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Beginner — 101 lesson plans

"This, that, these, those"

"To be" (simple present)

"Would like" for requests

'Has/have got' – talking about possessions

Action verbs – eat, go, play

Adverbs of manner

Asking about food allergies at a restaurant

Asking for and giving directions

Asking for classroom objects

Asking for help in a public place

Basic adjective order

Basic conjunctions (and, but, or, so)

Basic feelings and emotions

Basic food and drink vocabulary

Body parts

Booking a simple appointment

Borrowing a book from a library

Buying groceries and asking prices

Can, Can’t (ability)

Cardinal numbers (1–100)

Checking in at a hotel

Choosing an event from a flyer

Choosing clothes and sizes

Classroom language

Colors and shapes

Common nouns (people, places, & things)

Comparative adjectives

Contractions with "to be"

Countable and uncountable nouns

Days, months, and dates

Demonstrative pronouns

Describing a picture in simple sentences

Describing people & places

Describing places in a neighborhood

Family members and relationships

Filling out a registration form

Frequency adverbs

Future with will

Giving and following commands

Greetings and introductions

Hearing key words in short spoken sentences

Household vocabulary (rooms and furniture)

How much / How many

Imperatives and polite requests

Indefinite articles ("a" and "an")

Introducing another person

Introduction to plural nouns

Irregular plural nouns

Jobs and occupations

Large numbers and prices

Must/have to (introduction)

Negative sentences (don't/doesn't)

Object pronouns 1

Object pronouns 2

Ordering at a café

Ordinal numbers

Plural nouns (-s/-es)

Possessive 's

Possessive adjectives 1

Possessive adjectives 2

Possessive pronouns 2

Prepositions of movement (to, from, into)

Prepositions of place 1

Prepositions of place 2

Prepositions of time

Prepositions of time (in, on, at)

Present continuous (negative form)

Present continuous tense

Present simple (yes/no questions)

Present simple tense

Pronouncing final -s and -es

Pronouncing past-tense -ed

Quantifiers

Question words 1

Question words 2

Questions with the verb "to be"

Reading a simple timetable

Reading signs and public notices

Reflexive Pronouns

Reporting a lost item

Sharing phone numbers and contact details

Simple past tense

Some and any

Spelling names and email addresses

Subject pronouns 1

Subject pronouns 2

Superlatives (short adjectives)

Talking about pets and animal habitats

Talking about your daily routine

Talking about your family + possessive 's

Telling the time

The definite article "the"

The verb ‘to be’ – negative form

There is / there are

Time expressions (basic)

Transportation vocabulary

Using a self-service ticket machine

Verbs with two objects

Weather vocabulary and expressions

Writing a short text message

Yes/no questions with do/does

Beginner / Intermediate — 53 lesson plans

"Do" vs. "make"

"Some" vs. "any"

"There is" or "it is"

"Will" vs. "Going to"

Adverbs of frequency

Apologizing and accepting an apology

Asking follow-up questions

Asking someone to repeat or clarify

As…as comparisons

Comparative & superlative adjectives

Comparative and superlative adverbs

Comparing rental listings

Compound nouns

Describing symptoms at a pharmacy

Each, every, and all

English articles (a, an, the)

Explaining a problem and asking for a solution

Explaining an absence and catching up

Expressing ability and permission (can, could, be allowed to)

Expressions with "have"

Finding key information in an announcement

Following delivery updates and arranging a pickup

Future perfect tense

Giving instructions for a simple task

Health and illness vocabulary

Introduction to phrasal verbs

Inviting someone and responding

Irregular verbs in English

Likes and dislikes

Linking words of contrast (but, however, although)

Lose, lost, loss, loose

Making a doctor’s appointment

Making a simple phone call

Making sentences negative

Modals with the infinitive

Past simple: regular verbs and -ed spelling rules

Personality adjectives

Planning a day trip with a partner

Possessive pronouns 1

Present continuous for future arrangements

Present simple vs. present continuous

Rescheduling an appointment politely

Returning an item to a shop

Second conditional 1

Shopping English

Sport and leisure vocabulary

Subject-verb agreement

Talking about the future: all forms reviewed

Telling a short story about a memorable day

Understanding a simple bill and payment due date

Word stress in common two-syllable words

Writing a thank-you message

Writing an informal invitation email

Intermediate — 128 lesson plans

"Lay" vs. "lie"

"Neither" vs. "so" (agreeing/disagreeing)

"No longer", "any longer", "anymore"

"Used to" vs. "be used to"

Addition linkers

Adjective + preposition collocations

Already or yet?

