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English Vocabulary Resources- For Students
English Teachers
We offer printable grammar and vocabulary exercises to make the lives of English teachers very easy.English Students
This site has a large collection of free self-study grammar and vocabulary exercises for students.ESL Vocabulary Online Interactive Exercises
- Abstract nouns quiz - strength, wisdom etc.
- Adjectives & Adverbs collocations
- Ages and stages of life
- Animals - Farm animal quiz using sound effects
- British Vs. American English Travel word differences
- British vs. American English word vocabulary differences - Quiz
- Chores - Housework
- Cinemas and movie theatres
- Classroom & School Objects
- Clothes and weather - gap fill exercise
- Common responses
- City life - Compound words- Word formation
- Confusing verbs
- Colour Idioms
- Continents and Regions of the world
- Countries and capital cities crossword puzzle
- Describing personality - personality adjectives
- Describing physical appearance- adjectives
- Do, Make, Take - in use
- Emotions - People and Feelings
- Emotions, Moods and Feelings
- Extreme Adjectives e.g SMALL = TINY
- Family relationships - cousin, in-laws etc.
- Farm Animals - Self-grading spelling quiz
- Fruits - Apple, orange, pear, spelling quiz
- Furniture and household objects crossword
- Geography - Country, cities, general knowledge crossword
- Home - Household items - cloze exercise
- Jobs and future plans - What will you be when you grow up?
- Jobs and Descriptions interactive crossword puzzle
- Jobs and occupations - gap fill quiz
- Languages and Countries
- Money and financial words - Quiz
- Money and Financial idioms
- Money and Finance - Lend vs. Borrow
- Movies and Cinemas
- Physical Geography - Landforms, Terrains, Seas & Oceans etc.
- Products and Materials used in manufacture
- Sports - Olympic Sports and games crossword
- Time and Daily routines
- Toys- Kids toys vocabulary exercise
- Transportation - Car, train, plane etc. Self-grading quiz
- Weather vocabulary - interactive crossword puzzle
Idiom A to Z - Idiomatic Expressions
- Idioms A - Idiomatic expressions beginning with A
- Idioms B - Idiomatic expressions beginning with B
- Idioms C - Idiomatic expressions beginning with C
- Idioms D - Idiomatic expressions beginning with D
- Idioms E - Idiomatic expressions beginning with E
- Idioms F - Idiomatic expressions beginning with F
- Idioms G - Idiomatic expressions beginning with G
- Idioms H - Idiomatic expressions beginning with H
- Idioms I - Idiomatic expressions beginning with I
- Idioms J - Idiomatic expressions beginning with J
- Idioms K - Idiomatic expressions beginning with K
- Idioms L - Idiomatic expressions beginning with L
- Idioms M - Idiomatic expressions beginning with M
- Idioms N - Idiomatic expressions beginning with N
- Idioms O - Idiomatic expressions beginning with O
- Idioms P - Idiomatic expressions beginning with P
- Idioms Q - Idiomatic expressions beginning with Q
- Idioms R - Idiomatic expressions beginning with R
- Idioms S - Idiomatic expressions beginning with S
- Idioms T - Idiomatic expressions beginning with T
- Idioms U - Idiomatic expressions beginning with U
- Idioms V - Idiomatic expressions beginning with V
- Idioms W - Idiomatic expressions beginning with W
- Idioms X - Idiomatic expressions beginning with X
- Idioms Y - Idiomatic expressions beginning with Y
- Idioms Z - Idiomatic expressions beginning with Z
Phrasal Verbs - Verbs with a preposition usually with an idiomatic meaning. Some are however easy to figure out like - sit down
- Phrasal verbs 1 - missing preposition
- Phrasal verbs 2 - Verb meaning
- Phrasal verbs- verb to noun matching - collocation
- Phrasal verbs and similar verbs matching
Prefixes and Suffixes (affixes) & Word Formation
(Prefixes and suffixes help us form new words in English. We can make new words by adding an affix to change or modify the meaning for ex. weak = weakness). Also we can form words by joining two words for ex. Good + Looking = Good looking. These quizzes will give you more practice.
