ESL lesson plans for beginners | A1+

Welcome to our collection of ESL lesson plans and resources for teaching beginners. These lessons cover some of the fundamental grammar and functional areas of the English language and are aimed at younger learners, although they can be adapted and used with adults.

Depending on the class size and level of your students, lessons should take between 60 and 90 minutes. Each lesson plan contains suggested board work, several low-prep classroom activities and a game.

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Grammar

ESL lesson plan for teaching plurals
LESSON 1
Teaching plurals
ESL lesson plan for short forms of be
LESSON 2
Short forms of the verb to be
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ESL lesson plan for questions with be
LESSON 3
Questions with the verb to be
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ESL lesson plan for teaching possessive adjectives
LESSON 4
Possessive adjectives
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ESL lesson plan for teaching plurals
LESSON 5
Possessive 's
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ESL lesson plan for teaching have got
LESSON 6
Short forms of have got
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ESL lesson plan for teaching have got questions
LESSON 7
Questions with have got
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ESL lesson plan for teaching position of adjectives
LESSON 8
Position of adjectives
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ESL lesson plan for teaching can for ability
LESSON 9
Can for ability
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ESL lesson plan for teaching present simple
LESSON 10
Present simple
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ESL lesson plan for teaching present simple questions
LESSON 11
Present simple: Questions with do
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ESL lesson plan for teaching prepositions of place
LESSON 12
Prepositions of place
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ESL lesson plan for teaching there is and there are
LESSON 13
There is & there are
ESL lesson plan for teaching present continuous
LESSON 14
Present continuous
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ESL lesson plan for teaching present continuous questions
LESSON 15
Questions with the present continuous
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ESL lesson plan for teaching prepositions of time
LESSON 16
Prepositions of time
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Functional language

ESL lesson plan for teaching introductions
LESSON 1
Introductions
ESL lesson plan for asking what's this?
LESSON 2
Asking "What's this?"
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ESL lesson plan for teaching giving instructions
LESSON 3
Giving instructions
ESL lesson plan for teaching months of the year
LESSON 4
The months of the year
ESL lesson plan for describing people
LESSON 5
Describing people
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ESL lesson plan for teaching time
LESSON 6
Time
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ESL lesson plan for teaching questions about time
LESSON 7
Questions about time
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More language levels

Adult Beginner
ESL lesson plans for teaching adult beginners
Beginner
ESL lesson plans for teaching beginners
Upper Beginner
ESL lesson plans for teaching upper beginners
Elementary
ESL lesson plans for teaching elementary level students
Upper Elementary
ESL lesson plans for teaching upper elementary students
Intermediate
ESL lesson plans for teaching intermediate
Upper Intermediate
ESL lesson plans for teaching upper intermediate
Advanced
ESL lesson plans for teaching advanced
A library of ESL lesson plans for teachers.

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A library of ESL lesson plans for teachers.