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Writing an Informal Letter
What is the difference between formal and informal letter writing? Who gets a formal letter? What about an informal letter? This reference page presents different introductions and phrases you might see in each type of letter, and then...
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ESL English Grammar Lesson: The Royal Wedding
Have your ESL learners practice their written and oral English grammar skills, with this highly engaging ESL Lesson. Budding grammarians mingle across the room discovering what they each know about the Royal Wedding between Kate and...
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Email Writing
Students review rules of writing emails for letters, informal to a friend and formal. In this writing lesson plan, students sort email strips into these categories and then review examples of good and bad semi-formal emails....
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ESL: Around Town Matching
Tiny pictures of buildings found around town can be matched with their names in this exercise for beginning English Learners. Indefinite articles are included with vocabulary; nice way to reinforce the "a/an" rule. Pictures are quite...
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BBC Learning English, Writing (E-mail)
For this ESL writing worksheet, students compare their own culture to that of England, then identify phrases used for comparing and contrasting. Students write an e-mail message describing some of these differences using the comparison...
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ESL: Beginning Vocabulary Matching
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.
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Breaking News English: Online Bullying
In this online bullying learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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BBC Learning English, Grammar (Verbs)
In this verb form worksheet, students fill in ten blanks in a passage with the correct form of the verbs provided. Students then write an original paragraph in which particular attention is given to verb form.
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Distracted by Everything - Being Wired at All Times
This multimedia activity challenges media-savvy learners to look at the critical issue concerning the inundation of technology and multitasking in the classroom, and its effects on the education of themselves and others. The tasks...
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Good and Bad Emails
For this ESL worksheet, students read good and bad examples of formal and casual emails. Students cut apart emails into strips and assemble them. There are no logical directions for what to do on these five pages.
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Completing a Piece of Text
Here's a worksheet to help advanced ESL learners work on reading comprehension. Students read an article about Google and decide where in the article each of the missing sentences belong.
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ESL Matching Actions Worksheet
In this ESL action word matching worksheet, students match a clip art picture of an action such as running, eating dinner, or swimming, and match it to the appropriate words.
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ESL What is He/She Doing Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL "What is he/she doing?" multiple choice worksheet, student examine a clipart picture of a person doing an activity. They tell what the person in the picture is doing in 8 multiple choice questions.
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ESL Adjectives Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL adjectives worksheet, students examine small, colorful clip art pictures. They choose the correct answer to 7 questions that include "Is an angel bad or good?" and "Is the woman slow?"
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ESL Will You Help Me Please? Fill In the Blank Worksheet
In this ESL will you help me, please worksheet, learners look at 8 small clip art picture of a people doing an activity. They complete the sentence, "Will you help me..." by filling in a description of what the person in the picture is...
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ESL: Food Picture/Names
In this ESL food activity, students match the name of a type of food with its picture. They complete 10 examples which include rice, an egg, pizza, and bread.
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ESL Christmas Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL Christmas worksheet, students examine a small picture of an item associated with Christmas. They choose the name of the item from those given in each of 8 questions.
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ESL Picture/Location Matching Worksheet
In this ESL places/locations matching worksheet, students look at small clip art pictures of places in a town. They match the pictures with the words that name them, such as a school, an ice cream shop, and a supermarket.
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A, An and Some
In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict common foods. Students match these with the words that describe them. All descriptions will include the words a, an or some.
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Match: Word and Picture Comprehension
An excellent ESL word and picture matching worksheet awaits your students. They analyze seven pictures of body parts, and match these to the words that describe them.
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Question Making
In this ESL question making worksheet, 6th graders look at 7 pictures and read the answers. Students write an appropriate question for each answer.
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English Lessons for Today’s Diplomats!
Students read an article on the English language. In this ESL lesson, students explore the meaning of the term 'diplomatic English,' then complete several activities centered around the article. Activities include vocabulary,...
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Cross-Cultural Exploration
Students in an ESL classroom identify and locate the states on a United States map. Using the internet, they research to compare the holidays in their home country and the United States. They share their findings in an email to...
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Who Do You Live With?
In this family worksheet, students will analyze the concept of a family and its components. Students will respond to 7 questions and write an answer according to the picture presented.