ESL Classroom Activities
A1
"Be" Verb
Speaking:
Writing:
Who Are You?
Listening:
My Life in Three Sentences
Reading:
Who Said What?
Meet My Friend
A1
Singular/Plural Nouns
Speaking:
Writing:
What’s in the Bag?
Listening:
My Shopping List
Reading:
Singular or Plural?
Find the Plurals
A1
Basic Adjectives
Speaking:
Writing:
Describe & Guess
Listening:
Describe Your Dream House
Reading:
Match the Description
Adjective Hunt
A1
Articles (a/an/the)
Speaking:
Writing:
Find the Object
Listening:
My Shopping List
Reading:
Listen & Choose
Article Hunt
A1
Simple Present Tense
Speaking:
Writing:
Daily Routines Interview
Listening:
My Daily Routine
Reading:
What’s Missing?
Present Tense Hunt
A1
Subject Pronouns & Possessive Adjectives
Speaking:
Writing:
Who’s Who?
Listening:
Write About a Friend
Reading:
Listen and Choose
Find the Pronouns
A1
There is / There are
Speaking:
Writing:
What’s in the Picture?
Listening:
My Dream Room
Reading:
Listen and Draw
Spot the Differences
A1
Demonstratives
Speaking:
Writing:
Classroom Objects Game
Listening:
My Shopping List
Reading:
Find and Touch
Match the Labels
A1
Basic Prepositions of Place
Speaking:
Writing:
Where is it?
Listening:
My Room
Reading:
Listen and Place
Match the Pictures
A1
Can for Ability
Speaking:
Writing:
What Can You Do?
Listening:
My Abilities
Reading:
Can You Do It?
Who Can Do What?
A2
Past Simple (Regular & Irregular Verbs)
Speaking:
Writing:
Yesterday’s News
Listening:
My Last Weekend
Reading:
A Day in the Life
Lost in Time
A2
Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
Speaking:
Writing:
Which is Better?
Listening:
My Dream City
Reading:
The Best Holiday
Find the Best!
A2
Present Continuous for Future Plans
Speaking:
Writing:
My Weekend Plans
Listening:
Plan Your Week
Reading:
Busy People
What’s the Plan?
A2
Adverbs of Frequency and Manner
Speaking:
Writing:
How Often & How Well?
Listening:
My Daily Routine
Reading:
Guess My Routine
Busy People
A2
Countable and Uncountable Nouns + Quantifiers
Speaking:
Writing:
Market Shopping Challenge
Listening:
My Shopping List
Reading:
At the Supermarket
Recipe Time
A2
Modals for Obligation and Advice
Speaking:
Writing:
Rules Around the World
Listening:
School Rules Poster
Reading:
Advice for Tourists
Hotel Policies
A2
Present Perfect
Speaking:
Writing:
Have You Ever…?
Listening:
My Life So Far
Reading:
Already or Yet?
What Have They Done?
A2
Past Continuous vs. Past Simple
Speaking:
Writing:
Interrupted Actions
Listening:
My Unexpected Day
Reading:
What Happened Next?
A Strange Evening
A2
Future Forms (will vs. going to)
Speaking:
Writing:
Fortune Teller
Listening:
My Future Plans
Reading:
What’s Going to Happen?
Weekend Plans vs. Predictions
A2
First Conditional
Speaking:
Writing:
Consequence Chain
Listening:
My Future Plans
Reading:
What Will Happen Next?
If You Make the Right Choice…
B1
Past Perfect
Speaking:
Writing:
What Happened Before?
Listening:
My Unlucky Day
Reading:
Before or After?
The Missing Clues
B1
“Used to” and “Would” for Past Habits
Speaking:
Writing:
Back in My Day
Listening:
A Day in the Past
Reading:
Then and Now
What Was Life Like?
B1
Gerunds and Infinitives
Speaking:
Writing:
Would You Rather?
Listening:
My Life in 10 Sentences
Reading:
Job Interviews
Who Said What?
B1
Relative Clauses
Speaking:
Writing:
Find Someone Who…
Listening:
A Mystery Story
Reading:
Guess the Celebrity
Match the Sentence Halves
B1
Reported Speech
Speaking:
Writing:
Rumor Has It
Listening:
Interview and Report
Reading:
Who Said It?
Headline News
B1
Second Conditional
Speaking:
Writing:
What Would You Do?
Listening:
Dear Diary
Reading:
Conditional Chain
Match the Halves
B1
Present Perfect Continuous
Speaking:
Writing:
What Have You Been Doing?
Listening:
A Day in My Life
Reading:
What’s the Story?
Sentence Scramble
B1
Passive Verbs (Present and Past)
Speaking:
Writing:
Guess the Process
Listening:
Strange Events
Reading:
What Happened?
Fix the Mistakes
B1
Phrasal Verbs
Speaking:
Writing:
Phrasal Verb Charades
Listening:
Story Time
Reading:
What Did They Do?
Fix the Sentences
B1
Modal Verbs for Deduction
Speaking:
Writing:
What Happened?
Listening:
Solve the Case
Reading:
Eavesdrop & Deduce
Mystery Sentences
B2
Mixed Conditionals
Speaking:
Writing:
What If…?
Listening:
Regrets & Hopes
Reading:
News Analysis
Alternative Timelines
B2
Inversion in Conditionals & Emphasis
Speaking:
Writing:
Only If…
Listening:
Dramatic Moments
Reading:
Unexpected Changes
Emphasis Hunt
B2
Future Continuous & Future Perfect
Speaking:
Writing:
The Crystal Ball
Listening:
My Future Project
Reading:
News of the Future
Future Solutions
B2
Cleft Sentences for Emphasis
Speaking:
Writing:
What Really Happened?
