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Speaking and icebreaker activities for ESL teachers (multi-level) with pictures

What do companies do? work sheet. Talking

about companies & products (PDF)

ESL love and romance expressions worksheet

Getures:kissing, hugging and shaking hands worksheet (PDF)

Being a celebrity/being famous discussion worksheeet (PDF)

Telling stories vocabulary, pictures & speaking

Useful things vocab. & questions (PDF)

Talking about annoyances (PDF)

Talking about success (PDF)

Hurry,rush collocations with vocabulary

and speaking exercise (PDF)

Explaining accidents (PDF)

Environmental issues vocabulary and speaking

Talking about fashion, trends and hobbies (PDF)

Talking about restaurant problems - worksheet

Talking about cities (PDF)

Travel problems vocabulary and speaking exercise (PDF)

Booking a room at a hotel-picture dialogue (PDF)

Talking about office problems (PDF)

Pictures for short roleplays in random business

& everyday situations (PDF)

Speaking activity about breaking things (PDF)

Grammar/language related speaking activities for ESL classrooms

Urban complaints guided conversation lesson (PDF)

Tell me why ..survey questionnaire using

comparatives (PDF)

Expressing likes and dislikes with gerunds &

infinitves worksheet (Word)

Jobs & adjectives partner interview worksheet (PDF)

Adjectives with –ed and –ing – Giving Opinions

What do YOU think about....? describing situations

speaking lesson using -ed adjectives

Comparisons speaking activity

Group speaking exercise for debate expressions

Pairwork speaking activity for discussing probability in the future

Adjective class survey lesson

Find someone who... is interested or interesting. An ESL speaking activity

Past tense story telling activity with sentence

Have you ever..? interview exercise: get with a partner and share some of those painful memories.

Collocations speaking exercises

Guessing game for large groups with pictures for present continuous

Speaking activities for ESL classes (pre-intermediate and above)

"A luxury I do not want to do without" speaking

exercise - see p.4 & 6 (PDF)

Selecting a Venue for a Business Conference

& Selecting the Employee of the Year

speaking exercises (PDF)

Sample interview questions for intermediate Speaking Test (PDF)

20 questions global issues speaking activity (PDF)

Finish the Sentence

Discussion cues: Giving opinions with feeling

Do you agree? Read the following statements, discuss them and try to reach an agreement.

Picture speaking activity (PDF)

Discussion communication activity- editing

a magazine (PDF)

Speaking tests incl. short roleplays and

exercises with pictures for different levels (PDF)

Find someone who...for "going to" (PDF)

Find someone who..activity (PDF)

Find someone who..present perfect & present

20 questions speaking activity (word)

Three questions game (PDF)

Getting to know you questions-advanced (PDF)

New Friends bingo for students (PDF)

Language function (compare,cause/effect,

chronology) question cards (PDF)

Cue cards for speaking activity (PDF)

Eternal Mingle: a first meeting icebreaker activity

Let's get to know each other!:Activity type: Discussion circle

Elementary Speaking and icebreaker activities for ESL Teachers

Present simple mingler speaking activity (PDF)

Frequency Adverb Drill

Timed Pair Practice for Fluency

Five-minute Fluency with reactions, follow-up

questions and transitions

Find someone who... likes and dislikes. An ESL speaking activity

Toss n' Talk: A Conversation Card Game

Tic tac toe game for routines

Disappearing Dialog

"Do or make" speaking activity

There is/there are speaking exercise & game

Story circle: to foster good group dynamics and learning to listen and to relate to each other with respect

Excuse me, where is the….? giving directions/locations speaking exercise (PDF)

Speaking & discussion activities for specific themes (pre-intermediate and above)

Writing a “I Want to Return This” Dialogue(PDF)

"What people do for fashion" discussion worksheet

TV survey and discussion exercise

Consumer Complaint Menu Roleplay

Cool Jobs - A Debate Roleplay Lesson Plan

Celebrities and their contribution to society

speaking lesson

Skills for challenging situations pairwork

Conversation starters

Conversation starter cards 1 (PDF)

Conversation starter cards 1 (PDF)

Conversation starter cards 2 (PDF)

Conversation questions list (PDF)

Interview your partner & survey exercises

Conversation starter question sheet (PDF)

Shopping vocabulary/discussion exercise (PDF)

Have you ever, would you ever survey lesson

Personal information questions (PDF)

Interview a partner questions (PDF)

Interview your classmate about his/her life (PDF)

You will interview your partner and write a story about them (PDF)

Dream survey (PDF)