Quick Fillers

This worksheet gives your students the opportunity to talk at length about different ways you can get around.

There's a pre-speaking activity, followed by questions on traveling by car, train and plane. You can also add extra questions (or better still, get your students to come up with them).

This worksheet is written for intermediate classes, but can easily be adjusted for other levels.

It can be difficult for language-learners to show that they are listening to (and interested in) another speaker. This worksheet demonstrates techniques native speakers use when engaged in a conversation. This worksheet looks at tag questions, repetition of key words, showing surprise, sympathy and more. This handout is written for intermediate students. However it can be adjusted for other levels.

Do your students need fluency practice? This worksheet gives guided conversation on the topic of health, fitness, free time and general well-being. There's a pre-discussion task, followed by questions for your students to discuss. These fluency-builders are a splendid way to get your students using the language they've been taught in an extended fluency-based lesson.

This is a great worksheet for getting students to vent their frustrations eloquently! The sentence pattern is: 'I can't stand it when [trains are late].' There's a gap-fill conversation, sentence jumble, personalisation practice and lots of discussion. It's a great 'filler lesson' which really gets your students talking!

This worksheet is a business version of 'Suffering in Silence'. The topic is sentences using the pattern: 'I can't stand it when [something happens].' It's a great way to get your students using longer sentences, and sounding more natural when complaining about life! There's a conversation, practice exercises and lots of discussion. This worksheet is written for lower-intermediate level students, but can easily be adapted for classes of other abilities.

This worksheet practices some common expressions which take gerunds. Examples: There's no point [worrying] ; It's a waste of time [doing] There is a conversation followed by controlled exercises, personalisation and discussion. This worksheet is written for lower-intermediate students, but can easily be adjusted.

Movies make a great topic for lessons (especially as a warm-up), but many lower-level students have difficulty saying anything intelligible on the subject! Make life easier for everyone with this worksheet! There are lots of great phrases your students can use, as well as an information-gap exercise and speaking practice.

Everyone has an opinion on television shows! This worksheet gives your students the opportunity to discuss the topic with their classmates. There are questions not only on TV shows, but also on the state of the TV industry in general. Have standards fallen? What rules do TV companies have to follow? How independent are TV channels? This worksheet is written for intermediate students, but can be adjusted for other levels.