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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This is a beautiful song which enables us to discuss friendship. I used this worksheet for a conversation class, my students just loved it! I included activities to do before and after listening t ...
Reading comprehension for beginners aroud family members including grammar activities and a written expression where learners present their families after they have drawn their family trees.The fo ...
<p>It is a lesson based on the song of Vandross "a dance with my father".</p> <p>The lesson is based on 3 stages. I used it while introducing the theme of the family. M ...
It is a worksheet that I used to introduce the theme of family relationships. it deals with the song of the boysIImen MAMA. The lesson is divided into 3 parts: pre-stage, while-stage, and post-sta ...
This worksheet is aimed at practising Present Simple and family relations. The worksheet consists of a written text and 5 exercises to the text. This worksheet is aimed at children between 9 and 1 ...
This worksheet is aimed at practising present simple, mostly in affirmative sentences. The worksheet consists of 5 exercises. Exercise 1 deals with filling in the gaps with the correct forms of ve ...
This worksheet provides vocabulary practice on phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions related to the following lexical topics: families, relationships and friends. It also includes some oral ...
This worksheet is really easy for elementary students to use to talk about their own family by using the clues given. Because elementary students do not have a lot of new vocabulary, they need som ...
The main aim of this worksheet is to teach the verb To Be in the Simple Past to the complete beginners. Its purpose is to work the way in which it is made the affirmative, the negative, the questi ...
With this short text I want to teach the very beginners the verb To be and the Verb to have, not only the difference in meaning but also the way in which it is made the affirmative, the negative a ...
Movie worksheet : EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
Pupils will have a great time watching the movie and answering the different questions.
Questions include :
1- Match the following Characters with their d ...
Designed as a small group activity, this worksheet can also be used by pairs or even individual students to practice family relationships. Students fill out a family tree using cards on which fam ...
The worksheet presents the song of Stacie Orrico - I promise I will, with completing, joining, ordering and question activities. It's not a very popular song but it was nice to introduce the topic ...
This is a great activity to get your higher level students to speak their heads off! It contains plenty of authentic idioms that they will love.
Please let us know how it goes with your class.
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"Mama" a song by boys2men that was used to introduce the theme of family. it puts the pupils in the right mood for the lesson that talks about family relationships and the generation gap. Before l ...
I have prepared this worksheet in order to review some keywords and vocabulary that can help beginners in dealing with the first lesson in our curricular. It's a set some simple activities which t ...
Work with the song Family Portrait by Pink! this worksheet is useful to practise family words and also to set a discussion about family relationships, love and marriage. I hope you find it interes ...
This is a test for elementary students which contains the following topics: personal information, family, food, possessions and physical description. It could also be adapted and used as practice ...
The activity is based on the episode called "Lisa's first word". It's an easy activity. There are: match the columns, answer the question and "who says what" exercises. Elementary and pre-intermed ...
This is a video activity about an episode of Friends. The name of the episode is Unagi and it is on the 6th season. The exercises are short, but the language isn't very easy. There are true or fal ...
A video activity using the beginning of one episode of the simpsons. There are vocabulary activities and activities to explain a situation. The activity isn't easy, I needed to explain many parts ...
A comprehensive english test: reading comprehension, language and writing exercises in context with authentic material. It was prepared by a group of teachers and it deals with different topics su ...
This worksheet recycles the vocabulary items of family members, but focuses on the possessive clitic . It uses the Simpsons family as reference, so make sure your students like the Simpsons. Other ...
The teacher can write the family members with the letter s/he uses so that the students (1st grade usually) can trace and practice writing, spelling and vocabulary at the same time. It's intended ...
Enables telling meaningful facts about your life story. Higher-level students can add up vocabulary items onto the worksheet in writing while preparing to speak. Lower-level students can do with t ...
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