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.
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An easy matching activity for kids who use Playway to English 2. Unit 3 "In my house". Just for a short vocabulary revision. Suitable for any lesson on furniture, things in the house and so on. C ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising phrasal verbs related to clothes at pre-intermediate level. There are 2 different activities in which students are asked to match the phrasal verb ...
It is a worksheet you can use in class to study the expressions of surprise and sympathy. There are useful expressions, there are example dialogues and there is also a possibility for your student ...
Hey, Teachers! I'm working with Festivals with my 2nd graders (13-15 years old) and to play a little with the concept of the Easter Bunny (we don't have in Uruguay), I have chosen this funny movie ...
This worksheet is for students to practise asking and answer questions at job interviews. First students read the job adverts and try to guess what the jobs are. Some teacher input may be needed a ...
This is a short listening comprehension for A2 level students. It has a link to a YouTube video and exercises. I usually start with the vocabulary and then play it for my students twice. The ...
The ppt is all about community helpers. My main aim was to build up extra vocabulary and logical thinking in children.The ppt is in 2 files. It presents many tools that are used by people w ...
This ppt follows the ppt of Helpers . The teacher needs to use both to make the class interesting. The slides from the Helpers ppt are initially shown and made into an interactive sess ...
This PowerPoint includes the vocabulary items related to school subjects. Each slide contains the name and the picture of a school subject. It is appropriate for both complete beginner and element ...
This game is suitable as an interlude after having done school examination. Summary: Yes, move! is a good icebreaker that helps people to get to know each other better. Players sit on their o ...
This is a worksheet I have created for children who start learning English. It is interesting to revise colors, clothes and physical description. I hope it will be useful and your students will li ...
This is a reading comprehension worksheet. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to read the text, say if the statements given are true or false and support their answer by quo ...
Typical food and drink vocabulary test. A test with pictures and translations into English. Using: fruit, vegetables, snacks, meat, the verbs to cook a meal. Pupils have to recognize the way of co ...
This worksheet is about the most important information about Colombia, , you can learn data and statistics about population, geographical features, economy and communications in this small country ...
Halloween worksheet - This creative writing exercise asks students to write about the best Halloween costume they have ever been in and go through the entire process of creating it and the reactio ...
This maths worksheet includes some pictures of 3D shapes. Students are asked to look at each shape and name the shape, and write how many edges, faces, and vertices each shape has. There are 4 sha ...
This maths resource was created for primary/elementary children and asks students to work out the surface area of each shape. An example is given at the top of the page to help students understand ...
This PowerPoint includes some vocabulary items related to farm animals. It contains beautiful images of different farm animals, such as hen, snake, sheep, pig, etc. It is appropriate for kids' cla ...
In this worksheet students practise the alphabet by spelling words to each other. They work in pairs. While doing that they musn't look at their partner's worksheet. After finishing the task they ...
The document is a very simple sheet with 6 texts on the most popular festivals I usually work with my second graders (13-15 years old). I know how difficult it is to find texts to fit in our ...
Made for easy double sided printing. Includes a word scramble, fill the blanks, acrostic poem and a drawing exercise. I use this for an hour lesson, its good fun and has enough work to keep everyo ...
The paper is numbered 1-6 with 6 basic classroom objects (book, rubber, pen, pencil, table, chair). Next to the words are pictures of the corresponding items but in the wrong order. Students need ...
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