A selection of English ESL animal printables

An easy quiz - the task is to look at the picture and circle the corresponding word. The pictures are taken from the British Council website: https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/word-games/wild-animals-2
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/print-make/flashcards/farm-animals-flashcards

Quiz: Wild and Farm Animals

This worksheet is designed to help students learn about animals and how they move. It contains a series of clear and colorful pictures of different animals. Students are asked to look carefully at each picture and guess the name of the animal shown. After identifying the animal, they must describe how it moves. This activity helps students practice vocabulary related to animals and action words (verbs). The worksheet is great for young learners or beginner-level English students. Teachers can also use it as a fun speaking activity by asking students to say their answers out loud. 

ANIMAL AND ACTION VERB VOCABULARY

It is a very basic worksheet. It practises eight sentences - four questions, four answers. In the end students are supposed to discuss the questions and come up with their own answers.

A Favourite Animal - exercises, speaking

This is a complete pack of science worksheets for students in 3 grade. It is very useful to review the unit about animals classification. The exercises are easy to understand and very intuitive.

Animals 3 grade. Science topic.

Animals are living organisms that belong to the biological kingdom Animalia. They are diverse in shape, size, and habitat, ranging from tiny insects to large mammals. Animals can be classified into various groups, such as mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. Each group has unique characteristics, such as the ability to breathe through lungs or gills, the presence of fur or scales, and different methods of reproduction.

Animals play essential roles in ecosystems by maintaining balance, pollinating plants, dispersing seeds, and acting as food sources for other organisms. They inhabit nearly every part of the world, from deep oceans to high mountains. Studying animals helps us understand their behavior, physiology, and the importance of conserving biodiversity for the planet's health.

Animals For Beginners English Learners

The student should use the images as a clue, in order to guess the collective pronoun of each animal type. Some clues are more straight forward than others, though some are also intrinsically linked to certain aspects of Western culture which the student may not be familiar with - so are an opportunity for tutors to discuss with their students.

Collective Pronouns of 15 Animals


Idendifying farm animals and learning what they each eat.

 A fun cut and paste activity for young learnzers !

 For young learners who need a manual activity and visual cues.

Farm animals for young learners

This worksheet is designed for YLE (Movers–Flyers) level students and combines reading comprehension with a fun, culturally respectful personality-style quiz based on Indigenous traditions. The quiz, written in simplified English, helps students discover their "animal helper" by answering 10 questions and learning about symbols found in many Native American and First Nations stories. The worksheet also includes three short readings (around 150–170 words each) about powwows, totem poles, and traditional canoes — each followed by three comprehension questions. The content introduces young learners to key elements of Indigenous life in an age-appropriate, engaging way. After completing the quiz, students are invited to reflect on and choose their personal animal helper from a short list. This is followed by a creative writing or drawing task. The activity promotes vocabulary development, cultural awareness, and personal connection — all while supporting core reading skills. Ideal for individual work, pair sharing, or as part of a themed cultural lesson.

Animal Helpers and Indigenous Traditions

Worksheet based on RSA animate video. Great for more advanced groups to have deeper discussions. Youtube link is provided at the top of the worksheet, teachers should bring in laptop and show video after pre-discussion and defining words. 

Cheating- RSA Animate video 

This document includes:
- Lesson plan: presentation, guided practice, and activities to ensure and asses understanding
- Lingokids online resources: Links available on the first page
- Extension activities: 'I spy' board game, craft activity, and a movement activity 

ANIMALS: Students will learn key words related to pets, and will get acquainted with other vocabulary referred to wild animals, sea animals, insects, and farm animals.

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Zoo animals worksheet with listening tasks

Grammar exercise to practise short answers: It can.., It can´t.., They can.., They can´t..

Vocabulary is focused on animals.

CAN, CAN´T SHORT ANSWERS + ANIMALS

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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