English Conversation Lessons

This page has numerous conversation lessons that you can easily download. The table below has descriptions of ESL/EFL conversation lessons for various levels with links to the PDF files for FREE downloads. If you like any of these lessons please leave a comment.

 

New Videos: "What's the Missing Line?

Each video has 5 short conversations. Watch, listen and then choose the missing line from 4 choices.

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12-Page Unit - University Orientation

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This is a whole unit on beginning to study at a university.  It is a good "starter" unit for university EFL classes. It comes with an audio file of 4 short conversations.

 

Level 

Time

Language Focus

   Materials   

 Beginner

(high school/univ)

 ~15 minutes

Present Continuous 

"What is/are ______ wearing?" 

Clothes Chant
Beginner

(any)

30 minutes +

Present Tense "like"

Question Grid: "What do you like?"

Talking about Food
  

Low Intermidiate

(EFL univ class) 

12-page unit

Present Tense/Introductions/Questions

Various Activities

University Orientation

Audio

Low Intermidiate

(high school/univ) 

30 minutes +

Present Tense "Yes/No"

"Find Someone" - 1st Day Ice Breaker

Find Someone Who...

Low Intermidiate

(high school/univ) 

30 minutes +

Present Tense "Favorite"

Pairwork Exercise

A Few of My Favorite Things 

(Julie Andrews singing the song)

Low Intermidiate

(high school/univ) 

30 minutes + Likes/Favorites

Pairwork Exercise Q & A

Talking About Likes and Dislikes 

Low Intermidiate

(high school/univ) 

 30 minutes + 

 Likes/Favorites/Movie Vocabulary

Movies and Movie Genres

Talking about Movies 

Low Intermidiate

(teens/univ/adult)

30 minutes +

20 Questions plus Idioms

Shopping and Shopping habits

Talking about Shopping

Low Intermidiate

(high school/univ) 

20 minutes ~ Family Vocabulary

Pairwork Exercise

 

Who is in the Family?

27 Family Question Cards

Low Intermidiate

(high school/univ) 

40 minutes +

 Prefer (Pair Work Q & A)

Talking about Preferences

Which do you prefer?

(video link)

Low Intermidiate

(high school/univ) 

 30 minutes + 

Would you rather... (Pair Work Q & A)

Talking about Preferences 

 Would you rather...

27 question cards

Low Intermidiate

(high school/univ) 

30 minutes +

 Travel/ "Wh" Questions

Gap Fill Pair Work Worksheets

Talking about Travel 

Low Intermidiate

(high school/univ) 

30 minutes +

 How often/ Adverbs of Frequency

Gap Fill Pair Work Worksheets

 How often does Randy...?

27 question cards

Low Intermidiate

(high school/univ)

30 -50 minutes

Family Vocabulary

Information Gap/4-person Groups

 

Rodriguez Family Tree

Blank Family Tree

Low Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

30 minutes +

Present Tense Questions

Communicative Q & A

Where do you live?
Low Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

30 minutes +

Present Tense Questions

Communicative Question Grid

Sports and Recreation
Low Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

30 minutes +

Present Tense Questions

Questionnaire & Pair Work

Physical Fitness
Low Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

~

Verbs

Vocabulary and Pictures Only 

Sports Action Words
Low Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

30 minutes +

Jobs and Prepositions (in, for, at)

Open-Ended Questions Pair Work

Jobs and Prepositions
Low Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

30 minutes +

Jobs and "Wh" Questions

A & B Pair Work Grid

What's His/Her Job?
Low Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

60 minutes +

Describing People's Appearance

Vocab/Conversation/Word Scramble

Vocab Sheet

Conversation Pair Work

Scrambled Questions

       
 

Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

30 minutes +

Adjectives/Present Tense/ "Wh" Questions

Questions about Clothes, Fashion and Shopping

Talking about Clothes

Intermediate

(small groups) 

~60 minutes 

 Past Tense

Discussing events that have already happened 

I remember...

 Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

30 minutes + 

What do you do for a living?

Video with Worksheet 

Dream Jobs 

Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

~50 minutes

Vocabulary Building

Worksheet

Describing Food

Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

~30 minutes

Present Tense (Pair Work Q & A)

Talking about Food 

International Food

Intermediate

(teens/univ/adults)

~50 minutes

Present Tense/Adverbs of Frequency

16 Questions About Healthy Living

Health Survey

Intermediate+

(teens/univ/adults)

~50 minutes+

Present Tense/Past Tense/Vocab

"Find Someone" + Discussion + Puzzles

Talking about Fears

Intermediate+

(teens/univ/adults)

~50 minutes+

1st Conditional/ If + Pres ten + will

Cultural Superstitions + Beliefs PW

Superstitions and Beliefs

Intermediate+

(teens/univ/adults)

~60 minutes

Making Questions/Verb Tense Review

10 Questions/Interview & Report

Ask Me a Question

Intermediate+

(teens/univ/adults)

~90 minutes +

(6 Pages)

Questions (Various Tenses)

Short Readings/Q & A/ Vocab

Endangered Animals

Intermediate+

(teens/univ/adults)

~60 minutes

1st Conditional vs. 2nd Conditional

Conversation Practice

1st Conditional vs.

2nd Conditional

 
       

 Upper Intermediate

(univ/adults)

30 minutes+ 

 Present Tense/Adverbs of Frequency

8 Questions About Eating Habits

Healthy Eating Quiz 

Upper Intermediate

(univ/adults)

30 minutes+ 

Past Unreal Conditional Tense

Situations in the Past 

What would you have done?

Upper Intermediate

(univ/adults)

20 minutes + 

Idioms 

Worksheet

11 Weather Idioms
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

 

 

 

 

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