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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Animal Bingo: a fun way to teach or review animal vocabulary! Kids always enjoy this game If you haven't played bingo with your class before, model how to "call bingo" first and then let your s ...
It is a worksheet about the classification of animals. There, students have to find 12 animals in a word search, then write them. After that, they have to classify those animals into amphibian, fi ...
Just a quick memory game to practice animals. I used it for my Beginner class after studying domestic and wild animals. I chose to take a few of both kinds. I usually print my memories on colored ...
Pictures of wild animals divided into three groups: jungle animals, sea animals and grasslands animals. Suitable for younger students to learn animals in their environment. Note, however, that som ...
It is a matching activity. There are explanations of animal idioms which need to be placed next to their corresponding idiom. It is a group activity that can be turned into a contest. It is sui ...
Bingo cards to practice with kids the most common animals. Ages 6 and 7 English second language children. You can practice the name of each animal, the pronunciation and you can work with "can" to ...
Used in conjunction with a lesson all about the wild west and Native Americans, this vocabulary matching worksheet is a great introduction activity. After learning the different animal names, stud ...
A simple three part worksheet that integrates drawing and adjectives. First students draw a dog, next they list adjectives that describe their dog to create a mind map and finally they are asked t ...
This is a 2-pages worksheet about tigers. Your ss will find interesting iformation about these animals. There are true/false and comprehension questions. The 3rd task is a description of a pictu ...
This is my first wordsearch. I think it is easier and more interesting for children to play with wordsearches when there are many pictures of nouns. The words are: pig, cat, sheep, horse, bird, c ...
This is a very easy activity anyone can use to pre-teach small children basic vocabulary. Animals with adjectives. As a pre-activity, you give the children the worksheet and you make up a simple ...
Animal riddles for beginners, especially young learners. First, I read the riddles to my students and they guessed the animals. Then, I divided the class into two groups and handed out the riddles ...
A multiple choice exercise to revise vocabulary about farm animlas mostly. The students are given three names and they have to choose the correct one. After doing the exercise thestudents can do s ...
It can be used with children of 3rd grade up to 6th. First practise the questions orally with flashcards, so the students get more familiar with the written exercise. Show pictures of animals and ...
The word search concerns insects. It is aimed at intermediate or upper-intermediate students, but it can also be used with an advanced group. List of words used in this word search: BEE, SPIDER, ...
This is a simple matching activity for teaching farm animals vocabulary. It includes a study sheet which can also be used as a picture dictionary, followed by an activity in which students are as ...
This worksheet is very useful for elementary students who are having this topic, because there are lots of exercises to practice and to learn about our friends and little brothers - animals. I inc ...
This is a very simple and colourful missing letters activity for beginners. Students are asked to complete the names of 16 different animals. The worksheet is available in both colour and black a ...
Here's a colourful boardgame on animals vocabulary, to encourage elementary students to start making sentences. It's played with dice and counter, where students land on a square they must make a ...
Crosswords are an excellent way to improve your vocabulary. They help you remember words that you have already learned, and can even help you learn new words. This beginner crossword is all about ...
Elementary worksheet consisting of 21 riddles. Students or teams of students read the riddles to each other and the other team has to guess. Focuses on reading aloud, pronunciation, listening, lis ...
This is colourful picture crossword, suitable for elementary students, on animal vocabulary. Students are asked to look at the pictures, complete the crossword puzzle with the names of 33 differ ...
This is a very simple and colourful matching activity, suitable for beginners and elementary students, on animals vocabulary: squirrel, turtle, cow, cat, dog, bee, monkey rhinoceros, tiger, etc. ...
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