Essay Writing EAP Worksheets and Games

Academic Style

Intermediate (B1-B2) 45 minutes
EAP Academic Style Worksheet - Vocabulary and Reading Exercises: Matching, Identifying, Providing Synonyms

In this free academic style worksheet, students learn and practice some common rules of academic style for essay writing. First, students match sentence halves together to reveal six common... read more

Body Paragraphs

Intermediate (B1) 60 minutes
EAP Body Paragraphs Worksheet -Reading and Writing Exercises: Writing Sentences, Creating a Paragraph Outline, Writing Paragraphs

In this informative body paragraphs worksheet, students practice planning and writing body paragraphs that support a thesis statement. To begin, students... read more

Concluding Paragraphs

Intermediate (B1) 60 minutes
EAP Concluding Paragraphs Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Paraphrasing, Writing Sentences from Prompts, Writing a Concluding Paragraph

In this useful concluding paragraphs worksheet, students learn and practice writing concluding paragraphs that restate a thesis statement, summarise key points... read more

Essay Cohesion, Coherence and Unity

Intermediate (B1) 60 minutes
EAP Essay Cohesion, Coherence and Unity Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Categorising, Gap-fill, Identifying, Rewriting a Paragraph

In this comprehensive essay writing worksheet, students learn and practice essay cohesion, coherence and unity. Students start by reading information about... read more

Essay Outlines

Intermediate (B1) 90 minutes
EAP Essay Outlines Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Identifying, Brainstorming, Creating an Essay Outline, Writing an Essay

This productive essay outlines worksheet helps to teach students how to create outlines as part of the essay writing process. To start, students read about the... read more

Essay Structure Running Dictation

Intermediate (B1) 50 minutes
EAP Essay Activity - Reading, Writing and Speaking: Comprehension Questions, Writing Explanations, Discussion, Freer Practice - Pair and Group Work

This essay writing running dictation activity helps students practice the key components of essay structure. First, one student in each pair stands up, runs to... read more

Essay Writing Review

Intermediate (B1) 90 minutes
EAP Essay Writing Review Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Writing Paragraphs, Identifying, Error Correction, Matching, True or False Questions

In this handy essay writing review worksheet, students revise basic academic essay writing and practice the skills covered in previous worksheets in this series... read more

Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices

Intermediate (B1-B2) 30 minutes
EAP Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Identifying, Categorising, Error Correction

In this insightful sentence structure errors worksheet, students practice identifying and correcting fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices. First, students... read more

Introduction Paragraphs

Intermediate (B1) 75 minutes
EAP Introduction Paragraphs Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Ordering, Writing a Thesis Statement, Paragraph Completion, Writing Introduction Paragraphs

In this engaging introduction paragraphs worksheet, students learn and practice how to write introduction paragraphs that have a background and thesis... read more

Paragraph and Essay Structure Comparison

Intermediate (B1-B2) 45 minutes
EAP Paragraph and Essay Structure Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Table Completion, Short Answer Questions

In this detailed paragraph and essay structure worksheet, students compare paragraph and essay structure to familiarise themselves with the basic parts of an academic essay. Students begin by reading about... read more

Parts of an Essay

Intermediate (B1-B2) 90 minutes
EAP Parts of an Essay Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: True or False, Matching, Labelling, Brainstrorming, Creating an Essay Outline, Writing an Essay

In this free parts of an essay worksheet, students learn about the various parts that make up an academic essay and practice writing a structured, logical,... read more

Peer Feedback Workshop

Intermediate (B1-B2) 45 minutes
EAP Peer Feedback Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Writing Sentences, Peer Review - Speaking Activity: Discussion, Communicative Practice - Pair Work

This informative essay writing worksheet develops students' ability to give effective peer feedback for academic writing, focusing on content, organisation, and... read more

Hedging Language

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
EAP Essay Writing Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Identifying, Rewriting Sentences, Unscrambling, Sentence Combining, Changing Sentence Structure

In this useful hedging language worksheet, students learn and practice words and phrases that can be used in academic writing and speaking to soften a claim... read more

Essay Writing Dominoes

Upper-intermediate (B2) 20 minutes
EAP Essay Writing Game - Vocabulary: Matching - Group Work

Here is a fun essay writing game to help students review and reinforce their understanding of key terms and concepts in essay writing. To begin, students turn over the top domino from the pile and place it face-up on the table. The first player... read more