BEGINNERS

A1 -> A2
NOT BORING
GRAMMAR

A LOT OF TOPICS FOR

DISCUSSION

SAVES YOUR TIME FOR

LESSON PLANNING

LETS YOU AND YOUR

STUDENTS ENJOY
CLASSES

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Family (who, how old, appearance,
character)
Jobs (he is a doctor)
Emotions (they are sad)

TO HAVE GOT
Family (appearance)
Pets
Possessions
(things I’ve got/I haven’t got
Things in my kitchen (bedroom,
fridge)
Technology, gadgets and so on)
Monster’s body parts (1)
Schedule/timetable (I have got
maths on Mondays)
Find someone who has got (give a
list of things)
Think of someone who has got (for
1-2-1)

CAN
Sports

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Skills (I can swim, he can’t cook)
What animals/objects can do
What you can do here (bank,

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swimming pool, park, hospital etc)
Guess the object/animal (it can

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float, it can leap)

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 PRESENT SIMPLE/FREQUENCY
ADVERBS

Routines (what time you get up,

brush your teeth and so on)
Frequency adverbs (how often do
you cook/go to gym/ watch tv)
Household chores
Jobs (what they do)
Family (routines and household
chores)
Cultures and countries (People in
Japan eat sushi)
Sports (They play football in Brazil)
Habits and hobbies

THERE IS/ARE /
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

Describe your house

Dream House
Houses in the past (there was/were)
Different types of houses (igloo,

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palace etc)
Describe a city
Describe a park

TEACH Directions

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 COUNT/UNC
/MUCH/MANY/(A)FEW/LITTLE

What’s there in your fridge (much,

many, some, any, (a) few/little, a
lot)
Shopping lists
Cooking
Packing a suitcase
How much/many ... do you need?
Describe last party (there was/were)
Use cards such as (2)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
What is your family doing now
Describe a picture
Is XXX at home/work? - No, he isn’t.
He is swimming now.
Guess the location (I am sitting. I
am listening to music. I am rotating
a wheel - IN A CAR)
Silent film (describe what’s
happening on the screen)
Hobbies.Present Simple VS Pres
Cont: (

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-What is your mom’s hobby?
-She reads books.
-Is she reading now?

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- No, she is cooking)
Real Challenge: Where’s Waldo

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(Describe what people are doing on
the picture)

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 COMPARATIVES
COMPARE
People’s appearances and
characters
Houses and cities
Weather/climate in different places
Life now and before
Geographic pictures (what is
faster/higher/longer)
Countries
Feelings
Big city VS countryside
Mobile phones

PAST SIMPLE (IRR VERBS)

Dear Diary
What I did yesterday (last weekend)
Last holidays
My grandparents
Childhood memories
A historical figure
Sportsman’s (or actor’s/singer’s)
biography
Little Red Riding Hood and other

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fairy tales
Extinct animals
Titanic story

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My best (worst) day at school
My wedding (BD or another party)
Retell a chapter from a book

LIST Retell an episode from TV series or

a film

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 USED TO
Grandparents
Childhood
100 years ago
Now and then FASHION
Now and then TRANSPORT
Imagine you’ve won the lottery.
What has changed in your life? - I
used to live in a small house. I used
to walk a lot. Etc
Board game (3)

WILL/TO BE GOING TO
Hopes and plans
Reactions (I am hungry - I will make
a sandwich. It’s cold - I will close
the window)
Predictions (with evidence/no
evidence)
(weather/exam results etc)
Promises and offers
Our future life in the year 2500
What I will be like in 2050
Fortune teller
Plan a trip: I will go to London. I
will visit Big Ben
Tell a story. Stop at the middle. Ask

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to predict what will happen

MUST/HAVE TO/SHOULD

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A good friend (doctor/teacher)
must/mustn’t
Jobs ( You have to do … You mustn’t

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Situations (4)

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 LINKS

(1)
https://en.islcollective.com/resource
s/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/b
ody_parts/have-gothas-got/17537
(2)
https://learnenglishkids.britishcoun
cil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/fl
ashcards-food-set-1.pdf
(3) https://www.teach-
this.com/images/resources/growing-
up-board-game.pdf
(4)
https://www.lessonplansdigger.com/
wp-
content/uploads/2016/03/Situation-
cards.pdf

REFERENCES
The ideas and materials presented
in the list are mostly made up by
me. However before making this list
I pretty often looked for activities
at

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https://busyteacher.org/
https://busyteacher.org/

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www.thoughtco.com

So maybe some ideas I got from

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there.

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 HOW TO USE

This is a ready go-to-teach list of

topics and activities (with some
links) which you can use while
planning your lessons or straight
away at a class if you need an
immediate idea for presenting or
reviewing some language.

The topics help me make my

lessons more interesting, I hope
they will help you too.

CONTACTS
You can find my on Instagram
@vera,elt.trainer
Get in touch with me by email
vera.elt.trainer@gmail.com
Text me to WhatsApp
+996779509696

I will be happy to get any feedback

about the Go-to-Teach List for A1-A2

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levels from you!

GOOD LUCK

TEACH
Just do it!

LIST Vera N.

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