English as a Second Language (ESL)

INTRODUCING YOURSELF
Greeting someone
Greeting a friend
Formal introduction & good-bye
Good Manners
introducing yourself & others
Small talk
Where are you from?
Socializing
introductions
Thank-you
Talking on the phone
What to say when you don’t understand
Invitations, & inviting people
making promises
Saying sorry
Apologies, & apologizing
Farewells in English goodbyes expressions
Saying goodbye



 
FAMILY
Personal information
Family members, pictures
Baby care
Family Members – part 1
Family Members – part 2



 
ASKING QUESTIONS
Where, what, when, & why?
Asking & answering questions
Questions
Telephone calls, common phrases
Offering someone a drink



DIRECTIONS
Asking & giving directions conversation
Asking for, & giving directions
Directions – Asking people
Conversation about giving directions
how to give directions



 
TIME
Days of the week in English Monday Tuesday
Months of the year
Days Dates basics
Time conversation between people
Time basics
Telling the Time
Seasons
Days of the week
Countries, nationalities & languages
Reading a Calendar, Dates



 
FEELINGS
Expressing opinion
Expressing opinion & views vocabulary
Praise & encouragement
Feelings
Emotions
describing emotions
Love & family
Descriptive words list
Feelings & emotions



WEATHER
Weather asking questions & types of weather
Weather conversation between 2 people
Making excuses yourself weather traffic health someone else
Talking about the weather
different types of weather
Types of weather, pictures
Weather conversation



 
SPORTS
English lesson learning what do you like to do? football sport
Exercise – sport questions Basic
Football
cycling, skiing, & golf
Hobby questions & answers about hobbies
Sports & exercise
Basketball
A list of sports, pictures
Winter Olympics



HOLIDAYS
Holidays
Halloween
Thanksgiving
New Years Eve
Valentine’s Day, pictures



 
TRAVEL
Confirming your flight
transportation
Airport departing dates
Airport check-in
Airport vocabulary
Airplane vocabulary
plans for winter vacation
Places around Town, part 1
City vocabulary
Places around Town, pictures
Places around Town, part 2
Places around Town, part 3
Places around Town, part 4
Countries List
Countries & capital cities
Continents of the world, & facts



 
HOTEL
Hotel reservation
Requesting a wake up call
Booking a taxi conversation at a hotel
Getting your laundry washed in a hotel
Getting your hotel room cleaned



 
MONEY
how much does it cost?
money
exchanging money
Opening a Bank Account
Bank vocabulary, pictures
Credit Cards
Banking
Managing Your Money
Investing money for profit



 
ACTIVITIES
Everyday actions
Everyday activities
Activities done everyday, pictures
two friends making plans
going to a concert
at the salon
at the beach
at the park
Bicycles
Going to the Movies
Gardening tools, pictures
Hobbies & interests, pictures
Tools for a workshop
Outside the home, pictures



 
SHOPPING
Money & payment
Shopping phrases
How much does it cost?
Shopping for clothes
Shops
Sporting goods store
Shopping for food
buying flowers
Department store, pictures
at the Department store



SUPERMARKET
At the grocery or supermarket
Supermarket conversation
Prepared food
Supermarket vocabulary, pictures
grocery store, pictures
at the Supermarket, shopping



 
RESTAURANT
Ordering food at a restaurant
Ordering food & drink at a restaurant
Fast food, ordering
Eating at restaurants & paying the bill
Restaurant menu
Restaurant conversation
Ordering Drinks at a restaurant
Ordering drinks in a bar
Table settings
Paying your bill at a restaurant
Restaurant food, pictures
Fast food ordering vocab
ordering food at a restaurant
Recommending food at a restaurant



 
FOOD
Vegetables, pictures
Dairy products
Quantity food
Seafood
Food packages
Fruit & Vegetables, pictures
Fruits & Vegetables
breakfast foods
Vegetarian breakfast
Citrus fruits
drinks
Types of dinners
Food containers
meats, fruits & vegetables
Sweets



COOKING
Kitchen vocabulary, pictures
Kitchenware, pictures
sandwiches
Food preparation & recipes
Food preparation & cooking
Ways of cooking food basics
Preparing food & cooking
Food adjectives for describing food A to Z list
methods of cooking food
in the kitchen, pictures
Kitchen, pictures
Kitchen utensils
Eating & cleaning up
in the kitchen
Commenting on food
Salad vegetables



