Beach / Strand: Word and Picture Cards for English Lessons

In this material you will find word-picture cards with English beach words such as towel, sandcastle, starfish or to surf, with a picture and the corresponding English word on each card.

What is included in the material

• 60 word-picture cards, each with a picture and the English word: 53 cards show things and animals at the beach, 7 cards show activities such as to swim, to dive or to jump into water.
• Idea page with nine suggestions on how to use the cards in class.

Tips for using the material

• Introducing new words: The cards are ideal for introducing beach vocabulary, allowing learners to associate the words with the pictures and practice pronouncing the correct word together.
• Vocabulary games: In matching games, where words and pictures are paired together, the vocabulary can be reinforced in a playful way.
• Guessing in pairs or as a group: One person can describe the picture while the other guesses the correct word.
• Sentences and short stories: Learners can use the words to form sentences or come up with short stories about the pictures.
• Sorting parts of speech: The cards can be sorted by parts of speech, for example into nouns such as towel and verbs such as to dive.
• Learning stations: At stations in the classroom, the cards can be used for tasks such as describing the picture, forming a sentence or finding synonyms.

These skills are promoted

• Vocabulary: English words for things, animals and activities at the beach, from parasol and crab to to build a sandcastle.
• Pronunciation of the English beach words.
• Spelling, when writing the word corresponding to a picture.

On the same topic, there are also the Vocabulary Cards, the Vocabulary Poster, a Memo Game and a Bingo.