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60 Easy CrosswordPuzzles for ESL

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Making or distributing copies of this PDF e-book constitutes copyright infringement. This e-book may

not be reproduced, shared or stored on a server in whole or in part, by any means, without written

permission from the copyright holder.

First edition September 2016.

Jeffrey Hill

Le Havre, France

Contact: [email protected]

Website: www.crosswordenglish.com

Copyright Jeffrey Hill©2016.

Author's Note With your purchase of this PDF e-book, you are free to make photocopies of the contents for non-

commercial personal and educational use on condition that they are not altered in any way.

However, I would kindly ask you not to redistribute or share this e-book, which represents many long

hours of work. Thank you!

If you enjoy doing these crosswords, check out my two printed books of crossword puzzles which are

available on Amazon:

And my other PDF e-book with slightly more difficult crosswords, available here:

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Table of Contents

Introduction and Notes for Learners and Teachers ......................................... 6

Resources ......................................................................................................... 11

The Crossword Puzzles

1. Action Words ............................................................................................... 13

2. Adverbs ........................................................................................................ 14

3. Agriculture ................................................................................................... 15

4. America ........................................................................................................ 16

5. American English ......................................................................................... 17

6. Animals ........................................................................................................ 18

7. Australia ....................................................................................................... 19

8. Body ............................................................................................................. 20

9. Books and Literature.................................................................................... 21

10. Christmas ................................................................................................... 22

11. Cinema ....................................................................................................... 23

12. City ............................................................................................................. 24

13. Clothes ....................................................................................................... 25

14. Computers ................................................................................................. 26

15. Countries.................................................................................................... 27

16. Crime ......................................................................................................... 28

17. Days, Months, Seasons .............................................................................. 29

18. Easter ......................................................................................................... 30

19. England ...................................................................................................... 31

20. Family......................................................................................................... 32

21. Food ........................................................................................................... 33

22. Grammar .................................................................................................... 34

23. Halloween .................................................................................................. 35

24. Health ........................................................................................................ 36

25. Hospital ...................................................................................................... 37

26. House and Home ....................................................................................... 38

27. Ireland ........................................................................................................ 39

28. Irregular Verbs ........................................................................................... 40

29. Jobs ............................................................................................................ 41

30. Kitchen ....................................................................................................... 42

31. Life and Death ............................................................................................ 43

32. Love and Marriage ..................................................................................... 44

33. Money ........................................................................................................ 45

34. Music ............................................................................................... 46

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35. Nationalities ...................................................................................... 47

36. Nature ........................................................................................................ 48

37. News and the Press ................................................................................... 49

38. Numbers .................................................................................................... 50

39. Opposite Adjectives ................................................................................... 51

40. Opposite Verbs .......................................................................................... 52

41. Politics ........................................................................................................ 53

42. Prepositions ............................................................................................... 54

43. Proverbs and Sayings ................................................................................. 55

44. Rail Travel .................................................................................................. 56

45. Religion ...................................................................................................... 57

46. Restaurant ................................................................................................. 58

47. Road Travel ................................................................................................ 59

48. School ........................................................................................................ 60

49. Science ....................................................................................................... 61

50. Scotland ..................................................................................................... 62

51. Shopping .................................................................................................... 63

52. Similes ........................................................................................................ 64

53. Space .......................................................................................................... 65

54. Sport .......................................................................................................... 66

55. Telephone .................................................................................................. 67

56. Time ........................................................................................................... 68

57. Tourism ...................................................................................................... 69

58. War and Peace ........................................................................................... 70

59. Weather ..................................................................................................... 71

60. Work .......................................................................................................... 72

Solutions ........................................................................................................... 73

Word List (alphabetical) ................................................................................... 83

Word Lists (by puzzle) ...................................................................................... 87

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Introduction Crossword puzzles have been around since the beginning of the twentieth century and have been

used in Ianguage teaching since the 1950s at least. It is easy to see why, since crossword puzzles are

not only a fun way to acquire and revise vocabulary (unlike boring word lists!), they also exercise

your brain.

As a language teacher myself (at the EM Normandie business school in France), I have created dozens

of crossword puzzles for my students over the years, and this collection brings together some of

those, as well as many new ones created especially.

