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A2 ESL lesson — Let's get to know each other: Present Simple and personality vocabulary

A2

Let’s get to know each other

⏰ Present Simple: To Be

🧸 Have/has got

🧍‍♂️Personality and Appearance

A2 ESL lesson "Simple days: Talking about routines" — Present Simple and daily routine vocabulary

A2

Simple days: Talking about routines

📗 Present Simple

🔄 Daily routines

🏃‍♂️ Activities

A2 ESL lesson "Adverbs of frequency through different lifestyles" — Present Simple and daily routines

A2

Adverbs of frequency through different lifestyles

📘 Present Simple

🔁 Adverbs of Frequency

🕒 Daily Routines

A2 ESL lesson "Grammar in a gallery" — Present Continuous through art and Van Gogh

A2

Grammar in a gallery: learn Present Continuous through art

🌀 Present Continuous

🖌️ Describing Art

🌻 Van Gogh

A2 ESL lesson "Describe your best friend" — comparatives, superlatives and personality adjectives

A2

Describe your best friend. Comparatives & Superlatives

🧠 Comparatives & Superlatives

📏 Adjectives

🧍 Personality Traits

A2 ESL lesson "Where Is It?" — prepositions of place and town vocabulary with a Sherlock mystery

A2

Where Is It? Mastering Prepositions with Sherlock

📍 Prepositions of Place

🏙️ Places in Town

🕵️ Sherlock & Stories

A2 ESL lesson "How Edison made history" — Past Simple with inventions and famous inventors

A2

How Edison made history – Past Simple in action

🕰 Past Simple

💡 Inventions

🧪 Science & Technology

A2 ESL lesson "Travel through time" — Past Simple irregular verbs with historical stories

A2

Travel through time: Past Simple & historical stories

⏳ Irregular Verbs

🏛️ Ancient Civilizations

📚 Past Simple

A2 ESL lesson "Talking about your home" — Present Simple vs Present Continuous with house vocabulary

A2

Talking about your home: Present Simple vs Continuous

🔄 Present Simple vs Present Continuous

🏠 House & Home

🗣️ Describing Daily Life

A2 ESL lesson "How's the Weather Today?" — weather vocabulary and Present Simple practice

A2

How’s the Weather Today?

🔁 Present Simple

☀️ Weather Vocabulary

😌 Weather & Mood

A2 ESL lesson "Talking about food" — like, love, hate + verb-ing with food vocabulary

A2

Talking about food: Like, Love, Hate + Verb-ing

🔤 Gerund Structures

🥗 Food Vocabulary

🎤 Speaking About Preferences

A2 ESL lesson "To be going to" — future plans grammar with travel and European cities

A2

To be going to: future grammar for travel & adventure

🧳 To Be Going To (Future Plans)

🏛️ Travel & Tourism

🎒 Planning a Trip

A2 ESL lesson "Tech of tomorrow" — Future Simple predictions with technology vocabulary

A2

Tech of tomorrow: what will we use?

🔮 Future Simple

🧠 Predictions & Possibilities

📱 Technology & Gadgets

A2 ESL lesson "Doctor, what should I do?" — should and shouldn't for advice with health vocabulary

A2

Doctor, what should I do?

🧠 Should / Shouldn't

❓Second Conditional

🏥 Health & Illness

A2 ESL lesson "If I Had a Million… Like Rockefeller" — First Conditional with money and success vocabulary

A2

If I Had a Million… Like Rockefeller

🧠 First Conditional

💰 Finance & Success

📈 Talking About Goals

A2 ESL lesson "Discovering nature with David Attenborough" — Present Perfect with nature vocabulary

A2

Discovering nature with David Attenborough: Present Perfect practice

🔵 Present Perfect

🌱 Nature & Environment

🎥 David Attenborough

A2 ESL lesson "A journey to the unknown" — articles a, an, the with a Point Nemo adventure

A2

A journey to the unknown: exploring Articles at Point Nemo

📚 Articles (a/an/the)

