Looking to discuss family and friends in your ESL classroom? If so, you have come to the right place. With 346 free, printable worksheets in this section alone, BusyTeacher is here to make planning lessons easier. This activity for elementary learners looks at a family tree to help students understand family related vocabulary words. There are a number of activities included in this worksheet but you can choose the ones you feel are most important; it is easy to download and alter this worksheet to suit your needs. The last activity is a short writing activity that gives students the chance to talk about their own families which is great practice. If your students have already covered basic family vocabulary, take a look at the other worksheets in this section for something that will mesh with your lesson plan better.
Family and friends play an important role in our lives so students should have the opportunity to talk about them in class. These are important topics especially when studying family vocabulary or descriptive words and when discussing holidays or vacations. These are just a few times you should think about using these topics in your lessons but there are many more and the worksheets available in this section should give you some inspiration for lesson plans.
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The worksheet contains 5 different activities for the same song: fill in the gap with the word you hear, complete with the words from the box, number the lines in the correct order, choose the wor ...
A fun worksheet to practice the family members and the genitive 's with your students. look at the family tree and identify the names of the family members (Anne and Paul Mason's relatives).
I used this as a "filler" class for my middle school students during midterm week. We watched the episode (with Korean subtitles - found online), and they could work on the worksheet during and/o ...
This puzzle is meant to train vocabulary about the topic "family". It covers aspects of family planning, childcare and work as well as caring behaviour within a family. It especially refers to Pre ...
Happy Mother's Day!
For all mothers out there, we have prepared another nice poster - print it out and enjoy! Works wonders as a conversation starter for the upper levels! Click the image below t ...
Great Mother's Day activity to do with kids and teens. A space for a picture or drawing, a list of adjectives and a small text talking about the mother of the student, in which s/he has to fill th ...
Personal information: Ask and answer about name, age, nationality, town, hobbies and family. There are three exercices; the first is a reading exercise; the second is a question activity and the t ...
PW Oral practice: Working on to be supposed to + was/were going to Students will be in different roles - parents and children. The parent will say something the child was supposed to do and the ch ...
I have created this exercise for my students at secondary school. They have to see a video and look for the differences between the opening sequences, analyse a family tree, practise the verb have ...
Short comprehension worksheet on Internet Safety based on a .pdf from the Family Online Safety Institute. Facilitates discussion of online safety and the disclosure of personal information and pa ...
It's not always easy to make my students talk. I have used this quiz many times, it is a good starter! While they are improving their vocabularies, they can learn the meaning of friendship. If you ...
This worksheet is designed to teach the family tree vocabulary and the possessive 's to elementary students, the theme of the worksheet is a famous Japanese cartoon called "Maruko", the pictures a ...
This worksheet may fit beginners and help them practice the simple future in a fun way as it starts with a poem and contains various comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation easy activ ...
This is a gap filling activity. Students listen to the song, fill in the gaps and have a discussion on the topic suggested by the song. They also read a poem about written by Elisabeth Jennings (F ...
This is a song that is great to teach about behaviour when it comes to culture and it is great to teach simple past actions. Teenagers and young adults may find it very interested and identify wit ...
A worksheet about family relationships. It includes four tasks: 1 Match each word with the corresponding definition. 2 Use the comparative or the superlative of the adjective between parentheses ...
This is a reading comprehension paper for beginner and elementary levels. Students read then write about daily routines. The grammar focus is on simple present and adverbs of frequency with both f ...
With the help of this worksheet you will have the opportunity to enrich your vocabulary on the topic "family". Not only new words, but verbs to describe family relationships and interesting ...
This worksheet was made up to be worked with intermediate conversation classes. In this lesson you will have your students talk about how they spend time with their family. Other than that, you wi ...
This is a very simple worksheet for students to fill in with the names of their family members so that they can have their own family tree. It can be used for students with large families. Suitabl ...
Vocabulary about physical appearance, including height, weight, hair style, complexion and other features. Then they have to describe some famous people. And finally they have to do the followin ...
It's a good way to review family vocabulary, simple present, possessives and adjectives related to personality. First you let students explore the picture to find out the relationship between the ...
A great guide from an authentic material piece to talk about relationships. This is an scene from the TV show Friends Season 7 Episode 17 The One With The Cheap Wedding. If you want to hav ...
A nice family crossword for beginners. You can use it in your lessons. İt is useful for writing skill and remembering the vocabulary of family. Or you can use this family crossword as the hom ...
Students listen to the song: "Friends will be friends" and correct the lyrics. After that, they sing along and then discuss the importance of Friendship in groups. There is also an opportunity to ...
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