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Flashcard Tips: Printing Flashcards From Esl-Lounge Premium
Flashcard Tips: Printing Flashcards From Esl-Lounge Premium
Below, you will find some tips about using the flashcards from the Premium
site in your teaching. If you are looking for the flashcards themselves, you'll
find them on our main Flashcards page.
names of jobs
verbs of daily routine
prepositions of place
comparatives and superlatives
verb tenses
When you are teaching these areas of the language, you will obviously be able
to use the appropriate flashcards, especially in elicitation and speaking drills.
Drills
Speaking drills in English teaching are as old as the hills and has received
some pretty bad press over the last couple of decades. Like everything else, it
has its uses and can be an effective teaching aid if students are required to go
beyond parrot-like repetition.
Here is one possible technique:
1.Let's say you are going to work on daily routine and would like to do
some work on the interrogative form of the present simple.
2.Print off the routine verbs from the flashcard section.
3.Show your class the flashcard, have breakfast. Ask the class, "what
does Sally do at 8 o'clock?" The class responds, "she has breakfast."
4.Now ask something like "what does she have for breakfast?". Students
respond, "she has toast and coffee."
5.Now show another flashcard, that with listen to music, for example.
Ask a stronger student to ask another student, "what does Sally do at
three in the afternoon?" to elicit the response, "she listens to music."
Matching Activities
You can use the second/third page of the flashcard PDF files too. We have
included words and phrases for a whole host of reasons. Teachers can use
these page in simple drills or they can be used in other activities:
A few examples
1.Students need to match the written flashcards with the pictures in a
face-down memory game.
2.Half the class has the pictures, the other half has the words. Students
use questions to find their "other half", for example: what do you do at 9
a.m.? / what was happening at 9 o'clock last night?
3.Matching races - students in groups race to put the words with the
images from two separate piles of cards at opposite ends of the class.
Remember for these and other activities, you may need to print multiple copies
of the flashcards.
Flashcards Examples
Routine Verbs
Great for practicing present simple but also adaptable for many other things
such as present continuous: "What is he doing?"
Get Up - A4 | A3
Brush Your Teeth
- A4 | A3
Have Breakfast
- A4 | A3
Take A Shower
- A4 | A3
Go To Bed - A4 | A3
Sleep - A4 | A3
Read - A4 | A3
Use A Computer
- A4 | A3
Cook - A4 | A3
Drive - A4 | A3
Get On A Train
- A4 | A3
Get To Work - A4 | A3
Leave Work - A4 | A3
Have Dinner - A4 | A3
Go Out For A Drink - A4 | A3
Listen To Music - A4 | A3
Go Shopping - A4 | A3
Study / Do Homework
- A4 | A3
Talk On The Telephone
- A4 | A3
Play Tennis - A4 | A3
Watch TV - A4 | A3
Vacuum / Do Housework
- A4 | A3
Go Swimming - A4 | A3
Leave Home - A4 | A3
Get Home - A4 | A3
Prepositions of Place
Simple visual representation of prepositions that cause so many problems for
students. In many cases, alternatives are included to give teachers more
options. e.g. in/inside.
The cat is on the table - A4 | A3
The man is behind the door - A4 | A3
The mouse is on the chair - A4 | A3
The phone is under the book - A4 | A3
The banana is in the box - A4 | A3
The man is between the chairs - A4 | A3
The picture is on the wall - A4 | A3
The bottle is near the radio - A4 | A3
The bottle is next to the radio - A4 | A3
The fish is below the boat - A4 | A3
The bird is above the waves - A4 | A3
The man is against the wall - A4 | A3
Jobs
Allows you to do occupation vocabulary with your students as well as practice
present simple and use them as visual prompts for countless other
grammatical and vocabulary language points.
Actor - A4 | A3
Author - A4 | A3
Builder - A4 | A3
Butcher - A4 | A3
Chef - A4 | A3
Dentist - A4 | A3
Doctor - A4 | A3
Engineer - A4 | A3
Farmer - A4 | A3
Hairdresser - A4 | A3
Judge - A4 | A3
Musician - A4 | A3
Nurse - A4 | A3
Photographer - A4 | A3
Pilot - A4 | A3
Plumber - A4 | A3
Police Officer - A4 | A3
Politician - A4 | A3
Secretary - A4 | A3
Shop Assistant - A4 | A3
Singer - A4 | A3
Soldier - A4 | A3
Teacher - A4 | A3
Travel Agent - A4 | A3
TV Presenter - A4 | A3
Veterinarian - A4 | A3
Waiter - A4 | A3
Can/Ability
These flashcards are about abilities and what people can do. They can be used
to get students talking about what they can do, what they can't do and also to
prompt them to ask questions to other students about their abilities.
Dive - A4 | A3
Do A Handstand - A4 | A3
Juggle - A4 | A3
Paint - A4 | A3
Play A Musical Instrument - A4 | A3
Play Pool - A4 | A3
Play Tennis - A4 | A3
Ride A Horse - A4 | A3
Run 3 miles / Run 5 km - A4 | A3
Sing - A4 | A3
Speak French - A4 | A3
Use A Computer - A4 | A3
Swim - A4 | A3