- Adjectives from nouns using suffixes
- Compound nouns 1
- Compound nouns 2
- Jobs word suffixes - teach - teacher
- Jobs word formation with compound words- pop + singer = pop singer
- Verb to noun suffixes - Add a suffix to make a noun
- Verbs to adjectives- make adjectives from verbs
- Prefix meaning - matching exercise
- Prefix word base exercise 1
- Prefix word base exercise 2
- Prefix multiple choice exercise
Kids& Beginner Course Lessons - Lessons by courses
Course 1 Lessons
Unit intro – Alphabet & Phonics Resources.
Aim: Teach letters of the alphabet
Aim: Teach basic greetings – Hello, Hi, Goodbye.
Aim: To teach kids how to say their names.
Aim: Teach kids how to say their age and learn numbers 1 to 5.
Aim: Teach kids how to count from 1 to 10.
Unit 5 A – Colours – What colour is it?
Aim: Teach kids how to describe things through colours.
Aim: Teach colours vocabulary
Unit 5 C - Green Monster Colours Lesson
Aim: Teach colours through a colours songs
Unit 6 – Fruits – I like apples.
Aim: Teach kids names of fruits and how to express likes.
Unit 7 – Body – I have a head.
Aim: Teach kids parts of the body.
Unit 8– Actions – I can, I can’t.
Aim: Teach kids how to express ability using simple action verbs.
Course 2 Lessons
Unit 1 – Animals – Farms Animals.
Aim: Teach students how to express preference by using vocabulary related to farm animals.
Aim: Teach words and expressions used when describing family.
Aim: To teach words and expressions related to classroom items.
Unit 4 – Actions – Can and Can’t
Aim: Teach action verbs
Aim: Teach various shapes and adjectives to describe size.
Unit 6 – Demonstrative Pronouns – This/That/These/Those
Aim: Teach singular and plurals of nouns and demonstrative pronouns.
Aim: Teach numbers 10 to 100 and pronunciation differences between long and short vowels.
Aim: Teach words and expressions related to toys and to ask where things are.
Unit 9 – Days of the week and weekly activities
Aim: Teach days of the week and some things we do weekly.
Unit 10 - Weather – What’s the weather like?
Aim: Teach students how to ask about the weather and describe it.
Unit 11 - Food – What do you want to eat
Aim: Teach students about the things we eat and express want
Course 3 Lessons
Unit 1 – Pets : Why do you like dogs?
Aim: Teach names of pets and give a brief description of pets using personality adjectives.
Unit 2a – Time – What time is it?
Aim: Teach students how to tell the time and also how to talk about daily routines.
Unit 2b – Time – What time is it?
Aim: Teach students how to tell the time using quarter to/past/ Half past etc.
Unit 3 – Months & birthdays – When is your birthday?
Aim: Teach students months of the year and how to tell dates using months and ordinal numbers.
Unit 4 – Jobs – What people do.
Aim: To teach kids how to describe jobs using action verbs.
Unit 5 – Actions – What are you doing?
Aim: Students will learn how to describe actions in progress using the present progressive.
Unit 6 – Transport – How do you come to school?
Aim: Teach students different means of transport and talk about going around.
Unit 7 – Clothes – What are you wearing today?
Aim: To learn to describe what someone is wearing.
Unit 8 – Where is it? – At home
Aim: Teach kids prepositions of place, alongside rooms and things at home.
Unit 9a – Vegetables – How much are the carrots?
Aim: Teach kids vegetable vocabulary and how to go shopping for veggies.
Unit 9b – Vegetables – Extra Vegetable Vocabulary lesson - Cauliflower, broccoli etc.
Aim: Teach students extra vegetable vocabulary.
Unit 10 – Weather and clothes - Put on your sunglasses.
Aim: Teach kids how to talk about clothes relative to the weather.
Unit 11 - Zoo – What does a panda look like?
Aim: To teach students how to describe zoo animals by what they eat and look like.
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