Children Games ESL Vocabulary Worksheets - Free Printable

Let’s go through each picture and match it with the correct game name.

We’ll look at each image one by one:

1. Top left: Two kids jumping over a ball on the ground — that’s hopscotch.
2. Top right: One kid hiding behind another, peeking out — that’s hide and seek.
3. Second row left: A kid jumping over another kid who is bent over — that’s leapfrog.
4. Second row right: Kids chasing each other, one tagging another — that’s tag.
5. Third row left: Kids near a tree, one hiding — this looks like football? Wait — no! Actually, in some places “football” means soccer, but here the image shows kids playing around a tree — maybe it’s meant to be “hide and seek”? But wait — we already have hide and seek. Let’s check again.

Actually, looking closely: The third row left image has two kids near a tree — one is hiding behind it, the other is looking. That’s actually hide and seek again? But that can’t be — each label should match only once.

Wait — let’s re-examine all labels and images carefully.

Looking at the original layout:

Left column (top to bottom):
- Image 1: Kids jumping over a ball → hopscotch ✔
- Image 2: Kid jumping over another kid → leapfrog ✔
- Image 3: Kids near a tree — one hiding → This might be mislabeled? Or perhaps it’s “football” as in kicking a ball? But there’s no ball visible. Hmm.

Wait — maybe I’m overcomplicating. Let’s list all the labels given and see which image matches best.

Given labels:
- hopscotch
- hide and seek
- leapfrog
- tag
- football
- jumping rope
- marbles
- Chinese whispers
- baseball
- basketball
- paddle ball
- hoop rolling

Now match each image:

Row 1:
- Left: Kids jumping over a ball → hopscotch
- Right: Kid hiding behind another → hide and seek

Row 2:
- Left: Kid jumping over another kid → leapfrog
- Right: Kids running, one touching another → tag

Row 3:
- Left: Kids near a tree — one hiding? But label says “football”. Maybe it’s a mistake? Or perhaps they’re playing football near a tree? There’s no ball shown. Alternatively, maybe it’s “hide and seek” but that’s already used.

Wait — let’s look at Row 3 Right: Kids jumping rope → labeled “jumping rope” ✔

Row 4 Left: Kids playing with small balls on ground → marbles ✔
Row 4 Right: Kids sitting in a line, whispering → Chinese whispers ✔

Row 5 Left: Kid swinging a bat at a ball → baseball ✔
Row 5 Right: Kids dribbling a ball toward a hoop → basketball ✔

Row 6 Left: Kids hitting a ball with paddles → paddle ball ✔
Row 6 Right: Kid rolling a hoop with a stick → hoop rolling ✔

So what about Row 3 Left? It’s labeled “football”, but the image doesn’t clearly show football. However, since all other labels are matched correctly, and “football” is the only one left for that spot, we accept it as is — perhaps it’s meant to represent kids playing football near a tree or something.

But wait — actually, looking again: In Row 3 Left, there’s a girl standing and a boy leaning against a tree — maybe they’re just talking? But the label is “football”. That seems odd.

Alternatively — could it be that the image is misaligned? Let me count the boxes.

There are 6 rows × 2 columns = 12 boxes.

Labels provided: 12 labels.

Each box has one label next to it.

So the matching is already done in the image — the task is probably to recognize which game is which based on the picture.

Since the user didn’t ask a specific question, but said “solve the problem”, and the image is a matching exercise, perhaps the task is to verify if the labels match the pictures.

Let’s verify each pair:

1. Hopscotch + kids jumping over ball → Correct ✔
2. Hide and seek + kid hiding → Correct ✔
3. Leapfrog + kid jumping over another → Correct ✔
4. Tag + kids chasing/tagging → Correct ✔
5. Football + kids near tree → Not clear, but maybe acceptable? Or error?
6. Jumping rope + kids jumping rope → Correct ✔
7. Marbles + kids playing marbles → Correct ✔
8. Chinese whispers + kids whispering in line → Correct ✔
9. Baseball + kid batting → Correct ✔
10. Basketball + kid dribbling to hoop → Correct ✔
11. Paddle ball + kids with paddles → Correct ✔
12. Hoop rolling + kid rolling hoop → Correct ✔

The only questionable one is “football” — because typically football involves kicking a ball, and there’s no ball in that image. But perhaps in some contexts, it’s called differently, or it’s an error in the worksheet.

However, since all other matches are perfect, and “football” is the only label left for that image, we’ll assume it’s intended to be correct.

Therefore, the matching is accurate as presented.

Final Answer: All games are correctly matched with their pictures except possibly "football" which may not visually match well, but based on the given layout, the pairs are as labeled.