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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Shape Flashcards / Pictionary for young students. You can hand out this worksheet as a Pictionary / Vocabulary List. Also students can circle the correct answer of the shapes. Skills: Shape vocabu ...
Students get questions on stripes of paper, and have to offer their vision of solving the problem. Questions are developed for 12-15 year-old students. You may foster class discussion, or ask some ...
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 ...
This story is to teach children the usage different of words related to manners in various situations. The teacher has a print out of a story with her /him. In that print-out few words related to ...
This story is to teach children the usage different of words related to manners in various situations. The teacher has a print out of a story with her /him. In that print-out few words related to ...
I have made PPT to talk about 'manners' with students. I have tried to touch upon the following areas:
1 Table Manners 2. At Home 3. At School 4. Social Occasions
The PPT was shown to children ...
This is a game to teach children regarding good & bad manners in different social situations. Words related to manners are printed out and put in an envelope. The students play ‘Passing ...
This is a Bingo is on Personality Traits. There are many traits involved in human beings .The game will enable students to discuss these personality traits using words associated with them. I did ...
Fairy Tales Jigsaw Puzzles I am sending herewith a few images from fairy tales which can be used as a jigsaw puzzle activity. They have been sent in PPt format. The first slide contains the ...
Here is another of my themed conversation worksheets. This worksheet covers the topic of help. Personally, I love using this kind of sheet to stimulate conversation. I hope you find it useful, and ...
Here is just a hint to help the kids improve their speaking skills. It can be used for speeches, but also for role-plays, in pairwork (talking about a selected topic), creative writing. I think it ...
This is a Bingo activity based on Fairy Tales Titles. It is played like a normal bingo game. Teacher chooses her own criteria. I discussed with the children about different fairy tales and th ...
This activity is related to Fairy Tales. The teacher reads out the clues in any order of her/his choice. The children have to tell the name/names of the story(ies). The children form two groups A ...
Here is another of my themed conversation sheets. This worksheet covers the topic of "Happiness". If you like this worksheet and find it useful then please take a look a look at my other worksheet ...
Here is another of my themed conversation worksheets. As the title says this sheet focuses on your formative years and how they went. If you like this worksheet please take a look at my others. I' ...
Hi, I am enclosing an activity based on some well known fairy tales. It consists of a PPT slides displaying images from well known fairy tales. There is no text on the slides. A teacher can use t ...
This is another of my discussion worksheets that I use with my adult students. They pretty much all have the same format. Each worksheet has 18 discussion/conversation questions that revolve aroun ...
A conversation style worksheet that revolves around the topics of feelings and emotions. Generally speaking I use these worksheets with large classes, but they work just as well with small groups. ...
Here is another of my conversation sheets. I hope you find it useful. I work at a university in South Korea and for me this kind of sheet works well. Korean students often have an imbalance in the ...
This is another of my conversation style worksheets. Obviously this one focuses on ability. My students usually work in pairs or small groups with this kind of worksheet. I have big classes, so on ...
This a conversation style worksheet that should get your students talking about the subject of mobile phones. There are eighteen conversation questions on the sheet that revolve around the topic o ...
Well, I provide this unique description in the video I recorded and posted on You Tube. I'm sorry that the light in the room wasn't exactly bright enough to give it a professional look, but I'm su ...
This is a worksheet for teaching the differences between talk, speak, say and tell. The first page is basically just a study sheet with simple explanations and example sentences and the second pag ...
This worksheet practices the use of already, yet, before and just. It was made as a supplementary worksheet to Oxford Family and Friends. Unit 2. To be used after teaching the language. Students ...
AN ACTIVITY TO REINFORCE VOCABULARY & SENTENCE MAKING Materials Required: 1. Rolling dice 2. A chart with the words below .Bold enough for the children to see:
NOUNS[ A] ...
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