Free Food Flashcards for Beginner ESL Lessons
Food is always a fun topic to teach, especially with beginners learning English. These free food flashcards are designed for ESL lessons and include a mix of common and kid-friendly foods like pizza, cake, and sushi. They’re perfect for teaching simple expressions such as “Do you like chocolate?”, “What’s your favorite food?”, or “I don’t like sushi.”
About These Food Flashcards
This printable PDF includes 16 colorful food flashcards in both large and small sizes. Use the big cards for introducing each food item to the class, and the smaller ones for games, pair work, or speaking activities. Vocabulary includes: pizza, chicken, sandwich, taco, burger, hot dog, soup, salad, rice, sushi, burrito, spaghetti, cake, ice cream, pie, and chocolate.
Food Flashcard Activity Ideas
- Bingo Game
Give each student or pair of students a set of the 16 small food flashcards and have them arrange them in a 4×4 grid. Keep one set for yourself, shuffle the cards, and choose one at random. Call out the card using a sentence like “My favorite food is pizza.” Students find the matching card and turn it over. The first student to complete a line wins. This is a fun listening game and works well when students are first learning food vocabulary. - Speaking Game
Give each student one small food flashcard. Students walk around the classroom and ask each other, “Do you like (tacos)?” based on the food shown on their card. Their partner responds with “Yes, I do” or “No, I don’t.” After the conversation, they trade cards and move on to a new classmate. This gives students lots of practice using the target expressions with different foods.
More Food Lesson Resources
Use these other free resources to make a complete lesson on food: