ESL WORKSHEET - Sense and state verbs

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

GRAMMAR A2-B1: SENSE AND STATE VERBS

LinguaHouse

Jun. 24, 2026

Level: Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of language: General English
Tags: Beliefs, Religion and Superstition; Historical Events; Grammar Practice; Speaking; 10-12 Years Old; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old
Publication date: 06/24/2026

Students work with social media posts about a museum visit, which contextualizes the language point of sense and state verbs. A brief explanation of this point is provided as well as practice exercises and speaking and writing tasks. The optional extension allows students to revisit the original text as a listening exercise. (by Stephanie Hirschman)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Speaker: Hi, art lovers! I’m in the Egyptian Gallery at the Art Museum and I’m looking at this amazing scene showing the pharaoh Seti bringing a tray of food to the goddess Isis. I see fruit and meat and here’s the amazing thing – the staff are bringing this picture to life today, approximately 3,200 years after it was created!
They’re serving the same food, and it looks delicious. It smells really good too, and I’m tasting some of it now. Mmmmm… it tastes as good as it smells. There is some of the famous Egyptian hieroglyphic writing at the top of the picture and a few people are listening to an expert reading the words out loud. It sounds totally unfamiliar to me, of course, but so interesting.
And there’s even a copy of this picture, which, like the real thing, is cut into the surface slightly. Some kids are touching it now, I’ll just go over to it try it myself – it feels really smooth. I love this type of event, and I think everyone agrees that we need museums to offer more of these experiences. I wonder what’s in the next room…

Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/general-english/grammar-a2-b1-sense-and-state-verbs. Accessed on August 3, 2026. LinguaHouse.com © 2008–2026. All rights reserved.

ESL WORKSHEET - Different uses of the word LIKE

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

GRAMMAR A2-B1: LIKE, BE LIKE,

LOOK LIKE, WOULD LIKE

LinguaHouse

Jun. 23, 2026

Level: Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of language: General English
Tags: Like, Look Like and Be Like; Grammar Practice; Describing People; 10-12 Years Old; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old
Publication date: 06/23/2026

Students work with a short dialogue at a family reunion to contextualize four different uses of the word like. A brief explanation of this language point is provided as well as practice exercises and speaking and writing tasks. The optional extension allows students to revisit the original text as a listening exercise. (by Stephanie Hirschman)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Simon: There are lots of people here I don’t know. Who’s that over there? The guy with the bow tie?
Meg: That’s Uncle George. He’s married to Grandpa’s sister Celeste.
Simon: He looks like a funny guy. Everyone’s laughing at what he is saying. But what’s Aunt Celeste like?
Meg: She’s very serious - completely the opposite of her husband – no sense of humor at all. She doesn’t like any of George’s jokes.
Simon: I see. Well, maybe she’d like a piece of cake. It might make her smile.
Meg: Good idea. I’ll take a piece over to her.

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Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/general-english/grammar-a2-b1-like-be-like-look-like-would-like. Accessed on August 3, 2026. LinguaHouse.com © 2008–2026. All rights reserved.

ESL WORKSHEET - Discussing the use of mobile apps

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

TALKING ABOUT APPS

LinguaHouse

Jun. 23, 2026

Level: Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of language: General English
Tags: Science and Technology; Gadgets and Inventions; Information Technology (IT); AI Technology; Speaking; Vocabulary Lesson; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old
Publication date: 06/23/2026

In this lesson, students develop their conversational skills by discussing the use of mobile apps. The lesson starts with an interactive speaking task about apps in general followed by a categorizing activity with different groups of apps. The students then develop their listening skills by listening to people being interviewed about their app use. They complete gist and detailed questions before focusing on and describing a set of topic-related vocabulary. The students finish the lesson by consolidating and personalizing the language in a class survey and learning some phrases to report survey findings. There is an additional speaking task which involves the students discussing a possible future app. (by Victoria Aitken)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

ONE
Speaker 1: Google Maps. I drive a lot for work, and I always use it to work out my travel times and the fastest route. It’s very handy.
Speaker 2: I'm addicted to Instagram! I love looking at people’s photos and it is a great way to connect with like-minded people.
Speaker 3: Viber is my favorite app because I can keep in touch with friends and family who live all around the world.
Speaker 4: It has changed the way I communicate with my family, so I would say WhatsApp! We chat every day and share photos and videos. It is much better and safer than Facebook and Instagram.
Speaker 5: Google. I can find everything instantly. It is such a useful tool.
Speaker 6: The Calendar app for sure. I use it for all my meetings and deadlines. I get notifications before to remind me. I would be lost without it.

TWO
Speaker 1: Rarely. I feel like it’s a waste of time.
Speaker 2: I spend hours scrolling through posts especially at night when I should be in bed.
Speaker 3: All the time. I love chatting with my friends after school. I always send emojis.
Speaker 4: Most of my apps are on my tablet so not very often. I try not to put many on my phone as I find them distracting.
Speaker 5: There are some apps like Uber, train times, and food delivery that I use daily. They are so convenient and make my life much easier.
Speaker 6: Day and night. I am constantly using my phone for something.

Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/general-english/talking-about-apps. Accessed on August 3, 2026. LinguaHouse.com © 2008–2026. All rights reserved.

ESL WORKSHEET - Meeting and greeting people

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

HELLO AND WHO ARE YOU?

LinguaHouse

Jun. 23, 2026

Level: Starter (A0-A1)
Type of language: General English
Tags: Greetings and Meetings; Introductions and Greetings; Meeting and Greeting People; Speaking; Vocabulary Lesson; Situation Based; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old
Publication date: 06/23/2026

This lesson introduces students to basic greetings, simple personal information, and the English alphabet. Students practice vocabulary through matching tasks, dialogues, and pronunciation exercises. They listen to short conversations to identify names, countries, and common greetings. By the end of the lesson, learners can say hello, introduce themselves and spell their names. (by Celia Page)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPTS

AUDIO 1 - TASK 3
Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

AUDIO 2 - TASK 4
What’s your name?
I’m Miriam.
How do you spell that?
M-i-r-i-a-m.
Nice to meet you, Miriam.
Where are you from?
I am from Canada.
Hello, how are you?
I’m fine, thank you.

AUDIO 3 - TASK 5
Anna: Hello, my name is Anna.
Tom: Hello. Nice to meet you. My name is Tom. How do you spell your name?
Anna: A-n-n-a.
Tom: Where are you from?
Anna: I am from the US. Nice to meet you, Tom.

AUDIO 4 - TASK 8
Muhammad: Hello. What’s your name?
Helena: Hi, I’m Helena Ivanenko.
Muhammad: How do you spell it?
Helena: H-E-L-E-N-A. I-V-A-N-E-N-K-O.
Helena: And you?
Muhammad: I’m Muhammad Al-Hassan.
Helena: How do you spell it?
Muhammad: M-U-H-A-M-M-A-D. A-L-H-A-S-S-A-N.
Helena: Nice to meet you.
Muhammad: Nice to meet you, too.

Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/general-english/hello-and-who-are-you. Accessed on August 3, 2026. LinguaHouse.com © 2008–2026. All rights reserved.

ESL WORKSHEET - Asking for permission

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

ASKING FOR PERMISSION

LinguaHouse

Jul. 22, 2026

Level: Starter (A0-A1)
Type of language: General English
Tags: Problems and Solutions; Work; Vocabulary Lesson; Modal Verbs; Speaking; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old
Publication date: 07/22/2026

In this lesson, students develop their conversational skills by practicing how to ask for permission and give a response. First, the students are introduced to the topic by discussing a set of images. They then complete a pre-listening task to identify key vocabulary before listening to four conversations. They complete comprehension tasks to understand the different contexts and then focus on the functional language. The students then discover the language used for asking, giving, and refusing permission and practice it in various interactive activities. They finish the lesson by taking part in a roleplay task. There is a final game to review the language. (by Victoria Aitken)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

CONVERSATION 1
Girl: Excuse me, can I ask a question?
Librarian: Yeah, of course. Go ahead.
Girl: Do you have the new James Patterson book?
Librarian: Let me check.

CONVERSATION 2
Son: Mom, can I watch TV?
Mother: No, sorry, you have homework to do.
Son: Can I watch TV after I finish my homework?
Mother: Sure, but only for one hour.

CONVERSATION 3
Worker: Mrs. Davis, could I leave work early today?
Mrs. Davis: I’m afraid you can’t. We are too busy. You can leave early tomorrow.
Worker: Oh, OK. Thanks.

CONVERSATION 4
Waiter: Sorry, you can’t sit there. It is reserved.
Woman: Oh, may I sit here?
Waiter: Yes, no problem.
Woman: Thank you.

Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/general-english/asking-for-permission. Accessed on August 3, 2026. LinguaHouse.com © 2008–2026. All rights reserved.

Make someone redundant

MAKE SOMEONE REDUNDANT

O que significa essa expressão em INGLÊS

Make someone redundant é uma expressão do Inglês britânico que significa “despedir” alguém, ou seja, demiti-lo, como em “the boss had to make three employees redundant”. Já be made redundant significa “ser despedido”.

By Ivy do Carmo Figueiredo

MAIRO VERGARA

Jul. 16, 2026

Quando uma palavra da Língua Inglesa lembra muito alguma em nosso idioma, é natural que façamos uma conexão entre as duas. Porém, isso nem sempre dá certo na hora de traduzir uma frase. Peguemos a palavra redundant como exemplo. Ela lembra bastante a nossa “redundante”, não é? Mas tente traduzir a frase abaixo:

• The boss had to make three employees redundant.

Acho que você vai concordar comigo que não faria sentido traduzir redundant como “redundante” aqui, não é? Então, o que make someone redundant quer dizer? Essa é uma expressão do Inglês britânico que significa “despedir”.
Isso até que faz sentido, se pensarmos que “redundante” pode se referir a algo supérfluo ou descartável. É assim mesmo que alguém se sente quando perde o emprego... 😢  Aliás, be made redundant quer dizer justamente isso: “ser despedido”.
Vejamos algumas frases com make someone redundant e be made redundant para aprender a usar essas duas expressões. Ouça o áudio com atenção e faça as anotações em seu caderno de Língua Inglesa. E lembre-se: no Inglês, nem tudo é o que parece! 😛

Primeiro, veja make someone redundant:

• The company was losing money and it had to make people redundant. (A empresa estava perdendo dinheiro e precisou despedir pessoas.)
• They’re threatening to make a third of the workforce redundant. (Eles estão ameaçando despedir um terço dos funcionários.)
• The decision to make 800 employees redundant is not an easy one to make. (A decisão de despedir 800 funcionários não é fácil de ser tomada.)
• Please don’t make me redundant. I’ll work hard to improve my skills. (Por favor, não me despeça. Eu vou trabalhar muito para melhorar as minhas habilidades.)
• The multinational company closed down factories and made workers redundant for economic reasons. (A empresa multinacional fechou fábricas e despediu operários por motivos econômicos.)
• This undertaking continues to make workers redundant even though it has received Community support to preserve jobs. (Esta empresa continua a despedir trabalhadores, embora tenha recebido apoio comunitário para preservar empregos.)
• It is unacceptable for an employer or board of executives to be able to decide to make workers redundant simply to increase company profits. (É inaceitável que um empregador ou conselho de executivos possa decidir despedir trabalhadores simplesmente para aumentar os lucros da empresa.)

Agora, veja be made redundant:

• My husband was made redundant last year. (Meu marido foi despedido no ano passado.)
• To keep the company alive, half the workforce is being made redundant. (Para manter a empresa viva, metade dos funcionários estão sendo despedidos.)
• She was made redundant a year ago and hasn’t found any work since. (Ela foi despedida há um ano e não encontrou nenhum trabalho desde então.)
• More than 200 of the company’s employees have already been made redundant. (Mais de 200 dos funcionários da empresa já foram despedidos.)
• 5,000 miners were made redundant when the tin market collapsed. (5.000 mineiros foram despedidos quando o mercado de estanho entrou em colapso.)

Agora que você já sabe o que significa make someone redundant, aprenda outras formas de dizer ser demitido em Inglês. See you next time!

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Adaptado de: https://www.mairovergara.com/make-someone-redundant-o-que-significa-esta-expressao/. Acesso em: 30 jul. 2026. © Reis Vergara Idiomas 2026. Todos os direitos reservados.