Articles with proper nouns and place names

Auxiliary verbs – have, be, do

Both, neither, either

Causative structures (have/get something done)

Cause and effect linkers

Checking the reliability of an online source

Comma, semicolon, colon

Common errors in reported speech

Commonly confused words in English

Comparing subscription terms

Comparing two news reports

Compound adjectives 2

Conditional meaning with unless and otherwise

Conjunctions

Describing a cultural tradition to visitors

Describing accessibility needs and requesting accommodations

Describing charts and graphs

Describing trends

Discussing sustainable everyday habits

Discussing volunteer opportunities

Discussing work-life balance

Each other vs. one another

Emphatic structures with do/does/did

Explaining a technical problem to support staff

Explaining work tasks to a new colleague

Expressing contrast (although, even though, despite)

Expressing habits with keep and tend to

Expressing opinions and agreeing/disagreeing

Expressing probability (might, may, could)

Expressing purpose

Expressing result and consequence

First conditional

First vs. second conditional

Future in the past 1

Gerund vs. infinitive (change of meaning)

Gerunds vs. infinitives

Giving a short presentation with signposts

Giving constructive feedback on a draft

Handling questions after a presentation

Homonyms

Indirect questions

Intonation for surprise, interest, and doubt

It's time / It's high time

Job interviews: experience and strengths

Linking words of result (therefore, as a result, consequently)

Listening for main ideas and supporting details

Mixed conditionals

Modals for advice

Modals of obligation (must, should) + have to

Modals – Should, could, would

Narrative tenses in writing and storytelling

Negative questions for expectations and surprise

Online privacy and safe sharing

Other, another, or different?

Participating in a video meeting

Participle adjectives

Passive voice

Passive voice (present & simple past)

Passive voice with modals

Passive voice: advanced forms

Past continuous

Past perfect continuous

Past perfect tense

Past simple vs. past continuous

Phrasal verbs with get

Phrasal verbs with look

Phrasal verbs with make

Phrasal verbs with put

Phrasal verbs with take

Possibility and probability

Present perfect (talking about experiences)

Present perfect (with for & since)

Present perfect continuous tense

Present perfect tense

Present perfect vs. simple past

Present simple vs. present perfect

Quantifiers (a few, a little, several, plenty of)

Question tags 1

Question tags 2

Reaching a compromise in a group

Reading a job advertisement

Recognizing suspicious messages

Relative clauses (defining vs. non-defining)

Relative clauses 2

Relative pronouns

Repairing a misunderstanding in conversation

Reported questions (indirect questions)

Reported speech

Reported speech with tense backshift

Requesting time off work

Resolving a customer-service problem

Run-on sentences & sentence fragments

Second conditional 2

Sentence connectors (however, therefore, although)

Sentence stress for correcting information

Sentence types

Setting goals and discussing progress

So vs. such

Speaking about ability (can, could, be able to)

Stative vs. dynamic verbs

Summarizing a short article

Taking turns and interrupting politely

The verb "get"

Third conditional 1

Third conditional 2

Too vs. enough

Understanding double negatives in English

Understanding implied meaning in conversation

Used to / would for past habits

Verb + gerund (enjoy/avoid/consider)

Verb + preposition collocations

Verb tense consistency

Verbs of the senses

When to use no article (zero article)

Wish / if only (present regrets)

Writing a cover email for a job application

Writing a restaurant or product review

Writing a short biography

Writing an incident report

Writing an opinion paragraph with evidence

Zero conditional

Intermediate / Advanced — 43 lesson plans

Academic vocabulary in context

Adjective order

Advanced collocations (make, do, take, have)

