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Esl crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 3 Scripted conversation students act out in pairs
- 5 Short form for a learner's stock of words
- 7 Rules that govern how sentences are built
- 8 Comfortable in two languages
- 12 Past, present, or future, verb-wise
- 13 Small paper with a word on one side and its meaning on the other
- 14 Beat you clap out in a word
- 15 She, they, or it, for example
Down
- 1 Smooth, easy flow when speaking a new language
- 2 One who coaches a student one-on-one
- 4 Learning method of surrounding yourself with the target language
- 6 Carry meaning from one language into another
- 9 Getting the letters in the right order
- 10 Way of pronouncing shaped by where you grew up
- 11 Phrase like 'break the ice' whose meaning isn't literal
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- 1 down: FLUENCY. Smooth, easy flow when speaking a new language
- 2 down: TUTOR. One who coaches a student one-on-one
- 3 across: DIALOGUE. Scripted conversation students act out in pairs
- 4 down: IMMERSION. Learning method of surrounding yourself with the target language
- 5 across: VOCAB. Short form for a learner's stock of words
- 6 down: TRANSLATE. Carry meaning from one language into another
- 7 across: GRAMMAR. Rules that govern how sentences are built
- 8 across: BILINGUAL. Comfortable in two languages
- 9 down: SPELLING. Getting the letters in the right order
- 10 down: ACCENT. Way of pronouncing shaped by where you grew up
- 11 down: IDIOM. Phrase like 'break the ice' whose meaning isn't literal
- 12 across: TENSE. Past, present, or future, verb-wise
- 13 across: FLASHCARD. Small paper with a word on one side and its meaning on the other
- 14 across: SYLLABLE. Beat you clap out in a word
- 15 across: PRONOUN. She, they, or it, for example
Across
- 1 Phrase like 'break the ice' whose meaning isn't literal
- 3 Smooth, easy flow when speaking a new language
- 6 Past, present, or future, verb-wise
- 8 Comfortable in two languages
- 9 Small paper with a word on one side and its meaning on the other
- 10 She, they, or it, for example
- 11 Rules that govern how sentences are built
- 12 Scripted conversation students act out in pairs
- 14 One who coaches a student one-on-one
Down
- 2 Learning method of surrounding yourself with the target language
- 4 Short form for a learner's stock of words
- 5 Getting the letters in the right order
- 6 Carry meaning from one language into another
- 7 Beat you clap out in a word
- 13 Way of pronouncing shaped by where you grew up
Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 across: IDIOM. Phrase like 'break the ice' whose meaning isn't literal
- 2 down: IMMERSION. Learning method of surrounding yourself with the target language
- 3 across: FLUENCY. Smooth, easy flow when speaking a new language
- 4 down: VOCAB. Short form for a learner's stock of words
- 5 down: SPELLING. Getting the letters in the right order
- 6 across: TENSE. Past, present, or future, verb-wise
- 6 down: TRANSLATE. Carry meaning from one language into another
- 7 down: SYLLABLE. Beat you clap out in a word
- 8 across: BILINGUAL. Comfortable in two languages
- 9 across: FLASHCARD. Small paper with a word on one side and its meaning on the other
- 10 across: PRONOUN. She, they, or it, for example
- 11 across: GRAMMAR. Rules that govern how sentences are built
- 12 across: DIALOGUE. Scripted conversation students act out in pairs
- 13 down: ACCENT. Way of pronouncing shaped by where you grew up
- 14 across: TUTOR. One who coaches a student one-on-one
Across
- 6 Comfortable in two languages
- 7 One who coaches a student one-on-one
- 8 Past, present, or future, verb-wise
- 9 Getting the letters in the right order
- 10 Rules that govern how sentences are built
- 11 Short form for a learner's stock of words
- 12 Learning method of surrounding yourself with the target language
Down
- 1 Beat you clap out in a word
- 2 Scripted conversation students act out in pairs
- 3 Carry meaning from one language into another
- 4 Smooth, easy flow when speaking a new language
- 5 Small paper with a word on one side and its meaning on the other
- 13 Phrase like 'break the ice' whose meaning isn't literal
Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 down: SYLLABLE. Beat you clap out in a word
- 2 down: DIALOGUE. Scripted conversation students act out in pairs
- 3 down: TRANSLATE. Carry meaning from one language into another
- 4 down: FLUENCY. Smooth, easy flow when speaking a new language
- 5 down: FLASHCARD. Small paper with a word on one side and its meaning on the other
- 6 across: BILINGUAL. Comfortable in two languages
- 7 across: TUTOR. One who coaches a student one-on-one
- 8 across: TENSE. Past, present, or future, verb-wise
- 9 across: SPELLING. Getting the letters in the right order
- 10 across: GRAMMAR. Rules that govern how sentences are built
- 11 across: VOCAB. Short form for a learner's stock of words
- 12 across: IMMERSION. Learning method of surrounding yourself with the target language
- 13 down: IDIOM. Phrase like 'break the ice' whose meaning isn't literal
About Esl
English as a Second Language teaching covers everything from sorting out verb tenses to hearing where the stress falls in a word. The clues here reach across that whole range: parts of speech like pronouns, sound units like syllables, and the expressions that resist word-for-word translation, since an idiom means something its individual words never announce. Immersion, flashcards, and steady conversation practice all show up too, alongside the difference between knowing vocabulary and using it fluently.
Reach for this in an adult ESL class or a language-methods course when you want learners naming the tools and terms they use every session.
What is in this crossword
An 18 by 18 crossword with 8 across and 7 down, on the subject of Esl.
- Grid
- 18 x 18
- Across
- 8
- Down
- 7
- Longest answer
- IMMERSION (9 letters)