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Wild Animals


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This page provides a list of vocabulary words that appear in the Wild Animals Unit, both in the activities to play online and in the worksheets to download and print. Scroll down to explore!


Vocabulary words

The Wild Animals Unit introduces kids to twelve English words:

• crocodile
• elephant
• giraffe
• hippo
• kangaroo
• kiwi
• lion
• rhino
• seal
• snake
• tiger
• zebra


The wordlist with pictures and short definitions below gives you a quick guide to the vocabulary used in the unit. You can also use it as a teaching tool to introduce, practise and revise English words connected with this topic.



English vocabulary: crocodile
  • crocodile
  • A meat-eating reptile.
English vocabulary: elephant
  • elephant
  • Has a long nose.
English vocabulary: giraffe
  • giraffe
  • Has a long neck.
English vocabulary: hippo
  • hippo
  • Grey and big, loves water.
English words: kangaroo
  • kangaroo
  • A pouched mammal that hops.
English vocabulary: kiwi
  • kiwi
  • A bird that cannot fly.
English words: lion
  • lion
  • The king of animals.
English words: rhino
  • rhino
  • Has a horn on its nose.
English words: seal
  • seal
  • Has flippers, lives in and near the sea.
English words: snake
  • snake
  • Has no legs.
English words: tiger
  • tiger
  • Has black and orange stripes.
English words: zebra
  • zebra
  • Has black and white stripes.