Listening:
Emphasizing My Story
Reading:
The Interview
Hidden Details
B2
Participle Clauses
Speaking:
Writing:
The Chain Story
Listening:
Summarizing the News
Reading:
What Happened Next?
Rewrite & Reduce
B2
Modals for Speculation & Criticism
Speaking:
Writing:
What Happened?
Listening:
Rewrite the Past
Reading:
News Speculation
The Blame Game
B2
The Passive (All Tenses & Advanced Structures)
Speaking:
Writing:
News Report: Passive in Action
Listening:
Passive Report
Reading:
Passive Detective
From Active to Passive
B2
Relative Clauses with Prepositions & Omissions
Speaking:
Writing:
The Missing Information
Listening:
Rewrite the Story
Reading:
What Did They Say?
Relative Clause Puzzle
B2
Reported Speech with Shifts in Time & Modals
Speaking:
Writing:
What Did They Say?
Listening:
News Report
Reading:
Overheard Conversations
What Did They Really Say?
B2
Phrasal Verbs
Speaking:
Writing:
Phrasal Verb Charades
Listening:
Rewrite the Story
Reading:
Phrasal Verb in Context
Phrasal Verb Hunt
C1
Advanced Conditionals
Speaking:
Writing:
Debate Scenarios
Listening:
Conditional Transformations
Reading:
Conditional Eavesdropping
Conditional Detective
C1
Causative Structures
Speaking:
Writing:
Causative Role-Play Scenarios
Listening:
Writing with Causative Structures
Reading:
Causative Listening Comprehension
Causative Reading Analysis
C1
Emphasis and Inversion
Speaking:
Writing:
Emphasis and Inversion Role-Play
Listening:
Rewriting for Emphasis
Reading:
Listening for Emphasis and Inversion
Reading for Emphasis and Inversion
C1
Advanced Passive Structures
Speaking:
Writing:
Rewriting for the Passive Voice
Listening:
Passive Voice Story Challenge
Reading:
Passive Reporting Headlines
Passive Investigation
C1
Nominalisation
Speaking:
Writing:
Transform the Headline
Listening:
Formal Writing Challenge
Reading:
Listen and Summarise
Academic Reading Challenge
C1
Ellipsis and Substitution
Speaking:
Writing:
Guess the Missing Words
Listening:
Rewrite for Style
Reading:
Spot the Omission
Academic Article Hunt
C1
Hedging and Vague Language
Speaking:
Writing:
Hedging in Debate
Listening:
Rewrite with Hedging
Reading:
Listening for Hedges
Hedging in News Articles
C1
Reported Speech (Advanced)
Speaking:
Writing:
Reported Speech Role-Play
Listening:
Transforming a Blog Post
Reading:
Listening for Reported Speech
Reported Speech in News Articles
C1
Discourse Markers and Cohesion
Speaking:
Writing:
Debate with Discourse Markers
Listening:
Improving Essay Cohesion
Reading:
Listening for Discourse Markers
Cohesion in Articles
C1
Advanced Modal Verbs
Speaking:
Writing:
Speculation Detective
Listening:
Rewrite a Formal Email
Reading:
Listening for Speculation
Rewriting Advice & Criticism
C2
Complex Conditionals and Mixed Time References
Speaking:
Writing:
Chain of Regrets
Listening:
Regrets and What-Ifs
Reading:
Rewriting History
Conditional Puzzles
C2
Advanced Cleft Sentences for Focus and Emphasis
Speaking:
Writing:
What Really Happened?
Listening:
Emphasizing the Right Thing
Reading:
Revealing the Truth
Find the Emphasis
C2
Nominalisation for Formality and Conciseness
Speaking:
Writing:
Verb-to-Noun Transformation
Listening:
Editing for Formality
Reading:
Formal Text Rewrite
Nominalisation in Academic Writing
C2
Ellipsis, Substitution, and Cohesion in Formal Writing
Speaking:
Writing:
Fill in the Gaps
Listening:
Academic Editing Challenge
Reading:
Summarizing Formal Texts
Formal Writing Makeover
C2
Advanced Modal Verbs for Degrees of Certainty and Hypotheticals
Speaking:
Writing:
Speculating About the Past
Listening:
Rewriting for Certainty
Reading:
What Would You Do?
Reading Between the Modals
C2
Inversion for Rhetorical and Stylistic Purposes
Speaking:
Writing:
Unusual Word Order
Listening:
Formal Rewriting Challenge
Reading:
Headline Inversion
Analyzing Rhetorical Inversion
C2
Embedded and Layered Relative Clauses
Speaking:
Writing:
Nested Stories
Listening:
Formal Writing Challenge
Reading:
Relative Clause Chain
Unpacking Embedded Clauses
C2
Advanced Passive Structures
Speaking:
Writing:
Transform the Headlines
Listening:
Formal Rewrite
Reading:
Causative Chain Reaction
Passive Detective
C2
Discourse Markers for Advanced Argumentation and Persuasion
Speaking:
Writing:
Debate Challenge
Listening:
Write to Persuade
Reading:
Structured Discussion
Persuasive Paragraphs
C2
Stylistic Register Shifts and Pragmatic Awareness
Speaking:
Writing:
Role-Play Register Switch
Listening:
Write for Different Audiences
Reading:
Listening for Register
Analyzing Register in Texts