Animals in Spanish Free Worksheet and Game

Inside: Free animals in Spanish worksheet and game for learning animals vocabulary.

Spanish students love learning about animals!

The free worksheets and games I have for you are based on a pretty extensive list, and I wouldn’t expect students to memorize all 56 vocabulary words in one go!

However, there are plenty of cognates that students can quickly recognize (león, flamenco, elefante, etc.), and many kids already know terms like el perro and la cucaracha.

You can definitely use these cards and worksheets to work on learning Spanish vocabulary for animals.My favorite is using the animal pictures and cards to sneak in high-frequency words within an animal unit. 

There are so many ways to do this! You can create lesson plans about what the animals can do, where they live, what they like, plus lots of adjectives for describing their physical appearance.  

It’s also fun to create stories with animal character, especially with young learners.

Free Animals in Spanish Worksheet

Make a copy of the free Animal Word Search in Spanish and the Spanish Yo Tengo Animals Game.

¿Yo Tengo, Quién Tiene? (Groups of 18 or less)

Print, cut out, and laminate the cards. Pass out the cards to students. Any student you choose may begin. The student reads his or her card aloud, naming the object in the picture. The student who has the card asked for by the first student goes next. Simple, but effective!

22 Common Animals in Spanish

(Zoo Animals, Wild Animals, Ocean Animals)

la cebra	zebra
el tigre	tiger
el mono	monkey
el hipopótamo	hippo
el elefante	elephant
la jirafa	giraffe
el oso	bear
el zorro	fox
el conejo	rabbit
el pájaro	bird
la tortuga	turtle
el ratón	mouse
la rana	frog
la serpiente	snake
el cangrejo	crab
la ballena	whale
el pulpo	octopus
el pingüino	penguin
el delfin	dolphin
el pez	fish
el tiburón	shark
el oso polar	polar bear

Farm Animals in Spanish

See more complete flashcards and activities here.

el caballo	horse
el cerdo	pig
la vaca	cow
la gallina	hen
la oveja	sheep
el burro	donkey
el perro	dog
el gato	cat

More Insects, Birds and Mammals in Spanish

la hormiga	ant
la oruga	caterpillar
la mosca	fly
la cucaracha	cockroach
el escarabajo	beetle
la abeja	bee
la mariposa	butterfly
la araña	spider
el pato	duck
el loro	parrot
el avestruz	ostrich
el búho	owl
el tucán	toucan
el águila	eagle
el colibrí	hummingbird
el flamenco	flamingo
la llama	llama
el canguro	kangaroo
el lobo	wolf
el jaguar	jaguar
el camello	camel
el cocodrilo	crocodile
el koala	koala bear
el venado	deer