This is a quick and simple warm-up activity for students to practice spelling country names in English.
Students are shown 11 country flags and must write down the names of as many as they can in 3 minutes. The PowerPoint slide has a built in timer that will play music and show a progress bar for 3 minutes. A bell will ring when time is up.
The next slides show the flags and the spellings for each. Letters will appear one by one as you click, so you can spell the country names out together as a class.
The last slide has a summary of all the flags and country names.
This activity takes about 8 minutes.
Most of my 5th grade EFL students in Korea were able to write about 4 out of 11 from memory (the U.S., the U.K., Korea, and Canada), but a few of them got several more. I gave out prizes to anyone who could get 5 or more correct.
This EFL/ESL worksheet is a “pyramid puzzle” where students must use simple arithmetic to complete a cipher that will reveal an English conversation. This worksheet targets the key expressions “What did you do” and “I went on a trip,” so it works for lessons related to past tense verbs and talking about the past.
The back page is a just a simple maze to keep students busy for a little longer in case they finish early.
It’s double-sided on A4 paper, so make sure when you print, it’s set to two-sided, flip on the long edge! Or you can choose not to include the back page.
You can download students versions with either English or Korean instructions and the answer sheet below.
This ESL/EFL worksheet reviews various beginner English phrases and expressions! Students fill in the blanks, then draw lines to connect each sentence with the corresponding response.
This is specifically designed to review the first semester of the YBM (Kim) Grade 5 curriculum in Korea (lessons 1-6).
This worksheet is designed as a half sheet on A4 paper, so you will need to cut the pages in half.
It’s double-sided, so make sure when you print, it’s set to two-sided, flip on the short edge!
You can download students versions with either English or Korean instructions and the answer sheet below.
This is a worksheet targeting English words and phrases in the past tense, specifically for Korean speakers as it relies on using Korean translations.
This sheet aligns with the YBM elementary grade 5 curriculum, lesson 7 “I Went on a Trip,” and targets key words and phrases from this lesson.
The first section is matching English phrases with their corresponding Korean translations. In the second section, students must complete the question in English based on the Korean translation provided.
The third part focuses on converting present tense English verbs to past tense, which is the most important section for my students because sometimes they will memorize phrases without understanding when a verb is in past or present tense.
In the last section, similarly to the second section, students must complete the sentence in English based on the Korean translation provided.
This worksheet is designed as a half sheet on A4 paper, so you will need to cut the pages in half. The student version and answer key is below.
I like to pair this sheet with my other lesson 7 sheet: Nature Word Search. Here is a version of the PDF with both sheets together, so you can print it double-sided and cut in half for a longer activity.
This is a word search that targets nature-related vocabulary such as mountain, beach, forest, waterfall, river, lake, sea. There is also a writing practice exercise to practice finishing sentences with past tense verb forms.
There is a version for Korean speaking learners and an English only version, but they are slightly different!
This worksheet aligns with the YBM elementary grade 5 curriculum, lesson 7 “I Went on a Trip.” The version for Korean speakers has Korean vocabulary translations and a fill in the blank exercise that specifically targets phrases used in this lesson.
The English only version does not include any translations, and the bottom writing practice section is more open ended, inviting students to try finishing the sentences using the target vocabulary words from the word search. This version is a bit more challenging, so would be better suited for slightly more advanced English learners.
This worksheet is designed as a half page on A4 paper, so you will need to cut the pages in half. The Korean and English only student versions and answer key for both are below.
I like to pair this sheet with my other lesson 7 sheet: What Did You Do? Worksheet. Here is a version of the PDF with both sheets together, so you can print it double-sided and cut in half for a longer activity.
This is a classic game in the EFL community, so it’s been redone countless times, but my students LOVE this game, so I made my own materials for it.
Battle Ninjas is somewhat similar to the board game classic, Battleship. Students will receive an activity sheet with a grid, and they must draw some number of ninjas in the boxes of the grid.
The columns and rows of the grid are labeled with vocabulary words or images, so to choose a box, a student must specify which box using the target vocabulary. If the other students have a ninja in the chosen box, they cross that ninja out.
In my class, the goal is to end the game with as many ninjas alive as possible, but you can play with the opposite goal, where students try to cross out as many ninjas as possible.
In my version, one student chooses a column by asking a question, and another chooses a row by answering the question. This way, as many students can speak as possible and the result is more randomized.