 
HEALTH
First aid box & injuries
Telephone for help after an accident
Going to the doctor
Health & talking about it
Health & family
Tell a doctor or nurse your problem
Hair cut beauty & massages
Make up & Beauty
health & family
pharmacy & drugstore
Injuries & symptoms, pictures
Medical & dental, pictures
at the hospital, pictures
Medicine, pictures
Doctor’s appointment
at the doctors office
Health & safety, pictures



 
THE BODY
Human anatomy, pictures
Human digestive system, pictures
Internal organs
Idioms about the human body
body Parts
body parts & talking about them
Parts of the human body
Body parts list & definitions video
Human body vocabulary and anatomy
parts of the face
Head & face
Human skeleton



 
WORK
Occupations talking about occupations
Occupation – conversation – reading writing
Jobs & places of work exercise
Vocabulary list for getting a job
Dressing for a job interview
Jobs – work and occupations
Production floor manager
Looking for a job
Job interview
First day at work
changing a customers order
promotion at work
Application forms
What job do you want?
jobs
Occupations & jobs, pictures
Professions & occupations, pictures
Office furniture, pictures
Office supplies
Office equipment
at the Office, pictures



 
HOME
Rooms inside a house, pictures
Rooms in a house
Houses & rooms
Types of houses
Apartments
Kids Room
Living room, pictures
Chairs
House cleaning & laundry, pictures
Gardening & home supplies, picture
In the bathroom, items
Utilities & Home repair
Garden vocab, pictures
Bathroom items
Buildings
in the bathroom, pictures
Bathroom items
in the Bedroom



 
SCHOOL
at School, pictures
School activitities, pictures
at the Library, pictures
In the classroom
students & teachers
going to University
applying to college
studying for a test
A school dinner



MATH
How to use numbers in sentences
Numbers & counting
Numbers, 1 – 10
Numbers, 1 to 100
Learning to count
Mathematics, pictures
Basic math
Addition & Subtraction



TECH
the internet
Acronyms for the internet
Lab equipment
Cleaning equipment
Tools
Units of measurement
global warming
musical notation
Computers, phones & cameras
Video & audio equipment, pictures
Computer accessories
Computer parts
Computer hardware
Car parts, pictures



FASHION
Clothing
Shoes
Bags
Hair Styles
People 3
People 2
Fashion Design
types of hats
Jewelry & accessories
clothing, pictures
Clothes & accessories



ART & DESIGN
Basic colors
Primary colours
Secondary colors
Tertiary colours
Learning shapes
Shapes
basic colors



 
ANIMALS
Animals, pictures
Animals 2, pictures
Animals
Animals & their names
Animal Anatomy
Farm animals
Horses
Birds
Sea Life
Fish
Insects



PHONICS
Phonics
the Alphabet, pictures
Silent letters
A & An
There, Their, & They’re Usage help Sheet
Capital letters



GRAMMAR
parts of speech, examples
Parts of speech
Prepositions, pictures
Prepositions of place
Prepositions
abbreviations



 
VERBS
Learning verbs, pictures
verbs, pictures
verbs – to be
Helping verbs – should
verbs – to have
present tense
have – past participle



WRITING
Email writing
Improve your writing
Improve your writing 2
Letter writing
opening & closing phrases

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Word Roots

Learning the following word roots and prefixes are a fast way to strengthen your vocabulary. Given that a fluent English speaker must learn over 5,000 words, combining word-parts is a smart approach. Even if you don’t know the meaning of a new word straight off, you can make an ‘educated guess’ if you only had a clue to the word root or prefix within the word.

 

