Welcome to ESL Printables, the website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans,  activities, etc.
Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. If you want to download you have to send your own contributions.




 

biography printable worksheets, powerpoints and online exercises
order results: most downloaded first - newest first



Worksheets

Powerpoints

Online exercises


 
PAST SIMPLE: AN ACTOR�S BIOGRAPHY - GRAMMAR + WRITING
Students review the past simple in order to complete Jim Carrey�s and Keenu Reeves�s biography. I�d like to thank Bruna Dutra for the template.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Shakira�s Biography + Activities
Worksheet about Shakira�s biography with exercises about the text and exercises about relative pronouns.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
How to write- a biography
One more worksheet of my writing guide series. Information about William Shakespeare are given so that students can write a short biography, practising the Past Simple tense.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: worksheet

 


 
Martin Luther King Jr. A 5 minute Biography
This is a video script and questions made to stimulate conversation. The link for the video is included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: others

 


 
Biography cards
Who was I? Cards with information about famous dead celebrities in order to create an activity were the students have to interview the card holder to guess who is celebrity is.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: activity-card

 


 
Pele Biography
Reading comprehension activities based on a biography of the famous soccer player, Pele. 2 pages. I think the level is about upper elementary to pre-intermediate. Activities include adjectives, punctuation, vocab matching, and past tense verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Verb Tense Practice: What do you know about Celine Dion?
STUDENTS LIKE DOING THINGS! AN ACTIVE LEARNER IS A PRODUCTIVE LEARNER! I used this in my class as a warm-up before working with a Celine Dion song. First, we brainstormed everything we knew about the singer. Then Ss worked cooperatively to complete this bio sheet about Dion determining which verbs go where and which tense to use. The answer key ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Writing a Biography
Writing a short biography
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Biography Writing
An easy worksheet to make students write a short biography (they just need to fill in a text with missing words) - key included
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: worksheet

 


 
VIDEO . MARTIN LUTHER KING BIOGRAPHY
Students complete Martin Luther King biography watching 2 short videos on youtube. ( 16 dates for 16 events to find ) Links and answer key are given. Pictures can be used to comment upon important events in MLK�s life
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Roald Dahl
A worksheet to test the comprehension of a Biography. This one is on Roald Dahl. Students have to read the biography and rewrite the info in the grid.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Henry Ford Biography
This is a listening and speaking lesson on the life of Henry Ford. The YouTube video links are included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: others

 


 
Marilyn Monroe biography
A reading comprehension about Marilyn MOnroe. The students have to read and complete the grid with information found in the text. By the way, the text is not mine, I found it on different Internet sites.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading

 


 
pairwork : Agatha Christie
Used as an introduction to my lesson about detective writers. Students have to find the missing information about Agatha Christie.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Winston Churchill biography
I use this biography as an exercise : the pupils need to use the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. So, they do a simple exercise but at the same time they read and write a text.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet

 

 


Biography cloze competition 2
• 1. Send a group member to pick a biography from the 6 different biographies. • ; 2. Every student has 10 minutes to do the cloze exercises. • 3. Use 2 minutes to check the answers in the group and get the final answer. • 4. Choose a representative to speak out the 15 answers. • 5. Explain the meaning of 5 key wor...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Bjork
A short biography of Icelandic singer Bjork. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


CHER
BIOGRAPHY: CHER
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Biography
it just an example
Level: elementary
Age: 9-11
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Selena�s biography
Hope you and your students like it
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Jaime Escalante
Jaime Escalante was a teacher in California who came from Bolivia. This tells about his career in teaching and the inspiration he gave his students. He helped his students achieve goals beyond expectation.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Jeremy Sumpter�s biography
For pre-teens and teens as well. My students were told to write about their favourite actor, and two of them chose Jeremy Sumpter whose Peter Pan�s role was the best ever!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Michail Glinka
Brief Biography and Career of Michail Glinka
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


biography cloze exercise 1
• 1. Send a group member to pick a biography from the 6 different biographies. • ; 2. Every student has 10 minutes to do the cloze exercises. • 3. Use 2 minutes to check the answers in the group and get the final answer. • 4. Choose a representative to speak out the 15 answers. • 5. Explain the meaning of 5 key wor...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


ROBERT DOWNEY�S BIOGRAPHY
HERE YOU HAVE ROBERT DOWNEY�S BIOGRAPHY. PLEASE ENJOY IT. IT HAS 3 PARTS
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


BARRY MANILOW
BIOGRAPHY: BARRY MANILOW
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


biography of Joan Mir� and pictures
this is a powerpoint is for art teachers. You can find the biography of Joan Mir� artist and his pictures. If you like I have a powerpoint with more artists.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Biography
This is a biography of a famous chilean painter.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Justin Bieber Quiz
Used in song class as a warmer before listening to a Bieber song. Divided students into teams and had them race to guess correctly. Great activity to introduce Bieber to the class and see how much your students already know about this famous individual. Enjoy. Answers included in powerpoint. Images and effects on each slide. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


How to write a short biography
A short guide on how to write a biography about an artist/band.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-15
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page: [<< previous ] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 [ Next >>]

 

Live Worksheets
Worksheets that listen. Worksheets that speak. Worksheets that motivate students. Worksheets that save paper, ink and time.


Advertise here