Verbs-for-human-movement – Eslflow

Verbs for human movement worksheet

This is an English language exercise focussing on verbs for human movement. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures and write a short sentence for each picture. Click on the image below or the link .to download the printable PDF file.

Superlative island for teaching adjectives and superlatives.

Superlative Island

Superlative Island

This is an ESL speaking exercise for to help students use superlative adjectives.

1. Students draw an outline of an island on a sheet of blank paper. It’s fine to do this in pairs.

2. Dictate a whole lot of places or get each student to suggest one thing to be drawn on the map. Includes all kinds of places and things : tourist attractions, forms of transport, problems and weather.

3. Stick the maps on the walls. Write some questions cues on the board and tell the students to walk around the room asking questions about the maps.

4. Questions might go like this:

What is the most interesting place on the island ? Why?

What do you think is the most famous attraction ? Why?

What is the least interesting attraction ? Why?

Where could you get the most delicious food ?

What is the biggest problem ?

What is the worst place on the island ?

Superlative Island (PDF)

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3 Parts of Speech Exercises

6 Picture-Based Present Continuous Worksheets (PDF)

8 Preposition Exercises for Location, Time and Movement (PDF)

5  Useful Passive Voice Practice worksheets

6  Present Perfect Language and Speaking Worksheets

7 Incredibly Useful Past Tense Simple Teaching Activities (PDF)

8 Preposition Exercises for Location, Time and Movement (PDF)

3 Great Exercises for the 2nd Conditional (PDF)

2 preposition activities

Prepostions Exercises and Worksheets

Preposition Activity 1

Intro

Everyone knows that prepositions are a problem to teach and it’s difficult for ESL students to remember their appropriate usage. Here is a fairly straightforward activity for prepositions that keeps students active and interested.
Preparation

Prepare a list of nouns that are associated with different prepositions. Between 20 and 30 would be a good number.
Step 1

Dictate the list of nouns and at the same time elicit the corect prepostions for these nouns.
Step 2

Put the students in pairs to read out nouns and test their partners knowledge of prepositions. Or put the nouns on flash cards and get the students to walk round flashing their
Taxi driver prepositions game
Preposition Activity 2

INTRO

This is a good game to wrap up a lesson teaching prepositions of location.

MATERIALS

Copies of a local street map(1 per two students), preferably a map with a lot features.
 
STEP 1

Hand out the maps and select a place(without telling the students what it is). Write 2 pieces of information about this place on the board.
 
It is on Rajdamri Rd. and next to the Regent Hotel.
 
Tell the students to locate the place and tell you it’s name.

STEP 2

Hand out slips of paper(about the size of the palm of your hand) and instuct the students to write the locations of 5 places on the paper like this:
 
1. Dusit Thani Hotel
It’s on Rama IV and opposite Lumphini Park.
 
2. World Trade Center
It’s on the corner of Sukhumvit Rd. and Rajadamri Rd.

3……etc.
STEP 3

After the groupshave finished collect the slips of paper, select 2 students and seat them in front of the class as “game show hosts”. Share the collected pieces of paper between the hosts and tell them to read out the locations to the class(as in STEP 1). The pairs of students now become teams and when any team shouts out the correct location score them a point on the board. It’s essential to keep up a fast pace reading out directions. If the “game show hosts” are a bit slow fill in yourself with a few off the top of your head.
 
STEP 4

After 10 or 15 minutes stop the game and tell the students with the most 

Student Centered Review – ESL Flow

S tudent
Centered
Review Gallery

1.Present a model 

This is a good exercise when you want
to review a lot of grammar. Write a
couple multiple choice questions on the board and ask the students to choose the best answer. Then distribute grammar
pages from the textbook around the class and tell the students to do as you have
done…writing a multiple choice question.

2. 2.Create a Gallery

Go around the class and help the students.
Also put numbers on their papers so the
gallery is numbered up to how many students
are in the class. When they start finishing
put the questions up on the wall.

3.Choose the best answer
Finally, tell the students to get another piece of paper and walk round the “gallery”
looking at the questions and write down
the answers Question 1) a
Question 2) c
Question 3) a ….etc.
When everyone has gone around and
selected answers go over them as a class.

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Argument/Opinion Writing Exercises and Worksheets

                                     Controversial Topics 3
This is a second discussion worksheet for talking about controversial topics. Students need to decide whether they are pro or con each issue and support their position with three reasons Click on the image below or the link  to download the PDF file.

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Argument/Opinion Writing Exercises and Worksheets

Controversial Topics 2
This is a second discussion worksheet for talking about controversial topics. Students need to decide whether they are pro or con each issue and support their position with three reasons Click on the image below or the link at the side to download the PDF file.

Subject verb agreement: technology (PDF)

Subject/verb agreement Worksheets

Subject verb agreement for technology

  Students  complete the sentences with the best verb and correct subject verb agreement. Click on the image below or the  link  to download the PDF file.