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Rob Whyte ESL speaking and writing class lessons, activities and worksheets for English students who want to learn and improve their English communication skills.
Exam are done. It’s time to get back to the business of learning to speak English well.
This is a small group activity. It is a murder mystery. Work in a small group of 4-5 people.
One person reads one alibi card. Use the list of characters and house plan to eliminate people. Find the murderer after reading the clues.
In pairs, create summaries of 10 movies. Make one sentence per movie. For example
Last week my ESL students had midterm exams. So, I guess they did not spend much time learning English conversation. Just studying for the tests. This week we will start to practice English conversation with many different activities.
This is an ESL speaking lesson which helps students learn and practice questions and sentences with IF and WOULD.
Here is an example.
My ESL students have been busy learning English as they prepare for the mid term exams, which come next week. Here are three short ESL speaking activities to help my students improve their English and have a little fun.
This worksheet helps students become aware of words with V sounds. The worksheet questions have rhymes, general knowledge questions and two brain teasers.
The ESL conversation worksheet is here.
Here are two videos which can help students improve listening skills and have a little fun in class.
1. Talking Dog
Watch and listen to the video. The man tells the dog about many kinds of food.
What food does the man talk about?
2. Breakfast Table
Watch the video. Make a list of the breakfast food and drinks you see. Don’t forget to add countable nouns when needed. My list has 16 different kinds of food and drink. How many can you get?
The ESL video is here.
My advanced ESL students have a quiz and mid-term exam coming soon. Here are the questions my English students need to study if they wish to do well on the tests.
These questions cover the main sections of material we studied in class, including how to explain differences, 6 Thinking Hats concepts, paragraph writing, vocabulary and analyzing large amounts of numerical data.
The ESL exam review worksheet is here: advanced ESL conversation test questions.