Colors ESL Worksheets and Flashcards
81 worksheets, 10 lessons, 4 vocabulary decks and 1 shadowing script · Daily life
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Colors worksheets
81 printable worksheets with answer keys; the 24 most used, easiest level first.
Colors lessons
10 ready lessons for the four skills: teach on the board, set online or print.
Colors vocabulary
4 word decks with meanings, examples and pronunciation: flip, quiz, print as flashcards or play as a game.
Colors shadowing
Listen, repeat, record and compare: short scripts for pronunciation and fluency.
About Colors
Colors are usually among the first words children learn in English, and they stay useful for describing almost everything else: clothes, animals, food and toys. The vocabulary set is small, so learners experience quick success.
For Kids and very young learners the focus is on recognizing and saying red, blue, yellow, green and other basic colors through pointing, coloring and games, with no reading required. A1 learners add What color is it?, It's..., adjective before noun (a red car, not a car red) and colors with favorite things. At A2 learners describe objects and clothes in more detail with light and dark, and talk about preferences.
This page groups printable worksheets, ready-to-teach lessons and vocabulary flashcard decks on colors for Kids, A1 and A2.
Teaching tips: Colors
- Play "Touch something blue!" so children move around the room and connect words to real objects.
- Use color-by-word or listen-and-color worksheets, where the teacher says "Color the cat orange" and students follow.
- Practice adjective position explicitly, since many learners' first languages put the color after the noun.
- Teach the American spelling (color, gray) and point out that colour and grey are the British forms, seen in materials from other sources.
Questions teachers ask
Which colors are in Cambridge Starters?
Starters includes black, blue, brown, green, gray, orange, pink, purple, red, white and yellow.
How do I teach colors to toddlers who can't read?
Use flashcards, real objects, songs and coloring activities; learners point, touch and say the color without needing any written words.
What should come after colors?
Combine colors with toys, clothes, animals or fruit so learners start using them in short phrases such as "a big red ball".