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 Imagine Flashcards
The Imagine Level 1 Flashcards are a set of dry-erase cards that represent each target vocabulary and phonics item
taught in Imagine Level 1. These Flashcards can be used to preview, teach, and review vocabulary, grammar, and
phonics. Each card is designed to be used by both teachers and students. High-quality, engaging photographs and
illustrations support visual learning, while exposing students to target items in new contexts.

Suggested Activities
Flashcard games and activities are grouped into five categories:
• general activities and games that can be used in large or small classes
• more challenging activities and games
• activities and games that work best with small classes
• activities and games that help students learn to spell the vocabulary
• activities and games that help students learn phonics

These types of activities and games will help students use and recycle vocabulary, as well as learn new vocabulary.
They can be used to provide multiple exposures to target language, something that research has shown to be a highly
effective tool in teaching and learning English.

General Activities
1. Flashcards in a Bag
After pre-teaching a set of Flashcards, shuffle the cards
and then put them in a large bag. Have students take turns
pulling out a Flashcard and saying what’s on it.
5. Take Turns Drilling
2. Circle Drilling
Have students stand in a circle. Name each Flashcard as
you walk around the circle, handing one card to each
student. Each student then holds up a card and names
it, and then other students repeat in unison. Once all
students have had a turn, have them to do it once again,
this time more quickly!
6. Flashcards-in-a-Bag Guessing Game
3. Guessing Game
Pre-teach six to ten Flashcards. Ask students to close their
eyes as you choose a card and put it behind your back.
Students then take turns guessing which card you chose.
The student who guesses correctly takes the teacher’s role,
and chooses a new card. Repeat until all students have had
a turn.
popular song, slowly move the card up to reveal part of it.
Once students call out what is on the card, show them the
entire card, and then say the word or phrase together.
Put a group of Flashcards in a stack at the end of a table.
Have one student stand by the stack while others line up
on the other side of the table. The first student holds up
a card and names it or asks What is it? or What are they?
Students in line take turns answering. Repeat until all
students have had a turn.
After pre-teaching six to ten Flashcards, secretly put half
of them in an opaque bag. Students ask Is there a/an
? or Are there ? questions to find out
what cards are in the bag. The game ends when students
have correctly guessed what cards are in the bag.

4. Peek-a-Boo!
Pre-teach ten or more Flashcards. Have students close
their eyes as you choose a card and put it behind a book
or other classroom object. While humming the tune to a

