Birthdays ESL Worksheets and Activities
In this useful birthdays role-play activity, students ask and answer questions about people's birthdays and birthday parties and then brainstorm gift ideas. In groups, students take on the role of different people who live in the same neighbourhood. The students' task is to find out each person's name, age, birthday, and the place and activities for their next birthday party by asking questions and writing the answers in a table. Students begin by writing the information from their role card in the table. Students then go around the group, asking and answering the questions and noting the answers in their tables. When the students have finished, they think of and write down an appropriate birthday present for each person. Finally, students tell the class what presents they wrote for some of the people and why.
This free birthdays worksheet helps students learn and practice common birthday-related vocabulary. First, students discuss two questions about birthdays. Students then match birthday vocabulary from a box with pictures. Next, students match verbs with nouns to create common birthday phrases. After that, students complete sentences about birthdays with their own ideas and then compare their answers with a partner. Students then use birthday vocabulary from a box to complete a text about someone's birthday. Following that, students identify the odd word out in each set and write why the word doesn't belong. Lastly, students ask and answer birthday conversation questions in pairs.
In this fun birthday vocabulary game, students race to name three things associated with birthday celebrations. Read the first item on the worksheet to the class, i.e. 'Name three things you might put on top of a birthday cake.' The teams then start writing down three suitable answers. When a team has three answers, they put up their hand and the other teams stop writing. The team then gives their answers. If the team gives three suitable answers, they score a point, e.g. candles, chocolate pieces, and fruit slices. The team then tries to make a sentence with the three answers for an extra point, e.g. 'We put candles, chocolate pieces, and fruit slices on top of the birthday cake.' If a team gives an unsuitable answer, they are out of the round and the other teams race to answer. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
In this insightful birthdays discussion activity, students discuss various topics related to birthdays. In pairs, students take turns picking up a card and asking their partner to tell them about the birthday-related topic on the card. Their partner then talks about the birthday topic and the other student asks follow-up questions to gain more information. Together, the two students develop a short discussion about the topic before moving on to the next card. At the end of the activity, go through the questions and have the pairs give feedback to the class on their answers.
