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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This kind of material is good for those who has just started reading and has learned the reading rules of only two syllables: open and closed. This is a wordsearch puzzle for teaching animals. The ...
This kind of material is good for those who has just started reading and has learned the reading rules of only two syllables: open and closed. This worksheet can be used as a picture dictionary or ...
This is a simple activity for elementary students when teaching basic facts about Australia. The fauna and flora in Australia is unique so I have chosen a few unique animals to introduce them to t ...
This is a word search activity (medium) that will help students to improve their vocabulary about animals. At the bottom of the page is a list of words. These words are hidden in the puzzle. The ...
This is a word search activity (medium) that will help students to improve their vocabulary about animals. At the bottom of the page is a list of words. These words are hidden in the puzzle. The w ...
This is a word search activity ( easy ) that will help students to improve their vocabulary about animals. At the bottom of the page is a list of words. These words are hidden in the puzzle. The ...
This is a word search activity ( easy ) that will help students to improve their vocabulary about animals. At the bottom of the page is a list of words. These words are hidden in the puzzle. The ...
A crossword to revise sea animals vocabulary. Students have to identify the sea animals and write their names in the crossword. Look at the pictures and solve the crossword puzzle.This worksheet i ...
A crossword to revise farm animals vocabulary. Students have to identify the farm animals and write their names in the crossword. Look at the pictures and solve the crossword puzzle.This worksheet ...
You can use this worksheet to revise present tenses. I sincerely hope it can help students understand a bit more the differences between these two tenses. I included also a few extra exercises, on ...
This PowerPoint contains the names of some wild animals. I've inserted the picture of these animals to make the meaning clear. It is useful for both beginner and elementary students, particularly ...
This PowerPoint contains some information about the marine life and some animals that live in the ocean. Students will learn some new animals' names. Also, they will learn some features of these a ...
A crossword to revise wild animals vocabulary. Students have to identify the wild animals and write their names in the crossword. Look at the pictures and solve the crossword puzzle.This worksheet ...
A crossword to revise animals vocabulary. Students have to identify the animals and write their names in the crossword. Look at the pictures and solve the crossword puzzle.This worksheet includes ...
This worksheet includes some interesting facts and information about conservation. Animals and plants are dying out at an alarming rate. Throughout history living things have become extinct, mainl ...
This elementary/primary worksheet includes some interesting facts about marsh and swamp wildlife. Did you know that the freshwater areas of swamps and marshland are called wetlands? Students are a ...
This worksheet can be used to teach children some animals and colors. It contains a picture with Simon's cat and his friends in open air. You can start with revising animals and, perhaps, imitatin ...
This worksheet allows stutents to practice animal body parts, solve riddles and practice correct use of have got / has got in the process. Students have animal body parts to write in the gaps for ...
Animals 01is a PPT worksheet for beginners. Students identify the animal and write the number next to the word in the word bank. They also write the name in their own language. This worksheet is f ...
The mind-blowing song by Ylvis might be useful when you teach animals words. The task of the song is to fill in the gaps. You can also teach various sounds by different animals. The keys are not i ...
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This is matching activity for teaching or revising animals related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to match the words given with the pictures. The worksheet is availab ...
This is a worksheet using the song 'what does the fox say' performed by Ylvis. You can introduce animals' name and sounds, put sentences in order and vocabulary. Also, there are some questions int ...
Colorful spaghetti worksheet at beginner level to combine farm animals and their homes (vocabulary and/ or reading). The worksheet can be used for the project 'Houses and Homes' as well. Besides t ...
This worksheet introduces the Chinese "Zodiac". Sts find out about the original buddhist legend, the 12 signs (a great way to review or discover animals), which one is theirs (not everything is up ...
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