🌍 Adventure Vocabulary

🧭 Point Nemo & Exploration

A2 ESL lesson "City life" — Past Continuous practice with city vocabulary and roleplay

A2

City life: living in the moment with Past Continuous

⏳ Past Progressive

🏙 City Life

🗣 Speaking & Roleplay

A2 ESL lesson "From clothes to the Birkin bag" — countable and uncountable nouns with fashion vocabulary

A2

From clothes to the Birkin bag: Countable and Uncountable nouns

🧺 Clothes Vocabulary

📏 Countable & Uncountable Nouns

👜 Fashion & Brands

A2 ESL lesson "Remake or original?" — film vocabulary, listening and speaking about movies

A2

Remake or original? Let’s talk movies

🎬 Film Vocabulary

📖 Remakes & Originals

🎧 Listening & Opinions

B1 ESL lesson "In the forest" — Present Perfect with Jane Goodall and conservation vocabulary

B1

In the forest: Present Perfect with Jane Goodall

📘 Present Perfect

🧳 Jane Goodall & Chimpanzees

🎨 Environmental Conservation

B1 ESL lesson "From slice to history" — quantifiers some, any, much, many with pizza vocabulary

B1

From slice to history: pizza and Quantifiers

📘 Quantifiers

🍕 Pizza

🌍 Culture & Everyday Life

B1 ESL lesson "The island with no roads" — Present Perfect Progressive with island life vocabulary

B1

The island with no roads: Present Perfect Progressive in action

📘 Present Perfect Progressive

🏝 Remote Island

🌍 Community Life

B1 ESL lesson "The town that disappeared" — there is, there was practice with the Villa Epecuén story

B1

The town that disappeared: There Is/There Was

🌊 Environment

📘 There is / There was

🏙 Natural Disasters

B1 ESL lesson "Floating Schools in Bangladesh" — Past Simple vs Past Continuous with education vocabulary

B1

Floating Schools in Bangladesh: Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

📘 Past Simple & Past Progressive

🧳 Education & Schools

🎨 Floating schools in Bangladesh

B1 ESL lesson "Celebrating twice" — used to for past habits with New Year traditions in Juoksengi

B1

Celebrating twice: New Year traditions and Used to

✏️ Used to

🎉 Festivals & Traditions

🌍 New Year in Juoksengi

B1 ESL lesson "The polar explorer who ate his boots" — will vs be going to with Arctic survival vocabulary

B1

The polar explorer who ate his boots: Future with Will & Going to

🧭 Future Simple & Be Going To

❄️ Polar Exploration & Survival

🎧 Arctic Adventure Story

B1 ESL lesson "Sailing across the ocean" — Future Progressive with Laura Dekker's solo journey

B1

Future Progressive: Sailing across the ocean

⛵ Future Progressive

🌊 Life at Sea & Sailing

🗺️ Laura Dekker’s Solo Journey

B1 ESL lesson "A night at the Ice Hotel in Sweden" — Passive Voice across tenses with the Icehotel

B1

A night at the Ice Hotel in Sweden: Passive Voice

🏨 Passive Voice

❄️ Icehotel in Sweden

✨ Unusual Travel Experiences

B1 ESL lesson "A city where dogs have rights" — Zero and First Conditionals with debate practice

B1

A city where dogs have rights: Zero & First Conditionals

⚖️ Zero & First Conditionals

🐾 Animal Rights & Responsibilities

🗣️ ESL Debate Practice

B1 ESL lesson "The man who walked across Antarctica" — Reported Speech with Colin O'Brady's expedition

B1

The man who walked across Antarctica: Reported Speech

🗨️ Reported Speech

❄️ Antarctica Expedition

🚶 Extreme Survival Journey

B1 ESL lesson "Interviewing a polyglot" — Reported Questions with language learning vocabulary

B1

Interviewing a polyglot: how to use Reported Questions

🗨️ Reported Questions

🌍 Language Learning & Polyglots

🎤 Interview Practice

B1 ESL lesson "Extreme Sports and What If?" — Second Conditional with Alex Honnold's free solo climb