Adverb clauses

Business English: meetings, presentations, negotiations

Clarifying decisions and next steps in a meeting

Combining information from two sources

Concession clauses in writing

Conditionals: complete review

Describing people, places, and events in detail

Describing personality and character in depth

Describing processes and procedures

Disagreeing diplomatically in a meeting

Discourse markers in academic writing

Discussing advantages and disadvantages

Discussing risks and trade-offs

Eliminating redundant words

Evaluating AI-generated answers

Explaining a policy in plain language

Formal email writing

Formal vs. informal language register

Future in the past 2

Giving evidence-based recommendations

Indefinite pronouns

Interviewing someone for a research project

Modal verbs in academic writing

Narrative tenses in storytelling

News and media language

Parallel structure

Paraphrasing skills

Past perfect vs. past perfect continuous

Possession and noun modifiers

Presenting a balanced argument on a local issue

Relative clauses (advanced)

Reporting survey findings accurately

Responding to criticism professionally

The role of social media in society

Time expressions & tense consistency

Turning notes into meeting minutes

Understanding and correcting dangling modifiers

Word order in English (advanced)

Writing a persuasive proposal

Writing an executive summary

Advanced — 76 lesson plans

Abstract and concrete nouns

Abstract nouns and their collocations

Academic Word List (AWL) vocabulary in context

Advanced conditionals & inversion for emphasis

Advanced passive structures

Advanced punctuation

Advanced sentence negation in English

Advanced use of articles in idioms

Advanced uses of would

Adverbs & their placement

Analyzing persuasive language in advertisements

Binomials and fixed pairs

Challenging misleading statistics in a debate

Changing adjectives to nouns

Cleft sentences

Cohesion and coherence in academic writing

Collocations & fixed expressions to sound more natural

Comma splices

Commenting adverbs

Complex noun phrases

Compound adjectives 1

Concession clauses

Conditional inversion

Conjunctive adverbs

Debate and critical thinking

Dependent clauses — punctuation and positioning

Discourse markers in spoken English

Discussing and debating current issues

Discussing climate change (advanced)

Discussing freedom of speech (advanced)

Editing an argument for audience and tone

Ellipsis and substitution in discourse

Emphasis with do/does/did

Expressing regret & wishes ("if only")

Formal complaints and negotiation in English

Fronted adverbials for emphasis and cohesion

Fronting and topicalization

Future perfect vs. future continuous (subtle differences)

Future perfect vs. future perfect continuous

Hedging language in academic and professional writing

Identifying bias and framing in headlines

Idioms and idiomatic expressions in context

Impersonal passive in formal writing

Interpreting rhetorical questions in persuasive speech

Inversion after negative adverbials

Inversion for emphasis

It-cleft vs. wh-cleft sentences

Metaphor and figurative language in English

Modals in the past

Nominalization in academic writing

Noun clauses

Participle clauses

Past modal verbs for criticism and regret

Phrasal verbs with multiple meanings

Prepositional phrases (advanced)

Prepositions (advanced)

Prepositions in formal writing

Pronoun case in English

Pronouns in elliptical clauses

Proverbs, sayings, and their use in context

Reading an academic abstract critically

Rebutting a counterargument with evidence

Recognizing irony and understatement

Reported speech (advanced)

Reported speech – when to backshift

Semi-modals (be bound to, be supposed to, be likely to)

Separating fact, inference, and speculation

Stance adverbs and hedging in formal writing

Subject-verb agreement (advanced)

Subjunctive mood

Synthesizing conflicting research findings

Wish / if only for past regrets

Word formation: prefixes, suffixes, and roots

Writing a literature-review paragraph

Writing for different purposes: inform, persuade, entertain

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ESL Lesson Plan Collection: Topics by Level

Beginner — 101 lesson plans

Beginner / Intermediate — 53 lesson plans

Intermediate — 128 lesson plans

Intermediate / Advanced — 43 lesson plans

Advanced — 76 lesson plans