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Important Events
In this informative worksheet, students, working in groups, formulate 7 questions about important events and discoveries and then write the answers to their questions on the lines provided. Students change the verb in parentheses to its...
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Intermediate Question Response--Your Day
While the writing prompt in this activity is geared toward an adult because it mentions a morning run and coffee afterwards, the idea is one that can be altered for use with younger students. This short essay activity could be used with...
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Clauses
This comprehensive worksheet covering the use of adjective clauses would provide a good review for middle school students and older learners in ESL classes. With 27 questions, students have various ways to show they understand how to...
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Past Versus Present Perfect
Using this 15 question activity learners practice using the past and present perfect forms of verbs. This would be a great learning exercise for use with students in both upper elementary and older grades.
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Present Perfect Interview (Since/For)
While these questions are tailored for use with a specific class, they could be rewritten for use with any students in the upper grades. The 12 questions provide a short answer format for practicing question formation and the use of the...
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Worksheet 8: Vocabulary Review
This activity is a good vocabulary review to use with students if you would like to spur discussion. While it is a 10 question multiple choice activity, students may find that they choose more than one answer. A discussion of their...
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Worksheet 1: Reading: Lara's Blog
Because of its interesting subject matter, this reading passage about one person's experience during a hurricane is compelling. In the 14 question activity students are exposed to rich vocabulary and thought-provoking material. It could...
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Worksheet 14: Vocabulary Review, Page 1
This basic vocabulary activity could be used in upper elementary and ESL classes. After reading short sentences, learners identify the meaning of a word in 10 questions.
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Reading: Interviews by a TV Reporter
In this reading interviews worksheet, students read 2 interviews by a TV reporter and answer ten true and false statements about the interviews.
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Vocabulary Review
For this vocabulary review, students use context clues to choose answers to complete sentences. Students determine a word or words to logically complete seven sentences.
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Writing Questions
While this activity involving formulating questions was designed for older ESL students, it could be modified for use in upper elementary. Using this 15 questions instructional activity, students practice taking information and forming a...
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Irregular Singular Verbs Review
Use this worksheet if you want to give ESL learners a review activity working with irregular singular verbs. Students identify the correct verb to logically combine two parts of a sentence.
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Extra Practice--Reductions
This worksheet provides an explanation of how to reduce or shorten time adverb clauses, cause/effect adverb clauses, and adjective clauses. After the explanation, students have an opportunity to practice reducing each type of clause....
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Simple Present / Present Progressive
Using a fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice format, this activity gives students a chance to practice their skills using the simple present tense of a verb and present progressive. With 20 questions, and a varied format, this worksheet...
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Verb Phrases
This worksheet tackles the topic of verb phrases by providing an explanation of a verb phrase followed by several examples of verb phrases and their meanings. Students complete fill in the blank sentences with the correct verb phrase.
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Quiz 3A: Expressions of Quantity
As part of this activity focusing on the use of the expressions all of, almost all of, most of, some of and none of, students evaluate groups of symbols to identify the information missing. In the first part of this 14 question activity,...
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Seasons--Spring
Learning about the seasons, and the vocabulary associated with it, are important for both elementary and ESL students. Using an attractive and varied format, this 20 question activity has students identify words related to spring, and...
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Ana Finds an Apartment
Because of the topic of this reading comprehension and vocabulary activity, it would probably be best used with adults in an ESL class. The 10 question reading activity, which focuses on vocabulary involving renting an apartment, could...
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Human Blood: Microviewer
In this human blood: microviewer instructional activity, students answer questions about blood, red blood cells, white blood cells, phagocytosis, blood type B, fibrin, sickle cells, and infected blood. Students also draw quick sketches...
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Advanced Matching--Land Formations Part 1
Using this activity, learners could review information they have covered about land forms, such as hills, mountains and plateaus. This 17 question activity could be used with upper elementary or ESL students to test or review information...
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Word Hunt
In this word hunt activity, students supply as many words as possible to name things that are described. In this short answer activity, students write nouns for thirty descriptions.
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Sequencing
In this sequencing worksheet, students determine analyze pictures and determine order of paragraphs in a story. In this fill in the blank worksheet, students reorder six paragraphs.
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BBC Learning English, Listening
In this listening comprehension worksheet, students choose the best word to replace missing words from sentences. This exercise requires an understanding of context.
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BBC Learning English, Dialogue
In this dialogue worksheet, students re-order a conversation between two people so that it makes sense. This exercise requires strong English language comprehension skills.