B1

Extreme Sports and “What If?”: Second Conditional practice

⛰ Second Conditional

🧗 Extreme Sports & Climbing

🎬 Free Solo Documentary

B1 ESL lesson "A disappearing flight" — Second vs Third Conditional with an aviation mystery

B1

Second vs. Third Conditional: A disappearing flight

✈️ Second & Third Conditionals

🕵️ Aviation Mystery & Investigation

🗣️ ESL Discussion & Debate

B1 ESL lesson "Climbing Everest" — modals of probability must, might, can't with Junko Tabei's story

B1

Climbing Everest: Modals of Probability

🗻 Modals of Probability

🥶 Extreme Sports & Survival

🗣️ ESL Speaking Practice

B1 ESL lesson "Selling the Eiffel Tower" — gerunds vs infinitives with the story of a famous scam

B1

Selling the Eiffel Tower – Gerunds vs. Infinitives

🗼 Gerunds & Infinitives

🎭 Famous Scams & Tricks

💬 ESL Speaking Practice

B1 ESL lesson "The village powered by cheese" — modals of obligation with renewable energy vocabulary

B1

The village powered by cheese: Modals for Obligation

🧀 Modals of Obligation

🌱 Renewable Energy & Sustainability

🗣️ ESL Speaking & Debate

B1 ESL lesson "The town with no locked doors" — adjectives -ed and -ing with Longyearbyen

B1

Adjectives -ed / -ing: The town with no locked doors

🏘️ Community & Neighbourhood

🔑 Adjectives -ed / -ing

🤝 Trust & Hospitality

B1 ESL lesson "The Festival of Flying Tomatoes" — comparatives and superlatives with La Tomatina

B1

The Festival of Flying Tomatoes: Comparatives and Superlatives

🍅 Comparatives & Superlatives

🎉 Festival & Culture

🗣️ ESL Speaking Practice

B1 ESL lesson "The Mystery of the Moving Stones" — linking words with Death Valley's sailing stones

B1

The Mystery of the Moving Stones + Linking words (cause & effect, contrast, time)

🪨 Linking Words

🏜️ Mystery of Nature & Science

🗣️ ESL Speaking & Discussion

B2 ESL lesson "Let's travel" — travel vocabulary, listening and speaking introduction lesson

B2

Let’s travel: Introduction lesson

🌍 Travel

🧳 Vocabulary

🎧 Listening Practice

B2 ESL lesson "The doctor who used music instead of medicine" — past modals with music therapy

B2

The doctor who used music instead of medicine: Modals in the Past

💊 Health

🎵 Music Therapy

⏳ Modals in the Past

B2 ESL lesson "Books that changed the world" — Past Perfect Continuous with Stephen King's story

B2

Books that changed the world: Stephen King & Past Perfect Continuous

📚 Literature

✍️ Writing Skills

⏳ Past Perfect Continuous

B2 ESL lesson "The brand that changed the world" — clauses of contrast and purpose with the Nike story

B2

The brand that changed the world

✨ Grammar

🏷️ Brands & Business

🔥 Advertising

B2 ESL lesson "A night under the Swiss stars" — modals for deduction with an open-air hotel

B2

A night under the Swiss stars: Modals for deduction

🔎 Modals for Deduction

🏨 Unique Travel & Accommodation

🗣️ ESL Speaking & Role-play

B2 ESL lesson "The ghost ship mystery" — Reported Speech in all tenses with the Mary Celeste

B2

The ghost ship mystery: Reported Speech practice

🗨️ Reported Speech (All Tenses)

⚓ Maritime Mysteries & Legends

🎙️ Retelling & Storytelling

B2 ESL lesson "If the Mona Lisa had been lost" — Mixed Conditionals with art and cultural landmarks

B2

If the Mona Lisa had been lost: Mixed Conditionals

🔀 Mixed Conditionals

🖼️ Art, Architecture & Culture

📖 ESL Reading & Writing Practice

B2 ESL lesson "From idea to empire" — Passive Voice with modals and the Airbnb story

