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Prepositions Listening and Speaking Exercises for Location, Time and Movement

If you are an educator looking to infuse your lessons with dynamic, interactive, and engaging content, this is the right place. This webpage has been designed specifically to help make the teaching and learning of prepositions of location and movement fun and effective.

The resources here (and on the Invitations page) cover an extensive range of everyday contexts such as calendars, event schedules, restaurant and movie information, and review charts. These relatable and practical scenarios not only make the learning process more enjoyable but also help students understand the real-life application of prepositions.

You will find numerous downloadable PDF exercises that cater to different learning styles and proficiency levels. These exercises, which range from fill-in-the-blanks to matching games, offer a great way to consolidate learning and evaluate student progress.

To further reinforce learning, this page also offers listening and video exercises. These interactive components allow students to hear and see prepositions in action, which can significantly improve their comprehension and retention. They provide an excellent opportunity for students to learn at their own pace, as they can pause, rewind, and replay as necessary.

Moreover, the speaking exercises available here are designed to boost students’ confidence and fluency. By simulating real-life situations, these exercises encourage students to use prepositions of location and movement naturally and accurately.

All these resources are easily accessible and ready for immediate use in the classroom. They are continually updated and expanded to keep them current and relevant. Teaching prepositions has never been easier or more engaging.

1 Prepositions of location (with audio, video and answers)

This is an  exercise  to help   English language learners  understand prepositions of location. Students match the prepositions to the pictures and  try to complete the sentences. Then they can listen to the audio and compare answers.

Prepositions of location (PDF)

See the YouTube video

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2 Prepositions of time (with audio, video and answers)

    This is an  exercise exercise  to help   English language learners understand prepositions of time. Students try to complete the sentences explaining the meanings of the pictures using prepositions of time. Then they answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Prepositions of time (PDF)

See the YouTube video

3 Prepositions of movement (with audio and answers)

This is a similar format to the exercise above but this time focusing on   prepositions of movement. Students match the prepositions to the pictures and try to write short sentences. Or they can listen to audio and fill in the missing words.

Prepositions of movement (PDF)

4 Prepositions of location questions

This is a speaking exercise for prepositions of location using “Wh” and Yes/No questions. Students can practice the grammar and have a conversation at the same time (or just the grammar).

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5 Pair work speaking exercise for prepositions of time and location (business)

Here is another excellent speaking exercise which uses a chart format. Prepositions of time and location can be practiced using calendars and event schedules. This business schedule is for practicing prepositions of time.

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Invitations and requests dialogues and listening exercises

Note: Find more useful pair work speaking exercises for practicing prepositions of location and time on the Invitations page.

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6 Describing an office (with prepositions)

This is an elementary exercise for English language learners to practice using prepositions by describing an office layout.

Describing an office (PDF)

 

7 Using Prepositions (building people)

This is an  elementary  speaking exercise  for English language learners to practice using prepositions. Students ask questions using the picture above. Try to use as many prepositions in the questions and answers as possible.

For example:

A: What can you see in the apartment on the right on the first floor?(or) What’s happening in the apartment on the right on the first floor?

B: A man is playing guitar in front of a movie poster.

Using prepositions  (PDF)

 

8 2 classroom activities focussing on prepositions 

These are 2 fun  elementary   exercises  for English language learners to practice using prepositions in the classroom.

2 classroom preposition activities 

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Likes/Dislikes, Interests and Hobbies Brainstorming, Listening and Speaking Activities

Elementary English language listening and speaking activities generally focus on likes/dislikes, hobbies, interests and routines. These topics allow students to get used to practicing the present simple tense with topics that relate to their daily lives.

1  Likes and dislikes speaking activity (pre-intermediate)

This is a pre-intermediate listening/ speaking activity. Students listen and complete each person’s likes and dislikes.

Likes/dislikes speaking activity (PDF)

See the YouTube video

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2 Likes and dislikes speaking activity (with audio, video and  answers)

This is a great  listening/speaking activity to get an elementary language class speaking and practicing the present simple tense. Students have to be able describe each person’s likes and dislikes in the pictures. Or listen to the audio and write their answers.

Elementary likes/dislikes speaking activity (PDF)

(View as Youtube video mp4)

3 Basic gerunds for likes/dislikes (answers and audio)

Basic gerunds vocabulary and listening/speaking exercise for talking about likes and dislikes. Students write sentences about the pictures and then answer questions using gerunds.  It can also be a listening activity. Students listen to the audio and match Item (A/B/C….) to the pictures.

Basic gerunds likes/dislikes (PDF)

(Basic gerunds video on YouTube)

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4 Short dialogues discussing hobbies worksheet (with audio and answers)

This is an English speaking skills and fluency exercise . Students try to complete the short dialogues using the speech bubbles. Or they can listen to the audio and complete the speech bubbles with the answers that they hear.

