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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I created this worksheet for my students to acquire new vocabulary to talk about the things they can find in the country. I used it as a warm-up activity. I created some groups and gave each grou ...
In my school the New Mosaic book is used. The first unit deals with Entertainment. This is a short quiz that has a matching (English-English), a gap filling and a free writing part to it. The voca ...
This worksheet was created to be used along with the youtube video linked here.The tigger song plays on the screen and the words are written below as it goes. The students have to listen to t ...
A listening worksheet: a song by Sting. Pupils listen to the song to fill in the gaps, answer some comprehension questions: the message of the song+the common point between two sayings+ attitudes ...
A very simple short vocabulary revision suitable for the first lesson of students in their forth year of English. It contains matching, completion and gap filling exercises about the days of ...
Learn body parts by linking the words with the drawing. The body parts used in this worksheet are: ear, eye, nose, arm, leg, foot, feet, shoulder, mouth, head, knee and body. After linking th ...
This worksheet was created to make my students think of bullying and Cyber bullying, and how it affects our society. It was also created to help them with the pronunciation of the ed ending o ...
For intermediate students and above, this is a lexis worksheet on various expressions that include the word 'light'. There is a lead-in section to elicit prior knowledge, a gap-fill section and a ...
If you lead the Speaking club, it is a nice topic to discuss. Students mostly share their experience and knowledge. Some facts could be logically understandable or you can use this link to discove ...
There are three exercises in this worksheet. In exercise 1 students have to match the words with the pictures. In exercise 2 they have to find some words in the word search. In exercise 3 they hav ...
This activity is based on the song "Rude" by Magic. It consists of 2 activities. First, students listen to the song and complete a fill-in-the-blank excercise by using the words provided next to t ...
This presentation reflects the difference in the meaning of confusing English words. There are pictures and definitions to discuss. It is good if students construct sentences to show these differe ...
This presentation helps you teaching basic vocabulary for the topic of houses and flats when you teach beginner level students. You can also practise the structure there's a/there isn't a..., prep ...
Here you can have a presentation of flashcards about the ABC with words and pictures for each letter. It's quite simple and probably for complete beginners, but I also used for a quick remind ...
An icebreaker for the first day at school, pupils fill in the information sheet to introduce themselves to the rest of the class (writing and speaking activity at the same time). The workshee ...
This worksheet is supposed to be used with a group of upper-intermediate/advanced students to lead them into the discussion of different social issues. But it is also possible to use it with lower ...
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I used this teaching A1 and A2 business students. They completed the mind map with the job titles they most frequently come into contact with in the company they work for. My students were Germ ...
This worsheet will be useful when teaching a business class or to make any students aware of compounds in English and the use of common nouns as verbs or in idioms. It provides 3 exercises based o ...
This is a role-play activity. It works well with the PowerPoint presentation previously uploaded. You can use this with your students as an in class activity after completing the presentation, th ...
This is a one page reading activity with questions. This works well with the PowerPoint presentation previously uploaded. You can easily use this as homework or as an in class activity after the ...
This is a one page reading activity with questions that work well with the PowerPoint presentation previously uploaded. You can easily use this as homework or as an in class activity after the pr ...
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