Elementary ESL lessons on many topics using
pictures (PDF)

What do you hear, see and smell in the picture? (PDF)

Prepositions using picture worksheets (PDF)

Household vocabulary: label the picture (PDF)

Detailed house vocabulary with pictures (PDF)

Visual literacy ideas for ESL teachers

Excellent set of elementary ESL lessons using
pictures incl;- School-related vocabulary and present continuous (PDF)

Set of pictures for a speaking exercise about
Swirzerland (PDF)

Picture card site for vocabulary and behaviour
Dressing & Undressing,  Clothes,  Body Parts, etc.



Storyboard templates for English language classrooms

Nice clear storyboard template(PDF)

Other picture  teaching workhseets and ideas for teachers

Sequencing recycling lesson using  scrambled pictures (PDF)

Sequencing pictures lesson for oral health (PDF)

A short guide to picture teaching ideas (PDF)

Household Furniture Crossword Puzzle (with pictures) (PDF)

Pictures as Icebreakers: Optical
Illusions

Activities using the eyes (PDF)

Einstein/ Monroe illusion (PDF)

Sample illusions pictures (PDF)

Memory picture cards for students

Printable memory cards: various themes incl.
body parts, nutrition etc.

More advanced picture  teaching ideas for teachers

Speaking task: Compare and contrast 2 pictures, commenting on the damage that mankind has caused to our planet (word)

Modern art lesson  (PDF) teaching opinions,
adjectives and connectors

Spot the difference puzzles for ESL classrooms

There are ten differences in these two pictures of a pirate ship(PDF)

More ideas for teaching with pictures

Photograph scenarios and discussion questions (PDF)

Picture conversation: Korea old & new (PDF)

Teaching ideas for using pictures

Fun with pictures idea
Picture based  lessons for ESL teachers

Endangered species vocabulary & speaking
worksheet with pictures (PDF)

Using pictures to teach attention getters
for writing essays (PDF)

Natural disasters vocabulary, pictures & speaking  exercise (PDF)

Environmental issues vocabulary and speaking
exercise with pictures(PDF)

Titanic storytelling exercise with pictures (PDF)

Talking about fashion, trends and hobbies (PDF)

Talking numbers, dates, amounts etc worksheet
with  pictures (PDF)

Picture speaking activity (PDF)

English proficiency test: talking about pictures (PDF)

Picture dialogue-booking a room at a hotel (PDF)
Workplace visual aids, drawings
and pictures for ESL and other
language teachers
ESL exercises (with pictures) for describing houses using language for household objects, adjectives, problems, pests & complaints (PDF)

"Find the hazards" in the workplace pics  (PDFs)

Find the hazards in the office and factory pics and lesson (PDF)

Building basics lessons with lots of excellent  drawings of  work related themes incl.
construction equipment, gardens, painting, plumbing(PDFs)

Great office equipment vocab pictures and matching exercise p69-70 (PDF)

Spot the hazard pics-garden, beach, home, playground (PDF)

What are people in the picture doing?

What are they doing (picture worksheet) (PDF)

What are they doing? (classroom scene ) (PDF)

Pictures for short roleplays in random business
& everyday situations (PDF)

Speaking test using picture of people in office
and questions (PDF)

Describe a busy street scene (PDF)

Pairwork speaking activity: what are they doing?
(PDF)

What might people be saying to each other ?
(PDF)

Beach scene pic for present continuous (Part 6)
(PDF)

Which picture is it about? Writing sentences

Pic/sentence prediction for present continuous
Picture story exercises

Picture stories  for "Money Talks" topics (PDF)

What is the story in these pictures?

Picture story: fill in the comic strip with your
own words (word)

"Call the plumber"- tell the story from the
pictures (PDF)

Picture story lesson for teaching past tense (PDF)

Use pictures to create a story (word)

Adapting a picture story

Other picture-based exercises
ESL Work with Illustrations exercises insl. Drawing | Sentence Creation | Fill-in-the-Blank | Multiple Choice

Picture dictation lesson guide

Picture Dictation (elementary)

Partial Pictures teaching idea

Lesson Plan- Describing Picture Scenes

Picture Sentence Teacher Worksheets: elementary

Work with Illustrations exercises incl. Sentence Creation | Fill-in-the-Blank | Multiple Choice

Cartoons for the classroom archive

Cartoon analysis worksheet (PDF)

Comic Creator: online tool for composing  comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on)

Catchy Captions: Students write captions for pictures cut from newspapers and then match the real captions to the pictures.

Picture Stories

Pairwork with (educational) pictures
Find the differences between the pictures

Pic Tac ToeA fun visual-linguistic lesson plan for presenting,reviewing and comparing verb tenses

Partial Pictures: To consolidate asking and answering "What is this?"

Adjective Gallery

Picture Stories and Thought Groups

Activities round a Group Picture

Improving writing through the use of  imagery

Ideas for using pictures for  ESL teachers

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