Discussing hobbies (PDF)

5 Common conversations

This is an elementary ESL exercise for practicing and reviewing basic questions and answers necessary for basic socializing. Students look at the pictures and fill in appropriate questions and answers.

Common conversations (PDF)

5 Movie likes/dislikes brainstorm and speaking

Movies usually (in my experience) get students motivated. Students have to match movie genres to the pictures and then think of movie titles for each genre. Then they can ask their partners the questions at the bottom of the page.

(Download PDF)

6 Music likes/dislikes brainstorm and speaking

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.

(Download PDF)

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 7 Free time activities speaking lesson

This is an elementary ESL speaking exercise for talking about free time activities. Students match the vocabulary to the pictures and then interview a classmate about their favorite free time activity.

Free time activities speaking lesson (PDF)

 8 Things I like to do

Another good icebreaker and  elementary ESL exercise for getting an elementary ESL class started by brainstorming language  for the things students like to do on a daily basis.

“Things I like to  do” graphic organizer (PDF)

7 Crucial Kitchens, Cooking and Utensils Vocabulary and Expressions Exercises

21st May, 2024

Kitchen and cooking vocabulary exercises including picture-vocabulary matching exercises focusing on:

• elements of cooking
• food preparation
• ways and methods of cooking
• kitchen utensils
• food services

1 Verbs for food preparation worksheet (with audio answers)

  This is an  English  language  listening/speaking exercise  focusing on verbs for food preparation and cooking.  Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures and write a short  sentence for each picture.

Verbs for food preparation and cooking (PDF)

(audio and video mp4)

(audio and video mp4 YouTube)

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2 Elements of food services vocabulary worksheet (with answers)

This  listening/speaking exercise introduces  basic food services vocabulary including common expressions used in kitchens and restaurants. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures.

Elements of food services (PDF)

(audio and video mp4)

(audio and video mp4 YouTube)

3 Elements of cooking vocabulary worksheet (with answers)

This is an English language exercise introducing basic cooking vocabulary. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures. Click on the image or the link to download the printable PDF file.

Elements of cooking (PDF)

4 Brainstorming Cooking worksheet

A good way to start any lesson is by brainstorming. Here is an execise that introduces the topic of cooking . Students or the class try to complete the brainstorm sheet with their own ideas.

Brainstorming cooking (PDF)

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5 In the kitchen vocabulary worksheet (with answers)

This is an  English  language  exercise  introducing  elementary kitchen  tool, utensils and equipment vocabulary.  Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures.

In the kitchen- elementary vocabulary (PDF)

6 In the kitchen vocabulary worksheet (advanced-with answers)

This is a more advanced  English  language  helping students to expanding their knowledge the vocabulary for kitchen  equipment and activities .

In the kitchen- advanced  (PDF)

7 Some methods of preparing food and cooking worksheet (with answers)

This is an exercise focusing on methods of preparing food. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures.

Methods of cooking  (PDF)

7 Exceptional Classifying and Classification Paragraph and Essay Writing Exercises

One of the most important things in classification writing is creating the best groups or categories. Once you do this, your ideas usually fall into place. Below are some helpful exercises for brainstorming,  outlining, planning and writing classification sentences, paragraphs and essays.

1 Classifying exercise 1

This is a pre-writing or introductory exercise for a classification paragraph or essay. Students use their own ideas and try to divide each of the topics on the worksheet into 3 categories. Then they practice writing sentences to express their classifications on the next page.

Classifying exercise 1 (PDF)

2 Classifying essay graphic organizer

This is a graphic organizer for a classification paragraph or essay. It is a great way to organize ideas and think clearly about a topic.

Classifying organizer (PDF)

3 Classifying essay outline

This is an outline template for a classification paragraph or essay. It demands that beginner writing students focus on the important parts of an essay: a thesis or topic sentence,  an attention getter, three body paragraphs and a conclusion.

Classification outline  (PDF)

4 Ways of classifying

This is another pre-writing or introductory exercise for a classification paragraph or essay. Students try to divide each of the topics on the worksheet into 3 categories. Then write topic sentences for 4 of the topics.

Ways of classifying  (PDF)

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5 Classifying friends

A useful brainstorming and critical thinking exercise for any kind of
lesson about friendship or relationships. Students use the pictures to divide friends into 3 categories. For example, you might classify your friends into the categories of funny, generous and weird or outgoing,  fashionable  and introverted. Then, under each category title they give examples of the behavior of each category.

Classifying friends  (PDF)

6 Classifying travelers

This is similar to the exercise above but the topic is travelers. Students try to divide travelers into 3 categories and list the things they do. You might classify travelers into categories such as: 1  adventure loving, 2 luxury loving and 3 culture loving or 1 beach tourists 2 mountain tourists and 3 city tourists. There are so many ways to do this.

