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Free Languages printables

21 free printable languages resources for teachers — A4 PDFs, ready to print, no sign-up.

A focused set of early language-learning resources built on two formats that work: flashcards and word mats. Topics cover the high-frequency ground of any beginner language programme — question words, days and months, colours, pronouns, classroom instructions — plus matching card versions of each set and conversation role-play cards for putting vocabulary to work. Pitched at Years 1–5 beginners.

All free A4 PDFs. Print the flashcards on card, cut once, and the same set runs drills, matching games and displays for the year.

Days and Months Matching Cards: Large title 'DAYS AND MONTHS MATCHING CARDS' with calendar icons; two coloured columns: blue header 'DAYS' listing Monday–Sunday (each in a boxed row with an empty circle) and green header 'MONTHS' listing January–December (each in a boxed row with an empty circle). Numbered instructions: '1 Match each day to a month.' and '2 Use counters or notes to show your matches.' Lower section includes 'NOTES / EXAMPLES' box and an 'EXAMPLE MATCH' showing Monday → January.

Days and Months Matching Cards

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Days and Months Word Mat: Portrait A4 layout with a top title 'Days and Months Word Mat'. Left column labelled 'DAYS OF THE WEEK' in a green header with seven horizontal boxes containing a weather-style icon at left and a large day name (Monday–Sunday) to the right. Right column labelled 'MONTHS OF THE YEAR' in a blue header with 12 numbered rows: a coloured digit (1–12) in a narrow left cell and the month name (January–December) in a larger right cell; clear dividing lines between rows. Large,...

Days and Months Word Mat

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Days and Months Flashcards: Portrait A4 with large title 'Days and Months Flashcards' at top; two vertical columns of dashed cut-out rectangles. Left column: seven day cards (Monday–Sunday) each with a colourful icon (sun, cloud, tree, star, heart, party popper, rainbow) and large navy text. Right column: twelve month cards (January–December) each with a small season/holiday icon (snowflake, heart, sprout, flower, sun, strawberry, sun, watermelon, leaf, pumpkin, leaf, Christmas tree) and large...

Days and Months Flashcards

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Colours Matching Cards: Portrait A4 sheet with header 'Colours Matching Cards' and fields for Name/Date/Class; two-column grid with left column titled 'COLOUR' (blue header) containing a coloured splash icon and the colour word per row (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black) inside outlined boxes; right column titled 'MATCH' (green header) with large empty bordered boxes aligned to each colour row; bottom has two boxed sections labelled 'NOTES' (purple) and 'EXAMPLES' (bl...

Colours Matching Cards

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Colours Word Mat: Portrait A4 layout with a large title 'Colours Word Mat' at the top and a grid of rounded-rectangle cards in rows of three; each card shows a coloured paint-splat graphic (left) and the colour name in bold black type to the right, with the card outline coloured to match the splat; words include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, white, grey, gold, silver, turquoise, dark blue, lime green, violet, peach, etc.; overall low text density and clear, high-...

Colours Word Mat

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Colours Flashcards: A4 portrait sheet with the title 'Colours Flashcards' at the top and a grid of rectangular cards separated by dotted cut lines. Each card shows a paint-splash graphic filled with a colour and a single lowercase word label beneath (examples visible: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, grey, white, turquoise). Text density is very low (one short word per card); there are no instructional paragraphs or small print.

Colours Flashcards

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Pronouns Matching Cards: Large header 'PRONOUNS MATCHING CARDS'; blue 'How to use' box with 3 numbered steps; two vertical columns: green-titled 'SUBJECT PRONOUNS' (icons and words: I, you, he, she, we, they) and blue-titled 'OBJECT PRONOUNS' (icons and words: me, you, him, her, us, them) with empty circular targets and dotted connector lines between corresponding rows; lower section contains an 'EXAMPLES' lined box and a 'NOTES' blank box. Bold, high-contrast words and simple person icons.

Pronouns Matching Cards

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Pronouns Word Mat: A portrait A4, colour-coded grid with four column headings: TYPE, PRONOUNS, MEANING, EXAMPLE. Multiple horizontal coloured boxes (rows) for each pronoun category (Personal Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns, Reflexive Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns). Left column contains icons and a short label/usage note; second column lists the pronouns (stacked); third column gives a one-line meaning with a small icon; fourth column shows 3–6 short example sentences with...

