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Here at Busy Teacher you can find a lot of teaching ideas that have worked for other ESL instructors. There are currently 1,378 available worksheets in this section alone! You can also sort worksheets by ranking to see ones that received positive feedback and read what other teachers have said in the comments section. These tools can help you decide what worksheets to use in your classroom. This worksheet contains great color flashcards for different types of food and includes instructions for a card game. It is just one of the free, printable worksheets you can find. If you need further resources, look at some related articles; they contain a lot of lesson ideas too.
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Irregular Verbs Flashcards 2

Irregular Verbs Flashcards 2

Here's one more set of 27 flashcards on Irregular verbs. You can find the first set here. How you can use these irregular verbs flashcards: - Cut out and laminate each card. - Put your stude ...
33 Views 54,813 Pre-IntInt

Present Continuous Phone Excuses Warmer

Students should try to provide as many different excuses as possible to explain why the person calling them cannot speak to the person s/he wants to. Example: "He is having dinner" or "She is walk ...
12 Views 13,063 All
Imperative and Classroom Instructions

Imperative and Classroom Instructions

This is a 3-page Worksheet including a Grammar guide and several exercises to learn the imperative and Classroom instructions. tasks included: 1- Match the classroom instructions in the box wi ...
25 Views 65,962 Pre-IntInt

Present Continuous Magazine Search

This is a highly competitive warmer that will get your learners energized. Hand a bunch of magazines to your students. One per small group should be fine, but if you only have a few students, one ...
6 Views 7,442 All
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Present Continuous Noises

Students work in pairs or small groups, making different noises with their mouth - the partner or the rest of the group should guess what this person is doing. 'You are yawning!' 'You are kissing ...
3 Views 5,024 All
Sports Conversation Cards

Sports Conversation Cards

This is a set of cards to stimulate conversation among students. The topic is focused on " Sports" containing several questions such as: what´s your favourite sport?; Do you like playing &h ...
24 Views 17,339 ElemPre-IntInt

Language Review Guessing Game

This is a warmer or filler. You need two markers of different colors and a board to write on. Divide students into two groups and name them according to the colors of the markers (“blue gr ...
3 Views 9,023 All
Classroom Expressions [POWERPOINT]

Classroom Expressions [POWERPOINT]

It is a power point about basic vocabulary. It has 11 slides. It's basically a list of different expressions students may need when they want to communicte such as: What can you do when you ...
13 Views 24,174 Elem
Food Flashcards 2

Food Flashcards 2

The worksheet contains beautiful and funny pictures and words about fruit and vegetables. They can be used as flashcards in your classroom, especially suitable for children and young learners. You ...
17 Views 12,085 Elem
Alphabet Poster

Alphabet Poster

A funny alphabet for 4 - 7 year olds. It can be used as flashcards and you can teach pronunciation with any of the typical songs of the alphabet. It can be used as a poster for th ...
22 Views 21,386 Beg
Phrasal Verbs with Out: Flashcards

Phrasal Verbs with Out: Flashcards

A set of 15 cards / flashcards to teach the most common phrasal verbs with "out" which can be used for different classroom activities such as games or conversation cards. I personally use these c ...
36 Views 59,133 Int
Fruit Flashcards

Fruit Flashcards

A set of 16 Colorful Flashcards that will help the students to learn some vocabulary such as banana, plum, melon, watermelon, pineapple, kiwi, coconut, grapes, tangerine, apricot, avocado, etc. ...
25 Views 20,551 BegElem
Verbs Flashcards

Verbs Flashcards

A set of 20 flash cards on Verbs. Depending on your students' level they can be used in several ways such as memory games, conversation cards, oral test, group work, classroom posters, etc What ...
28 Views 37,091 Pre-IntInt
Classroom Video Of The Week #2: Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar

Classroom Video Of The Week #2: Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar

'Who Stole The Cookie From The Cookie Jar?' performed by a group of Korean kids.
1 Views 16,959 All
Irregular Verbs Flashcards

Irregular Verbs Flashcards

A set of 27 cards on Irregular Verbs. Depending on your students' level they can be used in several ways such as memory games, conversation cards, oral test, group work, etc… What to do w ...
69 Views 123,328 Pre-IntInt
Classroom Video Of The Week #1: Everybody's Changing by PS22 Chorus

Classroom Video Of The Week #1: Everybody's Changing by PS22 Chorus

Introducing a new section on BusyTeacher: Classroom Video Awards!
1 Views 21,426 All
Clothes, Footwear and Accessories: Flash-Cards

Clothes, Footwear and Accessories: Flash-Cards

A set of 40 flash cards on clothes, footwear and accessories. Depending on your students' level they can be used in several ways such as memory games, conversation cards, oral test, group work, c ...
35 Views 35,639 BegElemPre-Int
Earth Day Elementary Lesson Activities

Earth Day Elementary Lesson Activities

The Earth Day is on 22 April, and this worksheet will come in handy for this special lesson. There are three pages of Earth Day graphics (coloring cards that can be used as a mini-book), and the l ...
19 Views 21,358 BegElem
Fruit Flashcards

Fruit Flashcards

A set of 14 cards for food / fruit vocabulary which can be used for teaching new words, memory games, conversation cards, oral test, group work, classroom posters, etc.
15 Views 20,519 BegElemPre-Int
It's Spring: Stand-Up Card & Weather Words

It's Spring: Stand-Up Card & Weather Words

This nice spring mini-project is something your learners can do in class or as a homework assignment - it's simple and fun. They color and fold the card along the dotted lines to make a beautiful ...
16 Views 17,874 BegElem

Vocabulary Envelope

I have a 'vocabulary' envelope. Each important vocabulary word that I teach goes into the envelope and when I need a warmer or a filler, I have the students pick a word out. They then have to make ...
25 Views 11,715 All
Means of Transport Flashcards

Means of Transport Flashcards

This is a set of means of transports flashcards which can be used for teaching new words, memory games, conversation cards, oral test, group work, classroom posters, etc.
34 Views 40,120 ElemPre-Int

Questions Warmer

It is a filler my students like a lot. You take a deck of small cards and write questions on them (different types and topics depending on the students' level). Then ask the student(s) to take ...
14 Views 11,156 All

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