Classifying travelers (PDF)

7 Classifying roommates exercise

This is an alternative topic to the above exercises. Students try to divide roommates into 3 categories and list the things they do. Roommates could be divided into groups such as 1 lazy, 2 funny and 3 diligent or 1 helpful, 2 unhelpful and 3 bossy.

Classifying roommates (PDF)

Delightful Descriptive Writing Exercises and Worksheets

Descriptive writing is an attempt to give a clear description of people, places, objects, or events using descriptive language and informative details. Descriptive writing exercises can include:

• brainstorming
• outlining
• word sorting
• sentence writing with pictures
• transitions exercises

1 Descriptive essay outline template

This is an essay outline worksheet to help students focus on organization and planning when preparing to write essays. It helps them write clearly and logically.

Descriptive essay outline template  (PDF)

2 Brainstorming for a descriptive essay about a place

This is an English language writing exercise for students to brainstorm ideas for a descriptive essay.

Brainstorming descriptive writing ideas (PDF)

3 Descriptive writing word sorting (with answers)

This is an exercise that helps students expand their vocabulary and shows them that there are many words available to help them write more creatively and with more attention to detail.

Descriptive writing word sorting (PDF)

4 Essential shapes vocabulary

This worksheet is designed to help students learning English become familiar with vocabulary for shapes. Students match the vocabulary to the pictures. 

(download PDF)

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5 Descriptive sentences practice

This is an English language writing exercise for students to practice writing descriptive sentences. Students look at the pictures and try to write between two and five sentences.

Writing descriptive sentences (PDF)

6 The Weekend Market (descriptive essay transitions with answers)

This is a transitions and linking words exercise for a descriptive essay. Well placed transitions help make essays easier to read and understand.

Descriptive essay transitions exercise (PDF)

(see the video on YouTube)

7 Descriptive Paragraphs ( transitions exercise with answers)

This is an English language exercise to help students understand transitions.  Students try to fill in the blanks with the words below each paragraph.

Descriptive paragraph transitions exercise (PDF)

Memorable Narrative Essay Writing Practice Exercises

Narrative essay writing is best taught with a combination of brainstorming, outlining and practice writing exercises that encourage students to write in the past tense and use appropriate transitions. Teaching narrative essay writing is quite enjoyable as it allows students to write about personal experiences.

5 characteristics of narrative writing include:

1. A narrative typically tells a story from a particular point of view, and this point of view is usually that of the narrator.

2. A narrative often has a plot, which is a sequence of events that the story follows.

3. A narrative may have characters, who may be either fictional or based on real people.

4. A narrative typically takes place in a specific time and place.

5. A narrative may have a theme, which is a central idea or message that the story conveys.

1 “First Day at University” (narrative essay transitions exercise with answers)

This is an exercise to help students understand transitions in narrative essays.

Narrative essay transitions (PDF)

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2 Narrative paragraph practice (favorite memories)

This is an exercise for students to practice writing narrative or past tense sentences about happy moments and experiences. Students look at the pictures and try to tell a story in 2-5 sentences.

Narrative writing practice-favorite memories (PDF)

3 Brainstorming an important event (narrative essay)

This is a brainstorm worksheet for a narrative essay about an important event.

Brainstorming an important event (PDF)

4 Narrative transitions sentence writing worksheet

This is an exercise challenging  students’ understanding of narrative transitions. They have to create an appropriate narrative situation for each transition.

Narrative essay transitions sentence writing worksheet (PDF)

5 Narrative sentences practice (or past tense writing exercise)

This is an exercise for students to practice writing narrative or past tense sentences. Students look at the pictures and try to tell a story in 2-5 sentences.

Narrative writing sentences  (PDF)

7 Brainstorming influential life experiences (with answers)

This is an exercise for students to brainstorm ideas and write sentences in preparation for a personal profile essay using narrative techniques. On page 1 they use the vocabulary to write short sentences for suitable for each picture. On page 2 they write the sub-topics they might use in an essay and explain their experience in a few sentences.

Influential experiences writing practice (PDF)

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7 Money and Finance Vocabulary and Speaking Worksheets

5th September 2023

Money and finances might seem like a boring teaching topic. However, it can be more made more interesting and extremely relevant with the aid of video, images, conversations and audio.  This can help give context and clarify the meanings of vocabulary and language used to talk about money and and financial subjects.

1 Inflation conversation

Inflation is one of the hottest topics these days. This lesson helps students become familiar with the vocabulary and expressions associated with inflation.

Extract from Inflation PDF lesson

See the YouTube video

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2 Cost of living lesson

This is a really useful lesson introducing cost of living vocabulary. The PDF is an excerpt from the lesson. See the details below if you want to subscribe and get the complete lesson.

