Gossip – reported speech lesson plan This lesson takes the theme of gossip to explore the grammar of reported speech. This plan doesn’t include a formal explanation of the grammar of reported speech so how you approach… Office Gossip

Suggestion box – first and second conditionals This is a fun way to review the first and second conditionals, this activity obviously works best if you edit the materials in the worksheet to be more… Making Suggestions

What job should I do? This activity is based on an exercise in a book for job seekers to help them identify rewarding career paths. Make a list of character traits such as these: reliable… Changing Careers

Describing graphs – using the present perfect to talk about change Use this describing graphs worksheet to introduce talking about changes using the present perfect. Describing graphs

Simple telephone roleplay Telephone English is generally uncomplicated and straightforward, there’s a limited set of specific language which needs to be covered, the exception being conference calls which have their own set of challenges. This activity… Telephone Roleplays

This is a simple game for practising phrasal verbs. Think of six phrasal verbs that you want to practise. On the board write the six different verbs and six different prepositions in two numbered lists.… Business English Phrasal Verbs

Give pairs of students a copy of the Venn diagram. Ask them to sort the collocations below the diagram into the two areas stated in the circles. If the collocation seems to fit in both… Business Collocations

These following dialogues are split into two columns. In one column the English contains an error. Students read through the dialogue and decide for each line of dialogue which column contains the correct language. The… Parallel dialogue

Business idioms are part of daily working life. These worksheets allow your learners to see a number of business-related idioms in context. First, they should use their prior knowledge and educated guesswork to complete the… Mixed up Business Idioms

Here are some ESL activities which practise the use of quantifiers and the use of there is & there are. What’s in your fridge? – a vocabulary guessing game This is a vocabulary guessing game… Quantifiers & There is / are Activities