• English
  • First Steps
  • Learn New Words
  • About 8 minutes

Colours in English

Name four bright colours in English, with something to spot for each one.

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1 Welcome

Look around you: what colours can you see? In this lesson you will learn the names of four bright colours in English.

2 What You’ll Learn

In this lesson you will:

Name red, blue, yellow and green in English.

3 Watch and Listen

A video for this lesson is on its way. For now, look at the new words in the next step.

4 New Words

  • red RED like a strawberry
  • blue BLOO like the sky
  • yellow YEL-oh like the sun
  • green GREEN like grass

These words are being checked by a native speaker.

5 Listen and Repeat

Play “I spy”! Say “I spy something red” and point to it. Then try blue, yellow and green.

6 Practise with Flashcards

Card of 4

of 4 known

  1. red
    like a strawberry Say it: RED
  2. blue
    like the sky Say it: BLOO
  3. yellow
    like the sun Say it: YEL-oh
  4. green
    like grass Say it: GREEN

7 Quiz Time

Question of 3

  1. What does this mean?

    red
  2. “blue” means “like the sky”.

  3. Match each word to its meaning.

8 Well Done!

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