Language and Speaking Activities for Songs and Music
1 Elements of songs & music vocabulary (with answers)
This is an English language listening/speaking exercise helping students learn language used to discuss music and songs. Students match the vocabulary to the pictures and then complete the sentences at the bottom of the page.
This exercise explores genres of music and asks students about their musical preferences. Similar to the speaking activity above, it is a great way to start off a class.
This is an English language exercise helping students learn language used to discuss music and songs. Students match the vocabulary to the pictures and then ask their classmates the questions at the bottom of the page.
Shopping is one of those topics that easily engages students if you have good exercises at the right level. Teaching activities might include: shopping role plays, dialogues about shopping experiences, and exercises matching shopping vocabulary words with pictures or definitions.
1 Bargaining
This is a lesson about shopping and bargaining at a market. It includes vocabulary/picture matching, brainstorming, a gap fill dialogue and open-ended questions.
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2 Gift shop conversation and role play
A gift shop customer – salesperson role play is nice because there are so many kinds of gifts and a variety of interesting and creative conversations can be created by students.
A vocabulary and critical thinking exercise for shopping. Students use the words at the bottom of the page to complete the sentences and then agree/disagree with the statements and give reasons for their choices.
This is an elementary ESL speaking exercise for practicing language useful for talking about shopping. Shopping is a great topic for English language students as it is universally accessible. Using pictures with the questions gives context. The vocabulary at the bottom of the page can be matched to the pictures as an icebreaker. Students can discuss and answer the questions in groups or in pairs.
4 Common expressions for shopping (with audio and answers)
This is an elementary ESL shopping expressions and vocabulary listening/speaking exercise for practicing language useful for talking about shopping. Shopping is a great topic for English language students as it is universally accessible. Using pictures and audio gives context.
5 Common expressions for shopping 2 (with answers and audio)
This is a slightly more advanced ESL shopping expressions and vocabulary listening/speaking exercise. I often like to make some pictures similar with subtle distinctions so students have to use their critical thinking skills.
This is an elementary brainstorming exercise that aims to elicit some vocabulary and warm up the students for a lesson about fashion and shopping. Try to get as much vocabulary as possible on the word maps from the students and then ask them to complete the questions at the bottom of the page. Then they can ask and answers questions in pairs or groups.
This is a really easy elementary exercise for pretty low level English language learners to talk about shopping. Students match the words and expressions to the pictures and then have short conversations.
10 Fashion choices and preferences brainstorm and speaking
This is a more advanced exercise for students to talk about shopping choices and preferences. Students match the words and expressions to the pictures and then have short conversations. Once again try to get as much vocabulary as possible on the word maps from the students and then ask them to complete the questions at the bottom of the page. Then they can ask and answers questions in pairs or groups. The students also need to understand how to use “Do you prefer…?” and “Would you rather…?”
This is an elementary ESL exercise for learning common verbs by matching verbs to pictures and writing sentences. First, the students match the words to the pictures. Then they try to write sentences using the words.
This is an elementary ESL exercise for practicing the present simple tense. Students look at the pictures and write suitable sentences using the verbs under the pictures in the present simple.
This is an elementary English language exercise practicing vocabulary used in laboratory settings. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures.
1 Jobs: What is the job? What are they saying? (with possible answers)
This is an elementary business English ESL exercise exploring the language and vocabulary used to make short conversations or dialogues in various workplace situations. Students use their imaginations to identify the jobs and write short conversations for each situation. Then they can compare answers.
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.
Modals for Probability, Possibility and Advice Listening/Speaking Exercises
1 Modals for advice (with audio and answers)
This exercise focuses on modals for advice. It also includes answers and audio. English language learners practice listening to and using modals including “must”, “have to”, “should”, “need to”, “ought to” and “had better”. Students write the problems and advice under each picture. The audio can be used as a listening activity or a reviewing and comparing answers exercise after students have tried to guess the problems and and advice for each picture.
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2 Modals for probability and possibility
This exercise focuses on modals for probability and possibility. It also includes answers and audio.
3 Travel advice: modals for prohibition & obligation
This is a grammar, vocabulary and speaking exercise and worksheet for English language learners that encourages them to use modal verbs. This exercise begins with a brainstorm exercise about the do’s and don’ts of travel. Students then match the vocabulary to the pictures. Finally, they can complete the travel advice questionnaire at the bottom themselves or they can interview a classmate.
This is an ESL speaking and writing lesson for talking about problems and giving advice. First, students complete five survey questions asking for advice about problems of their choosing. There are some examples of questions at the top of the page. When they have written five questions , they can walk around the class asking classmates their questions and noting down their answers on the worksheet. Finally, they write a short report from their survey question answers. This is a fun communicative exercise that allows students to mix freely.
Below are some elementary English language exercises introducing body parts vocabulary. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures.
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Body parts vocabulary worksheet 2 (with answers)
Below is a second elementary body parts vocabulary worksheet. Students try to match the vocabulary worksheet .
