1 Ed/ing adjectives exercise (with possible answers)
Students practice using ed/ing adjectives by looking at the pictures and writing sentences. Students label the situations shown in the pictures and complete the short conversations using the pictures as cues. They try to use ed/ing in the conversations:
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2 Ed/ing adjectives exercise 2(with possible answers)
Use ed/ing adjectives to write sentences about the pictures. Adjectives to use: relaxed/ing, bored/ing, confused/ing, annoyed/ing, disappointed/ing, excited/ing, disgusted/ing frightened/ing, tired/ing, shocked/ing. embarrassed/ing, exhausted/ing.
Elementary Health Problems, Symptoms and Illnesses Vocabulary and Listening/Speaking Exercises
28th December 2023
1 Elementary health problems and illnesses vocabulary and listening/speaking worksheet
This is an English language exercise introducing and practicing the language and vocabulary of health problems and illnesses. Students listen to the audio and try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures. Students then answer the questions at the bottom of the page.
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2 Create a health and illness conversation
Here, students have to write a health and illness conversation or dialogue . This is a good way to assess students understanding of the vocabulary and grammar of this topic.
3 Common verbs for health, illness and treatment listening speaking worksheet (with audio and answers)
This is an elementary English language exercise exploring verbs commonly used in health and medical treatments. Students listen to the audio, match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures and complete the sentences. Then then they answer the questions.
These worksheets contain a wider range of common health problems and symptoms vocabulary. Vocabulary for talking about health is quite difficult. So once the students have matched the vocabulary to the pictures I get them to read the words and/or post videos of themselves reading the words as a pronunciation test. This exercise also works really well as an online listening assignment. Just post page 1 and 2 (page 2 if students are being presented the vocabulary for the first time) of the PDF, along with the audio file to Google Classroom. Students listen to the audio, write the vocabulary on the pictures digitally and then return the assignment.
4 Parts of speech for health, illness and treatment worksheet (with answers)
Although this exercise is a little more advanced, it works surprisingly well in the classroom. It’s a great way to reinforce and deepen students’ knowledge of health and illness vocabulary.
Mastering Graphs and Statistics Vocabulary in English
Graphs and statistics form an integral part of various fields including business, science, finance, and even daily life. Being equipped with the appropriate English vocabulary to describe and interpret graphs, charts, and statistics allows learners to effectively communicate complex data and information. This not only enhances their academic and professional prospects but also strengthens their overall language competence. Moreover, it is essential practice for students attempting to pass English language tests such as IELTS, TOEFL and TOEIC.
30th June 2024
1 Brainstorming graphs and trends
This brainstorming exercise is useful for engaging students with the topic: describing trends and graphs. It provides a simple framework for categorizing different types of changes (going up, going down, fluctuating, staying steady, and peaking) along with relatable, everyday examples.
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3 Prepositions for graphs, trends and statistics (with audio and answers)
I’ve always been familiar with prepositions for location, time and movement. But for years I have been teaching English for graphs and statistics to pharmacy and medical technology students. And I’ve noticed a recurring problem with prepositions when they try to use statistics to describe graphs and trends. So, finally I’ve done something about it.
This is a fun “describing graphs” vocabulary worksheet for English language learners. Students think of a topic in their lives and draw a graph illustrating how it affects them on a daily, weekly or monthly etc. basis. An example is included on the worksheet and there are also some suggested topics. After they draw the graph, students write sentences to describe and explain their graph. It is also a great online teaching exercise. Students have to create a graph about a topic of their own choice, Then they have to create a video and describe their graph. See the video below as an example.
6 Describing graphs and sentence writing worksheet (with audio and answers)
This is a follow-up “describing graphs” vocabulary worksheet for English language learners. Students match the words to the graphs then write sentences using their own ideas. Or students can listen to the audio and fill in the missing words
8 Describing graphs and trends: making sentences worksheet (with answers)
This is a worksheet to help English language learners write and talk about graphs and trends. Students try to write appropriate sentences for the pictures using the vocabulary at the bottom of the page.
This is an introductory “describing graphs” vocabulary worksheet for English language learners. First, students sort the words into the appropriate columns. In the second exercise they match the phrases to the correct lines on the graph. Finally, they unscramble the words in the third activity to make sentences and match these sentences to the 5 lines on the graphs at the bottom of the page.
10 Describing graphs parts of speech sorting (with answers)
A parts of speech sorting exercise to help students understand the difficult vocabulary and grammar of language used for describing graphs. Many of the words can be used as either a verb or a noun.
