Basic English Conversation

Exercises, activities, worksheets and homework for ESL students learning basic level English conversation.

ESL Speaking: Sentence Game

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This is a fun, fast-paced ESL speaking game for an English class. This English speaking activity uses videos as prompts for students to shout out answers based on what they see.

ESL Sentence Game Rules

  1. Make teams.
  2. One person from each team stands.
  3. Show short clip from video. Pause video.
  4. Student shouts out sentence to describe action.
  5. One point for first correct answer.

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ESL Conversation: Week 9 Lessons and Activities

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The mid-terms exams, thank goodness, are over. Now it is time for my ESL students to start learning English again.

Here are some of the ESL conversation activities, exercises and worksheets we will use this week.

SIGNS

This is a fast ESL pair work speaking exercise. Open the lesson worksheet here. Look at the signs on the page and answer three questions:

  1. What do the signs mean?
  2. Where would you see a sign like that?
  3. Do you understand all of the words?

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ESL Speaking: Week 7 Speaking Activities

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For my ESL students, it’s week 7 of the semester. Next week is the mid-term English conversation exam. In today’s English class we will focus on a few ESL conversation activities to build and improve fluency.

Speed Talking

In this pair work exercise, the students choose a topic from the list below. Speak 20 seconds about the topics. The partner asks three questions. Change role. Repeat three times.

My room My friend This room
Milk Danger Oranges
Snow Money Holidays
Animals Furniture Coffee

K Sounds

Click here for a five-minute exercise to review and improve ESL student

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