Prefix or Word Root	Meaning	Example
a, ab/s	from, away, off	abstract
aer/o	air	aeroplane
agr/i/o	farming	agriculture
ambi, amphi	both, on both sides, around	amphibian
ambul	walk, move	ambulance
ami/o	love	amiable
anim	life, spirit	animal
anthrop/o	human	anthropology
anti	against, opposite of	antibody
aqu/a	water	aquarium
arch/a/i	primitive, ancient	archaeology
arthr/o	joint	arthritis
astro, aster	star, stars, outer space	astronaut
aud/i/io	hear	audible
auto	self, same, one	automatic
avi/a	bird	aviation
bene	good, well	benefactor
bi/n	two, twice, once in every two	biweekly
bibli/o	book	bibliography
bio	life, living matter	biology
calc	stone	calcium
capt, cept, ceive	take, hold	intercept, perceive
cardi/o	heart	cardiology
carn/i	flesh, meat	carnivorous
cede, ceed, cess	go, yield	exceed
cent/i	hundred, hundredth	centennial
centr/o/i	center	egocentric
cerebr/o	brain	cerebral
cert	sure	certain
chrom/o chromat/o, chros	color, pigment	chromatic
chron/o	time	chronic
circum	around, about	circumnavigate
claim, clam	shout, speak out	clamor
co	with, together, joint	coauthor
cogn/i	know	cognition
con	with, jointly	concur
contra/o	against, opposite	contradict
corp/o	body	corporation
counter	opposite, contrary, opposing	counteract
cranio	skull	craniology
cred	believe	incredible
crypto	hidden, secret	encryption
cycl	circle, ring	bicycle
dec/a, deka	ten	decade, decathalon
dem/o	people	democracy
dent, dont	tooth	dentist
derm/a	skin	dermatology
dia	through, between, apart, across	diagonal
dict	speak	contradict
domin	master	dominate
don/at	give	donation
duc/t	lead	conduct
dyn/a/am	power, energy, strength	dynamic
dys	abnormal, bad	dyslexia
e-	out, away	evaporate
ego	self	egotistic
em, en	into, cover with, cause	empathy
endo	within, inside	endotherm
ethno	race, people	ethnic
ex	from, out,	excavate
extra, extro	outside, beyond	extraordinary
fac/t	make, do	manufacture
flor/a, fleur	flower	florist
fore	in front of, previous, earlier	forefront
form	shape	formation
fract, frag	break	fracture
funct	perform, work	function
gastr/o	stomach	gastric
gen/o/e/	birth, production,	genealogy
geo	earth, soil, global	geography
giga	a billion	gigabyte
gram	letter, written	diagram
graph/y	writing, recording, written	graphics
hect/o, hecat	hundred	hectare
helic/o	spiral, circular	helicopter
hemi	half, partial	hemicycle
hem/o/a	blood	hemorrhage
herbi	grass, plant	herbs
hetero	different, other	heterogeneous
homo, homeo	like, alike, same	homogeneous
hydr/o	liquid, water	hydroelectric
hyper	too much, over, beyond	hyperactive
hyp/o	under	hypoglycemia
il, in	in, into	illuminate
ig, il, im, in, ir	not, without	illegal, irrespective
infra	beneath, below	infrastructure
inter	between, among, jointly	international
intra, intro	within, inside	intrastate
juven	young	juvenile
kilo	thousand	kilobyte
lact/o	milk	lactate
liber	free	liberate
lingu	language, tongue	linguistics
luc	light	elucidate
lumin	light	illuminate
lun/a/i	moon	lunar
macro	large, great	macroeconomics
magn/a/i	great, large	magnify
mal/e	bad, ill, wrong	malcontent
mania	madness, excessive desire	maniac
mater, matr/i	mother	maternal
mega	great, large, million	megastore
meta	change, after, beyond, between	metaphysics
meter, metr	measure	audiometer
micro	very small, short, minute	micrometer
mid	middle	midsection
milli	onethousandth	millimeter
min/i	small, less	miniskirt
mis/o	bad, badly, wrong, wrongly,	misbehave
morph/o	form	metamorphosis
multi	many, more than one or two	multicolored
nav	ship	navigate
neo	new, recent	neolithic
nom/in	name	nomenclature
omni	all	omniverous
para	beside, beyond	paranormal
per	through, throughout	permit
peri	around, enclosing	periscope
phon/o	sound	phonograph
phot/o	light	photogenic
pod/e	foot	podiatrist
poly	many, more than one	polygraph
post	after, behind	postdated
pre	earlier, before, in front of	prevention
pro	before, in front of, fore	proactive
psych/o	mind, mental	psychology
quad/r/ri	four	quadrant
re	again, back, backward	rebound
retro	backward, back	retroactive
rupt	break, burst	bankrupt
scop/e/y	see, examine, observe	microscope
scrib, script	write, written	scribble, inscription
self	of, for, or by itself	self-respect
semi	half, partial	semiannual
sol	sun	solar
son	sound	sonic
sphere	ball	spherical, biosphere
spir	breathe	inspire, spirit
struct	build	construction, structure
sub	under, lower than, inferior to	submarine
super, supra	higher in quality or quantity	superimposed
techno	technique, skill	technology
tel/e/o	far, distant, complete	telephone
temp/or	time	temporary
term/ina	end, limit	terminus
therm/o	heat	thermal
trans	across,beyond, through	transfer
tri	three, once in every three,	triangle
ultra	beyond, extreme, more than	ultralight
un	not,opposite of, lacking	unavailable
uni	one, single	unicycle
urb	city	urban
vac	empty	evacuate
vid	see	video
vis, vid	see	vision
viv/I, vit	live, life	revival
voc/i	voice, call	advocate