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  • Present Continuous: Actions Right Now (PDF)

    Present Continuous: Actions Right Now (PDF)

    The Present Continuous is the tense English uses for what’s happening at this moment: The teacher is standing at the whiteboard, Two students are talking in the corner, Look! It’s snowing outside. The form is straightforward (am/is/are + verb-ing), but the -ing spelling rules trip learners up early — write → writing (drop -e), run → running (double consonant), study → studying (no change), lie → lying (-ie → -y). And the signal words (now, right now, at the moment, today, Look!, Listen!) anchor every example.

    This worksheet builds A1–A2 confidence with the Present Continuous through picture description and gap-fill in real-time contexts. Students describe what is happening in a busy classroom scene, drill the -ing spelling rules, and form yes/no questions and negatives.

    What’s inside:

    • Grammar Box with form, -ing spelling rules (default, drop -e, double consonant, -ie → -y), and signal words
    • Picture description: five named characters in a busy classroom — write what each one is doing
    • Open production: write one negative and one yes/no question about the same picture
    • Gap-fill (10 items): present continuous form including two-gap question layout and a have fixed-expression item
    • Full Answer Key with model answers plus Teacher Notes on the -ing spelling drill and mime-game extension

    Common mistakes addressed: wrong -ing spelling (runing, lieing, writeing), missing auxiliary (I working now), and confusion between have as state verb (~~I am having a car~~) and have in fixed expressions (I’m having lunch).

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A1–A2, in beginner and pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Picture-description tasks of exactly this kind appear in Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Speaking, where candidates describe everyday scenes using the continuous. Part of the Present Tenses collection — the natural sibling is Present Simple: Daily Routines, which builds the habit-tense foundation that anchors the simple-vs-continuous distinction.

  • Prepositions of Time and Place: At / In / On (PDF)

    Prepositions of Time and Place: At / In / On (PDF)

    The three most overworked prepositions in English do double duty for time and place. At signals specific times and points (at 9 a.m., at noon, at the weekend) and specific locations (at the office, at reception, at 22 Park Street). In signals months, years, seasons, parts of the day (in March, in 2019, in summer, in the morning) and enclosed spaces, cities, countries (in the meeting room, in London, in Germany). On signals days and dates (on Monday, on 14 March, on my birthday) and surfaces, floors, streets, transport (on the third floor, on Oxford Street, on the bus). A short list of fixed expressions sits on top (at home, at work, in bed, in hospital, on time, in time).

    This worksheet builds A1–A2 control of the three core prepositions through calendar, address, and routine-based gap-fill.

    What’s inside:

    • Grammar Box with the at/in/on split for time and place, plus the fixed-phrase exceptions
    • Time gap-fill: complete dates, times, and time periods with the correct preposition
    • Place gap-fill: complete location sentences with the correct preposition
    • Mental-model recap: specific point = at, enclosed space = in, surface or day = on
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes on at the weekend (BrE) vs on the weekend (AmE)

    Common mistakes addressed: in + day (in Monday), on + month (on March), at + city (at Berlin), and in + transport (in the bus).

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A1–A2, in beginner and pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Prepositional accuracy is central to Cambridge A2 Key (KET) in Writing and Speaking — the first marker examiners use to distinguish A1 from A2. Part of the Prepositions collection — the natural next step is Prepositions of Movement, which moves from static location into route description.

  • Listening: A Weather Forecast (PDF)

    Listening: A Weather Forecast (PDF)

    Weather forecasts are the most predictable listening genre in everyday English — and one of the most useful for A1–A2 learners building survival comprehension. The text in this worksheet covers a typical short forecast: tomorrow’s weather across regions, temperatures in Celsius, expected conditions (sunny intervals, scattered showers, strong winds, possible thunderstorms), and a short outlook for the rest of the week. Learners practise catching specific data (numbers, places, conditions) against a backdrop of formulaic phrasing.

    This worksheet builds A1–A2 listening comprehension through a weather-forecast audio.

