Beginning English Learners match 10 line-drawn pictures of basic nouns with their names, such as kite, airplane, goat, and igloo. Indefinite articles are included, so this exercise also provides reinforcement for the a/an rule.

Get your beginning English Learners moving with this class survey. They ask each other the 8 questions provided to find out "How many of your classmates..." Good practice for asking questions that start with"Do you..." including "make...

Newcomers to English can practice vocabulary about food, daily actions, and school supplies with this 10-question matching exercise. Simple line drawings represent basic terms for beginners.

Students visually represent information by using magnetic letters of the alphabet and understand and use technical vocabulary. They are able to repeat the name of the letters and sing the "Alphabet Song". They show what they have learned...

Students identify the names of body parts on flashcards. The students participate in a "L" game, and illustrate a puppet and name the body parts. Students also identify the names for popular fruit. Students use all senses to distinguish...

Match a set of slang words/phrases to their literal meanings and fill in blanks in sentences to complete. 

Whether you are new to teaching language learners or an experienced pro you will find much to like in this massive tool kit. The 195-page packets contains teaching tips and tools, sample lesson plans and activities, worksheets and...

Using the folk tale "The Man, The Boy, and The Donkey" (linked in the lesson) and a SMART board, teachers can help pupils access multiple skills. Reading the story allows learners to create a timeline of the sequence of events based on...

This worksheet provides students with practice identifying and correcting verb tense errors in simple sentences. This worksheet could be used as a warm-up with beginning ESL learners.  

Readers answer 8 multiple choice questions by selecting the correct revisions to the paragraph provided. The focus is on prepositions, syntax, and parts of speech. A good, quick exercise for ELL classes or review for middle schoolers.

If you are working on colors, printing names, introductions, and other projects in the first few weeks of school, use a series of activities designed for English language learners. It includes cute ways to wish your little ones...

In this ESL learning exercise, students analyze 8 questions that have the words in scrambled order. Students put the questions in the correct order. All sentences begin with the word "what".

In this ESL instructional activity, students read 12 sentences with missing words. From five similar choices, students fill in the correct words that would best fit the sentences.

In this ESL worksheet, students read a five paragraph text about water. Students then answer 5 multiple choice questions about the passage.

In this ESL activity, students read 8 clues that pertain to days of the week. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle.

In this worksheet, students correct the errors in verb tense and syntax in each simple sentence. This worksheet could be used as a warm-up activity with ESL learners.

In this worksheet, students correct the errors in verb tense and syntax in each simple sentence. This worksheet could be used as a warm-up activity with ESL learners.

After reading a short story, students answer 4 questions about a birthday party. This activity could be used for younger students, or with older students as part of an ESL lesson.

In this ESL worksheet, students first read the easier basic version of a short story called An Overcast Day. Students then read the advanced version of the same story. Students answer 4 short answer questions about the story.

In this ESL advanced conversation quiz worksheet, students match definition to slang words and phrases, write past tense verb forms, write plural forms of nouns, meanings of idioms and take dictation.

What time is it? Use this ESL presentation about clocks and watches to reinforce vocabulary for time-keeping devices. Wall clocks, stopwatches, and even cuckoo clocks make up this series of slides. Each slide features one kind of clock...

In this ESL worksheet, students read 12 sentences that have missing verbs. From five similar choices, students select the best word or words that would complete the sentence.

In this ESL instructional activity, students read 8 clues pertaining to color words and fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank.