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Greetings and feelings - ESOL worksheet

A worksheet which aims at getting pre-entry /E1 ESOL learners to practice different responses to greetings; both positive and negative responses. It also includes a picture matching task which helps learners to understand feelings and moods.

Editor’s note
Also suitable for pre-Entry literacy.

Level

Entry Level 1

English

AL SLc/E1.3

AL Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols

Pre-entry

pre-Entry Rw/M8.3 Recognise & read a growing no. of words signs symbols

pre-Entry SLc/M8.3 Use growing vocabulary to convey meaning to the listener (beyond that of purely personal significance)

pE Listen & respond

ESOL

ESOL Sd/E1.1c Express likes, dislikes, feelings, etc

ESOL Sc/E1.3a Ask for personal details

ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols

ESOL Lr/E1.5a Recognise a speaker's feeling and attitude

Context

Independent living

Personal Information for E1 ESOL

This resource will help learners recognise words related to personal information. Learners will read, match, fill in the gaps and identify the number of syllables.

Level

Entry Level 1

English

Syllables

ESOL

ESOL Ww/E1.2a Form the letters of the alphabet using upper and lower case

ESOL Ww/E1.1b Use basic sound-letter correspondence & letter patterns to aid spelling

ESOL Rw/E1.3b Recognise digits

ESOL Rw/E1.3a Identify letters of alphabet in both upper & lower case

ESOL Rw/E1.2a Use basic sound-letter correspondence to sound out words

ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols

Living room vocabulary - words and pictures

8 pictures and words to teach the vocabulary of things in a living room. Can be cut up and used as a picture / word match activity for groups or as a whole class activity. Can also be used to practise alphabetical ordering. There is also
a worksheet, a labelling exercise and short simple writing activity to practise the structure ‘there is / there are’.

Level

Entry Level 1

English

Adult Literacy: writing - punctuation & grammar (Ws)

Functional English - writing

AL Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols

Functional English reading

Pre-entry

pre-Entry Rw/M8.2 Associate sounds with patterns in letters, syllables, words,

pre-Entry Rw/M8.3 Recognise & read a growing no. of words signs symbols

pre-Entry Ww/M8.2 Associate sounds with patterns in some letters, syllables. words, rhymes, songs

pre-Entry Ws/M8.1 Understand that words are grouped together to convey meaning, using rules & structure

ESOL

ESOL Ww/E1.1a Use and spell correctly some personal key words and familiar words

ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols

Food collocations

Worksheet designed to revise / practise collocations of food.

Level

Entry Level 1

English

AL Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols

Pre-entry

pE Reading - word focus

ESOL

ESOL: Reading word focus - vocabulary, word recognition, phonics (Rw)

Context

Catering Food Nutrition

Picture - word match (food)

Write or match the correct word under each picture.
Milk, bread, oil, tea, eggs, potatoes, bananas, and biscuits.

Level

Entry Level 1

English

AL Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols

Ww/E1.1

Pre-entry

pre-Entry Rw/M8.1Recognise letters of the alphabet by shape, name, sound

pre-Entry Ww/M8.1 Write with appropriate grip making many controlled letter shapes & using a conventional sequence of letters

ESOL

ESOL Ww/E1.2a Form the letters of the alphabet using upper and lower case

ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols

Context

Catering Food Nutrition

Colour match activities

Set of four graduated activities for preEntry up to Entry Level 2 ideal for mixed ability literacy and ESOL groups. Colour word cards provided.
Match identical pictures (Milestones 6-7)
Match or write colour words to pictures (Milestone 8 – Entry 1)
Simple cloze activity (E1-E2)

