Animal words PDFs and teaching tips for high and low level kids and adults – hopefully clear which is which. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.
Teaching animal vocabulary articles
Using animals to teach other language points
Photocopiable animal vocabulary classroom activities for EFL learners
Body parts and animals drawing worksheet (with possessive S) – POLISHED UP
Animal experiences Present Perfect practice
Exploiting animals vocabulary and discussion
Describing animals with adverbs of manner games
Describing animals with verbs of senses games
Can a Kangaroo Drink Your Blood? animal abilities mix and match
Is a cockroach pretty? adjectives and animals mix and match
Animals guessing game and discussion (modals and opinions)
Abilities of animals can/ can’t games
Comparing animals random pelmanism
Basic questions about animals games
B2 First Writing Part One essays on animals
B2 First Speaking Part Three on animals
B2 First Speaking Part Four on animals
Pick words to make the underwater picture
Superlatives animal pictionary challenge game
Animals dimensions guessing games
Feelings and animals pictionary
Draw the animals that can do the actions
Animal ears headdresses – DELETED
Mini beasts add the missing letter – DELETED
IELTS Speaking Parts Two and Three on animals
Other PDFs including animal vocabulary
Subject questions drawing game (with animals and clothes vocabulary)
Colours, numbers and objects dice games (for word recognition, see page 5 for the animal vocab)
Requests and enquiries with have games (with clothes vocabulary, furniture vocabulary, classroom vocabulary, food vocabulary, animal vocabulary, sports vocabulary and toy vocabulary)
Animals and body parts possessive S drawing game
Animals, body and possessive S pictionary advanced version
Clothes, body and animals possessive S pictionary game – LINK UPDATED
Animal vocabulary songs for ESL learners
From Head to Toe song (lots of good actions, but crappy tune) – LINK UPDATED
Daddy’s Taking Us to the Zoo Tomorrow (animated video with words) – LINK UPDATED
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf wiggle wiggle (good for pre-school)
The Animals Went in Two by Two song (animated video with words)
Animal vocabulary stories for ESL learners
Pets at the animal shelter (on LearnEnglishKids)
The ABC Zoo (ditto)
Animal vocabulary flashcards for ESL classes
Animals beginning with vowels flashcards
Animals which begin with consonants flashcards
Big selection of animal flashcards – DELETED
Flashcards for the book Monkey Puzzle
Flashcards for the book Over in the Meadow
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Updated 4 August 2026
