A2 English Worksheets and Lessons (Elementary)
691 worksheets, 121 lessons, 45 vocabulary decks and 31 shadowing scripts
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A2 worksheets
691 printable worksheets with answer keys; the 24 most used, easiest level first.
A2 lessons
121 ready lessons for the four skills: teach on the board, set online or print.
A2 vocabulary
45 word decks with meanings, examples and pronunciation: flip, quiz, print as flashcards or play as a game.
A2 shadowing
Listen, repeat, record and compare: short scripts for pronunciation and fluency.
Browse by topic at A2
Topics with at least 3 resources at this level; each opens at its A2 material.
Themes
- All about me · 15
- Family & friends · 61
- Describing people · 14
- Personality · 12
- Feelings · 27
- Body & health · 17
- Clothes & fashion · 18
- Jobs & work · 62
- Home & rooms · 26
- Daily routines · 23
- Food & drink · 80
- Fruit & vegetables · 3
- Shopping & money · 36
- Days, dates & time · 35
- Numbers · 6
- Colors · 3
- Toys & games · 3
- School & classroom · 34
- Education & studying · 10
- Animals · 34
- Pets · 14
- Wild animals & the zoo · 7
- Sea life · 5
- Bugs & birds · 4
- Weather & seasons · 24
- Environment & nature · 21
- Town & city · 57
- Travel & holidays · 76
- Transport · 27
- Countries & cultures · 24
- Sports · 35
- Hobbies & free time · 35
- Music · 12
- Movies, books & the arts · 11
- Celebrations & festivals · 87
- Halloween · 37
- Thanksgiving · 32
- Stories & fairy tales · 40
- Technology · 25
- Media & news · 5
- Health & medicine · 30
- Business & money · 24
Grammar, vocabulary and sounds
- To be (am / is / are) · 4
- Present simple · 7
- Present continuous · 11
- Past simple · 46
- Past continuous · 15
- Present perfect · 24
- Future forms (will, going to…) · 44
- Used to · 6
- Can / can't · 4
- Must, should & have to · 16
- Modals of deduction & possibility · 3
- Conditionals · 9
- Verb patterns (-ing / to) · 15
- Imperatives · 6
- Questions & question tags · 13
- Relative clauses · 9
- Linking words & discourse markers · 4
- Articles · 5
- Countable, uncountable & quantifiers · 21
- Possessives · 5
- Pronouns & this / that · 9
- Comparatives & superlatives · 21
- Adjectives & opposites · 10
- Adverbs · 13
- Too / enough · 11
- Phrasal verbs · 7
- Blends & digraphs · 6
- Spelling patterns & silent letters · 15
- Homophones & minimal pairs · 6
- Vowel sounds · 10
- -s and -ed endings · 8
- Word stress · 8
- Sentence stress & rhythm · 6
- Intonation · 4
- Connected speech · 4
About A2 (Elementary)
A2, often called elementary or waystage, is the second CEFR level. A2 learners can understand sentences and frequently used expressions about areas of immediate relevance, such as shopping, family, work and local geography, and can communicate in simple routine tasks that need a direct exchange of information.
Typical A2 grammar includes past simple (regular and irregular), past continuous, going to and will, present perfect for experiences, comparatives and superlatives, countable and uncountable nouns with some, any, much and many, adverbs of frequency, and modals such as must, have to and should. Vocabulary expands to travel, health, shopping, hobbies, the weather and describing people. The matching exams are Cambridge A2 Key and A2 Key for Schools, and YLE Flyers for younger learners.
On this page you will find printable worksheets, ready-to-teach lessons and vocabulary flashcard decks for A2.
Teaching tips: A2 (Elementary)
- Get learners telling short stories about their weekend or last holiday to practice the past simple in a meaningful way.
- Introduce the present perfect with experiences (Have you ever...?) before tackling its other uses.
- Use role-plays for practical situations such as shopping, ordering food and asking for directions, which are central at A2.
- Encourage longer answers by teaching simple linkers such as and, but, because and so.
Questions teachers ask
What can an A2 learner do?
Describe their background and immediate environment, handle simple everyday transactions, and write short notes, messages and simple personal letters.
Which exams align with A2?
Cambridge A2 Key and A2 Key for Schools, and Cambridge Flyers for young learners.
What grammar should I teach at A2?
Past simple and continuous, future forms, present perfect for experience, comparatives and superlatives, quantifiers and basic modals are the core.