This version of the game sheet is designed to teach target vocabulary related to rooms and objects found in a house. It is designed to be printed doubled sided on A4 paper and cut into quarters, so you can play 2 rounds while saving as much paper as possible.
I play 2 rounds. In the first round, students win by having the most number of ninjas alive at the end of the game. In the second round, I join in with my own activity sheet, and students try to beat the teacher by having more ninjas alive than me at the end.
To play, I pick students using this random number generator spin wheel. The students have class numbers, so when they see their own number show on the screen, they will know it’s their turn.
Students are so excited by the suspense of watching the wheel spin to see who will get picked. I really like this particular site for this because you can remove the number that was chosen so no student goes twice and everyone gets a turn. There is also a fun confetti animation when a number is chosen.
When played with 2 rounds and the spin wheel, this game takes my class of 22 students about 20-25 minutes.
You can download my instructions PPT and my activity sheet for this lesson as an editable PPT so you can adjust the game for your own lessons.
This EFL/ESL English worksheet helps students review rooms in a house. It also includes a few less common vocabulary words such as garage, attic, basement, and dining room, which you may have to define depending on your students’ English level.
The front is a simple word search. There is a bonus question riddle meant to be optional for students who finish early and need something else to focus on.
The back has some fill in the missing letter spelling exercises, then a maze, where you collect letters and unscramble to reveal a hidden word related to the lesson.
My Grade 5 class of 22 students took about 15 minutes on this. A few students finished early and tried solving the riddle too!
This worksheet is designed as a half sheet on double-sided A4 paper, so you will have to cut the pages in half. Student versions with English only and Korean translations are included below, along with an answer key.
This worksheet is to help students learn rooms in a house such as bathroom, living room, kitchen, bedroom. The front side is a mini logic puzzle, where students write where is each is in relation to the other according to hints given using cardinal directions.
Depending on your students’ English levels, you may need to review the meanings of North, South, East, and West, as well as the definition of “directly” as used in this context.
This exercise requires students to use their brains a little more beyond just repeating and copying English vocabulary, which is great!
The back also features an Odd One Out exercise where students identify the word that doesn’t quite fit in, and it has some extra vocabulary (basement, garage, attic) in number 4. You can define the words or skip this question. Odd One Out is followed by a labeling exercise where students write the name of the room the object pictured would be found in.
Bonus Question Notes
The bottom bonus section is meant to be optional. It is there to engage the students who finish a bit faster and need something extra to focus on.
Note that for the bonus question, the Korean translated version leaves the word “room” as is in English, because the riddle does not make as much sense when fully translated to Korean. This also serves as a small hint to the students!
This worksheet is aligned with the YBM (Kim) Elementary Grade 5 curriculum, Lesson 6 “What’s In The Kitchen?” It will be better to use with more advanced students.
It is designed as a double-sided half page on A4 paper, so you will need to cut the pages in half, and set your printer to print double sided (flip on the short edge). Student versions in English only and with Korean directions and the answer key are below.
This ESL English worksheet to teaches about rooms and objects in a house. It has a front and back, and it includes a few different exercises. First, students must recognize and label rooms in the house, then recognize and count how many of each listed object they see. Word bank is included for students who need help with spelling.
The back has a crossword puzzle with simple hints to each room. Then students, must fill in the blanks to complete the sentences below using the answers from the crossword puzzle.
If you want, you could separate the 2 pages or use them across 2 different class periods. The front works well as an intro to the lesson, while I find that crosswords are better for review once the students are more familiar with the new vocabulary.
This takes my 5th grade class of 22 students about 25 minutes to complete. It aligns with the YBM (Kim) Grade 5 curriculum, lesson 6 “What’s in the Kitchen?”
The worksheet is designed to be printed double-sided in color, on A4 paper. You can downloaded the student version and answer key as free PDFs below.
This is an editable pptx file, so you can change the words in the word bank according to your lesson. Students make their own word search, then swap sheets with a partner and solve each other’s word searches!
As an EFL teacher, I think this activity is ideal for EFL elementary grade 5 and 6, but really it can be used for any EFL/ESL/ELA lesson! The current word bank uses vocabulary from the YBM textbook Grade 5, Lesson 11 “Where is the Library?” It is designed as a half sheet on A4 paper, so you’ll have to cut the pages in half.