Although some people think of crosswords as being a bit old-fashioned, they have kept up with the

digital age and many crosswords can now be found on the Internet or in the form of apps. The good

news is that all of the crosswords in this collection are available online for free. So whether you're

completing the grids using pencil and paper, a keyboard and mouse, or just your fingers on a

touchscreen, happy puzzling!

The Puzzles The puzzles in this collection are suitable for learners at elementary level and above (A2+ on the Common European Framework). Each puzzle is based on a particular theme, and most, if not all, of the answers are connected with

that theme. In all, over 1,000 different words are used, most of which are high-frequency items. And,

of course, you'll find a lot more related words used in the clues.

All the puzzles use British-style grids, which have more black squares than their American

counterparts. British English (BrE) grammar and spelling is used throughout, except where American

English (AmE) is indicated. So, 'travelled', not 'traveled', and 'colour', not 'color', etc.

To access the online version of the crossword, either click on the blue screen icon to the right of the

grid at the top, or scan the QR code next to it.

Solutions to the puzzles are given at the end of this PDF e-book, as well as separate word lists for

each puzzle, and a global word list featuring all the words used in the puzzles in alphabetical order.

Notes for Learners If you are not familiar with crossword puzzles, don't worry — it's very easy! The aim is to use the

clues to find the words you need to fill in the grid. Clues can be either Across (i.e., horizontal) or

Down (i.e., vertical). For example, if the clue for 3 down is 'Not married (6)', this means that you are

looking for a word with six letters which will fit vertically in the grid with the first letter on the square

with the number three in it (the answer is 'single', by the way).

There are three main types of clue used in this collection. We've already seen an example of the first

one: the definition. Another common type of clue involves filling in a gap. For example, 'Chickens

____ eggs (3)'. Here, you need a three-letter word that will fill the gap in the sentence (the answer is

'lay').

Finally, there are a small number of 'cryptic' clues, just to make you think a bit harder. For example,

'The shortest month?' in the Days, Months, Seasons crossword. Any ideas? The answer is 'May'.

Perhaps you were thinking of 'February', which is a good guess, but doesn't fit as it has too many

letters. In fact, May is the shortest month in terms of the number of letters it has!

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1. ACTION WORDS

ACROSS

1 To ____ the dishes (4)

2 To ____ a football (4)

5 To ____ a book (4)

7 To ____ an omelette (4)

8 To ____ a bank (3)

9 To ____ a car (4)

11 To ____ a prize (3)

12 To ____ the phone (6)

15 To ____ the bed (3)

18 To ____ a cigarette (5)

19 To ____ a pint of beer (5)

20 To ____ a living (4)

21 To ____ the table (3)

DOWN

1 To ____ TV (5)

3 To ____ your hair (4)

4 To ____ your teeth (5)

6 To ____ a lorry (5)

10 To ____ a marathon (3)

13 To ____ the garden (5)

14 To ____ a bicycle (4)

15 To ____ a letter (5)

16 To ____ a shower (4)

17 To ____ the piano (4)

1 2 3 4

5 6 7

8

9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16

17

18 19

20 21

Notes

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4. AMERICA

ACROSS

1 America has 50 of these (6)

4 Microsoft (abbr.) (2)

6 American multinational (abbr.) (2)

8 Iowa has a lot of ____ farms (3)

9 Another term for America (3)

10 ____ Vegas (3)

11 The singer known as 'The King' (5)

13 Employee of 14 Down? (3)

15 New York is known as the ____ Apple (3)

17 The president lives in the ____ House (5)

18 Car maker and 38th president (4)

20 Ten-cent coin (4)

21 Informal word for an American (4)

DOWN

1 Famous American department store (5)

2 As American as ____ (5,3)

3 America's national symbol (5)

5 The American flag is known as the ____ and

Stripes (5)

7 Home of the American film industry (9)

12 The Statue of ____ (7)

14 Government organization that collects

information about other countries (3)

16 Automobile manufacturer (abbr.) (2)

18 Federal police department (abbr.) (3)

19 President assassinated in 1963 (abbr.) (3)

1 2 3 4 5

6

7 8 9

10 11 12

13

14 15 16

17

18 19

20 21

Notes

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6. ANIMALS

ACROSS

3 An adult male cow (4)

5 Grizzly, polar or teddy? (4)

6 Small animal with long ears and soft fur (6)

7 Peter and the ____ (children's story) (4)

8 Animal kept by farmers for its wool or meat

(5)

