1 Brainstorm positives/negatives about places on the board
Place
+
–
Blah Blah cinema
clean
crowded
Paradise City etc.
beautiful temples
a lot of pollution
2 Students brainstorm positives/negatives about pictures in pairs or groups
Give every student or every second student a picture (scenic or city pics from the “National Geographic” are best or choose a subject and search on the internet) with a sheet of blank paper attached to the bottom. Students write as many nouns and adjectives as they can in columns on the paper. Rotate the pics a few times.
Example of nouns and adjectives from a picture of mountain scenery: mountains far wild animals pretty etc.
3 Speaking
Model a conversation and perhaps write cues on the board to clarify the use of conjunctions and words for contrast. Also, be careful of noun-adjective confusion.
Write these 4 words on the board:
but however though and
Talk to a student ..hold out the picture.
A: What’s it like?……….however…….
(the student must use the word “however”
in his or her reply)
B: There are a lot of wild animals. However, it’s really pretty.
(finally let the students walk round…….and do the exercise with each other)
This is a elementary exercise for English language learners to talk about numbers. Students match the words and expressions to the pictures and then ask each other the questions. Click on the image below or the link to download the PDF file.
The teacher dictates the collocations on Page 2 of the PDF and tell the students to find the appropriate picture and to write the appropriate phrase on each picture. Dictate the collocations randomly. Allow the students time to search for the correct picture.This is a fun way to start a class and introduce the some basic collocations for “have”, “take” and “go”. Alternatively, if the students are quite weak scramble the words on the whiteboard. Click on the image of the worksheet below or the link at right to download the PDF file.
This is an elementary ESL exercise for practicing language useful for talking about body movements. Students try to complete the sentences with their own ideas.
ESL Exercises and Worksheets for Talking about Cities
Talking about cities is a nice topic for an upper elementary discussion class. All students can relate to this topic so it’s relatively easy to brainstorm vocabulary and opinions. City related images in the ESL worksheets play an important role in engaging the students.
1 Cities: advantages/disadvantages conversation
Talking about the advantages and disadvantages of cities is a popular way for teaching more advanced countable nouns and uncountable nouns.
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2 Expressing opinions about cities
This is a vocabulary and discussion exercise for talking about cities.
3 Talking about cities (lower elementary – with answers)
Students match the vocabulary to the appropriate pictures.Then they ask each other questions about cities using the questions at the bottom of the page.
Students think of city related topics they’d like to speak about and fill in the topics in the lefthand column. Then then write their own opinions about each topic. Finally, they ask a partner for his or her opinions.
This is an ESL speaking and writing lesson for talking about lifestyle choices.. First, students interview a partner using the questions below the pictures. Then, they write a short report about their partner’s lifestyle choices.
This is an elementary ESL speaking exercise for talking about trends, fashions and hobbies. . Students try to think of positives and negatives for the trend, fashion or hobby in each picture. Then they can discuss each picture using the questions at the bottom of the page as a guide.
This is a elementary exercise for English language learners to talk
in basic terms about some common jobs. Students match the words and expressions to the pictures and then have short conversations. Click on the image below or the link of the page to download the PDF file.
This is an English language exercise for practicing vocabulary associated with movie reviews. Students try to complete the brainstorm worksheet with their own ideas.
This English language speaking worksheet can be used to get students talking about creativity, innovation and technology. Click on the image below or the link at the side to download the PDF file.