Level

Entry Level 1

Entry Level 2

English

AL Ww/E1.2

AL Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols

Rs/E2.3 check plausible meanings of sentences when decoding unfamiliar words

Rs/E2.2 Use sentence structure to decipher and predict meaning

Rs/E1.1 Read and recognise simple sentence structures

Pre-entry

pre-Entry Rw/M6.1 Match familiar objects to words, signs, symbols, images

pre-Entry Rw/M6.2 Recognise & read up to 5 personal words, signs, symbols

pre-Entry Rw/M7.3 Recognise & select up to ten personal words, signs, symbols

pre-Entry Rw/M8.3 Recognise & read a growing no. of words signs symbols

ESOL

ESOL Ww/E1.2b Form digits

ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols

ESOL Rs/E2.1c Use sentence context to decode unknown words

ESOL Rs/E2.1b Use knowledge of simple and compound sentence structure to work out meaning

ESOL Rs/E1.1a Read and recognise simple sentence structures:

Upper and lower case handwriting crib sheet

Beautifully clear and very handy handwriting / alphabet reference sheet. Plus a lined page for practice.

Level

Entry Level 1

English

AL Ww/E1.2

AL Rw/E1.3

Pre-entry

pre-Entry Ww/M8.1 Write with appropriate grip making many controlled letter shapes & using a conventional sequence of letters

ESOL

ESOL Ww/E1.2a Form the letters of the alphabet using upper and lower case

ESOL Rw/E1.3a Identify letters of alphabet in both upper & lower case

Family

This is a basic matching activity for learners. After teaching vocabulary of the family (son, mum, etc) this activity can be used to match pictures of family members to the correct word.

Level

Entry Level 1

Pre-entry

pre-Entry Rw/M8.3 Recognise & read a growing no. of words signs symbols

ESOL

ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols

preEntry Seasons and days of the week

The worksheets can be used as seems appropriate for your learners. My method was for learners to identify the seasons and write the names beneath the pictures – I had put them on the board in a random order for learners to be able to use first and second letter recognition to match the words and pictures.

The days of the week sheet was used as a recapping tool – learners insert the first letter, then fold at the dotted line and write them out again. This was followed by a Q and A session on ‘what do you do on…’ to get learners talkiing about activities.

Level

Entry Level 1

Pre-entry

pre-Entry Rtc/M8.3 When working with texts communicate about persons, characters, events, objects

pre-Entry Rs/M8.1 Understand that words are grouped together to convey meaning, using rules & structure

pre-Entry Rw/M8.2 Associate sounds with patterns in letters, syllables, words,

pre-Entry Rw/M8.3 Recognise & read a growing no. of words signs symbols

pre-Entry Wt/M8.4 Use words, letters, signs, symbols & images in supported writing for simple purposes

pre-Entry Ws/M8.1 Understand that words are grouped together to convey meaning, using rules & structure

pre-Entry Ww/M8.1 Write with appropriate grip making many controlled letter shapes & using a conventional sequence of letters

pre-Entry Ww/M8.2 Associate sounds with patterns in some letters, syllables. words, rhymes, songs

ESOL

ESOL Writing (W)

ESOL Reading (R)

Classroom objects word games

A great set of Entry/preEntry word level games that’s ideal for ESOL students at the start of term. Includes word picture match, alphabet ordering, word fill, word shapes, missing vowels and more. Ideal for themed lessons and the start of term. With answer sheets and teaching ideas.

Level

Entry Level 1

English

AL Rw/E1.2 Decode simple, regular words

AL Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols

AL Rw/E1.3

Ww/E1.1

Pre-entry

pre-Entry Rw/M8.1Recognise letters of the alphabet by shape, name, sound

pre-Entry Rw/M8.3 Recognise & read a growing no. of words signs symbols

pre-Entry Ww/M8.1 Write with appropriate grip making many controlled letter shapes & using a conventional sequence of letters

ESOL

ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols

ESOL Rw/E1.2a Use basic sound-letter correspondence to sound out words

ESOL Rw/E1.3a Identify letters of alphabet in both upper & lower case

ESOL Ww/E1.1a Use and spell correctly some personal key words and familiar words

Context

Education and teaching