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7. Charades
This game can be used for Flashcards with a verb or verb
phrase on them. As you pre-teach the Flashcards, act out
the verb. For example, if the card illustrates “Throw a ball,”
mime throwing an imaginary ball.
Lay the cards face up on the table or line them up against
the board. Students take turns coming to the front of the
class and acting out a verb. The student that guesses the
correct action comes to the front and acts out a new verb.
Continue until all students have had a chance to act out
a verb.
8. Alphabetical Order
Pre-teach Flashcards as you pass them out in random
order. Have students work together to put the cards
in alphabetical order. Students can put the cards in
alphabetical order on a table, against the board, or
standing in a line while holding their card.
Challenge Activities
12. Two Flashcards: Make a Sentence
Choose two categories of Flashcards. Have students
choose two cards, hold them together in the correct order
and say a sentence. Examples: 1. noun + color: A frog is
green. 2. person + activity : My brother likes drawing. 3.
animal + body part : A hippo has big teeth.
13. Two Clues
Line up Flashcards or spread them out, face up, on a table.
Say two things about one of the cards. For example, for
cards about animals, say It’s gray. It has a long trunk. Have
students guess. (Is it an elephant?)
14. Where? Over There!
Pre-teach Flashcards as you place them around the room,
propped up so students can see them from their desks.
Ask Where’s the ? Have a student point to the
card and say (It’s) over there! The teacher can ask different
students about cards, or students can ask one another.
15. Challenge Circle Drilling
Have students stand in a circle. Pre-teach Flashcards as you
hand them out. Have students squat down and hold one
card each, face out. Have one of the students name all of
the Flashcards in the circle. If the student makes a mistake,
or doesn’t remember the word, have the next student try.
Once a student names all of the Flashcards in the circle,
he/she stands up, still holding the card. Continue until all
students are standing.
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9. Numbering and Counting
Put ten Flashcards in a stack. Write out the numbers 1–10
on the board. A student calls out the number. Circle the
number, and then count out that number of cards in
unison. When you count up to that card, the student says
what is on the card. Put the cards back in the stack in the
same order and play again. Continue until all the numbers
have been called out at least once.
10. One-Minute Memory (Version 1)
Pre-teach six to ten Flashcards as you line them up
against the board. Have students close their eyes. Mix the
Flashcards up, and secretly add a new Flashcard. Be sure to
use one the students have learned before. Have students
open their eyes and name the new card.
11. One-Minute Memory (Version 2)
Pre-teach six to ten Flashcards as you line them up
against the board. Have students close their eyes. Mix the
Flashcards up, and secretly remove one Flashcard. Have
students open their eyes and name the missing card.
16. Humorous Questions
Choose two Flashcards and ask a silly question. For
example, hold up a zebra card and a bedroom card and ask
Is there a zebra in the bedroom? Or hold up a mango card
and a jump card and ask Can a mango jump?
17. Preposition Commands
Pre-teach the preposition Flashcards, and then place
several noun Flashcards on a table. Have students use
prepositions to direct one another as they place the
noun cards in different places around the classroom. For
example, have students say The potato is under the chair, or
The giraffe is next to the door.
18. Binoculars
Pre-teach Flashcards as you place them in various locations
around the classroom. Have students stand in a line behind
you. Have them hold their hands to their eyes as if they
were holding binoculars. Walk around the classroom and
say Stop! What do you see? Have students look through
their pretend binoculars at a Flashcard and say, I see
.Repeat until you have circled the classroom a
few times.
Games for Smaller Classes
19. Listen and Touch
Place six to ten Flashcards on a table. Have students put
their hands on their heads. Name one of the Flashcards.
The first student to touch the correct card gets a point. The
student with the most points wins.
Vary this activity by asking the student who touched the
correct card to take the role of the teacher and name the
cards.
20. Six Places - Go!
Place six Flashcards around the room, one in each corner,
and the remaining two on opposite sides of the room.
Name one of the Flashcards and then say Go! Students
should quickly go and stand by that card. Vary this game
by asking students to name a card and then say Go!
21. Tic-Tac-Toe
Cut a piece of paper into nine squares. On five of the
squares, draw a blue X. On four of the squares, draw a red
O. Arrange nine Flashcards into a 3 x 3 grid pattern.
Divide students into two groups. Give one group the blue
X squares, and the other the red O squares. The blue X
team places an X on one of the Flashcards and says what it
is. Then the red O team takes a turn. The first team to get
three in a row wins.
Spelling Activities
25. Spelling Clues
Set out six to ten Flashcards. Slowly start writing one of the
vocabulary words on the board, pausing after you write
each letter. Students call out the word, once they realize
what it is. To vary this game, ask students to come up, take
over the teacher’s role, and write words.
26. Baseball Spelling Game
Draw a simple baseball diamond on the board. Near it,
draw a box labeled OUT. This game is played using the
basic rules of baseball. Set out one of the Flashcards.
On the board, write blank spaces for each letter of that
vocabulary word. Students take turns calling out letters
to spell the word. Write the letters in the correct spaces
22. Walk Around the Table
Pre-teach Flashcards as you place them around a table.
Have students line up around the table. Say Walk, walk,
walk! and have everyone walk around the table. Say Stop!
and have everyone stop and touch the Flashcard closest
to them. Students take turns naming the Flashcard they
touched. Choose a student to say Stop! and play another
round of the game.
23. Large Board Game
Pre-teach Flashcards as you place them in a straight line
on a table. Have students put erasers or some other small
object in front of the line of Flashcards. Each student will
then flip a coin. If it’s heads, the student moves the eraser
or other small object across two Flashcards. If it’s tails, the
student moves the object across one card. The student
names the card he/she landed on. The first student to get
to the end of the line of cards is the winner.
24. Initial Consonants
Set out six to ten Flashcards. Say the initial consonant
sound of one the words three times. For example, if the
Flashcard is one of a book, say /b/, /b/, /b/. Students call out
Flashcards that have that initial consonant sound. Write the
words on the board to show the letter sound.
to spell the word as students call them out. If they call out
a letter that is not in that word, they get one strike in the
OUT box. If they get three marks in the OUT box, they’re
out. If they name all the letters in the word before getting
three strikes, the strikes are erased from the OUT box and
they move to first base on the baseball diamond. Continue
with a new card. If students spell the word without getting
three strikes, they move to second base.
Continue until the class gets three OUTs, or they land on
home plate.
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Phonics Activities
27. Sound of the Week
Prepare an index card and create a sound card by writing
the letter(s) that make(s) the sound on it. Then place the
sound card on the wall. Encourage students to add words
with that sound during the week by asking each student
to bring in a word each day or pick a correct Flashcard. This
is a great way of building vocabulary and focusing on the
individual sounds. Add a new sound to the wall each week.
For younger learners, you can use an octopus as a graphic
organizer. Place the sound card on the head, and add
words or Flashcards with that sound on the tentacles.
28. Sound Snake
Ask a student holding a Flashcard to stand and say the
word of the card. Ask other children to suggest words that
include the same sound. If they’re correct, they can get up
and join the snake. Continue until there are ten children
in the snake. Have the students “wind” around the room a
few times as they chant the target words.
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29. Sound Posters
Introduce a sound. Ask students in groups to create
posters illustrating words that contain the sound. Students
can pick the relevant Flashcards, draw pictures, cut
pictures out of magazines, or print from the internet.
30. Sound Sentences
Choose three Flashcards with the same sound and ask
students to make a sentence or a tongue twister using
all three words at least once. This can be done in pairs or
groups. For example, for the three words dog, doll, and dot,
sentences could include: I see dots on my dolls and spots on
my dog.
31. Stand Up!
Give each seated student one Flashcard. Read out words.
Have students stand and say the words of their cards when
they hear the word has the same sound as the words of the
Flashcards they have.
32. Sound Tennis
This is an activity for two players or two teams. Choose a
Flashcard and highlight the target sound. Individuals or
teams take turns saying words with that sound until one
team or individual is unable to continue. The rest of the
class acts as judges.
Level 1 Flashcards
Unit 0 children 47 Unit 5 dog 95
1 one 1 boy 48 bee 91 dot 134
2 two 2 girl 49 bird 92 fox 135
3 three 3 insect 50 chicken 93 mop 136
4 four 4 jellyfish 51 cow 94 nod 137
5 five 5 kiwi 52 dog 95
Unit 8
6 six 6 lamp 53 donkey 96
beach 138
7 seven 7 nose 54 duck 97
beach ball 139
8 eight 8 orange 55 sheep 98
boat 140
9 nine 9 pencil 16 pen 99
ice cream 141
10 ten 10 farmer 100
Unit 3 ocean 142
bag 11 food 101
bathroom 56 sand 143
book 12 bed 60
bedroom 57 sandcastle 144
crayon 13 leg 102
kitchen 58 shell 145
eraser 14 pen 15
living room 59 sun hat 146
pen 15 pet 103
bed 60 mask 147
pencil 16 yes 104
cabinet 61 breathe 148
pencil case 17
shower 62 Unit 6 snorkel 149
ruler 18
TV 63 dress 105 bug 150
Unit 1 house 64 jeans 106 bus 46
ball 19 water 65 pants 107 cup 151
bat 20 clock 66 shirt 108 jug 152
doll 21 queen 67 shoes 109 run 153
game 22 rabbit 68 skirt 110
kite 23 sofa 69 socks 111
plane 24 table 70 T-shirt 112
teddy bear 25 umbrella 71 scarecrow 113
train 26 violin 72 happy 114
favorite 27 wall 73 boots 115
fun 28 box 74 hat 116
marble 29 yogurt 75 gloves 117
apple 30 zebra 76 big 118
bag 11 bin 119
Unit 4
carrot 31 lip 120
library 77
desk 32 sit 121
park 78
elephant 33 6 six 6
playground 79
fish 34
store 80 Unit 7
goat 35
street 81 banana 122
horse 36
swimming pool 82 bread 123
Unit 2 town center 83 candy 124
grandpa 37 zoo 84 lemon 125
grandma 38 real 85 milk 126
dad 39 model 86 potato 127
mom 40 tiny 87 rice 128
uncle 41 bag 11 tomato 129
aunt 42 bat 20 water 65
baby 43 jam 88 lunch 130
me 44 man 89 tray 131
cousin 45 map 90 cabbage 132
bus 46 beans 133

