My ESL Resources

1. Cartoons
2. Island Pic: Snowmen
3. ESL Questions
4. Nursery Rhymes
5. Flashcards
6.

Animal Riddles

Source: Englishexercises

I have four legs.                                                  

I live in Africa.

I am big and grey.

I live in the river.

I am a elephant.crocodile.hippo.lion.fish.shark.

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I have four legs.

I am a pet.

I hate cats.

I bark.  

I am a mouse.rat.dog.cat.rabbit.hamster.

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I eat other animals.

I have a big mouth.

I am green.

I live in the water.   

I am a fish.goldfish.shark.snake.crocodile.hippo.

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I can swim and dive.

I have two legs.

I have wings.

I quack.

I am a fish.monkey.bat.seal.crocodile.duck.

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I have four legs.

You can ride me.

I have tusks.

I have a long nose.      

I am an horse.donkey.camel.elephant.bicycle.mammoth.

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I hiss.

I can be poisonous.

I am long.

I have a forked tongue.    

I am a crocodile.giraffe.snake,horse.hamster.bus.

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I eat insects.

I live in the pond.

I hop.

I am green.

I am a crocodile.alligator.fish.salamander.frog.duck.

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I am small.

I can be scary.

I have eight legs.

I spin a web.

I am a spider.octopus.snake.tiger.scorpion.fox.

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I eat vegetables.

I can run fast.

I can be a pet.

I have long ears.

I am a giraffe.elephant.dog.hamster.rat.rabbit.

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I live in Africa.

I am yellow and brown.

I eat leaves.

I have a long neck. 

I am a elephant.rabbit.giraffe.lion.buffalo.snake.  

Peter and the wolf

Source: Englishexercises

(Let me tell you a story that shows the importance of always telling the truth.)

Once upon a time, in a small town, lived a little boy. His name was Peter.  He was 8 years old. He liked to play and to have fun. Peter was in charged of the sheep   of the family. Everyday after school,he took the sheep to a  beautiful meadow near the town. One day he was in the field with the  sheep. He was tired that day. He started thinking about what to do to  have fun. Suddenly he came up with an idea. He started to shout loudly: "Help, help, the wolf".

The wolf is eating my sheep" "Help".  

People in the town listened to him. He sounded extremely afraid. They took their tools and some sticks and they ran to the meadow  to help him.  But when they arrived to the place Peter was, he started laughing. 

"I cheated you" he said. And he laughed and laughed. The men from the town were really angry   at him and they told   him : "Don't lie to us again". Peter   promised that he wouldn't do it again.

 The days passed and there Peter was in the field again. He was taking care of the sheep. And the idea of cheating   the men of the town emerged again. And what do you think he did? . You're right. He started to scream  "wolf"  again: "The  wolf  is coming, the wolf is coming". When the men in the town listened to him they thought it was real. Because they  believed in the promise  Peter made of telling the truth. 

They ran   to the meadow to help him, but imagined what  happened when they returned. They found Peter laughing and saying: "Ha,ha. I cheated you again. Ha,ha."

 

The people  from the town were extremely . They left him with his sheep and they returned to the town.

 

But the destiny is fair. One day the wolf  really appeared. Peter started screaming and asking for help. But nobody in  the town ran to help him. They listened to the screams but nobody helped him. The wolf ate all his sheep . Peter was  really sad. He returned to the  town and told everybody what happened. The men and the women were sad  for him  but they told him: "We hope you have learned your lesson".Peter  answered: "Yes, I learned that I must  always tell the truth".

  

 

I. Choose the correct answer.

 

1. The boy's name is     WalterPeterJohn.

 

2. He lived in a small     cityhousetown.

 

3. He was   789   years old.

 

4. He liked to play and   to have funto sleepto cook dinner.

 

5. He was in charged of    the sheepthe wolvesthe apples.

 

1. How were people from the town?  

 

2. What animal really appeared one day? 

 

3. Who helped Peter? 

 

4. What did people from the town tell Peter? 

 

5. What did Peter learn? 

9. Tom and Jerry ____________.

8. Tom is _____.

7. Jerry looks ________.

6. Jerry is _______ Tom.

5. Tom is using a ____________.

4. Tom and Jerry are at __________.

3. Jerry is Eating ____________.

2. Tom and Jerry are ___________.

1. Jerryis Carrying ________.

A Tough Choice

A: Beer is a powerful drug.

B: So are cigarettes.

A: Which would you prefer?

B: What do you mean?

A: When you die and go to heaven, they will offer you beer or cigarettes.

B: I could pick only one or the other?

A: Yes. Nothing's perfect, not even in heaven.

B: Boy, that's a tough one.

A: What's so tough about it? Of course, I would pick cigarettes.

B: But cigarettes taste much better when you have a cold beer.

A: Well, you can't have everything.

B: I don't think I want to go to your heaven.

THE TWO HUNTERS

"Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He

doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other

man pulls out his phone and calls emergency services. He gasps to

the operator: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator in a

calm, soothing voice replies: "Take it easy. I can help. First, let's

make sure he's dead."

There is a silence, then a shot is heard.

Back on the phone, the hunter says, "Ok, now what?"

The Frogs and the Well

Two frogs lived together in a marsh. But one hot summer the marsh dried up, and they left it to look for another place to live in for frogs; like damp places if they can get them. By and by they came to a deep well, and one of them looked down into it, and said to the other, "This looks a nice cool place. Let us jump in and settle here." But the other, who had a wiser head on his shoulders, replied, "Not so fast, my friend. Supposing this well dried up like the marsh, how should we get out again?"

Cartoon 3: Island

1. Suggest what probably happened to the poor man .

2. Replace “stating my location” with another phrase.

 

3. What phrase can be used in place of “bombarded with” ?

4. “junk” can be substituted with  …………

5. Write another creative Caption for the Cartoon.

Cartoon 2: Wedding

1.Fill in the blanks: 

The wedding cake did not turn ____  well.       

The lady was shocked _____what she saw.

2.  What can you say about the man who is preparing for the wedding? 

3.  “bundle”  can be substituted by the phrase

4.  Write another creative caption for the Cartoon above.

 
 
   

Cartoon 1: Story

1. Read aloud the Caption clearly. Be careful of the two words “read”.

2. Give another word for “story”.

3.  Rephrase “Dad, could you read me another story ?”

4.  “that one”  means…

 

5. Write another creative Caption for the Cartoon above.