ESL teaching resources for Canada
30 Common English Homophones
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Homophone worksheets with pictures: for 30 common pairs such as flour and flower or knight and night, students circle the spelling that matches the image.
Author JkGlobal Connections- Structured Literacy for Reading Success
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Tags Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Homophones, Remote Teaching, ELL
Flying Animals: Illustrated Vocabulary Cards
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Introduce 38 flying-animal concepts with six picture-and-label formats, including colour, outline and traceable-label versions.
Author WORDS ASIDE
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Animals Word search Puzzles + Answers Included
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Two animal-themed word search grids from Ponder Palette Plazza are presented as puzzle images, with no printed word list accompanying them.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Animals, Animal, Animals Vocabulary, Vocabulary, Animals Wordsearch, Animals Word Search
Asking and Answering Questions Worksheet
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Asking and Answering Questions structures active listening during a presentation or oral explanation. Students first identify the speaker’s topic, then record a question that helps them gather information or resolve confusion. A paired area captures the answer they receive. The format emphasizes that productive listening involves noticing gaps in understanding and seeking clarification rather than passively hearing words. It can also support discussion of relevant questions and complete, topic-connected answers.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Speaking And Listening, Prompts, Research, Why Questions Worksheet
Bakery Vocabulary Cards: Twelve Concepts
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Introduce bakery words such as baguette, dough, flour and loaf using sixty cards in five picture-and-word formats, plus blank templates.
Author WORDS ASIDE
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Black History Month Crosswords – Elementary Level
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Two crossword puzzles use clues about civil rights leaders, key events, and vocabulary terms like segregation and boycott to review Black History Month content at an elementary level.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Black History Month, Black History Month Crosswords, Black History Month Activities, Bhm Crosswords, Bhm, Bhm Activities, Crosswords, Crosswords Puzzles
Brain Teaser - Find and Match Activity
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Odd-one-out word puzzles: in each line, students cross out the word that does not belong, then add a new word that fits with the rest.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Brain Teaser, First Day Of School, First Day Of School Activities, Back To School, Back To School Activities, Ice Breaker, Games, Early Finishers
Break | Phrasal Verbs Exercises
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Eleven "break" phrasal verbs are defined with example sentences, then practiced through image matching, a fill-in-the-blank story, a separability multiple-choice grammar exercise, and open conversation questions, all with a matching answer key.
Author TEAM TEFL
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Tags Language Arts, ESL, Teaching Resource, Interactive, Grammar, Vocabulary
Places in the City – ESL Vocabulary Worksheet Set
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Four worksheets pair pictures with 36 city-location vocabulary words, from house and library to fire station, gas station, and aquarium, for students to label from images.
Author Cutie worksheets986
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Tags City Locations, Worksheets, Vocabulary, ESL, ELA, City, Locations, Places, English, Places In A City
Clothes Speaking Game – ESL Vocabulary Board
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Board game for speaking practice: players move from Start to Finish and answer a clothing question on each space, such as what they like to wear to a birthday party.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Clothes, Routine, Habits, Speaking Game, ESL Games, Small Group, Language Development, Speaking Skills, Literacy, Board Game
CLOTHES: Word Games with Puzzles Crossword Wordsearch Anagram
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Clothing word puzzles for 14 words, from shirt and skirt to sweater vest and beanie, practiced through anagrams, a crossword, a matching page and a word search.
Author WORDS ASIDE
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Tags Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia, Literacy Center, Flash Cards, Anagram, Word Search, Wordwall, Community, Clothes, Words Aside
Collaboration Worksheet
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The page explains that learners should follow group rules while reading a text aloud or discussing a topic. Four identical monitoring forms each provide space for a name and five observable collaboration behaviours. Stars can be filled as a student takes turns, responds to questions, asks questions, remains on topic, and respects others’ ideas. The design supports real-time observation of participation rather than a written reflection or content quiz.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Speaking And Listening
Clothes Cut & Glue – Vocabulary Matching Activity
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English clothing vocabulary is practiced by cutting out sixteen word labels and gluing each beneath its matching illustration.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Cut, Glue, Clothes, Matching, Words
Daily Routines Speaking Game – ESL Board Game
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A printable board game runs thirty daily-routine conversation questions along a path from Start to Finish for ESL speaking practice.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Speaking Game, Speaking Skills, Language Activities, Board Game, Small Group, Whole Group, Dice Games, Literacy, ESL, Conversation Starters
Doubling Spelling Rule - 1:1:1 Rule with Suffix -ing
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Spelling worksheet on the 1:1:1 doubling rule: students check whether base words such as swim, clap and kick have one syllable, one vowel and one final consonant, then add -ing with the correct spelling.
