15 lessons · 150 meanings
English nature vocabulary
Explore the natural world through sets about animals, plants, weather, land and water. There are also words for seasons and gardening, helping you describe both the places around you and changes outdoors.
Choose a set that matches a walk, a garden or the weather outside. Read the examples and use a few new words to describe what you can see, then compare similar words by their definitions.
Words to start with
Read a meaning and an example, then open its lesson for the rest of the words.
cat
A1noun · /kæt/
A small animal with soft fur, whiskers and sharp claws, often kept as a pet.
“The cat sleeps on the warm chair.”
View set: Familiar animals →tree
A1noun · /triː/
A tall plant with a trunk and branches.
“We sat under a tree for shade.”
View set: Outdoors →sun
A1noun · /sʌn/
the bright star that gives light and heat in the daytime
“The sun is bright today.”
View set: Weather and the sky →elephant
A1noun · /ˈɛlɪfənt/
a very large animal with a trunk and tusks
“The zoo has an elephant with a long trunk.”
View set: Animals large and small →seed
B1noun · /siːd/
a small part of a plant that can grow into a new plant
“I put one seed in the pot.”
View set: Plants and gardening →ocean
A2noun · /ˈoʊʃən/
the very large area of salt water that covers much of Earth
“The ocean looked wide and blue from the boat.”
View set: Land and water →
Lessons in this topic
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Familiar animals
Recognize common pets, farm animals and other familiar living creatures.
Words include: cat, dog, horse, cow, pig…
A110 wordsOutdoors
Describe the natural things and places you see on an outdoor trip.
Words include: tree, river, lake, mountain, forest…
A1A210 wordsWeather and the sky
Vocabulary for talking about the outdoors, the sky, and changes in the air and water around us.
Words include: sun, rain, snow, wind, cloud…
A1A210 wordsAnimals large and small
A lesson for recognizing large wild animals and small creatures that live around us.
Words include: elephant, lion, bear, monkey, snake…
A1A2B1B210 wordsPlants and gardening
Plants and gardening vocabulary cards with clear, simple meanings and painted image ideas.
Words include: seed, leaf, branch, root, plant…
A1B1B2C110 wordsLand and water
Outdoor landforms and bodies of water in simple landscape scenes.
Words include: ocean, desert, valley, hill, field…
A2B210 wordsTimes and seasons
Words for different times of day and seasons of the year.
Words include: morning, afternoon, evening, night, dawn…
A1C110 wordsGarden and nature actions
Actions for gardening, growing food and caring for nature.
Words include: feed, grow, plant, water, dig…
A1A2B1B2C110 wordsNature and the planet
Words for our planet and natural surroundings.
Words include: earth, moon, planet, star, air…
A1A210 wordsNatural materials
Words for earth, particles and other natural materials.
Words include: dirt, dust, mud, sand, coal…
B1B210 wordsWildlife and habitats
Words for wild living things, their homes and body parts.
Words include: wildlife, habitat, species, creature, feather…
B1B210 wordsEnvironmental resources
Words about resources, waste and protecting the environment.
Words include: conservation, resource, waste, litter, rubbish…
A2B1B210 wordsMovement and physical change
Ways that objects, liquids and materials move or change.
Words include: sink, float, melt, freeze, flow…
B1B210 wordsWeather and natural extremes
Words for weather, temperature and powerful natural events.
Words include: atmosphere, hurricane, flood, drought, tsunami…
A1A2B1B210 wordsFarms, gardens and rural life
Name plants, animals and activities in rural life.
Words include: farming, agriculture, crop, wheat, harvest…
A2B2C110 words