(lesson extract download PDF)

See the Cost of living (visual) on YouTube

See the Cost of living gap fill short on YouTube

3 Financial crisis vocabulary

These days, you hear and see words such as “inflation” and “bear market” everywhere. So this is a lesson about financial crisis vocabulary. For the full lesson see the subscription details below.

(lesson extract download PDF)

(see the YouTube video)

4 Bargaining

This conversational exercise helps students practice the language of bargaining.

(lesson extract download PDF)

See the YouTube short gap fill (best on mobile)

5 Elements of money and finances vocabulary and expressions (with audio and answers)

This is a business English ESL listening/speaking exercise introducing and exploring financial vocabulary. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures. Then they ask and answer the questions.

Elements of money and finances vocabulary (PDF)

(see the video version of this exercise on YouTube)

6 Talking about money (with audio and answers)

This is an elementary ESL listening/speaking exercise for talking about money. First, students try to match the vocabulary at the bottom of the page to the pictures. They can then listen and write notes below the pictures. They can also also ask/answer the questions as a speaking activity.

Talking about money (PDF)

7  Parts of speech for money and finances vocabulary  (with answers)

This is a sorting exercise exploring the grammar of financial vocabulary. Students try to sort the words into the appropriate columns. Then they use the words in sentences.

Parts of speech  money and finances vocabulary (PDF)

8 Basic financial vocabulary

8  Basic financial vocabulary

This is a business English ESL exercise introducing and exploring basic financial vocabulary.  Students try to complete the sentences by looking at the pictures. This exercise works well as an icebreaker at the beginning of a lesson.

Basic financial vocabulary (PDF)

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Mastering the Art of Invitations and Requests

1 Invitations: accepting and refusing (with answers and audio)

  Students  try to complete the invitations conversations using the pictures and the useful vocabulary. Or you use the audio and you can have a listening lesson instead/as well.

Short invitation dialogues (PDF)

(see the YouTube version of this exercise)

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2 Invitations and excuses

This exercise is a more advanced one than the one above. It aims to expand students’ vocabulary.

Extract from Invitations and excuses

See the YouTube video

3 Making requests – office dialogues

This is a more advanced exercise than the one below. So, it should be used after students understand the basics of making requests.

Extract from PDF

See the video on YouTube

4 Movie invitation (pair work speaking)

Movie invitations are fun. Invitations can be practiced using calendars and event schedules.

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5 Making requests around town (with answers and audio)

Students try to write commonly used requests and short conversations that  are appropriate for the situations  shown in the pictures. And then listen to the conversations to compare and check their answers.

Requests around town (PDF)

(see the YouTube video)

 6  Requests, advice and commands speaking skills (with answers and audio)

  This is a speaking/listening exercise and worksheet  for English language learners  to practice deciding whether to give commands, advice or make polite requests in a variety of situations shown in the pictures.  This exercise can be done as a listening exercise now that I have added audio.  

Requests, advice and commands speaking skills (PDF)

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7 Making Polite Requests (with answers)

This is a grammar exercise and worksheet for English language learners to practice making polite requests in the different ways and different scenarios. Students match the expressions on the left to the pictures and write complete requests with the appropriate request phrase.

Making polite requests (PDF)

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8 Classroom requests & queries (with answers)

This  elementary exercise focuses on common classroom requests.

Classroom requests (PDF)

9  Hotel dialogues: making requests exercise

 This is an hotel dialogues exercise focusing on common conversational exchanges between hotel staff and guests.

Hotel dialogues: making requests (PDF)

New Year’s Resolutions Vocabulary and Discussion Worksheets

20th December 2023

1 New Year language worksheets

Below are some new exercises for introducing and practicing the vocabulary for talking about topics related to the New Year.

Picture and vocabulary matching PDF

Language exercises related to New Year activities PDF

Conversational practice worksheet for talking about the New Year PDF

A critical thinking and discussion worksheet for discussing the New Year PDF

Write a conversation about New Year PDF

2 New Year Resolutions for 2024 worksheet

     New Year resolutions provide a lot of useful language and vocabulary that can form the basis of good vocabulary and discussion lessons. It’s quite a personal topic and gives students a good opportunity to express themselves. This is an English language worksheet for thinking about  and brainstorming  resolutions for the next year.  It is also a good and way to teach the future tense.

New Year’s resolutions 2024 (PDF)

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3 Resolutions for the future worksheet

     This is an English language worksheet for thinking about resolutions for the future. Students write down their own resolutions under the appropriate headings. Then they choose  their three most important resolutions and set dates/ deadlines for when they want to achieve those resolutions.

 

Resolutions for the future (PDF)

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4 New Year resolutions expressions and vocabulary 

     This is an activity for introducing or exploring the vocabulary and language of New Year resolutions. It can used for dictating new language or it can be used as a game by  giving students or teams points for guessing/finding the words that match the pictures.

 

New Year’s resolutions vocabulary and discussions  (PDF)

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