Animals are a popular ESL topic especially with young learners and students in primary school. Here at BusyTeacher there are 635 worksheets in this section that focus on animals as well as a variety of grammar points. These are all ready to use, free, and printable which makes the site a great resource for teaching materials. Take a look at this worksheet which combines animal vocabulary and reading practice into a guessing game for students which they can complete individually, in pairs, or even in groups. If you would like to do something else, look at some other worksheets to find something your students will love.
Animals are a fun topic that students enjoy talking about so they can be used throughout your course to interest students in a variety of activities. Younger students especially like talking about different types of animals so be sure to give them the opportunity to use this enthusiasm in their ESL classes. Besides studying animal vocabulary, you can also use animal flashcards when studying comparative and superlative structures, descriptive words and for other topics too. With intermediate, advanced, and adult learners animals will be a less important topic but you may consider talking about some of them in discussions, for example polar bears and global warming.
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Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about George the grasshopper and answer the multiple choice questions. There are six multiple ch ...
Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about Tigra the tiger and answer the multiple choice questions. When does Tigra like to hunt? Th ...
Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text and answer the multiple choice questions. There are six multiple choice questions to answer. Thi ...
Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about Henry the hedgehog and answer the multiple choice questions. There are six multiple choice ...
Just a test I made for my class of 3rd graders. This reviews some grammar, spelling and science information from the Grade 2 Spectrum series of textbooks. Included is a fill-in-the blanks activity ...
Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about Molly the meerkat and answer the multiple choice questions. There are six multiple choice ...
Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about Molly the meerkat and answer the multiple choice questions. There are seven multiple choic ...
Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about Marcus the monkey and answer the multiple choice questions. There are six multiple choice ...
This PPT can be used to revise vocabulary related to autumn. Students have to look at the pictures and choose the correct option. There are five subcategories in the PPT: nature, fruit, animals, c ...
This is a matching activity to be used after learning the song "Old McDonald Had a Farm". You may teach the farm animal vocabulary, as well as the sounds that the animals make. Then, teach the ...
Watch the Franklin's episode and do the exercises connected with it. You can find the episode e.g on page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oxGWsYnigQ. In the first task you tick the animals that ap ...
Shark week is the second week of August. It is a week designed to raise awareness about these great animals and to contribute in the fight against conservation of these species. This wo ...
This is a reading comprehension worksheet for teaching or revising endangered species related vocabulary at pre-intermediate level. Students are asked to read the text and then fill in the bl ...
It's a written review for little kids to practice the vocabulary of wild animals, feelings, numbers up to 5 and the prepositions in and on. It was designed for 3-4-year old students, like a final ...
It is a set of cards with the pictures and names of farm animals. You can do a variety of activities using them, you can make your students play a memory game, or you can use them to revise ...
This cloze activity can be used as an extra resource when teaching the topic: Life Cycles. Children read the sentences and fill in the missing words from the word bank. There are twelve words to f ...
This worksheet is for beginners and/or grade 1 or 2 primary students, it uses real pictures of common animals to help students identify the correct noun with the right animal, and forces them to g ...
This worksheet is basically a colour worksheet. However, you can make children think by creating different ideas like 1. colour your favorite animal first and go on till you colour the animal you ...
This worksheet is for younger children, who learn English as a second language. You can practise animals, colors and numbers with them. Worksheet containes 3 assignments: to color animals and coun ...
This drawing can be used for many things: revise vocabulary of transport, animals, direction, colors, street signs, adjectives, prepositions etc. The drawing can be used for coloring alone or can ...
When teaching young children different animals, use this creative cut out bird to teach them about birds, (vocubulary: bird, beak, eyes, head, body, wings, feathers, etc.). Cut out the bird s ...
This game involves vocabulary practice about sea animals. Students have to match the pictures to the words. They choose one rectangle and click on it. There is a picture or a word on the card. The ...
Aim: to strengthen the students’ vocabulary knowledge linked with animal body parts and help them to make sentences by using ‘can/ can’t’. It is assumed that students have ...
This worksheet is for practising the comparative form of adjectives and at the same time learn the names of different wild and farm animals. Students are asked to give their opinion and write sent ...
This is for 6th grade ESL students.This crossword is a part of a lesson plan about comparative adjectives. Βuring the lesson I hand out this crossword which definitions are made of compariso ...
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