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Welcome to a special section of Busy Teacher where you can find some speaking exercises with the following verbs: say, tell, speak. Right now there are 69 such worksheets available such as this one. It is designed to get students talking with one another and introducing themselves. There are a number of activities with directions provided both on the worksheet and in the worksheet description online. With the exception of the temperament vocabulary, this is a rather simple worksheet for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners. You may consider editing that particular section to make it more appropriate for your lower level learners. If your students have already completed their introductions, consider using a different worksheet in your class.
Speaking activities are so important in ESL classrooms since students need lots of practice with pronunciation and communicating in English. There are a wide variety of speaking exercises that you can use such as model dialogues, role plays, and interview activities. Using a variety of activities will keep students interested and engaged while also maximizing their practice time. Some activities can be done in pairs, in groups, and even as a class. Your class size may help you decide how best to group your students for speaking activities. Be sure to give students a chance to present material to the class too.

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Things in a Circus

Things in a Circus

Say/Tell/Speak/Talk,
Who amongst us does not carry fond memories of a visit to the circus when we were young? A circus is a fascinating visual experience which gets etched deep into our memory. I have used the theme o ...
9 Views 14,646 BegElemPre-IntInt
School Supplies

School Supplies

I made this bingo keeping in mind a few things. Children use a lot of stationery/school supplies items every day in the school, but they do not know the correct names of them or the correct pronu ...
4 Views 15,897 ElemPre-Int
The Alphabet

The Alphabet

, , , Say/Tell/Speak/Talk
This is a PowerPoint presentation about the correct pronunciation of the English alphabet in both American accent and Great Britain accent. It can help with pronuncation of the alphabet for early ...
12 Views 21,521 Beg
Advertising Techniques

Advertising Techniques

, Say/Tell/Speak/Talk
This is a worksheet which I made for my conversation club lesson. First, I gave these advertising techniques. Because it contains example photos for each technique, I think it is very catchy for y ...
14 Views 40,554 ElemPre-IntInt
Find Someone Who (for Korean students)

Find Someone Who (for Korean students)

Worksheet that gets students in a conversation class to mingle with each other. It focuses on things Korean students would find easy to discuss, but can easily be adapted to students from any othe ...
5 Views 8,629 Pre-IntInt
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Story Writing Prompts

Story Writing Prompts

, Say/Tell/Speak/Talk,
These are story fragments with questions. You can print them out of display them for the whole class. Discuss questions. Then write the rest of the story. If you can't answer a question, ignor ...
13 Views 23,326 Pre-IntIntAdv
Greetings and Farewells

Greetings and Farewells

, Say/Tell/Speak/Talk
List of common greetings and farewells to use in conversations. It has both formal and informal questions and probable responses. It can be used as a helpful handout for the students when they are ...
11 Views 37,486 BegElem
24 Question Cards [General Questions]

24 Question Cards [General Questions]

24 general questions to cut out and have students ask each other. This was very useful because the topics are varied and random, containing different structures, so it's good to get people speakin ...
56 Views 58,146 Pre-IntInt
Speaking Cards: General Questions

Speaking Cards: General Questions

Six pages of general questions to cut out and have students ask each other. Topics are very general, varied and random, so I usually use the questions as a warmer or a first class to get people sp ...
96 Views 166,453 IntAdv
Messages - Pair Work with Numbers

Messages - Pair Work with Numbers

It's a pair work exercise to go over vocabulary dealing mainly with numbers (time - money - ordinal numbers) but also question words. After the pairwork exchange, you can evaluate the students or ...
15 Views 19,188 Pre-IntInt
Balloon Guessing Game As Getting-To-Know-You Whole Class Fun Activity

Balloon Guessing Game As Getting-To-Know-You Whole Class Fun Activity

A fun whole class activity for the first day of class! It stirs up conversation and makes your students comfortable with each other. It can also be used as a warmer or filler when you feel the nee ...
13 Views 20,290 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Household Chores: Speaking Activity