    What’s inside:

    • A short weather-forecast audio (~2 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with weather and forecast terms
    • Detail-finding items: catch the temperature, region, and conditions
    • Multiple-choice comprehension for overall outlook
    • Production task: prepare your own short forecast for tomorrow
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Numbers and temperatures are the central A1–A2 trap — 13°C vs 30°C at speed. Weather adjectives in connected speech: sunny intervals, light showers, gusty winds. Regional names spoken quickly may need repeated listening.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A1–A2, in beginner classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Listening Part 1. Part of the Everyday Listening collection — the natural next step is Directions in a City, which extends weather listening into transactional dialogue.

  • Weather Vocabulary and Expressions (PDF)

    Weather Vocabulary and Expressions (PDF)

    Weather vocabulary is one of the most universal small-talk topics in English-speaking culture — and one of the most-needed survival skills. Sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy, foggy, hot, warm, cool, cold, freezing, mild anchor the basic adjective range. Rain, snow, storm, thunder, lightning, hail, shower, drizzle, breeze, gale extend the noun range. Temperature, degrees, forecast, climate, season round out the meta-vocabulary. Together, this is the vocabulary every A1–A2 learner needs to read forecasts, make travel decisions, and participate in everyday weather-based small talk.

    This worksheet builds A1–A2 fluency with weather vocabulary in forecast and conversational contexts.

    What’s inside:

    • Vocabulary box with 25+ weather terms (adjectives, nouns, expressions)
    • Picture-matching task for visual anchoring
    • Weather-forecast gap-fill
    • Small-talk dialogue completion (Lovely day, isn’t it?, Bit chilly today)
    • Personalised production: describe today’s weather and your typical weather where you live

    Common challenges: Adjective vs noun forms — rain (noun) vs rainy (adjective): it is raining (verb), it is rainy (adjective), there is rain (noun). False friends in temperature: German kühl maps to cool (slightly cold), but English cool can also mean “good, fashionable” — context matters. British weather small talk is conventional: Looks like rain (= it might rain), Lovely weather we’re having! often ironic.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A1 to A2, in beginner and pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Weather vocabulary is core to Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Listening and Speaking. Part of the Travel & Geography collection — the natural next step is Travel and Transport Vocabulary, which extends weather conditions into the journey-and-transport dimension.

  • Food and Drink Basic Vocabulary (PDF)

    Food and Drink Basic Vocabulary (PDF)

    Food and drink basic vocabulary is one of the most-needed lexical areas for survival English. Bread, butter, milk, cheese, water, juice, coffee, tea, chicken, fish, rice, pasta, vegetables, fruit, salad anchor the everyday range. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack organise the meals. Sweet, savoury, spicy, salty, sour, bitter describe the tastes. Together, the worksheet builds the foundational food lexis every A1–A2 learner needs to handle restaurants, shops, and conversations about meals.

    This worksheet builds A1–A2 fluency with food-and-drink basic vocabulary in everyday contexts.

    What’s inside:

    • Vocabulary box with 40+ food and drink items, organised by meal and food group
    • Picture matching and labelling tasks for visual anchoring
    • Gap-fill in meal-and-restaurant dialogues
    • Personalised production: describe what you eat in a typical day
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes with food-survey extension

    Common challenges: Countable / uncountable splits are the central trap — bread, rice, pasta, cheese, milk, water, coffee are uncountable (no plural form unless you mean cups or pieces). False friends: Spanish sopa is soup not soap; Italian pepperoni are bell peppers in standard Italian but salami in American English. Some vs any governs the food question: Some bread? / Any milk?

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A1 to A2, in beginner and pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Food vocabulary is heavily tested in Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Speaking and informal-writing tasks. Part of the Food & Cooking collection — the natural next step is Food Cooking Methods and Verbs, which extends the food-item vocabulary into cooking-action language.