Pronouns Word Mat

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Pronouns Flashcards: Portrait A4 title 'Pronouns Flashcards' at top; a 3-column grid of rectangular cards separated by dashed cut lines, each card containing a large bold pronoun word at the top, a coloured thin border, and a single cartoon illustration depicting the pronoun (children pointing, groups, a dog for 'it', etc.). Low text density (one word per card) and repeated pronouns across the sheet.

Pronouns Flashcards

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Question Words Matching Cards: Large title 'Question Words Matching Cards', instruction box 'Match each question word to its meaning and an example.'. A three-column table with headers QUESTION WORD (left), MEANING (middle), EXAMPLE (right). Rows for Who, What, Where, When, Why, How, Whose, each accompanied by a coloured icon; empty cells for meaning and example. The lower section contains two labelled boxes 'EXTRA CARDS / WORDS' and 'NOTES / EXAMPLES' and a checklist area 'CHECK YOUR MATCHES'...

Question Words Matching Cards

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Question Words Word Mat: Single-page A4 grid with four column headers (WORD, MEANING, EXAMPLE QUESTION, FOCUS) in colour; left column shows large, coloured question words (Who?, What?, Where?, When?, Why?, How?, Which?, Whose?, How many?, How much?). Second column shows a simple icon and a 1–3 word definition (e.g. 'A person', 'A place'). Third column gives an example question with the question word highlighted (e.g. 'Who is your teacher?'). Right column shows a themed icon and single-word focu...

Question Words Word Mat

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Question Words Flashcards: A single A4 page titled 'Question Words Flashcards' with dashed cut lines forming nine rectangular cards in a 3x3 grid. Each card has a coloured border, a large question word (Who?, What?, Where?, When?, Why?, How?, Which?, Whose?, How many? How much?), a simple coloured icon (person, box, map pin, clock, question mark, gears, checkbox, possession icon, basket) and a one-line definition under the icon (e.g. 'Asks about a person.'). Top-left corner shows a scissors ico...

Question Words Flashcards

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Everyday Greetings Matching Cards: A4 portrait printable with large title 'Everyday Greetings Matching Cards', a short 'How to use' instruction bar, two labelled columns (Column A: Greeting in blue; Column B: Same Meaning in green). Column A shows around eight boxed greetings with matching icons (sun, moon, waving hand, smiley, handshake, heart) such as 'Good morning!', 'Good afternoon!', 'Good evening!', 'Good night!', 'Hello!', 'Hi!', 'Nice to meet you!', 'How are you?'. Column B contains the...

Everyday Greetings Matching Cards

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Everyday Greetings Word Mat: A portrait A4 table with three header boxes labelled 'SITUATION' (green), 'GREETING' (blue) and 'YOU CAN REPLY' (purple). Multiple horizontal rows each showing: an icon (sun, sun/cloud, sunset, moon, waving person, handshake, heart, thumbs up, etc.) with a short situation label (e.g. 'In the morning', 'At night', 'Hello (any time)', 'How are you?'), a large coloured model greeting in the middle column (e.g. 'Good morning!', 'Hello!', 'How are you?'), and a right-han...

Everyday Greetings Word Mat

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Everyday Greetings Flashcards: Portrait A4 sheet with a large title 'Everyday Greetings Flashcards' at top, a 3-column by 4-row grid of rectangular cards separated by dashed cut lines and a small scissors icon. Each card contains a colourful, simple cartoon icon (sun, moon, waving children, handshake, heart, etc.) above a single-line or short two-line greeting in bold sans-serif type (examples visible: 'Good morning!', 'Good afternoon!', 'Good evening!', 'Good night!', 'Hello!', 'Hi!', 'Goodbye...

Everyday Greetings Flashcards

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Classroom Instructions Matching Cards: Large header 'CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS MATCHING CARDS' with icons; a 'How to use' horizontal box showing three steps (1 Read, 2 Find, 3 Place a counter). Two labelled columns: INSTRUCTIONS (blue) left and PICTURES (green) right. Each column has numbered horizontal boxes 1–6 and a dashed circle next to each row for a counter. A purple 'NOTES / EXAMPLES' box divided into two lined areas with pencil and lightbulb icons, and a purple challenge bar at the bottom...