Halloween is one of the better holidays for a language lesson as it offers up a whole lot of fun, weird, and bizarre images and vocabulary. It’s great for picture-vocabulary matching and word-sorting exercises, It’s also a pretty interesting discussion topic and questionnaires and surveys could also work well.
1 Elements of Halloween vocabulary ( with answers)
In this Halloween vocabulary worksheet students match the Halloween related words and phrases to the pictures. Click on the image below or the link to download the PDF file.
Useful cause/effect writing and pre-writing activities can include brainstorming, outlining, vocabulary sorting, gap fill exercises and sentence writing activities with picture cues. Teaching cause/effect is pretty enjoyable as it can be applied easily to just about any topic including the environment, technology, social issues, social trends and behaviour.
6th January 2024
1 Cause/effect language sorting exercises
These are cause/effect sorting exercises that can be used to introduce students to the vocabulary and construction of casue/effect sentences.
In this cause/effect sentence writing worksheet students use the pictures to write appropriate cause/effect ideas. They decide whether they want write the causes or effects for each pictures and try to think of 3 causes or 3 effects.
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3 Cause-effect sentence writing
In this cause/effect essay writing worksheet students use the pictures and their own ideas to write appropriate cause/effect sentences.
5 Environmental issues cause/effect worksheet (with audio and suggested answers)
The listening/speaking exercise below is for discussing environmental issues in the classroom. Students have to try and describe the problem depicted in each picture and suggest causes. effects and possible solutions to each problem. Students can listen to the audio before or after filling in the worksheet, depending on the level of their language skills.
This is a cause/effect lesson about causes and effects in bad situations. The format is a class discussion about the causes and effects of various situations shown in photos.
This is a cause/effect lesson about causes and effects in good situations. The format is a class discussion about the causes and effects of various situations shown in photos.
This worksheet is to help familiarize students with cause/effect transitions. Understanding and knowing how to use cause/effect transitions is essential for anyone who aims to be a good writer.
In this cause/effect worksheet students use the pictures to write their own ideas. They try and identify the social issues and think about causes, effects and solutions.
Essential Opinion and Argument Writing Templates and Worksheets
Opinion and argument writing is a great topic if you have good activities and exercises to develop students’ ideas. Brainstorming and organizing exercises help students generate language and ideas that can be the basis of good opinion/argumentative writing.
1 Controversial topics
This is a discussion and argument essay brainstorm worksheet for controversial topics. Students need to decide whether they are pro or con each issue and support their position with three reasons.
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2 Working from home vs working in the office argument essay lesson
This is an excellent engaging essay writing lesson. It’s topical, engaging and highly relevant to students’ lives. The lesson includes vocabulary, brainstorming, sentence writing and essay outlining.
This is an elementary and introductory opinion writing lesson for lower level or beginner students including brainstorming, outlining and paragraph writing.
This exercise is a great way to get students started on opinion or argument essay writing. It’s a brainstorming worksheet for controversial issues. Students try to fill the worksheet in with appropriate topics, sub-topics and questions about controversial issues.
This is a brainstorming template for an argument or opinion essay. Students choose a topic for their essay, write it in the centre of the worksheet and then brainstorm the benefits/disadvantages ..pros/cons …etc.
This is a matching exercise for an opinion essay outline. Students have to match the sentences of an essay about distracted driving on page 2 to the correct parts of the essay outline on page 1. This helps reinforce or review students’ knowledge of essay structure. Answers are provided on page 3 of the PDF file.
This is an outlining exercise for an opinion essay. Students choose a topic for their essay and then try to plan their essay by filling out the worksheet with ideas and information appropriate to each part of the essay. The first page of the PDF worksheet has an example essay template already filled out for reference.
As above , this is another exercise practicing the outlining of an opinion paragraph. Also, before this exercise, it could be a good idea to brainstorm about uniforms. Click here for brainstorm worksheet
This an exercise for practicing the outlining of an opinion paragraph. Students look at the information already filled in. Then they complete the outline with their own ideas.
10 Writing opinion sentences about new technologies (with answers)
This worksheet that can be used to help students improve their writing skills and express their opinions about automated and robotic technologies including driverless vehicles, smartphone payments and smart watches.
This is English language exercise for practicing essay writing. The topic is Students look at the information already filled in. Then they complete the essay with their own ideas.
12 Argument essay: advantages /disadvantages of starting a small business
This an argument essay exercise including a brainstorming activity to generate language and vocabulary about the advantages and disadvantages of starting a small business followed by an outlining exercise for an essay on this topic.