11 Salmon or cod, for example (4)

12 The internet's most popular animal (3)

13 It goes 'quack' and likes ponds (4)

15 An amphibian with long back legs (4)

16 The world's largest mammal (5)

DOWN

1 It gives us honey (3)

2 A large animal with a very long neck (7)

3 Animal covered in feathers, with two wings

for flying (4)

4 The plural of 'mouse' (4)

8 A danger to swimmers and surfers (5)

9 America's national symbol (5)

10 A young dog (5)

12 A young cow (4)

13 Man's best friend (3)

14 Animal kept by farmers for its milk or meat

(3)

1 2 3

4

5 6

7 8 9 10

11

12

13 14

15 16

Notes

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8. BODY

ACROSS

1 The front part of your head (4)

4 Your body is covered in this (4)

5 The upper front part of your body (5)

7 It joins the head to the rest of the body (4)

10 The middle part of the body (5)

11 The part in the middle of your leg, where it

bends (4)

12 You use this for tasting and speaking (6)

16 One of the five senses (5)

19 You have a big one and a little one on each

foot (3)

20 An adult usually has 32 of these (5)

21 Excuse me for not speaking clearly, I've got

a ____ in my throat (4)

DOWN

1 The part of your body at the end of your leg

(4)

2 The bottom part of your face, below your

mouth (4)

3 You can only see this part of your body in a

mirror (4)

4 A blind person cannot ____ (3)

6 One of the five senses (5)

8 Body part used for seeing (3)

9 Fingers are the long thin parts on the ____ of

your hand (3)

12 Hard white object inside your mouth used

for biting and chewing (5)

13 Body part used for smelling and breathing

(4)

14 Plural form of 1 Down (4)

15 One part of the skeleton (4)

17 Body part used for hearing (3)

18 Body part used for standing, walking,

running, etc. (3)

1 2 3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

11

12 13

14 15

16 17 18

19

20 21

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Solutions

1. ACTION WORDS 2. ADVERBS

3. AGRICULTURE 4. AMERICA

5. AMERICAN ENGLISH 6. ANIMALS

U1

N E M P2

L O3

Y E4

D

N A F M S5

I F6

Y F P T

O I I7

L L A

N R C O8

F F

R9

E S10

U M E Y F

E A E

A11

P P L Y H12

I R E13

D A R A

S14

T A R T R

Y T15

R A I N

L1

E A2

S T3

W4

O R S T5

E B O H

F6

A R O7

U8

T S9

I D E

T O P O R

A10

G O M11

O R E

B12

A D A13

E

N14

L15

A T E O16

H17

E R E W I F

A V A18

L M O S T

R V19

E R Y E E

D R S S20

O O N

F1

L O C2

K S3

O W4

I R H H5

A Y

E H6

O R S E E

L P P7

L A N T8

D H T R

L9

A M10

B E A

I R C

L11

A N D R12

T

P13

O R K A O

I F14

A R M E R

G15

R O W S S

S1

T A2

T E3

S M4

S5

G6

E P A T

H7

A P8

I G U9

S A

O R L L R

L10

A S E E11

L12

V I S

L S13

P Y I

Y C14

I B15

I G16

W17

H I T E E M

O A F18

O R D J19

O B T F

D20

I M E I Y21

A N K

Y1

A R2

D C3

A N D Y4

O E H A

A F5

R E E W A6

Y

P7

A L A C P

A T8

R U C K G9

A S

O C R

P10

U R S E M11

A T H

A T M12

A M

N C13

G14

I E

T A U L15

I N E

S16

U B W A Y T

B1

G2

B3

U L L

E I I M4

B5

E A R R6

A B B I T

A D C

W7

O L F S8

H E9

E P10

F11

I S H A U

E A G P

C12

A T R L P

A D13

U C14

K E Y

L O O

F15

R O G W16

H A L E

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Word List (alphabetical)