B2

From idea to empire: Passive Voice with Modals

🌀 Passive Voice (All Tenses + Modals)

💼 Business & Startups

🗣️ ESL Discussion & Case Studies

B2 ESL lesson "Punishment or Rehabilitation?" — past modals with the Norwegian prison system

B2

Punishment or Rehabilitation?: Modals in the Past

📘 Modals in the Past

⚖️ Justice & Rehabilitation

🏛️ Norwegian Prison System

B2 ESL lesson "Changing food habits" — used to, be used to, get used to with food culture

B2

Changing food habits: practising “Used to” structures

🔄 Used to / Be used to / Get used to

🍽️ Changing Food Habits

🗣️ ESL Speaking & Discussion

B2 ESL lesson "The marathon through the Sahara" — Future Perfect with the Marathon des Sables

B2

The marathon through the Sahara: Future Perfect in Action

⏳ Future Perfect

🧗 Extreme Sports & Endurance

🏜️ Travel & Desert Survival

B2 ESL lesson "The mind that has never forgotten" — Present Perfect Simple vs Continuous with hyperthymesia

B2

The mind that has never forgotten: Present Perfect Simple and Continuous

⚖️ Present Perfect Simple vs Continuous

🧠 Memory & Neuroscience

🗣️ ESL Debate & Reflection

B2 ESL lesson "The day aviation changed" — Past Perfect with the Miracle on the Hudson

B2

The day aviation changed: Past Perfect storytelling

⚖️ Past Perfect

✈️ Aviation & Emergencies

🗣️ ESL Discussion & News Writing

B2 ESL lesson "Secrets beneath Grand Central" — Past Simple vs Past Continuous with Track 61

B2

Secrets beneath Grand Central: Past Simple & Past Continuous

⚖️ Past Simple vs Past Continuous

🚇 Hidden Presidential Subway

🕵🏻‍♀️ Mystery & Hidden History

A2 ESL lesson — Let's get to know each other: Present Simple and personality vocabulary

C1

How exercise changes your brain

📘 Academic Vocabulary & Reading

🧠 Brain & Health

🏃 Exercise

C1 ESL lesson "What animals can teach us about life" — modal verbs of advice

C1

What animals can teach us about life: Modal verbs

📗 Modal verbs of advice

🐈 Animals

📂 Life lessons

C1 ESL lesson "Edinburgh: A stage for the world" — inversion with negative adverbials at the Fringe

C1

Edinburgh: A stage for the world

🎨 Art & Culture

📘 Inversion with Negative Adverbials

🌍 Festivals

C1 ESL lesson "Climbing the impossible" — inversion with negatives and Kami Rita Sherpa's Everest record

C1

Climbing the impossible: Inversion with negatives

🏔️ Inversion with Negatives

💪 Sport & Endurance

🗣️ ESL Speaking Practice

C1 ESL lesson "Michelin moments" — articles and advanced quantifiers with fine dining vocabulary

C1

Michelin moments: using Articles & Advanced Quantifiers

🍽️ Articles & Quantifiers

⭐ Michelin-star Dining

🗣️ ESL Role-play Practice

C1 ESL lesson "Diana's body language" — gerunds and infinitives with non-verbal communication

C1

Diana’s body language: Gerunds & infinitives

⚖️ Gerunds & Infinitives

🧍 Body Language & Communication

🗣️ ESL Speaking Practice

C1 ESL lesson "The Idioms of Fashion and Power" — Reported Speech and fashion idioms

C1

The Idioms of Fashion and Power

⚖️ Reported Speech

👔 Fashion & Power

🗣️ ESL Debate & Role-play

C1 ESL lesson "The City That Reads" — Reported Speech with Copenhagen's Black Diamond Library

C1

The City That Reads + Reported Speech

⚖️ Reported Speech

📚 Books, Libraries & Culture

🗣️ ESL Debate & Discussion Practice

C1 ESL lesson "Life without money" — advanced and reduced relative clauses with Mark Boyle's story

