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Reading Job Advertisements
In this ESL reading job advertisements worksheet, students read extracts from job advertisements and fill in the blanks using given words. Students then match each extract to a sentence.
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Writing Skills: Fables
Use fables as a fun way for English Language Learners to gain confidence and fluency in their reading and speaking skills. After reading a fable in class, they retell their story to a group of their peers. When this jigsaw activity is...
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We’re a Family: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 3)
Teach your English language learners how to talk about their families with three weeks of lessons. Over the course of the thematic unit, learners pick up new vocabulary so that they can talk about families and relationships, clothing,...
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Halloween for ESL Learners
Students learn history of Halloween. They learn traditional activities of Halloween. They share the fun of Halloween through the Internet.
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ESL: Weather Activity
In this ESL weather worksheet, students select appropriate words from a drop down list to fill in blanks and complete a short passage about the weather.
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ESL: 'ed' and 'ing' Adjectives
in this ESL adjectives worksheet, students read about adjective that end in 'ed' and 'ing and add the proper ending to adjectives related to a cartoon.
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ESL-Halloween Crossword
For this ESL Halloween worksheet, students write vocabulary for a set of 7 Halloween pictures and complete a crossword puzzle.
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Writing Questions
While this activity involving formulating questions was designed for older ESL students, it could be modified for use in upper elementary. Using this 15 questions instructional activity, students practice taking information and forming a...
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Various Questions
A great exercise for English language learners or youngsters learning how to question, this resource provides practice using pictures to recognize words. After the class has completed the fill-in-the-blank portion, have them walk around...
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Adjectives: ESL
In these English Language adjectives worksheets, students learn adjectives by tracing the words, printing them on their own, and then using the pictures to help them write the matching adjective on their own.
ESL Kid Stuff
Parts of the Body
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose! Practice the names of body parts with a lesson based on the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes". Kids sing the song and read a story with the same vocabulary words before finishing a worksheet to...
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Directions: Left / Right / Forward / Back
Move to the left! Move to the right! Kids will definitely get moving with a lesson on directions. They review left, right, forward, and back before playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey and singing some songs about movement.
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Zoo Animals
Let's go to the zoo! Take a pretend trip to the zoo with a lesson plan about animals that live at the zoo. Kids sing, match animals, practice animal sounds, and read about Sammy the Snake's birthday party.
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Toys
The world is a rainbow of colors in a set of lessons for English learners. Kids review colors with matching games and hide-and-seek, before singing songs about colors and reading a class story.
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Sentence Auction
Students participate in a sentence auction activity. Groups of students attempt to purchase as many correct sentences as possible. Each group has $3,000 to spend. The winning group is the one who has bought the most correct sentences.
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Test Your Speaking and Listening Skills: Booking a Holiday 1
In this ESL speaking and listening worksheet, learners discuss holidays, determining types of holidays and what experiences they prefer in a holiday.
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Adverbs
Run quickly. Walk slowly. Jump high. As part of their study of English parts of speech, language learners engage in a series of activities designed to introduce them to the descriptive power of adverbs.
ESL Kid Stuff
Classroom Stationery
What's in the bag? Learn about classroom items, such as pens, glue, pencils, and books, with a series of fun activities. Kids sing and play games to practice their new vocabulary words.
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Off to Adventure!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)
Give language skills a boost with a series of ESL lessons in an Off to Adventure! themed unit. Using a speak, listen, move, and look routine, scholars enhance proficiency through grand conversation and skills practice. Discussion topics...
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Summer Vocabulary
In this summer themed ESL worksheet, students will examine 20 summer themed vocabulary words and then match them with their definition.
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Test Your Research Skills: At What Age Can I Legally . . . in the UK?
In this ESL research instructional activity, students use the Internet to answer questions pertaining to the legal ages in the UK for different activities such as joining the army or having a full-time job.
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It’s 12.00 O’clock!
Students draw a picture of themselves and label specifically where they are and what they are doing. In this language arts instructional activity, students respond to the questions, "Where are you?" and "What are you doing?" Students ask...
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Reading Comprehension 9-- First Day in Class
In this reading worksheet, students practice comprehension skills by reading a passage describing a young Portuguese woman's first lesson in her new English class. Students answer 20 questions about the story. This is intended for ESL...
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Beginning Sentence Correction 4
In this instructional activity, students correct the errors in verb tense and syntax in each simple sentence. This instructional activity could be used as a warm-up activity with ESL learners.