Free Printable Worksheets
organised by grammar
Here is a selection of free reproducible resources from The Warnhope Park Press. The materials in this section are organised according to English Grammar and are free for teachers to use for non-commercial purposes. Use them in your school, with your classes or private students but if you'd like to include them in a publication which is for sale, please contact us.
The materials are divided alphabetically by grammar point:
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This lesson allows English Language learners to practise active and passive verb forms through the topic of Census and Demographics. Although it's way more interesting than that sounds. Honest!
Below are three self-contained lessons for English Language learners of varying abilities to practise adjective-use. The Haiku lesson focuses on parts of speech and descriptive adjectives, and the Cats and Dogs lesson is about descriptive adjectives within an integrated-skills framework. Both of these lessons are pre-intermediate level. The third lesson allows upper-intermediate-level students to practise gradable and non-gradable adjectives through the topic of 2011's Royal Wedding between Kate Middleton and Prince William.
The next three worksheets are about using adjectives to create personality profiles for fictional characters, which will then be used in students' writing. In the first, the teacher or student finds pictures of interesting people to stick in the picture frames. The second is about creating a good crew for a journey into space and the third is a structured lesson on creating characters for a romance and writing that story.
Here are six advanced-level vocabulary lists featuring adjectives from describing rain to describing urban degeneration:
The following two worksheets will be handy for teachers taking students on Fashion Show and Art Exhibition excursions. They allow English Language learners practice describing clothes and artistic exhbits:
The first lesson, below, gives upper-intermediate English Language learners practice of definite and indefinite articles through the topic of Guy Fawkes. The Haiku lesson is pre-intermediate to intermediate level and focuses on nouns as parts of speech.
Here are nine word lists for advanced-level English Language learners to build vocabulary - the topics range from "English Words that Sound French" to "Cylindrical Things" to "Depressing Slimming Food".
This lesson on Horoscopes allows intermediate English Language learners to practise the First Conditional through reading and writing the stars for this month!
Future "Will" and "Going To"
These two self-contained intermediate-level lessons give English Language learners practice with future forms "will" and "going to". In the first lesson, students work on a class project to design the best theme park. In the second lesson, students plan for a journey into space and what they will take.
Imperative, Instructions and Advice
Here are three lessons for intermediate-level English Language learners to practise the imperative and the language of instructions and advice. In the first lesson, students find a paper advert and analyse and improve the content. In the second, students choose a product and make a radio commercial for it. The third is a blank grid for students to write their own recipes.
The first worksheet is for upper-intermediate level English Language learners visiting an art gallery. As well as describing favourite exhibits, students speculate on what the artist was thinking or feeling when she created her work. There is also a section for comparing and contrasting exhibits. In the second lesson, after finding photos of interesting people and writing adjectives to describe them, students speculate on who the people are and what kind of personalities they have. The third lesson is a structured balloon debate about choosing the best Earth representative to send into space to liaise with aliens!
In order for students to practise "used to" and similar language structures about change, you can make "before" and "after" flashcards using the worksheet below. The first worksheet is in colour and has a fancy background, the second is plain and in black and white.
The first lesson below is on the topic of Edinburgh and reviews the basic English tenses including the past simple. In the second lesson, the teacher or student finds interesting photos on various topics and these spark various writing activities. The third is about writing a romance story.
These three worksheets are about fairy tales. The first is Sleeping Beauty condensed into nine sentences and the second is Madame d'Aulnoy's tale The Green Serpent condensed into twelve sentences. The third worksheet can be made into an illustrated mini-book of The Green Serpent.
Here are two worksheets to make into blank mini-books that can be used in a range of past-tense practice activities. There is also a lesson on making a comic book.
The first worksheet, below, is a blank grid for planning a short story. The second is a worksheet with gridlines to help English Language learners structure their essays. In the third worksheet, the teacher or students can write a past-tense question which can be asked around the class.
These three worksheets feature past-tense practice and can be used for fashion show and art exhibition excursions and when students watch a film.
Here are two English Language discussions which include past-tense practice. The first is in the topic of toys and the second is about weddings.
Below are three self-contained lessons for English Language learners of varying abilities to practise using the present perfect and present perfect continuous. The first lesson is on the topic of Edinburgh and reviews the basic English tenses including the present perfect and present perfect continuous. The second is a class project where students work in groups to create a newspaper front page. The third lesson is on the topic of Cats and Dogs and has a "Find Someone Who..." activity using the present perfect.
In this worksheet, the teacher or students can write a perfect aspect question which can be asked around the class.
The first lesson, below, is on the topic of Edinburgh and reviews the basic English tenses including the present simple and present continuous. The Haiku lesson focuses on a present simple poem.
Here are three customisable grids for beginner English Language learners. The first is a structured self-introduction grid. The second and third worksheets are for the students to write their own present simple or present continuous questions and ask around the class.
The five lessons below give English Language learners practice of present tenses through the theme of travel. The first is a quiz on the United Kingdom and the second is an information-gap lesson based around a role-play between the receptionist of a British boarding school and a prospective student from overseas. The next three lessons are based around role-plays about travelling through Australia - students get to practise booking a flight, making a hotel reservation, booking into a guest house and booking a long-distance train ticket.
In the first worksheet, below, students plan the characters of goodies and baddies to feature in a comic book they will make. In the second worksheet, learners create a present tense rap about a person they admire.
Here are two English Language discussions which allow learners to practise present tenses The first is in the topic of soap operas and the second is about weddings.
