Fruit and Veggies Small Cards for Elementary ELLs.

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The fruit and vegetable small cards are easy to carry and store, making them convenient on-the-go teaching. Use the small cards for the presentaction and practice parts of the lesson plan in english.These small cards are perfect for interactive ESL activities that boost vocabulary, speaking, grammar, and language confidence. They’re ideal for centers, games, sentence building, and partner work.

The Printable Small cards encourage interactive learning. Play Guess the Card:

One student picks a card without pointing at it, and describes the fruit or vegetable for the players to guess.

Players: Is it yellow?

Student: NO!

Players: Is it a fruit or vegetable?

Student: a vegetable.

Players: Is it green?

Student: No!

Players: Is it a carrot?

Student: Yes, it is!

Small cards can be used for different skill levels by adjusting the activities. Practice grammar (singular/plural). Students can just write the word for beginners or write more complex sentence building for advanced students). 

Small cards allow students to practice independently by writing the words on a small board.

Play Circle the other words within a fruit and vegetable word. There are several. Students write the word on the card and then find the other word such as this example: pear, there is the word ear.

Give each student a "bingo" board with spaces to write any of the fruit and vegetables. The teacher calls out the fruit and vegetables using the small cards, and students crosses out the words they hear.

Matching Pairs with Flashcards. Use the small cards and larger flashcards together. Students match the small cards to the corresponding large flashcards as quickly as possible.

 Students categorize the small cards into "fruits" and "vegetables". This can be done in pairs or groups as a race.

Use the small cards in sentence-building activities. For example, "I like bananas,". Here is the video:

Why Teachers Love These Small Cards

✅ Perfect for centers & hands-on learning
✅ Supports speaking, listening, and grammar practice
✅ Works with mixed-level ESL groups
✅ Great for pair and group activities

These cards help transform vocabulary memorization into meaningful language use, encouraging students to talk and interact!

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