Author JkGlobal Connections- Structured Literacy for Reading Success
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Tags Scaffolding, English Langeuage Learners, Dyslexia, Sructured Lieracy, Orton-gillingham, Spelling Rules
Draw My Monster – Fun ESL Game for Young Learners
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An eight-page ESL listen-and-draw lesson has classmates describe a monster while a student draws without seeing the reference, followed by vocabulary review and paired practice.
Author The Laughing Linguist
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Tags ESL Game, Low Prep, ELL, Games, Fun, Teacher Monster Game, Monster Draw Game, Monster Drawing Game, Esl Drawing
Elicit v. Illicit | Advanced Lesson Plan
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The lesson targets two visually similar words that differ in both grammatical role and meaning. A comparison page distinguishes a verb meaning to draw out or evoke from an adjective describing something unlawful or disallowed. Learners then choose the appropriate form in context and judge whether usage is correct, moving from definition to application and editing. Completed exercises support review,.
Author TEAM TEFL
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Tags Word Uses, Verbs, Adjectives, Grammar Lesson, ESL, Illicit Elicit, Illicit And Elicit
English-Italian Action Verbs – ESL Vocabulary Cards
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Action-verb cards present beginner vocabulary in English and Italian. Each card keeps the paired terms together, allowing learners to connect the same action across the two languages. The repeated card format supports sorting, oral recall, and direct comparison of the bilingual verb set without adding unrelated grammar instruction. Eight pages divide the vocabulary into manageable card groups, giving each action enough visual space for direct recognition before bilingual retrieval.
Author Homeschoolingprints
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Tags Action Verbs, English, Italian, Verbs, Sight Words, ESL, Vocabulary, Flashcards, For Beginners
English Spelling Alphabet & Common Titles
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An ESL PowerPoint lesson teaches the English spelling (letter-name) alphabet, the NATO-style radio alphabet, and common personal titles, building to guided dialogues practicing how to spell one's own name aloud.
Author Learning Resources Producer
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Tags English, Alphabet, Spelling, Titles, Conversation, Dialogues, Speaking, Lesson, English Spelling Alphabet
ESL-EFL-TESOL-TEFL Fantasy Genre Storytelling Cards
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Fantasy storytelling cards for ESL and EFL speaking practice, each labelled with a character, creature, object or idea such as a unicorn, a witcher, a magic wand or courage. Students pick cards and build a story aloud around them.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, EFL, TESOL, TEFL, Flash Cards, Game, Storytelling, Speaking, Fantasy, Activity
ESL Lesson on Marvel and Superheroes + Listening + Writing
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Marvel superheroes carry an ESL slide lesson from picture-description warm-ups through a Stan Lee listening comprehension with linked video to a closing choice of three essay prompts.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, EFL, Lesson Plan, Listening, Writing, Essay
ESL Movie Guide on "Frankenstein" - Guillermo del Toro
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A three-page response frame for language learners watching del Toro's Frankenstein: a credits header, a ten-word bank with meanings, ten labelled character boxes from Victor to Professor Krempe, a timeline, opinion frames and an in-role diary task.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, Movie Guide, Films, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Halloween, Worksheets, Printable
ESL Movie Guide - Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
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The guide opens with fields for identifying the film's director and genre, then provides spaces to record information about central characters. A final open response invites learners to describe a favourite scene and continue reflecting on the movie. The limited writing prompts make the resource approachable for supported language practice. Teachers can use sentence frames or oral rehearsal before learners complete the longer response independently.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, Movie Guide, Films, Pirates, Disney, Caribbeans, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Worksheets
ESL Movie Guide Worksheets - Horton Hears a Who! - Dr. Seuss
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The opening page prompts learners to identify the film’s director, genre, cast, and release year. A second page provides dedicated spaces for describing principal characters, encouraging viewers to collect traits or actions while watching. The final response asks learners to choose a favourite scene and explain the choice in extended writing. Protected film dialogue, plot answers, personal names, and exact completed responses do not appear in this description.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags ESL, English Second Language, English, Movie Guide, Films, Animated Films, Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears A Who!, Worksheets, Writing Activity