Classroom Instructions Matching Cards

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Classroom Instructions Word Mat: Portrait A4 layout with a large title 'Classroom Instructions Word Mat' and a multi-row two-column grid. Each cell pairs a coloured icon with a short imperative or phrase: Listen / Read; Look / Write; Raise your hand / Speak; Work in pairs / Work in groups; Work on your own / Complete the task; Check your work / Underline; Circle / Cut; Glue / Put away; Listen to others / Be quiet; Good job! / Ask for help. Rows are colour‑outlined and icons are simple, high-con...

Classroom Instructions Word Mat

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Classroom Instructions Flashcards: Portrait A4 layout with a header 'Classroom Instructions Flashcards' and a 4-column grid of square cards separated by dashed cut lines; each card shows a small coloured numbered circle, a bold imperative (e.g. 'Listen.', 'Repeat.', 'Write.', 'Cut.', 'Work in pairs.', 'Raise your hand.', 'Be quiet.'), and a large simple coloured icon (ear, speech bubble, pencil, scissors, raised hand, shushing face, magnifying glass, tick/cross, etc.). Low text density (one wor...

Classroom Instructions Flashcards

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Conversation Role-play Cards: Single A4 sheet header 'Conversation Role-play Cards' with scissors icon and instruction 'Cut out the cards and role-play with a partner or in a group.' Grid of numbered, colour-bordered square cards (at least 12 visible) with a small illustrative icon on each (people talking, coffee & muffin, signpost, books, calendar, chat bubbles, stethoscope, backpack, football & paint palette, shopping trolley, warning triangle, star). Each card includes a short title (e.g. 'G...

Conversation Role-play Cards

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Days/months/colours Cards: A titled A4 page with dashed cut lines forming small rectangular cards in a grid. Top section: seven day-name cards, each showing a bold Māori day name (with macron where applicable), the English day name beneath, and a colourful icon. Middle section: twelve month cards with Māori month name bold, English month name beneath and a seasonal icon for each month. Lower section: multiple colour 'splat' swatches labelled with Māori colour names (and some English present on...

Days/months/colours Cards

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Pronoun Flashcards: A4 title 'Pronoun Flashcards' at top, dotted cut lines around rectangular cards arranged in a grid. Each card: coloured border and header with a bold pronoun (large font), a central cartoon illustration (children, objects) representing the pronoun, and a lower label showing the matching form (e.g. 'me', 'him', 'mine') plus a small coloured underline. Cards include subject pronouns, object pronouns and possessive forms; a 'who' question card is also present.

Pronoun Flashcards

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How teachers use these languages printables

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Flashcard drills that stay quick

The flashcard sets (colours, days and months, question words, pronouns) run classic whole-class drills — flash, choral response, faster each round — in the first five minutes of a lesson.

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Matching games in pairs

Each topic's matching cards work as memory/pelmanism games: pairs turn cards to match word and meaning, saying each aloud. Vocabulary practice that feels like a game because it is one.

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Word mats during speaking and writing tasks

The days-and-months word mat sits on tables as a reference during tasks, so students attempt full sentences instead of stopping at the word they can't remember.

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Role-play from conversation cards

The conversation role-play cards script short exchanges — greetings, questions, classroom requests — that pairs rehearse and perform. Structured enough for beginners, real enough to transfer.

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Target-language classroom routines

The classroom instructions cards support running everyday routines in the target language — display them, teach them once, then point instead of translating.

Frequently asked questions

Which languages do these printables support?

The card and mat formats are built around high-frequency beginner topics that exist in every language programme. Check each resource's page for the language it's written in — and Kuraplan can generate the same resource types for the specific language you teach.

What level are they pitched at?

Beginner, Years 1–5 — first-hundred-words territory: colours, days, months, question words, pronouns and classroom phrases.

How should I prepare the card sets?

Print on card or laminate, cut once, and store each topic in its own bag. A single printed set supports flashcard drills, matching games and display duty.

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