What Is Your Favourite Colour?
This colours ESL lesson helps young learners name common colours and express a favourite. Students race in a Colour Dash, sing, identify coloured objects and ask 'What's your favourite colour?' They survey classmates, hunt for Colour Monsters and create a colour crown to present.
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Lesson format
2 × 45 minutes
Level
Beginner
Age group
Ages 6–9
Main focus
Speaking first
What students will learn
Lesson flow
Children play a Colour Dash game running to named colours, sing colour songs pointing to matching objects, and drill flashcards with TPR actions. The second lesson surveys three classmates about their favourite colour, plays a Colour Monster Hunt finding coloured paper monsters, and makes a colour crown to wear and present ('I like red! This is my red crown!').
Target language
- • 'What colour is it?'
- • 'It's ___'
- • 'What's your favourite colour?'
- • 'I like ___'
Key vocabulary
- red
- blue
- green
- yellow
- pink
- orange
- purple
- favourite
- colour
- rainbow
Speaking questions students answer
- • What colour is it?
- • What's your favourite colour?
- • Do you like blue?
- • What colour is your pencil?
- • Find the yellow monster!
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Why this lesson works
The lesson follows a clear progression: Play Colour Dash naming colours, survey classmates' favourite colours, make and present a colour crown. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.