Learning vocabulary is essential for learning any language, but it can be difficult to memorize without resources. Busyteacher.org offers 14,321 printable vocabulary worksheets in several different categories, all of which are great for you to use with your students.
Vocabulary is a key component in helping students with word building. More often than not, students become stuck when speaking about their interests or jobs because they don’t know enough vocabulary to express themselves. Using these worksheets as a resource will help them build sentences as they learn to use the English language with ease. When used as homework assignments, these worksheets will make sure that students continue to use the words learned in the classroom at home, and get the extra practice they need to progress in their learning.
These worksheets can be used in the classroom in many different ways. Role play is one effective way to teach vocabulary: you can place students in a specific scenario and have them use the vocabulary on these worksheets to act out a relevant situation. Another effective way to teach vocabulary is by introducing the vocabulary words in a game setting, such as a matching game, a bingo game, or a team-based game.
The worksheets below come in many different styles. Some include cartoon characters to identify colors, some are simple fill-in worksheets, some are song worksheets, some are quizzes, some are in list form, and you'll also find many other types . This variety gives you a lot of options for creating a dynamic and fun lesson, and your students will appreciate the variety, too.
The worksheets are also grouped into “recommended,” “most popular,” and “recently added” categories – and they're also level-specific, ranging from beginner to advanced. This makes it easy for you to determine whether or not a given worksheet can be used in your lesson. If you're not sure about what a certain worksheet contains, just click on the thumbnail to preview the entire worksheet before downloading it.
You don't have to register or subscribe to download any worksheet. They're all free to download, and free to use in your lessons. Plus, every single one of these worksheets is created and submitted by fellow ESL teachers, which means they're tested and proven in real ESL classroom environments. In fact, if you have a vocabulary worksheet that you've found to be especially effective in your lessons, you can submit it to BusyTeacher.org. At the bottom of this page, click on “Submit a worksheet” to upload your worksheet for other ESL teacher around the globe to use!
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This Powerpoint is made for pre-intermediate students. It's about verbs of taste (like, enjoy, love) and expressions of taste (to be fond of, to be interested in, to be crazy about). Students lear ...
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This worksheet includes general vocabulary about holidays and celebration. You can find out important dates for USA and CR. At the same time you can find specific clothes and other types of activi ...
This is a video worksheet based called A World of Food. It contains some questions for you to work with your students while watching the video. It is appropriate for both elementary and pre-i ...
This game, Secret Code, is appropriate for elementary levels. Each code letter represents the letter that comes before it in the alphabet, for example "d" is "c", "b" is "a", and "u" is "t". So, " ...
This power-point presentation is suitable for teaching physical appearance (length and color of hair, color of eyes, etc.) and comparative adjectives. It is appropriate for elementary students. Th ...
This power-point presentation presents healthy habits and feeling good, what helps to get in shape (get enough exercise, get enough sleep) and what makes you out of shape (watch too much TV, eat j ...
This worksheet is appropriate for complete beginners and young learners. It is related to animal vocabulary. It contains 7 different bingo cards. It is a very funny game, specially in young learne ...
This power-point presentation contains beautiful pictures of vegetables. It's useful for teaching and reviewing vegetables related vocabulary items (onions, carrots, lettuce, peppers and ...). Thi ...
Bingo: a fun game to review animals and foods vocabulary items. The teacher has to read out the words by randomly selecting them from a bag and the students have to cross them out. This game can b ...
The worksheet is about Mexico’s Caribbean Sea with the world’s largest underwater sculpture park. The reading text contains vocabulary, exercises. ( match words, find the opposites, co ...
This short reading comprehension includes some facts about the famous Walt Disney. Who created the voice of Mickey Mouse? Where was Walt born? Students read through the text and then answer the qu ...
This short reading comprehension includes some facts about the famous cartoon character Mickey Mouse. Who created the voice of Mickey Mouse? What is the name of Mickey's dog? Students read through ...
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This game is appropriate for all levels, but absolute beginners. There are some items; name, fruit, animal, etc. The teacher says a letter, like "M", then all students would try to write words tha ...
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