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ESL Writing – Breakfast List

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ESL WRITING LESSON ABOUT FOOD

Here is a quick writing assignment.

The purpose of this 5 minute lesson is to active the students’ memory of common words, review countable and non-countable nouns and stimulate creative thinking. Oh, one more thing. Let’s have some fun by watching a really interesting short video.

The Writing Lesson

Watch the video which was produced by Bruton Strouble Studios.

In three minutes, make a list of the breakfast food and drinks you see on the table. Don’t forget to add countable nouns when needed.

My list has 16 different kinds of food and drink. How many can you get?

ESL Vocabulary – Symmetry

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Need a lesson to build up your vocabulary quickly? Try this video lesson.

In English, there are groups of words that have a natural partner. We use these groups of words in literal situations.

We also use these words as idioms. In linguistics, I think these kinds of natural groupings of words are called collocations. Here is an example: salt and pepper.

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ESL Listening – Sea of Trees

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This English video lesson is a strange story about a man in Japan. The man finds himself in Jukai, a forest near the base of Mt Fuji.

Listen to the Video

Watch and listen to the ESL video lesson.

Download the Worksheet

You can download the worksheet here: sea-listening-skills. The worksheet has four parts: vocabulary, comprehension questions, fill in the blanks and a speaking/writing section to help students make a summary of this strange story.

Friends Listening Lesson – Birth Mother

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This ESL listening lesson uses the Friends TV show called “Birth Mother.”  It’s the one where Chandler and Monica meet the woman who will give them her baby.

Listening Worksheet

This is the listening worksheet for the first part of the show: friends-birth-mother.

Here are the vocabulary and comprehension questions for part two of Friends- the Birth Mother: esl-friends-birth-2.

Here is the third vocabulary and listening comprehension worksheet for Friends Birth Mother episode: esl-listening-skills-worksheet.