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.

 

 

English worksheets  > contributions by lilianarota

 

The author



lilianarota
liliana rota
Italy



Points: 53147

 


order results: newest first - most downloaded first - alphabetically random order

 

Printables

 

PowerPoints

Online exercises


 
Pictures and proverbs
The aim of this activity is to make students learn to describe pictures by answering true/false questions. The topic is proverbs. The level pre-intermediate.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 142


 
Present continuous
A revision of a difficult grammar topic.The level is pre-intermediate.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1039


 
Practising present continuous
A set of amusing and easy exercises on the present continuous
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 286


 
Great women
To colleagues who downloaded my "Great people": you noticed there wasn�t a single woman in that sheet,didn�t you? I�ve now found the answer. Let students know about women�s importance not only as teachers but in all fields.Pre-intermediate, intermediate levels. Key: The short texts about the great women have the same numbers as the pictures(in cas...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 301


 
Articles: a, an, the
Articles: brief explanations and plenty of exercises.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 383


 
computer language
A ws to improve vocabulary and to learn computer terminology.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 295


 
The present tense
Exercises on the present tense, simple and continuous.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 313


 
Present simple and continuous (2)
An amusing revision of the present tense. I sometimes use this as a competition. Students work in pairs and the pair who finishes the task more quickly is the winner. The level is pre-intermediate.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 621


 
Comparatives
Plenty of exercises on comparatives.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 558


 
CLOTHES
A WS TO IMPROVE THE VOCABULARY OF CLOTHES
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 202

 


The Victorian Age
A reduced version(the original one was too heavy because of pictures) of the PPT I use with my students to get them acquainted with this complex and important period of English Literature.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 38


Ludwig Van Beethoven
While listening to The Eroica Symphony, students read the biography of the great composer, take notes and answer the questions provided. Language activity and content learning.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 23


Arthur Miller�s Death of a salesman , 1949
A ppt to be used after reading the play by Miller or/and watching the film by Schlondorf . It�s meant to help the student�s focus on the main points and to prepare their final commentary and analysis.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 16


Introducing LORD OF THE FLIES
A short but effective introduction to one of the most important books in contemporary English literature.

Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 36


Three keywords from The Dead , Dubliners, by James Joyce
The present PPt focuses on three keywords in the final story of Dubliners, the Dead. It helps students to think about its deep meaning and to talk about it from another angle, in order to to better understand it and the whole collection.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 14


Maslow�s Pyramid
A useful illustration of people�s main needs. I use it in connection with some literary works. Valuable for educators in general.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 8


Surviving on a desert island
An amusing activity to introduce one of the themes of LORD OF THE FLIES. It can also be used as a lexis-teaching unit.

Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 12


Mother and child
Presentation intended to stimulate students on the theme of mother�s love through paintings from different ages. A few notes on surrealism.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 22


Extract from A portrait of the artist as a young man, James Joyce
The ppt allows students to read the description of the meeting between the protagonist and the girl on the beach in the novel mentioned. During the presentation I play "Grieg�s the morning". I uploaded it but I don�t think it works . You should have your own music device.Any kind of melody will do. ...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 10


Ice sculptures
A comprehension lesson made up of three parts: a reading, grammar exercises on the past tense and a riddle.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Downloads: 16


THE SUPERLATIVE STORY
A story as an amusing way to revise superlatives.

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100


Fruit and vegetables
Crosswords to learn new fruit and vegetables and revise easier ones.

Level: elementary
Age: 7-100


If you didn�t do those things.
A short video and some exercises to practise the conditional, type 2.

Level: intermediate
Age: 8-100


a good teacher
A picture story followed by true false and questions

Level: elementary
Age: 7-12


Young Frankenstein, the hermit scene
A hilarious scene from this cult movie. I show my students this parody after we�ve read Mary Shelley�s novel and we�ve talked about the meaning of parodies.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100


ACTIVITIES IN THE OPEN AIR
A PLEASANT REVISION OF THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS.

Level: elementary
Age: 8-14


GRAN TORINO, true or false.
A listening comprehension, using the trailer of the masterpiece Gran Torino with and by Clint Eastwood.

Level: advanced
Age: 10-100


two fables
Reading time for comprehension and to exercise making questions.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100


Expressing Obligation
An use-of-English activity to revise modals.

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100


PRESENT PERFECT
Exercises on the use of the present perfect.

Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100