Shapes & Measurements ESL Activities, Games & Worksheets

ESL Measurements Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Word Search, Categorising - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work In this useful measurements worksheet, students learn and practice measurement words and abbreviations. First, students match four measurement words to their definitions. Students then find eight measurement words in a word search. Next, students write each measurement word found in the word search under the category that it is used to measure. After that, students match each measurement abbreviation from a box to the correct word. Following that, students complete facts by underlining the correct measurement abbreviations. Students then think of and write down two examples of things that are measured with each given unit of measurement and then compare their answers with a partner. Finally, students ask and answer five measurement-related questions with their partner using vocabulary from the worksheet. show less

ESL Measurements Board Game - Speaking: Forming Sentences, Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Group Work This fun measurements board game helps students practice using measurement vocabulary, selecting appropriate units, and making simple unit conversions. In groups, players take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. When a player lands on a Describe, Compare, Fix the Unit, or Convert square, they take a card from the corresponding pile, read it aloud and answer by forming a complete sentence using the correct unit of measurement, e.g. 'It weighs 800 grams.' If the group agrees the answer is correct, the player stays on the square. If not, they move their counter back two squares. If a player lands on a Wild square, they choose a card from any pile and answer accordingly. It is then the next player's turn to roll the dice, and so on. The first player to reach the finish wins the game. show less

ESL Shapes and Measurements Activity - Vocabulary: Gap-fill, Asking Questions, Guessing - Group and Pair Work This free shapes and measurements quiz helps students practice vocabulary associated with different measurements and shapes. In two groups, students begin by completing trivia questions with shape and measurement words. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group and take turns reading each question along with its three possible answers to their partner, who tries to guess the correct one. Students put a tick next to each of their partner's correct guesses. The student with the most correct guesses at the end of the quiz wins. show less

ESL Shapes and Measurements Game - Vocabulary: Taking and Recording Measurements, Form Completion - Pair Work This engaging shapes and measurements game helps students practice shape and measurement vocabulary by locating and measuring classroom objects with a ruler and tape measure. In pairs, students read the first clue on the worksheet, i.e. 'Find an object that is rectangular with a width between 15 and 25 centimetres.' Students then go around the classroom, locate an object that matches the dimensional clue (e.g. a book), and take precise measurements with a ruler or tape measure. Pairs must find objects that match each clue as closely as possible (exact matches are not required). Each object can be used only once. Both students then record the object and its measurements on their worksheets. Students then move on to the next clue, and so on. Afterwards, pairs verify their answers by presenting them to the class. If the class agrees that each answer matches the dimensional requirements in the clue, the pair puts a tick in the box next to the item. The pair with the most correct answers wins the game. show less

ESL Shapes and Measurements Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Answering Questions, Performing Tasks, Freer Practice - Group Work In this engaging shapes and measurements game, students practice shape and measurement vocabulary through guessing, defining, drawing, measuring and estimating tasks. In groups, players take turns choosing a question card or a challenge card. When a player chooses a question, the student to their left picks up a question card and reads it to the player, who listens and gives their answer. If the answer matches the term shown in brackets on the card, the player keeps the card and scores one point. When a player chooses a challenge, they pick up a challenge card and complete the practical task shown on the card. For drawing and measuring tasks, the player uses a ruler. For estimation tasks, the player suggests a possible answer. If the group agrees that the completed task or answer is correct, the player keeps the card and scores two points. When all the cards have been used, the players look at their cards and count up their points. The player with the most points wins the game. show less

ESL Shapes and Measurements Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled Freer Practice In this shapes and measurements speaking activity, students ask and answer questions that use common measurement collocations. First, students complete 'Find someone who...' prompts with measurement collocations in their correct forms. Next, students review the yes/no questions they need to ask in the activity, e.g. 'Can you measure distance on a map using the scale?' Students then go around the class, asking their classmates the measurement questions. When a student finds someone who answers 'yes' to a question, they write down the person's name and ask a follow-up question to gain more information, noting down the answer in the last column. If a classmate replies 'no', the student repeats the question with another person or asks a different question. This process continues until the students have completed each item on the worksheet with a different name and answer, one classmate per item. Afterwards, students give feedback to the class on what they found out. show less

ESL Shapes and Measurements Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Discussion, Freer and Communicative Practice - Group Work In this shapes and measurements discussion activity, students practice or review vocabulary for shapes and measurements by discussing questions, choosing tools and units, estimating dimensions, and justifying methods. In groups, students take turns picking up a card and reading the question aloud to the group. Students then discuss the shape or measurement question and come up with a group answer or method that they think would be best for the prompt on the card. The student who drew the card writes the agreed group answer on the back of the card. Students continue until all the cards have been used. Afterwards, go through the questions and have the groups tell the class their answers and methods. show less