Quick Fillers

This worksheet is a great way of building knowledge of some of the most common phrasal verbs.

It deals with: 'come across', 'put off', 'put on' and 'take up'.

There is a conversation, practice exercises, and a discussion section, which allows students to personalise the language.

This crossword is a great way to build intermediate students' vocabulary. It teaches some stronger (polite) adjectives which are common in everyday conversation.

Vocabulary taught includes: hilarious, tragic, dire, boiling, freezing and so on.

Phrasal verb worksheet for business English. However, it's not too technical for general English lessons. There's lots of practice of important phrasal verbs used in business.

Expressions studied include:

• go under (bankruptcy)
• wind up a company
• take over a rival company
• take on new staff
• get by (manage)
• put off doing something
• step down as CEO

This worksheet is for upper-intermediate and above, although you can adjust it for lower levels by pre-teaching more vocabulary.

Some great business English here for more advanced students. Vocabulary taught includes 'go over', 'sort out', 'fall through' and 'count on'.

It's a great way of building additional vocabulary.

This worksheet is a good mixer activity for the first lesson back after a Christmas / New Year break. It reviews common past simple and future 'going to' structures. It also has vocabulary and collocation practice.

This worksheet is for elementary to pre-intermediate level students.

It's a great first lesson back for the new year!

This is the elementary version of our 'directions' worksheet. Can your students understand basic directions? This worksheet is great for your lower-level students. Ideal for students who are going abroad, or just as a thirty-minute break from the textbook...

This is a great filler wordsearch. There are sixteen pieces of furniture hidden in the grid. Can your students find them? This wordsearch is not quite as easy as it looks, and is a splendid way of filling a spare twenty minutes in an elementary-level lesson.

One difficulty for lower-level students is dealing with all the different meanings of 'How'. These cards practice some of the most common questions. They cover the following: 'How Often', 'How Much', 'How Many', 'How Well', 'How Good', 'How Much Time' and more. These cards are good for Present Simple practice, and they also help build fluency and confidence, even at an early stage.