Colours ESL Games, Activities and Worksheets
In this engaging colours game, students find pictures that match with colours. The aim of the game is for students to find three pictures that match a colour vocabulary card. In groups, students take it in turns to turn over three picture cards. If the three pictures are all the same colour, the student puts them next to the corresponding vocabulary card and says the colour (e.g. yellow). The student then keeps the picture cards and corresponding vocabulary card. If the pictures do not match, the student turns the cards back over. The student with the most cards at the end wins the game. As a variation, you can have students score three points when they match picture cards. Then, for an extra point, they describe each picture card using the colour, e.g. red lips, red cap, red strawberry. For each correct description, students score a point. The student with the most points at the end wins.
In this free colours crossword activity, students complete a crossword by describing and guessing primary and secondary colours. In two groups, students unscramble letters to form the names of primary and secondary colours. Next, students write clues for the colours shown in their crossword by thinking of two things that represent each colour. After that, students pair up with someone from the other group and take it in turns to ask their partner for a clue to one of the missing colours in their crossword. Their partner reads out the clue for that word and the other student tries to guess the colour. If the student guesses the word successfully, they write it in their crossword. If not, their partner continues to give more clues until the student is able to guess the word. When the students have finished, they compare worksheets to check their answers.
Here is a useful colours worksheet to help students practice the names of common colours. First, students match each colour with a suitable picture. Students then match each description with its correct colour. Next, students complete sentences about colours with their own ideas and then compare their answers with a partner. After that, students complete facts with the correct colour from the choices shown. Following that, students write down one thing they have for each colour, e.g. a black phone. Finally, students tell a partner what they have to see if they own the same thing in the same colour, e.g. 'My phone is black. Is your phone black?' If their partner answers yes, the student ticks the object. Afterwards, students share which things they have in the same colour as their partner with the class.
This fun colours activity helps students review colours and phrases to describe the colour of an object. In two groups, students begin by completing the names of 11 colours with vowels. Students then add five objects to a bedroom picture on their worksheet and colour everything in using the 11 colours. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group and take turns dictating their picture and the colours of the objects to their partner, who listens, draws and colours as instructed. Finally, students compare their drawings to see if the original and the dictated copy are the same.
This comprehensive colours worksheet helps students practice the names of colours in English. To begin, students look at words in a box and match them with their appropriate colours. Next, students look at groups of words and decide which word is a different colour and doesn't belong and underline it. Students then write the colour of the other three words in the space. After that, in pairs, students discuss and write down what they think the best colour is for various objects. Students then move on to complete a crossword by reading clues and writing the correct colours. In the last exercise, students complete sentences with colours so that they are true for them. Students then guess their partner's answers. Afterwards, students ask their partner questions to find out if their guesses are right or wrong, e.g. 'What colour is your toothbrush?'
In this entertaining colours quiz, students form trivia questions about colours and then take part in a quiz where they ask and answer the questions with a partner. In groups, students put words in the correct order to make multiple-choice quiz questions about colours, creating one more question of their own at the end. After the questions have been checked, students pair up with someone from the other group. Students then take it in turns to ask the multiple-choice quiz questions to their partner, awarding one point for each correct answer. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Here are creative two colour games to help students practice adjectives related to colour and the names of less common colours. First, in pairs, students play a pelmanism game where they take turns turning over a definition card and a colour vocabulary card. If the colour or adjective on the vocabulary card completes the definition, the student reads the definition aloud using the colour or adjective in the sentence. The student then keeps the two cards and has another turn. If the cards don't match, the student turns them back over. The student with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game wins. Students then move on to play a game where they test their partner on the colour vocabulary. Students take it in turns to choose a pair of cards. Their partner picks up the chosen pair and reads the definition card using the word 'blank' for the missing colour or adjective. The other student then guesses the missing word. If the answer is correct, the student wins and keeps the cards. If not, the cards are removed from the game. The student with the most pairs of cards at the end wins.
Here is a productive colours worksheet to help students practice or review verbs, nouns and adjectives related to colour. First, students unscramble the names of colours and match them with their definitions. Students then put verbs, adjectives and nouns related to colour into their correct categories. Next, students underline the correct colour-related noun in each sentence. After that, students complete sentences with the colour-related verbs provided. Next, students match sentence halves and complete the sentences with one of the colour-related adjectives shown. Students then move on to complete conversation questions with colour words. Lastly, students ask and answer the questions with a partner.