  • Family and Relationships Vocabulary (PDF)

    Family and Relationships Vocabulary (PDF)

    Family and relationships vocabulary covers the people every learner talks about: mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin, nephew, niece, in-laws, partner, friend, colleague, neighbour. Modern English adds the wider relationship lexis: step-sister, half-brother, ex-husband, best friend, close friend, acquaintance. Combined with descriptive adjectives (close, distant, supportive, complicated) and verb collocations (get on with, take after, fall out with), the worksheet builds the relationship-description vocabulary every A1–A2 learner needs.

    This worksheet builds A1–A2 fluency with family and relationship vocabulary in describing-and-comparing contexts.

    What’s inside:

    • Vocabulary box with 30+ family and relationship terms, plus key collocations
    • Family-tree labelling tasks
    • Gap-fill in family-description paragraphs
    • Personalised production: describe your own family and key relationships
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes with discussion extension

    Common challenges: False friends are dense in this domain — Italian parenti is relatives not parents; German Bekannte is acquaintance not known. The cousin terminology is gender-neutral in English (cousin = male or female), unlike many L1s. Step-and-half family terms can be culturally unfamiliar: step-father (mother’s new partner), half-sister (shared parent).

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A1 to A2, in beginner and pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Family vocabulary is core to Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Speaking Part 1 and informal-email Writing. Part of the Everyday Life & People collection — the natural next step is Shopping Vocabulary, which extends everyday vocabulary into transactional contexts.

  • Home and Furniture Vocabulary (PDF)

    Home and Furniture Vocabulary (PDF)

    Home and furniture vocabulary is the lexical foundation for talking about where you live: kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom, study, hallway for rooms; sofa, armchair, wardrobe, chest of drawers, bookshelf, fridge, cooker for furniture and appliances. The collection also covers high-frequency prepositions (on the floor, in the corner, next to the window, opposite the door) needed for describing position. Together, these form the vocabulary every A1–A2 learner needs to describe their home — and to handle the rental, hotel, and accommodation conversations real life demands.

    This worksheet builds A1–A2 fluency with home-and-furniture vocabulary in describing-and-comparing contexts.

    What’s inside:

    • Vocabulary box organised by room, with 40+ items
    • Picture-labelling task for furniture and appliances
    • Gap-fill in description paragraphs (a flat tour, a hotel-room description)
    • Personalised production: describe your own home or favourite room
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes with picture-description extension

    Common challenges: British/American splits trip up learners — flat (UK) vs apartment (US), wardrobe (UK) vs closet (US), cooker (UK) vs stove (US). False friends from German: Garderobe is cloakroom or hallstand, not wardrobe. Plural-vs-singular: furniture is uncountable (no a furniture, two furnitures).

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A1 to A2, in beginner and pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Home vocabulary is heavily tested in Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Speaking Part 1 and informal-email Writing. Part of the Everyday Life & People collection — the natural next step is Daily Routines Vocabulary, which extends the home setting into action-based language.

  • Icebreaker Questions First Lesson A1–A2 (PDF)

    Icebreaker Questions First Lesson A1–A2 (PDF)

    Icebreaker questions first lesson A1–A2 is the survival-English speaking toolkit for the first day with new beginner learners. The questions stay simple, concrete, and low-stakes: What’s your name? Where are you from? What do you do? What are your hobbies? What languages do you speak? What’s your favourite food? The format builds learner confidence and gives the teacher early diagnostic information.

    This worksheet provides A1–A2 icebreaker questions for first lessons.

    What’s inside:

    • 20 icebreaker questions sequenced from easier to harder
    • Pre-question vocabulary box with personal-information terms
    • Suggested follow-up patterns to extend each answer
    • Pair-work and group-work setups
    • Teacher Notes with timing and inclusivity guidance

    Common challenges: First-lesson anxiety at A1–A2 — questions designed to allow brief, low-risk answers. Cultural sensitivity: avoiding questions about age, religion, marital status that may be uncomfortable. Encouraging extended answers: Why do you like that? Tell me more.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A1–A2, in first lessons or 1:1 sessions. Supports A2 Key (KET) Speaking Part 1 preparation. Part of the Icebreakers collection — the natural next step is Icebreaker Questions First Lesson B1–B2.