This is a great lesson to use with pre-intermediate students. Though parts of it can be used with beginner students and as a review for more advanced students. The point of this lesson is to give students the ability to differentiate between similar-looking adjectives in English. When teaching adjectives ending in –ed and –ing you will cover words like boring and bored which tend to confuse new speakers. So if you find that one of your students is struggling with adjectives this is the right lesson to teach.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Our new ESL Lesson Plan teaches about the use of two important pronouns – Anybody Nobody. A robust lesson plan with clear description, examples and practice opportunities, this is an engaging lesson that will help your students understand the use of these pronouns. The lesson is designed for Level B1 (pre-intermediate).If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

When to teach this lesson?This lesson is designed to teach to students at a pre-Intermediate level. This means that they have mastered basic language skills and familiarity with plural nouns, a/an, frequency, and time. Before starting this lesson, students should have a solid understanding of how to use the present simple tense. They should be starting to use the past and future tenses as well. This lesson can be used to introduce the difference between the articles a/an and the. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This is a great lesson to use with your pre-Intermediate students that are looking to practice speaking, reading, and grammar skills. Also, this is a fantastic lesson to use as a review with students moving to the intermediate level. Since this resource involves several speaking activities, you can rest assured that it is useful in larger classroom settings and for one on one tutoring.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This lesson plan on pets is designed to introduce students to new vocabulary words. However, throughout the lesson they will practice speaking, reading and listening; they will have ample opportunities to formulate sentences independently. This lesson plan allows students to use the most common vocabulary items related to common pets, including what they eat and how to care for them. It also allows students to use the vocabulary in context and raise awareness about how this vocabulary is used in daily language.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This is the first of two lessons on how to teach adverbs. This lesson is designed for pre-intermediate students that have existing knowledge of the present simple and present continuous. It is great for teachers to introduce students to the form of adverbs and adverbs as used after verbs. This lesson is straightforward and logical so that your student can develop an understanding of how to use adverbs in conversation and writing.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This lesson plan is perfect for practicing and developing speaking skills. With that being said, you should use it with a student(s) at a pre-intermediate level in English. This essentially means that a student can engage in short, unplanned conversations about everyday life. Essentially this lesson provides a student with the opportunity to ask and answer questions about life in Australia. Don’t forget, this lesson is perfect to use with individual students or groups.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Advisability – ShouldAlso designed for pre-intermediate ESL students, this lesson plan guides teachers and students through the use of the modal verbs should and shouldn’t for suggestions, duties, responsibilities and/or expectations. Students will also practise forming questions and speak using should to express expectations. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Necessity – Must and have toDesigned for pre-intermediate students, this lesson plan introduces the concept of necessity using must and have to. It also features gap-fill exercises and activities that allow students to express opinions in English. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Requests – Would, could, can, may and mightThis lesson plan focuses on using the subject I to ask for permission and make requests. As well, it covers using you as the subject to make polite requests. It also outlines formal and informal ways to use these specific modal verbs. This is a great lesson plan for you to use with pre-intermediate students and as a review for intermediate students. If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

When should this lesson be used?“My Apartment” is a speaking lesson plan download designed to use with pre-intermediate students. Prior to using this speaking lesson plan download, I suggest you introduce your students to vocabulary that describes typical features of a city and apartment. This lesson should be used with students that are familiar with the present simple tense. By the end of the lesson a student should be able to use the present simple to talk about an apartment.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

The lesson is designed for Level B1 (pre-intermediate).When should you teach the My Family House lesson?One of the best ways to personalize your ESL lessons is to encourage students to talk about themselves. This lesson is perfect for group or individual ESL lessons, and will create conversations about different types of houses. The lesson is suitable for pre-intermediate students (B1 on the CEFR scale), and can be taught to children, teenagers and adults.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

What students will learn about superlative adjectives?In this lesson students will learn how to:use the form of the superlative, including the irregular superlatives: best, worst, and furthest. use the  + the superlative: diamond is the hardest natural material in the world.use the prepositions in and of with groups and time periods: it was the most popular song of the 1980s.use one of the +  superlative plural noun + preposition: it’s one of the biggest cities in Asia.Before you teach, keep in mind: for short adjectives, we make the superlative by adding —est (shortest). For long adjectives, we make the superlative with most (most interesting).If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

To help your students identify the Future Continuous, they will be asked to look at a timeline and compare the following sentences:Sally is preparing her swimming gear now.Sally will start her training session at noon.At 12:30 pm, she will be swimming.The final sentence is in the Future Continuous. This tense is used to describe an event that will be in progress at a specific time in the future. In this case, the action is “swimming” and the specific time in the future is “12:30 pm”. Importantly, this lesson will focus on talking about events that are already underway in the future.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This pre-intermediate lesson plan starts with a review of some already familiar vocabulary like yesterday, tomorrow and next year. The lesson continues by introducing the featured adverbs of time. Then, students will have ample opportunity to practice using the target vocabulary. I love using these activities as review in later lessons as well. By the end of the lesson, your students will have a clearer understanding of adverbs of time. They’ll leave class feeling confident enough to begin using them in everyday conversation.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

When to start teaching gerunds?As I mentioned before, I used this lesson with a pre-intermediate student and I think this is a great place to start. Regardless of the age of the student, if his/her/their proficiency is pre-intermediate then learning and teaching gerunds will be fun for all of you. Keep in mind that students at this level should have a general idea of how to read, write, speak and understand English; this lesson will help improve these skills.The purpose of this lesson is for students to practice verbs that are followed by gerunds or infinitives with no change in meaning. They will also learn how to determine when to use gerunds or infinitives. Moreover, they will work on answering questions using two sentences: one with the gerund and one with the infinitive. Students will also have the opportunity to create their questions, it’s really fun to see what they come up with. By the end of this lesson, students will be able to make logical sentences using several verbs including love, like, hate, prefer, can’t bear, can’t stand, begin, start and continue.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

This lesson is designed to incorporate speaking, listening, reading, vocabulary and grammar practice. Since introducing the passive to ESL students can be difficult, make sure you remain patient while teaching. To teach more effectively,  be sure to refer to the given teacher notes.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.