Zoo animals Move Flashcards.

 This resource is included in the Zoo Animals for EFL. Click here:

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Teaching zoo animals movement vocabulary helps elementary ESL students learn action verbs in a fun and interactive way. Using flashcards, students can practice verbs like walk, jump, swim, and fly while participating in engaging activities.

Introduce How Zoo Animals Move

Teach your learners about how the zoo animals move and review the vocabulary related to the locomotion expanding their language skills.

Practice Movement Verbs with Questions

Perfect for introducing or reviewing the verbs. Write a verb under each flashcard to show what each zoo animal is moving. Encourage the ELLs to observe and describe how the animals move in each flashcard.

“CAN” STRUCTURE

Then, place two flashcards on the board. Ask the students what the animals are doing. Write the verb and ask questions.
Teacher: Can the bear climb trees?
Students: Yes, it can.
Teacher: Can the elephant climb trees?
Students: No, it can´t.

MOVEMENT GAME

Sort what the animals can do using the flashcards: walk. Gorilla, monkey, hippo and ostrich!

Animals have same abilities. Sort them out.
Teacher: Which animals can climb?
Students: the monkey, the bear.

Follow Commands with Animal Movements

Some zoo animals can fly. Write the words can fly and have the students guess which animals can do the action, as they do it themselves in a mime.

Or create a sorting table on the board and students can come up t place the flashcards to the corresponding verb.

Integrate the animal movement with the physical education activities. Have the students imitate the movement of the animals on each card. Use my movement verb table.

This giraffe-themed numbers resource gives teachers a visual, engaging, and ESL-friendly way to help students understand numbers 1–20 while building confidence in counting and speaking, all in the zoo unit pack. Go to this blog post:   https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/2025/03/giraffes-numbers-1-to-20-for-elementary.html 

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