English as a Second Language
Each month we create eight different reading comprehensions, four made for teens and four made for kids.
View Reading PacksAre you preparing students of A2 and B1 level for their upcoming Cambridge exams and don’t know where to start with extra materials? We’ve got you covered!
View Exam ResourcesRecreate a real life escape room in your classroom with these fun, interactive escape room games designed for ESL students.
View Escape Room GamesHere you will our blog posts jampacked full of tips, tricks and ideas.
Go to the Twinkl ESL BlogThis app allows children to quickly access their vocabulary list. It can also help beginner level English learners to communicate with confidence.
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View Dual-Language ResourcesAll of our resources are made by experienced classroom teachers to guarantee you receive the best content to teach your students with. Our ESL worksheets, resources and activity sheets are written for teachers, professionals and parents to support them in effectively communicating and learning English as a second or other language.
We believe in supporting all English language teachers and learners. This includes learners from every country in the world, and from all kinds of linguistic backgrounds. We celebrate that many learners come from multi-linguistic backgrounds, and/or are learning English as one of several second languages.
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What are ESL teachers downloading? Take a look at some of our customer favourites below.
If your students love silly questions, they’ll love our conversation practice cards. Designed to get kids talking and interacting, they are a perfect five minute filler activity for the end of a class, or start an in-depth conversation. Perfect for practicing second conditional form as the answer to a ‘would you rather’ question. If you’re looking for more conversation starters for ESL students, you can also check out our Discussion Starters PowerPoint.
An essential grammar game for young beginner ESL students. Match the questions to the answers, practice answering the questions and finally, why not see if students can remember the question to the answer! Ideal for helping students remember question format in the present tense, and also for remembering their question words. This resource pack has a huge variety of options for English games.
Not sure where to start? Start here; a collection of some of our best resources and ESL games to show off in your classroom. This free pack is full of grammar activities, vocabulary word mats, and we’ve even put in some classroom displays for you, too.
Always wanted a beautiful classroom? We have so many options, but this poster is a great place to start. Colourful and beautifully designed, you’ll be able to use it for every class to reinforce months and seasons vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation.
A great every day resource to brighten your classroom, even when it’s raining outside. This is perfect for reinforcing weather vocabulary and engaging students at the start of a lesson by building routine. A fantastic five minute English game.
Have you sung ‘heads, shoulders, knees and toe’ five hundred times? This worksheet is a new way for learners to practice their body part vocabulary. Plus, they’ll practice the verb ‘have’. Extend it further by asking students to practice the question form ‘how many’.
No less than 46 reading comprehension activities, ideal for B1 - B2 level students. A wide range of topics from earthquakes and the moon to Gandhi and Usain Bolt. Ready to go into the classroom for an exam preparation reading activity or as a way to engage students in a new topic. Plus, you can choose your level; lower, middle and higher ability for pre-intermediate, intermediate and upper-intermediate classes.
Teaching tenses? Start students out with this enjoyable English game to match past and present (or past, present and future) irregular verbs. Memory games and competitions will help students remember those tricky irregulars, and help them develop a sense of the past tense form. That’s why both teachers and students love them.
Perfect for practicing present simple questions and food vocabulary. Beautifully designed cards that get young students communicating their likes and dislikes in English.
A fantastic first reading text for your young ESL students. This book is all about diversity and celebrating what makes us unique. Plus, it’s instantly downloadable and ready to go.
If you’re looking for tips and ideas, head on over to our ESL blog page - we’ve even made you lesson plans so you’re ready to go into the classroom.