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Alphabetical List
1 one 1 carrot 31 jug 152 run 153
2 two 2 chicken 93 kitchen 58 sand 143
3 three 3 children 47 kite 23 sandcastle 144
4 four 4 clock 66 kiwi 52 scarecrow 113
5 five 5 cousin 45 lamp 53 sheep 98
6 six 6 cow 94 leg 102 shell 145
7 seven 7 crayon 13 lemon 125 shirt 108
8 eight 8 cup 151 library 77 shoes 109
9 nine 9 dad 39 lip 120 shower 62
10 ten 10 desk 32 living room 59 sit 121
apple 30 dog 95 lunch 130 skirt 110
aunt 42 doll 21 man 89 snorkel 149
baby 43 donkey 96 map 90 socks 111
bag 11 dot 134 marble 29 sofa 69
ball 19 dress 105 mask 147 store 80
banana 122 duck 97 me 44 street 81
bat 20 elephant 33 milk 126 sun hat 146
bathroom 56 eraser 14 model 86 swimming pool 82
beach 138 farmer 100 mom 40 table 70
beach ball 139 favorite 27 mop 136 teddy bear 25
beans 133 fish 34 nod 137 tiny 87
bed 60 food 101 nose 54 tomato 129
bedroom 57 fox 135 ocean 142 town center 83
bee 91 fun 28 orange 55 train 26
big 118 game 22 pants 107 tray 131
bin 119 girl 49 park 78 T-shirt 112
bird 92 gloves 117 pen 15 TV 63
boat 140 goat 35 pen 99 umbrella 71
book 12 grandma 38 pencil 16 uncle 41
boots 115 grandpa 37 pencil case 17 violin 72
box 74 happy 114 pet 103 wall 73
boy 48 hat 116 plane 24 water 65
bread 123 horse 36 playground 79 yes 104
breathe 148 house 64 potato 127 yogurt 75
bug 150 ice cream 141 queen 67 zebra 76
bus 46 insect 50 rabbit 68 zoo 84
cabbage 132 jam 88 real 85
cabinet 61 jeans 106 rice 128
candy 124 jellyfish 51 ruler 18