Household Chores: Speaking Activity

This is a speaking activity using present simple in which students survey their classmates about household chores. Students write their classmates names in the top row of boxes. With each classma ...
16 Views 47,508 Elem
Magazine Covers: Get to Know You

Magazine Covers: Get to Know You

This powerpoint presentation can be used as a get-to-know-you or icebreaker activity with a new or existing set of students. It is a great way to learn about your students' likes and dislikes and ...
19 Views 18,393 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Cities of the World - Reading/Speaking game

Cities of the World - Reading/Speaking game

This is a game I often use with my students, and it works well every time. The file contains two pages, one with pictures of ten famous cities and the other with short ad-like descriptions of the ...
24 Views 38,447 Pre-Int
Taboo Card Game III

Taboo Card Game III

, , Say/Tell/Speak/Talk,
Over a hundred printable Taboo Game cards with template for beginner and intermediate students. The objective of the game is for a player to have his/her partner(s) guess the word on his/her card ...
27 Views 133,947 ElemPre-IntInt
Bingo On Manners

Bingo On Manners

This is a Bingo to discuss good habits & manners with children. Along with playing the Bingo at every call the teacher can ask students to comment on the phrase called out. She can also discus ...
14 Views 31,351 ElemPre-IntInt
Third Person Time Gap Fill

Third Person Time Gap Fill

A great teacher-friendly speaking activity for low levels working on Time/ Questions/ 3rd person singular Simple Present. Teachers can choose the best question formation to suit. Expand by havin ...
18 Views 25,510 Pre-Int
Speaking Out

Speaking Out

, , Say/Tell/Speak/Talk,
This worksheet has 10 situations for discussion. Students should be divided into two teams. The captain of one team gives the situation to the member of the opponent team. He has to listen careful ...
12 Views 13,056 Pre-IntInt
Animals Presentation

Animals Presentation

, , , Say/Tell/Speak/Talk
This powerpoint presentation is about animals. It can be used for article in book Project 2, Tom Hutchinson, p. 28. It practises using present continuous tense, there is/ there are, vocabulary abo ...
15 Views 18,088 BegElem
PPT On Habits For Children

PPT On Habits For Children

, Say/Tell/Speak/Talk,
The PPt is to introduce the children to various situations related to habits. Each slide was shown and the children were asked to describe the situation and the words/phrases related to hab ...
10 Views 20,407 ElemPre-IntInt
Speaking Activity: Modal/ Auxiliary Verbs

Speaking Activity: Modal/ Auxiliary Verbs

, , , Say/Tell/Speak/Talk
This power point was designed to practice students' speaking on Modals or Auxiliary Verbs, as well as to help them differentiating the function of modal verb. There are 20 questions slides for you ...
30 Views 96,984 ElemPre-IntInt
What's Happening - Present Continuous Revision

What's Happening - Present Continuous Revision

, Say/Tell/Speak/Talk
A Revision exercise for Present continuous and the verb "to be" in two parts. Can be used for Speaking or Grammar revision. Students or teacher can ask questions to elicit negative form answers. ...
11 Views 17,772 BegElemPre-Int
Famous Landmarks of India

Famous Landmarks of India

I made this PPT for my children while discussing the different tourist spots in India. These are the Famous Landmarks Of India too. I took the Indian political map alongside and asked the children ...
6 Views 13,099 ElemPre-IntInt
Bingo On Habits For Children

Bingo On Habits For Children

Say/Tell/Speak/Talk,
I made this Bingo on Habits For children to revise with them all the good and bad habits related to various situations. First the PPT on Habits For Children was shown. It was an interactive sess ...
7 Views 15,266 ElemPre-IntInt
Speaking Worksheet - Talking About Art

Speaking Worksheet - Talking About Art

» Say/Tell/Speak/Talk
Get your kids to start talking about paintings and art, by asking simple questions such as "What could be different in the painting?". Encourage them to explore the limits of their imagination by ...
7 Views 23,894 Pre-IntIntAdvExam

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