
Kim Oliver ESOL Web Links
Tech up your teaching! Every good teacher knows that the resources outside the classroom are as important as those inside for students to improve their mastery of the English language! The internet is now a gold mine of resources, but some are more helpful than others! So I have created a page with the best of the best web resources available for ESL teachers and students.
Trilingual index of expressions with equivalent meanings
http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/ri/expressions/
Great translator for idioms and proverbs (English, French, Spanish)
Proverbs
http://www.manythings.org/proverbs/
They have over 230 proverbs, organized alphabetically in 16 lists, with accompanying quizzes and games for practice.
Idioms
Using English.com
http://www.usingenglish.com/links/Idiomatic_Expressions/index.html
A large link to links of idioms, history of phrases.
The Phrase Finder
https://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html
Meaning and historyfor 2000 idioms
The Idiom Connection
http://www.idiomconnection.com/
Large list of idioms, separated alphabetically as well as by theme. There is also a similar page with lots of proverbs. At the end of each group (the whole thing) is a quiz.
Go English Idioms
http://www.goenglish.com/Idioms.asp
Alphabetical list with explanations
English By Clips
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6kPCQlwX-Dx3kOVl7T6RVw
Several Idioms in TV clips
Paul Noll
http://www.paulnoll.com/Books/Clear-English/English-idioms-01.html
This is a list of 600 idioms! No exercises, just a giant list with explanations.
Idioms with pictures
http://www.michellehenry.fr/Illustrated%20Idioms2.pdf
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/idiomsru1.pdf
A printable pdf chart of idioms with humorous pictures
Second Nature Idioms
http://2ndnature-online-eikaiwa.com/Idioms/Idioms.htm
Idioms sorted by theme, with quizzes
Idioms using “hit”
http://www.quia.com/hm/429540.html
VOA slide show about idioms with “hit” with a hangman game.
Phrasal Verbs
Sticky Ball Phrasal Verbs
http://stickyball.net/esl-phrasal-verbs.html
Phrasal Verbs sorted by their first words; worksheet for each group
Idiom list and games
http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html
You need to scroll down to the middle of this page to find "Idiom quizzes by Letitia Bradley", but there are a lot of them!
Second Nature
http://2ndnature-online-eikaiwa.com/Phrasal-Verbs/Module-8/Unit-8.1.htm
Really nice explanations as well as sample sentences and quiz
Learn Engilsh Today
http://www.learn-english-today.com/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verb-list.htm
Alphabetical list with quizzes
ESL Lounge
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/phrasal-verbs.php
Here you can find lots of phrasal verbs sorted by the first word, with exercises
FIS Idiom of the day
http://esl.fis.edu/vocab/phrasal/phrasalofDay.htm
One phrasal verb each day!
Using English Phrasal verb list
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/list.php
No games or quizzes, but a very extensive list
Phrasal verbs through cartoons
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/PHRASALS/Pv0.htm
Very basic cartoons, but a quiz follow every few cartoons; it's a fun change from lists!