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 worksheet introduces seven common idioms with an animal theme. Students need to match the idioms and the definitions, and then fill the gaps in a paragraph where the idioms have been used in ...
This reading comprehension was created for primary/elementary students. The resource includes a passage with some interesting facts about the mosquito. Children read the text and then answer the q ...
This reading comprehension was created for primary/elementary students. The resource includes a passage with some interesting facts about the tarantula. Children read the text and then answer the ...
This reading comprehension was created for primary/elementary students. The resource includes a passage with some interesting facts about the scorpion. Children read the text and then answer the q ...
This worksheet designed for kids was made for the purpose of practicing colors and names of animals while they watch the movie in the classroom or at home. In addition, there are a couple of quest ...
A free-to-use ESL unit on the topic of cats, suitable for pre-intermediate level learners. This unit includes speaking, reading, listening, vocabulary and grammar practice. Links are provided for ...
This worksheet is about animal responses. It will help your kids apply concepts learned from animal simulus and responses. Just make a list of words or sentences about each animal on the board and ...
This worksheet is appropriate for teaching animals related vocabulary items and animals abilities. This worksheet contains two parts. It's suitable for young learners and elementary students. ...
This research activity was created for primary/elementary students. They are asked to use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help them answer the questions about the Sumat ...
This worksheet is helpful for practicing spelling animals related vocabulary items, and it helps to improve students writing skills. This is appropriate for young learners and beginners. ...
This research activity was created for primary/elementary students. They are asked to use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help them answer the questions about the hawks ...
This research activity was created for primary/elementary students. They are asked to use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help them answer the questions about mountain ...
This reading comprehension was created for primary/elementary students. It includes a passage with some interesting facts about the red wolf. Children read the text and then answer the questions t ...
I have designed this worksheet about animals for reviewing the third person singular and third person plural (do and does) for the elementary level. Also, it includes the grammar of can and c ...
Hummingbirds are called hummingbirds for the whirring or humming sound their wings make.This KS2 reading comprehension includes an information sheet about hummingbirds. Students read through the a ...
This article includes some interesting facts about humpback whales. Humpback whales travel for great distances through the world's oceans. They are the noisiest of all the whales and are known for ...
Cut the cards and write numbers 1-18 on the other side of the cards. Place them on the board so the ss can see the numbers. Divide the class into 2 teams and write the name of each team on the boa ...
I've designed these cards for units 4, 5, and 6 of Backpack 3 speaking practice. You can put the students into pairs or small groups and have them ask and answer. Hope it helps.
I have designed these cards for my starter classes. It includes different subjects including colors, jobs, foods, animals, and action verbs. Hope it works.
This power-point presentation helps students to learn the names of farm animals such as a goose, goat,cow, horse, etc.. It also presents comparative adjectives to compare animals. It's s ...
This power-point presentation helps students to identify farm and wild animals' habitat. This can be used as a warmer for teaching the story called "Lost Kitten". It's appropriate for young l ...
Students need to guess the top word without using any of the 'taboo' words underneath it. I find this activity very useful in vocabulary and self-confidence building. Divide your class into two te ...
A Question sheet for level A1.5 - A2 (intermediate). I made this to practice listening skills for the impending exams: it features questions in easy English about the movie. They focus mostly ...
Vocabulary worksheet for beginners. The topic is divided into 4 parts: wild animals, domestic animals, sea animals and irregular plural form of some nouns. This logical division will help the begi ...
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