Animals ESL Games, Activities and Worksheets
Animal Antics

Here are two free animal vocabulary games that students can play to learn the names of animals. Students begin by playing a pelmanism game where they match the names of animals to pictures. In groups, students take turns turning over... read more
Animal Families

In this fun animals game, students categorise animals according to certain criteria and play a card game where they collect sets of animals belonging to different categories. First, students look at animal... read more
Guess the Animal

In this animal vocabulary guessing game, students ask yes/no questions in order to guess the names of animals. In groups, students take turns picking up a card. The card shows the animal name... read more
On the Farm

In this rewarding farm animals game, students ask present simple yes/no questions to determine which farm animals are behind numbered squares. The aim of the game is for one student to arrange... read more
The Pet Parade

In this handy pets worksheet, students practice animal and pet-related vocabulary. To begin, students match pets with their descriptions. Students then... read more
What's this animal?

In this enjoyable animal vocabulary game, students play bingo by matching the names of animals to pictures. In groups, students take it in turns to turn over a picture card and say 'What's this animal?' All the students then look at their bingo cards to find... read more
Animal Crossword

In this useful animal crossword activity, students complete a crossword by describing and guessing different animals. In two groups, students invent and write down clues for the animals on their crossword... read more
Animal Quiz Board Game

In this free animals board game, students practice writing, asking and answering animal quiz questions. After creating some animal quiz questions to include in the game, the student on the right of the... read more
Animal Races

In these two engaging animal vocabulary games, students answer quiz questions about animals. In the first game, students complete an animal drawing by answering animal quiz questions correctly. The... read more
What Animal Am I?

In this creative animals guessing game, students play a 20 questions style game where they have to find out what animal they are by asking yes/no questions... read more
Animal Scramble

Here is an entertaining two-part animals game to help students practice vocabulary related to animals. First, teams race to form sentences about animals from cards. Teams line up sentence beginning cards... read more
Awesome Animals

In this comprehensive animals worksheet, students practice vocabulary that can be used to describe animals. To start, students unscramble letters to form... read more
Animal Trivia Challenge

Here is an interesting animals quiz to help students practice vocabulary related to animals. First, in two groups, students complete animal trivia questions by choosing one of the words in brackets... read more
Describing Animals

In this productive describing animals worksheet, students practice describing various animals using adjectives and nouns. Students start by reading a paragraph and categorizing words in the... read more