This Forest Animals Taboo Game is a fun and engaging speaking activity designed to help students practise vocabulary related to woodland animals and forest habitats in English.

Perfect for ESL/EAL learners, this no-prep resource encourages students to describe forest-related words without using key (taboo) vocabulary, helping to develop fluency, confidence, and communication skills.

This resource also works perfectly for CLIL Science lessons focused on habitats, ecosystems, and forest animals.

What’s included
–> 32 Forest Animals Taboo cards
–> Thematic Language Support Card, including:
Sentence starters to describe forest animals and habitats
Useful vocabulary to support speaking

Topics included
Forest animals (bear, fox, wolf, deer, owl…)
Insects and small creatures (bee, butterfly, spider, snail…)
Woodland habitats and environments
Nature vocabulary (forest, tree, river, acorn, nest…)

Ideal for

• KS2 (Years 3–4)
• ESL / EAL learners
• Speaking and listening activities
• Vocabulary revision
• Forest animal topics
• CLIL (Science + English) lessons

Skills developed
Speaking and fluency
Vocabulary recall
Describing animals and habitats
Sentence building
Listening skills

How to use
Students take turns describing a word without using the taboo words.
Their team must guess the word before time runs out.

Great for:

• Whole class games
• Small group work
• Speaking practice
• Science vocabulary revision
• End-of-lesson activities

Why teachers love it
No prep – print and play
Highly engaging and visual
Combines language and science learning
Encourages real communication
Supports mixed ability classes with structured speaking support