Quick Fillers

Do your students make the same endless mistakes with the most basic structures? Have your revenge! This error-correction worksheet deals with Present Simple, Past Simple, Preposition and that 'interested / interesting' error which seems impossible to fix.

Ideal for Elementary and Intermediate students who you've been teaching for some time...

An easy-to-teach filler for higher level lessons.

This worksheet looks at building some vocabulary with in- un- and dis-.

The final exercise has a paragraph for rewriting - this should really challenge your students.

This worksheet can be successfully set as homework.

Great conversation cards - easy to use, and your students will really get talking about some of their more memorable experiences. The structure is superlative plus present perfect.

It only takes thirty seconds to prepare ... an ideal quick filler for an overworked ESL teacher!

Compound adjectives! An ideal way to fill a few spare minutes.

The basic structure is 'it's a two-minute walk'. Sounds easy? Not many students can do this.

Teach them to say 'I have a 15-year old brother' and other such useful English!

A mixer activity is a great way to start the new year. This worksheet can be used in the first lesson back in January.

It's very simple to set up: there are ten 'find someone who' tasks, which will get your students talking to their classmates.

We have two versions of the worksheet. One has a focus more on Christmas, and the other has an emphasis more on the holiday and New Year.

This worksheet is ideal for lower-intermediate level classes.

Students love to study idiomatic English, and this worksheet will teach five common expressions. Taking numbers as the theme, there are gap fill sentences to have your students try to guess the meanings from the context. This is followed by exercises recycling the language to help your students consolidate the new expressions. The lesson rounds off with discussion, with your students having the opportunity to use the idioms in context. This worksheet is written for intermediate levels and above.

Are you looking to clear up some common errors made by elementary learners? This worksheet is a fun way of helping your students understand some errors which they are likely to make. The target language is generally found in an elementary textbook. The Present Perfect isn't included here; we have set things at a more basic level, with emphasis on present and past tenses, prepositions, adjectives and more. You could cut the cards up or give the sheet out whole to pairs/small groups. If you're looking for something on these lines for your advanced classes, search for our other 'grammar goofs' lesson, which has much more challenging sentences!

Build your students' knowledge of idioms with this fun collection, themed by the subject of the heart! Would your students understand these expressions: - know something by heart - your heart sinks - have a heart of gold - have a change of heart - to your heart's content There are lots of different exercises, including a discussion section where your students can personalise the language. It makes a great one-off lesson. This worksheet is written for intermediate-level students.