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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These six colorful animal flashcards are suitable for young learners, beginners and children. Use them for teaching vocabulary relating to animals. This free flashcard worksheet was kind ...
By learning the names of different wild and farm animals in this worksheet students improve their vocabulary while practising the comparative form of adjectives. The class write sentence ...
Watch the video about dolphins then read the poem and find the answers to the questions. There are 10 exercises that include adjectives, choosing and unscrambling words and mat ...
This creative thinking exercise was created by www.primaryleap.co.uk Do your students have their thinking caps on? This activity will improve your student's creative thinking and writing skills. ...
This is a worksheet with the famous poem ´Tiger Tiger, Burning Bright´ written by William Blake. You can watch the video and do the exercises. I’ve made several exercises: blank ...
This research activity was created by primaryleap.co.uk and asks students to use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help them answer the questions about the Sumatran tige ...
This reading comprehension includes a short piece of text with some interesting facts about koalas. Students read through the text and then answer the questions that follow. Some of the question ...
This reading comprehension includes some fun facts about omnivores! What do omnivores eat? What is the world’s largest omnivore? Students read through the facts and answer the accompanying ...
This reading comprehension includes some fun facts about herbivores! What is the world's smallest herbivore? What is a frugivore? Students read through the facts and answer the accompanying study ...
This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts about carnivores! What is the world's largest carnivore? What is a scavenger? Students read through the text and answer the accompanying ...
This ESL Activity Sheet for children can be used in numerous ways to cover basic vocabulary and grammar points. The key objectives are: teaching/revising farm animal vocabulary and teaching/lear ...
This 3-page PDF contains 27 game cards to be used as an engaging ESL/EFL game. Best played in groups of eight. The game helps children recall and revise animal vocabulary. It includes farm animal ...
Short reading comprehension for early learners. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help with other subjects. Students read through the short comprehension about a koala called K ...
This is a worksheet with a video and a poem about the ladybird. There are 9 exercises. You can watch the video and read the poem. Then you can do the exercises (Circle the adjective, Fill in the ...
This is my second grammar guide about idioms. It contains 15 pages of idioms and expressions connected with animals. Including definitions, example sentences and a few pictures. British English. ...
I couldn't find a worksheet like this online so I made it ! You can use it with the class, writing the color and the pronunciation of the color. You can then imagine sentences such as "An eggplan ...
This worksheet contains 29 realistic sea animals flashcards. It is made with kids-flashcards.com flashcard maker. The following sea animals flashcards include stingray, octopus, seaweed, starfish ...
This is a worksheet about the eagle. It contains a video with a poem, music and a lot of pictures. There are eight exercises. You can watch the video and read the poem. Then you can do the exerci ...
The worksheet is based on the video that discusses the problem of animal extinction and human role in preserving wildlife and includes vocabulary in Ukranian. The video puts forward controversial ...
KS1 Science - Identify & name basic body parts. This science worksheet asks children to label the different parts of the rabbit using the words from the word bank. There are also some fun fact ...
It's a 2011 comedy movie based on the book. This worksheet has simple questions based on a few scenes in the movie and a little activity/picture matching. Vocabulary: eagle / sailing / character / ...
Did you know that the Red Wolf (Canis Rufus) is the most endangered of all the wolf species? Students are asked to fill in the missing information and then fill in the missing words using the word ...
A mingle / drawing activity for young learners to talk about their pets and to practice body parts. In part 1 students find a friend who has a pet matching the image and then write two things abou ...
I´ve made a video with a poem about horses. There are 6 exercises. You can watch the video and read the poem. Then you can do the exercises (Circle the adjective, Fill in the missing letters ...
It's Spring! What better time to do some garden vocabulary with your students. File contains a number of garden-based activities: idioms, collocations match, discussion questions, and design acti ...
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