other students if they can ski, ice skate, ride a bike, or play volleyball. They write the...