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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Print out different bingo cards for each child plus a call sheet. Cut out the call sheet and put the squares into a hat or bowl. Hand out one bingo card to each child (each card should be di ...
Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a hedgehog called Henry and answer the multiple choice questions. This worksheet can be us ...
Divide the class into three teams and have them choose a name for their team. Team A reads the first statement of a card and waits for team B to make a guess. If their guess is correct, they'll ge ...
This is a jigsaw reading activity for small groups. First, ss are given the titles of different news stories involving animals. Ss speculate on what could have happened based on the titles. Then t ...
"Idiom Zoo" is a worksheet to help students learn and practise some of the animal-related idioms and expressions. There are fill in the gaps and multiple choice exercises along with the pictures e ...
This cloze activity can be used as an extra resource when teaching about life cycles. Children read the sentences and fill in the missing words from the word bank. This worksheet was created by Pr ...
The activity works with vocabulary about animals from the zoo. Children need to match the pictures to their names, read and color the animals, unscrumble words and answer some questions, using the ...
In celebrating World Poetry Day, March 21, students can enjoy this fun poetry worksheet: My Sheep is Being Sheepish. Students are asked to read through the poem and answer the questions. They are ...
In celebrating World Poetry Day, March 21, students can enjoy this fun poetry worksheet. They are asked to read through the poem and underline the correct spelling of the word in brackets. They ar ...
This worksheet is intended for beginners learning to write. Learners are supposed to read the word, write it on the line underneath it and match it with its picture.They don't have to draw a line, ...
This worksheet has been designed for young learners of English. As it is known young children like animals and they tend to know a lot about them, their eating habits and their environment. Learne ...
I made this worksheet for a 14-15 year-olds class. They were very interested in horoscopes, and since it was the end of January, I decided to prepare a sheet to feedl their curiosity. The signs pe ...
This power point is a game you can play with your students. There are four different kinds of tasks: look and listen, yes or no, look and say and pig in a poke. You can get from ten to forty point ...
Students are asked to read the facts about grizzly bears and rewrite the passage correctly on the lines. This exercise will really help improve a child's spelling and punctuation. It is also good ...
The worksheet is for beginners. It has two exercises: the first one is a text with questions, the second is to make sentences with given words. You can add words to the second exercise. The worksh ...
This worksheet may be used on its own or in relation with the "Dobble Kids" animal card game. It contains a picture of 31 animals in the game. Since it doesn't require writing it can be used by co ...
This is an easy worksheet for beginners and elementary students which uses the song called The Fox by Ylvis. Students label the pictures. Then they have to listen to the song and match the animal ...
It is a power point file which gives the students the way to describe animals. Obviously it is suitable for Movers. I mean those who know can/simple present/ have got-has got. I use this kind of d ...
This worksheet is for pupils of different ages. Your ss revise their knowledge of the cardinal numbers and animals, and directions. Your pupils need paper that has squares on it. You dictate the ...
Powerpoint for beginner and young learners. Students can count the objects in the picture before the answer is displayed. Key phrases: How many _____ are there? There are # ____s. Numbe ...
The primary aim of this task sheet is to improve students' vocabulary on animals (domestic, wild and pets). During solving the tasks, pupils can improve their reading and writing skills as well. T ...
This is aimed at allowing students to practice both writing and speaking about the characteristics of their pets, whether past, present or futuristic. I recommend that you pre-teach the vocabulary ...
This Thanksgiving worksheet includes facts about wild turkeys. It can be added as an extra resource when learning about Thanksgiving. Students are asked to read the article and then answer the stu ...
This worksheet was created for primary/elementary students. Students are asked to read through the poem and underline the correct spelling of the word in brackets. They are then asked to answer qu ...
Pets Corner - This word search was created for primary/elementary students and can be used as a fun activity with your class. There are fifteen different pets to find hidden in the grid. Students ...
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