Topical English Activities

Online English language activities about the environment and environmental issues, with worksheets and activities on recycling, earthquakes, landslides, vocanoes, sustainable fishing, green energy projects, World Ocean's Day and Earth Day. Free resources include teaching materials, interactive reading and listening quizzes, word searches, gap fill exercises and printable worksheets for elementary and intermediate level English students and young learners.

A free online lesson about Mardi gras celebrations in New Orleans, Lousiana, For Upper Intermediate and Advanced esl learners and IELTS students. Watch a short video clip and complete a multiple choice listening comprehension to test how much you have understood. Part of a free series of online lessons about life in the USA.

A Crossword activity for English language students and young learners about about the Chinese New Year (农历新年). Part of a free series of lessons about world festivals, celebrations and special events. Use the clues provided to solve the crossword puzzle. Mobile friendly, and suitable for flipped classroom use or self study.

Learn English words for for winter weather and other things connected with winter, such as clothes. An easy online English lesson for adult ESOL beginners and young learners, with an illustrated winter themed word list and audio. Suitable for classroom use or home study.

Free esl classroom resources for teaching and learning about the Chinese New Year. Includes vocabulary lessons, graded readers, listening activities, word games, self-study activities for ELLs and printables.

English listening comprehension activity for adult IELTS students and Intermediate English learners. Watch this short video about the history of Valentine's Day and then complete a self-marking multiple choice quiz, with feedback.

A Valentine's Day themed listening exercise on the song Cupid, by Amy Winehouse, for adult English students and young learners. Inmprove your grammar and test your listening skills with this fun quiz. Browse our free self-study English lessons, games and quizzes for students, and check out our free lesson resources for teachers.

Online activities and printable classroom resources for teaching and learning about St David's Day, the Welsh national holiday to celebrate the birth of Dewi Sant, the patron saint of Wales. Activities include reading, writing, spelling, vocabulary, and grammar .

An Easy Easter Crossword puzzle for adult English language students and young learners. Use the clues to find the hidden Easter words and solve the crossword puzzle.

Online lessons and teaching materials for learning about carnivals and fiestas around the world, for English language students and young learners. Practise your English and learn about different cultures with free online quizzes, games and activities. Browse our site for more free English exercises for English learners at all levels and lesson resources for English language teachers.

Practise spelling high frequency English words commonly used at Chinese New Year, with this medium difficulty online word search puzzle for adult English students and young learners. There are twenty English words connected with The Spring Festival hidden in in this online word search puzzle. Can you find them all? All the words go across or down. There are no backwards or diagonal words. Part of a free series of online lessons for English students about world festivals and celebrations.

English Listening Comprehension exercise on the popular song I Will Always Love You, by Whitney Houston, to practise English listening skills and using high frequency English verbs. Watch the video, and then complete a gap fill exercise. Part of a free series of online listening activities designed to help you learn English through listening to popular songs. Browse our site for hundreds of free English language lessons, games, and teaching materials for ELT and literacy teachers.

An esl grammar gap fill on The song My Valentine by Paul McCartney, to learn and practise simple, high frequency verbs and other useful words. Practise your English with this free online listening exercise. Watch the video, listen to the song, and type the missing words in the gaps. Part of a free series of lessons for teaching and learning English through listening to popular songs. 

An easy English listening quiz on the popular song Love is in The Air, to practise English listening skills and using high frequency English words. Watch the video, and then complete a gap fill exercise. Part of a free series of interactive listening lessons to help esl students learn English by listening to popular songs.

A mobile friendly esl listening comprehension exercise on the song Take Me To The Mardi Gras, popularised by Paul Simon, to practise English listening skills and using simple, high frequency English words. Watch the video, and then complete a gap fill quiz by typing in the missing lyrics. Part of a free series of online listening activities designed to help you learn English through listening to popular songs.