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 power-point presentation is prepared for teaching and reviewing about Polar regions: iceberg, arctic fox, puffin, polar bear, etc.. It also contains some questions to ask. It's appropria ...
This power-point presentation is prepared for teaching and reviewing about tropical rain forests : bamboo, canoe, parrot, toucan, etc.. It also contains some questions to ask. It's appropriat ...
This power-point presentation is prepared for teaching and reviewing African plains such as: buffalo, water hole, acacia tree, lion, etc.. It also contains some questions to ask. It's appropr ...
This is a worksheet for practicing and reviewing can and can't. It contains gap-filling and question activities. It is designed for elementary levels. Hope it helps!
This presentattion will be helpful to russian-speaking students while studying the topic animals. It contains English words, transcription and russian equivalents of animals' names. There are also ...
A fun worksheet to help learners understand the structure Used to+Infinitive. The worksheet is based on the video about the penguin who lives in rather unusual conditions. It contains listening p ...
It's a ppt with Lenka's song "Everything at once". There is the original video and the audio of the song. There are pictures of the animals listed in the song and also a video with animated pict ...
A worksheet designed to introduce and practice vocabulary about farm animals. Learners are asked basic questions about animals, asked to complete a matching exercise, a word jumble exercise ...
Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. This reading comprehension includes a passage with some interesting facts about hibernation. Students read the text and ...
This is a word scramble to review sea animal names. Animal names are basic common sea animals that have already been introduced to the class. In my class the animals were introduced with picture ...
This is a funny magic poem that was created for primary/elementary students. Students are asked to read the poem and underline the correct spelling of the words in brackets. There are also questio ...
This resource can be used when teaching kids about dinosaurs! Students are asked to unscramble the letters and write the words correctly on the lines. There are fifteen words to unscramble from ex ...
This is a funny wordplay poem that was created for primary/elementary school students. They are asked to read through the poem and then answer the accompanying questions. There are seven questions ...
"Pothound" is a great, short film by Trinidadian filmmaker, Christopher Guinness. You can watch it here: https://vimeo.com/32823310. I used this worksheet with intermediate ESL students in a Japan ...
This is a game based on the story book Wonderful Wild Animals. Cut the cards and write numbers 1-14 on the other side of each card. Place the cards on the board and divide your students into two t ...
I've designed this PowerPoint for the story book Wonderful Wild Animals. It includes some information about different animals including crocodiles, bats, polar bears, porcupines, etc. Hope it ...
This is a cut-out activity, where students can have fun coloring and joining the animal parts in order to create animal professionals. There are three professions: chef, fire fighter, police offic ...
This is a craft worksheet for preschool and kindergarden. It aims at teaching two animals belonging to the wilderness. In this craft you can either color the lion's mane and the zebra's stripes or ...
This worksheet aims at young learners who have learnt the animals and need some kind of revision. It will facilitate them to practice both their spelling of the particular animals and how they are ...
This is a PP presentation for revising opposites, colours, animals, feelings and family relationships at a very elementary level. I made it as a revision before young learners' first test but you ...
This is a game that I've designed for my elementary level/ orientation session. It includes different questions that students are supposed to know. It includes different items, like animals, ...
This is game for reviewing different subjects including daily routines, animals, jobs, and five senses. It is designed for elementary level. Write numbers 1-20 on the other side of each card. Pin ...
Here you will find exercises for part 2 of the film "George of the Jungle". The exercises are for before and after watching. Some can be set as homework. Most of them should be done in class. Stud ...
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