Close down

CLOSE DOWN

O que significa esse PHRASAL VERB

em INGLÊS

By Alberto Queiroz

MAIRO VERGARA

Aug. 11, 2020

Às vezes pode parecer que certos phrasals são inúteis: para que juntar a preposição down ao verbo close? A tradução continua sendo “fechar”, então algo muda no sentido?
A resposta é sim. Há uma nuance de sentido que muda: close down é geralmente dito de lojas ou negócios, e significa “fechar” no sentido de “fechar as portas”, ou seja, “encerrar os negócios” permanentemente. A diferença entre dizer the shop has closed e the shop has closed down é que no primeiro caso você pode estar dizendo que a loja fechou porque o horário de expediente acabou; já no segundo caso, você está indicando que a loja fechou e não mais vai abrir.
Existe uma pequena exceção: às vezes close down pode indicar um fechamento temporário, mas que não faz parte do dia a dia da empresa ou loja em questão. Por exemplo, você pode usar close down para dizer que os correios fecharam porque estão em greve – é temporário (espera-se!), mas não faz parte do dia a dia (ou não devia fazer!).
Vejamos alguns exemplos. Primeiro temos close down como “fechar as portas” – isto é, “encerrar” ou “fechar” de forma permanente. Note que close down pode ser usado com um objeto (he closed the shop down) ou sem (the shop closed down). Ou seja, é tanto verbo transitivo quanto intransitivo. Quando é transitivo, você pode colocar o objeto entre o verbo e a preposição, ou depois deles: tanto faz dizer I closed down the shop quanto I closed the shop down.
Bom, vamos lá. Pegue seu caderno de Língua Inglesa, faça suas anotações, escute o áudio narrado por uma nativa e... bons estudos! 😉

CLOSE DOWN: “fechar as portas”, “fechar (de forma definitiva)”

• All the mines in this area were closed down in the 1980s. (Todas as minas nesta área foram fechadas nos anos 80.)
• Our local butcher is closing down. (Nosso açougueiro local está fechando.)
• The local factory closed down in June. (A fábrica local fechou em junho.)
• If the school closed down, the children would face a long bus journey every day. (Se a escola fechasse, as crianças enfrentariam uma longa jornada de ônibus todo dia.)
• The government closed down all opposition newspapers. (O governo fechou todos os jornais da oposição.)
• A spokesperson denied that they had bought the company in order to close it down. (Um porta-voz negou que eles tivessem comprado a companhia a fim de fechá-la.)
• Their intention is to close down the factory. (A intenção deles é fechar a fábrica.)
• Hotels are closing down all over the country. (Hotéis estão fechando por todo o país.)
• I loved that restaurant, so I’m very disappointed that it closed down. (Eu adorava aquele restaurante, de forma que estou muito desapontada que ele tenha fechado.)
• After a thorough investigation, the police were finally able to close the shop down for money laundering. (Após uma investigação completa, a polícia finalmente conseguiu fechar a loja por lavagem de dinheiro.)
• This shop will have to close down if they raise taxes. (Esta loja terá de fechar as portas se eles aumentarem os impostos.)
• If the rent goes up we’ll have to close down. (Se o aluguel subir, teremos de fechar as portas.)
• After fifty years in business the store finally closed its doors. (Após cinquenta anos de negócios, a loja finalmente fechou as portas.)
• After decades of serving the community, the gymnasium closed down. (Após décadas servindo a comunidade, o ginásio fechou.)
• I’d like to keep the shop running, but the recession will probably close my business down. (Eu gostaria de manter a loja em atividade, mas provavelmente a recessão vai encerrar meu negócio.)

CLOSE DOWN: “fechar” temporariamente, mas de forma que não faz parte do dia a dia (da empresa ou da loja em questão)

• The fire department closed down all the stores on the block because of the gas leak. (O corpo de bombeiros fechou todas as lojas do quarteirão por causa do vazamento de gás.)
• That shop always closes down for two weeks in the summer to accommodate the owner’s vacation. (Esta loja sempre fecha por duas semanas no verão para permitir as férias do dono.)
• The manager closed down the factory for the holidays. (O gerente fechou a fábrica para o feriado.)
• Pensioners are devastated to hear that the Post Office is closing down. (Pensionistas estão devastados de ouvir que os correios estão fechando.)

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Adaptado de: https://www.mairovergara.com/close-down-o-que-significa-este-phrasal-verb/. Acesso em: 30 jul. 2026. © Reis Vergara Idiomas 2026. Todos os direitos reservados.