above

abroad

accept

accuse

ace

ache

act

actor

actors

Adam

admit

ads

adult

advertising

afraid

after

age

ago

AI

AIDS

air

alive

almost

always

answer

any

apartment

apple pie

apply

Apr

April

arms

army

around

arrest

art

Arthur

Asian

ask

astronaut

at

ate

atheist

Atlantic

ATM

attic

August

aunt

Aussie

author

Autumn

baby

back

bad

bag

band

bandage

bang

bank

bap

baptism

bargain

basket

basketball

bass

bat

bay

be

beach

bear

beat

bed

beds

bee

beef

begin

below

beside

best man

between

Big

bike

bill

billion

bin

bird

birth

bishop

bit

bite

black

bless

blood

blue

bone

bonnet

Bono

book

boomerang

boots

boring

born

borrow

bought

bowl

boy

brake

bread

bricks

bride

Brisbane

Briton

brother

bull

burger

burglar

burial

Burns

bus

busy

butcher

butter

buy

buyer

by

cab

calcium

calf

call

calm

candle

candy

capital

car

car park

cards

carol

carriage

cartoon

cash

cast

castle

casual

cat

catch

cave

cell

Celtic

cemetery

cent

CGI

change

chapter

charge

cheap

check

cheddar

cheese

chemist

chest

child

chin

China

chips

Christian

church

CIA

class

clean

click

cliff

clinic

cloning

coast

coat

code

coffee

coin

cold

comb

come

Commons

complain

composer

Con

Cook

cook

cooker

cool

cop

Cork

cost

costume

cough

cousin

cover

cow

cricket

critic

crocodile

crop

cross

cruise

cupboard

cure

currency

cut

cycling

dad

daily

Danish

data

date

day

dead

debt

defeat

delay

democracy

dentist

dial

did

die

diet

dime

diner

dingo

dinner

disease

dish

dishes

disk

district

divorce

DNA

do

doctor

does

dog

dogs

door

dozen

drank

drawer

drew

drink

drive

driver

drone

drop

drove

dry

dual

Dublin

duck

due

dust

Dutch

eagle

ear

earn

easy

eat

eaten

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Word Lists (by puzzle)

1. ACTION WORDS

rob (3)

run (3)

set (3)

wet (3)

win (3)

comb (4)

earn (4)

hire (4)

kick (4)

make (4)

play (4)

read (4)

ride (4)

take (4)

wash (4)

clean (5)

drink (5)

drive (5)

light (5)

watch (5)

water (5)

write (5)

answer (6)

2. ADVERBS

up (2)

ago (3)

bad (3)

far (3)

too (3)

hard (4)

here (4)

late (4)

left (4)

more (4)

soon (4)

very (4)

least (5)

never (5)

often (5)

there (5)

worst (5)

abroad (6)

almost (6)

always (6)

outside (7)

sometimes (9)

3. AGRICULTURE

hay (3)

pig (3)

sow (3)

crop (4)

lamb (4)

land (4)

milk (4)

pork (4)

rams (4)

field (5)

flock (5)

grows (5)

horse (5)

plant (5)

wheat (5)

farmer (6)

tractor (7)

shepherd (8)

4. AMERICA

GE (2)

GM (2)

MS (2)

Big (3)

CIA (3)

FBI (3)

JFK (3)

Las (3)

pig (3)

spy (3)

USA (3)

dime (4)

Ford (4)

yank (4)

apple pie (5,3)

eagle (5)

Elvis (5)

Sears (5)

stars (5)

White (5)

states (6)

Liberty (7)

Hollywood (9)

5. AMERICAN ENGLISH

ma (2)

pa (2)

yo (2)

cab (3)

gas (3)

guy (3)

pal (3)

yay (3)

line (4)

mail (4)

math (4)

yard (4)

candy (5)

check (5)

pants (5)

purse (5)

truck (5)

faucet (6)

subway (6)

freeway (7)

realtor (7)

apartment (9)

6. ANIMALS

bee (3)

cat (3)

cow (3)

dog (3)

bear (4)

bird (4)

bull (4)

calf (4)

duck (4)

fish (4)

frog (4)

mice (4)

wolf (4)

eagle (5)

puppy (5)

shark (5)

sheep (5)

whale (5)

rabbit (6)

giraffe (7)

7. AUSTRALIA

emu (3)

pub (3)

Cook (4)

poms (4)

reef (4)

dingo (5)

Opera (5)

Perth (5)

rugby (5)

Aussie (6)

sharks (6)

Sydney (6)

cricket (7)

Brisbane (8)

boomerang (9)

crocodile (9)

8. BODY

ear (3)

end (3)

eye (3)

leg (3)

see (3)

toe (3)

back (4)

bone (4)

chin (4)

face (4)

feet (4)

foot (4)