Valentine’s Day (Worksheet for Elementary level)
With this worksheet, your students will be deep in the mood of this holiday of love, master their skills of saying compliments and watch an exciting fairy-tale. It is designed for elementary level students aged 7-10.
There are tasks related to thematic vocabulary, grammar exercises about comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and also listening comprehension. At the end of the lesson students will make a Valentine’s Day card and if you want them to make it by themselves, prepare templates and crayons in advance.
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Task 1. Warm-up
Watch the video and catch the mood of today’s class.
Task 2. Lead-in
When do we celebrate Valentine’s Day?
- February 14
- March 8
- February 23
Valentine’s Day is the holiday of ____ ?
- chocolate
- love
- kindness
Task 3. Vocabulary
Read the words. Match them with the pictures.
Task 4. Solve the riddles
Read the riddles and guess the answers.
Task 5. Poem
Read a Valentine poem.
To my Valentine
And peaches were plums,
And the rose had a different name,
If tigers were bears,
And fingers were toes,
I’d love you just the same.
Create your own Valentine poem.
To my Valentine
And ____ were ____ ,
And the rose had a different name,
If ____ were ____ ,
And ____ were ____ ,
I’d love you just the same.
Read as well:
Task 6. Recipe of Love
Read this recipe of love. Think, what will you add there?
4 small kisses
6 giant [ˈdʒaɪənt] hugs
1 cup of kindness
3 cups of love
5 tips of happiness
2 caring hearts
Task 7. Grammar time
Read the sentences with the teacher and match them with the pictures:
- He gave me the biggest Valentine card in the world.
- This chocolate is sweeter than ever.
- The cupid is smaller than an angel.
- These are the most beautiful flowers.
Now study how to make the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.
Task 8. Compliments
Read and complete the compliments.
- You smell ____ the rose.
- You are ____ ____ ____ flower.
- You are ____ than Hulk.
- You are ____ than ice-cream.
- You are ____ than a teddy bear.
- You are ____ ____ star in the sky.
- You are ____ than a panda.
Words to use: good, bright, soft, nice, strong, beautiful, cool
- You smell better the rose.
- You are the most beautiful flower.
- You are stronger than Hulk.
- You are cooler than ice-cream.
- You are softer than a teddy bear.
- You are the brightest star in the sky.
- You are nicer than a panda.
Task 9. Video — Sleeping Beauty
Read the words:
Watch the video and tick the characters and things you see in the fairy tale:
- the princess
- fairies
- unicorns
- a spinning wheel
- thornbush
- a castle
- king
- the wicked witch
- queen
- basilisk
Read the statements and choose “True” or “False”.
- Five fairies prepared gifts for the princess. F
- The wicked witch put a spell on the princess. T
- Only a true love’s kiss might break the spell. T
- When the princess was 15, she found a spinning wheel in the old house and pricked her finger. F
- The prince used his sword and shield to clear the path through the thornbush. T
- The prince hugged the sleeping princess and she woke up. F
Task 10. Summing up
Answer the questions:
- Will you make a card for anyone?
- What’s your favorite compliment?
- What gift would you like to get on this day?
Happy Valentine’s Day! Let your lessons be full of love and fun.
Олеся Щербакова 
Вероника Аветисян 
Юлия Белоног