The Big Book Of ESL Exercises

By H. L. Dowless

This work is a collection of short stories, poems, and songs, with accompanying ESL exercises. This volume is the same one that has been used in numerous offshore classroom settings. A prototype of this work was used stateside in an EC class. The motivation for making the book came about when the department head at the first school location in which he was employed, informed him that he was to find a way of teaching the students, even though absolutely no instructional materials existed. He was curtly informed that if he failed to do so, he would be promptly terminated. Thus, the volume was born.
Additional stories and poems were added when the author's own son was growing up, for the purpose of entertaining him and his friends.

• Language: English
• Publisher: H. L. Dowless
• Release date: May 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9780463368435

H. L. Dowless

The author is an international ESL instructor. He enjoys outdoor activites and living on the edge. What he enjoys most of all is meeting new interesting people who happen to be his loyal reading fans.

Book preview

Beginners level one

The Big Exercise Book

Of ESL Literature

By H.L. Dowless

Jo And John Go To Town

The sun is shinning brightly. The day feels warm. John wanted to go to town! So he walks down a long dirt road to the home of Jo, on the hill by the creek. He raised his right hand.

Knock, Knock, Knock, went the sound on the door. Soon Jo opened it up. John saw her standing in front of him in her little green hood and coat.

Come on, he said, let's go to town!

I love walking to town, said Jo. Oh, the day feels so good, I think that we shall carry Spot along with us.

Fine then, fine, lets call Spot to come with us, said John.

Spot, yelled Jo, "come with us! We are going to town!

Bow! Wow, barked Spot as he ran to meet them.

See John, yelled Jo, Spot can not wait to come along with us!

Exercise One

(1) Who did John go to meet?

(2) Who was Spot?

(3) Who was Jo?

(4) What color was Jo's coat?

(5) Was the day warm?

(6) Was the day sunny?

(7) On what did the house of Jo sit?

(8) Where did Jo live?

(9) What is a creek?

(10) John raised his hand and did what?

Exercise Two

Matching

(1) John went to meet____.

(2) The ___ was named Spot

(3) Jo's pal was named___.

(4) Green was the color of Jo's ___.

(5) The day was ___ and ___.

(6) The house of Jo sat on a ___.

(7) The house of Jo was by a ___.

(8) A flow of water is a ___.(9) ___, ___, ___, went John's hand on Jo's door.

(10) Spot can not ___ to come along with us!

(a) creek

(b) warm, sunny.

(c) hill

(d) Knock, Knock, knock

(e) John

(f) coat

(g) wait

(h) green

(I) dog

(j) Jo

Instructor’s Checklist

Exercise one: Answers

(1) Jo (5) Yes (9) flow of water

(2) The Dog (6) Yes (10) knock, knock, knock!

(3) John's pal (7) On a hill

(4) green (8) By a creek

Exercise two: Answers

(1) j (9) d

(2) I (10) g

(3) e

(4) f

(5) b

(6) c

(7) a

(8) a

So the three walk down the long dirt road toward town. That's Jo, John, and Spot, walking down the old dirt road into town.

Find the stick, Spot, said John as he reached down, picked one up and tossed it.

Bring the stick to me, said Jo.

Bow wow, said Spot as he raced out to find the stick.

Soon the three come to a creek.

This creek is close to town, said Jo.

If we listen we can hear the water flowing over the water wheel of the grist mill, said John!

I think that I hear the kid's parade, said Jo! "Hear the flutes?

Hear the lute? Hear the drums and the tin cans? Hear the squeeze box of the Hurdy-Gurdy man?"

Bow wow, says Spot! Bow wow! Bow wow wow!

Spot races toward the grist mill and the gypsy tent by the mill store. Jo and John race after him.

Wait for us, Spot! Wait for us, they both yell as they run!

Exercise three

Soon the three came to a ____.

This creek is ___to____, said Jo.

If we _____ we can hear the ___ ____ over the water ___ of the ___ ____, said John!

I think that I can hear the kid's parade, said Jo! "Hear the ____? Hear the lute? Hear the ___ and the ___ cans? Hear the squeeze ___ of the Hurdy-Gurdy man?

____ ____, says Spot! Bow wow! Bow wow, wow, wow!

Spot races toward the grist ____ and the gypsy ___ by the mill ____. Jo and John race after him.

Wait for us! Wait for us, they both yell as they run!

Exercise four

Guessing

(1) A place where products are made.

(2) A flow of water.

(3) Next to.

(4) A built up area where people gather.

(5) Detect sounds

(6) Movement of water

(7) A flat perfectly round object

(8) Ground grains

(9) Musical instrument with hole through which one's breath is blown.

(10) A musical instrument made of a stretched head of leather.

Instructor's Check List

Answers

Exercise three:

Soon the three come to a creek.

This creek is close to town, said Jo.

If we listen we can hear the water flowing over the water wheel of the grist mill, said John!

I think that I hear the kid's parade, said Jo! "Hear the flutes?

Hear the lute? Hear the drums and the tin cans? Hear the squeeze box of the Hurdy Gurdy man?"

Bow wow, says Spot! Bow wow! Bow wow wow!

Spot races toward the grist mill and the gypsy tent by the mill store. Jo and John race after him.

Wait for us, Spot! Wait for us, they both yell as they run!

Exercise four:

(1) mill

(2) creek

(3) close

(4) town

(5) hear

(6) flow