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What's In Your Fridge?
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students collaborate with a classmate to discuss the 14 food items listed. Students talk about whether they have "a lot" or "a few" of the items in their refrigerator. Students also use the words...
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ESL Conversation: Advice Mingle Activity
In this ESL advice mingle activity worksheet, students move around the classroom asking their classmates for advice on problems they may have. They may also use the 20 problems listed on the worksheet.
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Picture Differences
In this ESL conversation learning exercise, students examine 2 similar color pictures of the lobby of a hotel. Students work with a partner to describe the two pictures to each other and identify the differences.
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Is There A TV..?
In this ESL common household items vocabulary instructional activity, students practice conversation by asking classmates if they have any of the 12 items in their homes. Some of the questions are confusing.
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Tom's Day: ESL Conversations
In this ESL reading and conversation activity, students read a short passage about the daily routine of a man named Tom. Students discuss the story and talk about their own daily routines. Note: Part of Tom's daily routine is drinking...
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Dream Questionnaire
In this ESL dream questionnaire worksheet, students practice conversation by working with another students to find out something about his/her dreams. Students ask and answer 10 questions.
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Find Someone Who..
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students mingle with classmates to find names of students who can answer "yes" to one of the 25 questions. All questions have the words "got" or "get."
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What I Do Every Day
In this ESL daily routines worksheet, students use the empty grid to record their daily routine on each of the 7 days of the week in the morning, afternoon and evening. Students talk about the worksheets.
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Can I Ask You...?
In this ESL conversation worksheet, learners survey classmates by asking 11 questions about personal information or preferences.
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Conversation for ESL Students
In this ESL conversation and surveying worksheet, students practice speaking skills by asking classmates 12 questions. Students write the answers to the personal information survey, and share answers with classmates.
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Do You....?
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students collaborate to interview classmates about the 7 topics illustrated by a picture. All questions will be answered yes/no.
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Find Out About Your Partner's...
In this ESL leisure time conversation learning exercise, students practice oral speaking skills by collaborating with a partner in completing the learning exercise. Students ask and answer questions about personal preferences and leisure...
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Fruit Survey
In this ESL survey worksheet, students practice conversation skills by collaborating with classmates in a survey. Students examine 7 pictures of fruit and survey 3 classmates as to whether or not they like each fruit.
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ESL Conversations: Inventions and Inventors
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students work in pairs to ask questions in the passive form. Students use the sentences provided and change them to passive questions. All pertain to inventions. It is unclear if students are to answer...
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Family
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of family members and a question that relates to it. Students collaborate with a partner to ask and answer these questions about family.
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The Old House
In this ESL conversation learning exercise, students read a report on the condition of an old house that needs repairing. In small groups or in partners, students discuss what needs to be done to repair the house.
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Halloween Survey
In this ESL conversation survey worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of Halloween scary creatures. Students ask each other if they are scared of this thing and record the answers of their classmates.
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I Was Going to Sell My Car...
In this ESL conversation activity, students work in collaboration with classmates to put halves of sentences together. Students cut apart the strips and circulate through the class and find complete sentences by orally reading their...
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Find Someone Who (Routines)
In this ESL conversation worksheet, learners circulate among classmates and ask 7 questions. Students find someone who fits the criteria in each question. Example: Find someone who wakes up at 6 o'clock in the morning.
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Communication--Conversation
In this communication and conversation worksheet, students web out the skills they think people need to have to be able to have successful conversations.
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Telephone Speed Dating
Students who are in an English learning classroom review everyday conversation by playing a speed dating-style game in which they sit back-to-back with another person, talk to them, and then in a relatively short amount of time, move...
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Perspectives in Writing
Students consider various perspectives in writing and write a short story. They view a painting and discuss its theme and the idea of personification as perspective. Choosing three different viewpoints, they write a story about the...
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Keep The Ball Rolling
Young scholars are introduced to new vocabulary associated with a topic of their choice. In partners, they are to keep the conversation going by using the new vocabulary and proper tenses. They are graded based on a rubric given to them...
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Better Lesson: Accountable Talk Introduction
Learning to engage in collaborative conversations allows children to learn about their world, to become familiar with words, and to build a solid foundation for the development of reading and writing skills. This lesson introduces rules...