C1

Life without money: exploring Relative Clauses

⚖️ Relative Clauses (Advanced & Reduced)

💰 Life Without Money & Survival Skills

🗣️ ESL Debate & Essay Writing

C1 ESL lesson "If only…" — Mixed Conditionals and wish structures with the Berlin Wall

C1

If only... : Mixed Conditionals + Wish/If only

⚖️ Mixed Conditionals + Wish/If only

🏛️ History & Regrets (Berlin Wall)

🗣️ ESL Discussion & Writing Practice

C1 ESL lesson "The Future of work" — Future Perfect vs Future Continuous with automation debate

C1

The Future of work: Mastering Future Perfect & Progressive

🔀 Mixed Conditionals + Wish/If Only

🌍 History & Alternative Scenarios

🗣️ ESL Debate & Reflection

C1 ESL lesson "The job that changed my life" — narrative past tenses

C1

The job that changed my life: Past tenses (narratives)

⏭️ Future Perfect & Future Progressive

💼 Careers & Job Satisfaction

📖 ESL Reading & Writing Activities

C1 ESL lesson "The great education debate" — present tenses in contrast

C1

The great education debate: Present Tenses in Contrast

🔄 Present Tenses (Advanced Contrast)

🎓 Education & Social Debates

🗣️ ESL Debate & Role-play

C1 ESL lesson "Getting to know you" — identity and personality vocabulary

C1

Getting to know you: Identity & Personality

🧠 Personality

🎭 Identity

💬 Speaking Skills

C1 ESL lesson "The rise of artificial intelligence" — cleft sentences

C1

The rise of artificial intelligence

🤖 AI & Technology

📘 Cleft Sentences

💭 Ethics & Innovation

C1 ESL lesson "The phrase that sold millions" — advertising language

C1

The phrase that sold millions

🗣️ Influence & Branding

📢 Advertising Language

💡 Slogans & Persuasion

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Frequently asked questions

Are edio's ESL lessons ready to teach?

Are edio's ESL lessons ready to teach?

Yes. edio offers a library of ready-made, interactive ESL lessons you can teach straight away — no preparation needed. Each lesson includes a full plan: warm-up, vocabulary, reading, grammar practice, speaking tasks and homework, all built into the platform.

Yes. edio offers a library of ready-made, interactive ESL lessons you can teach straight away — no preparation needed. Each lesson includes a full plan: warm-up, vocabulary, reading, grammar practice, speaking tasks and homework, all built into the platform.

What levels and languages do the lessons cover?

What levels and languages do the lessons cover?

The ready-made ESL lessons cover levels A2 to C1 and are available in English. The edio platform itself supports 17 languages, so you can also build your own materials for other languages.

The ready-made ESL lessons cover levels A2 to C1 and are available in English. The edio platform itself supports 17 languages, so you can also build your own materials for other languages.

Are these PDF worksheets or interactive lessons?

Are these PDF worksheets or interactive lessons?

They are fully interactive lessons, not PDFs. Students work in their own account, synced with the teacher in real time, with answers checked automatically — no screen-sharing or downloads. That keeps lessons more engaging than static worksheets and saves you prep time.

They are fully interactive lessons, not PDFs. Students work in their own account, synced with the teacher in real time, with answers checked automatically — no screen-sharing or downloads. That keeps lessons more engaging than static worksheets and saves you prep time.

Can I edit the ready-made lessons?

Can I edit the ready-made lessons?

The ready-made lessons can't be edited directly, but you can build your own lessons from scratch in the edio editor, which offers more than 20 interactive exercise types. Many schools use the ready-made library as their core and add custom materials alongside it.

The ready-made lessons can't be edited directly, but you can build your own lessons from scratch in the edio editor, which offers more than 20 interactive exercise types. Many schools use the ready-made library as their core and add custom materials alongside it.

How much does edio cost?

How much does edio cost?

edio starts from €20/month, or around €17/month when billed annually (€200/year). You can try everything first with a free trial.

edio starts from €20/month, or around €17/month when billed annually (€200/year). You can try everything first with a free trial.

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