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 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. 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. 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 for unit one, which I presented at the end of the lesson. It goes along with the PowerPoint presentation previously uploaded. I did this in class but it is suitable for ...
I created this worksheet as a part of a business lesson for my students. First activity is to allow students to guess where the slogans come from. The follow-up activity is to think about slogans ...
I have made this worksheet for my students to practice the alphabet. You should call out different letters (not in a particular order) and if they need one of these letters for their words, they s ...
This is one of the most inspiring videos of a man who is trying to change the world for poor people. I am sure that students would certainly get inspired cause its a quiet an emotional video. The ...
A reading comprehension about this famous department store. Key provided. There are three activities: answer the following questions, true or false and search for synonyms.
This activity is a tiny picture dictionary about shapes, where students have to do simple activiies. It has a cover page and other pages with activities such as look at the shape and write it ...
My adult students love quizzes. I usually divide the class into two teams .The worksheet has 14 brain teasers, so each team has seven. Each team has a sheet with answers to the brain teasers for t ...
A worksheet for elementary students allowing you to introduce the topic of presentations. You may wish to complement it by watching a video of a presentation and ask the students if it was a good ...
It's basically a cheat sheet for English teachers which is supposed to help them survive the first lesson. It contains some tips, what not to forget at the beginning of the year. Empty spaces are ...
This is a reading comprehension exercise for pre-intermediate and intermediate students regarding food crisis in the world. Students must read the text and then answer a few questions along with a ...
The present slide show summarises the most important expressions when describing physical appearance. It was compiled for students at pre-intermediate level and also contains a fun activity at the ...
There are two recipes where students practice getting to know the amount of ingredients for cooking. So they repeat how much/how many and some verbs about cooking. You should pre-teach words if yo ...
This is a speaking activity which helps students to revise formation of questions using past simple. They need to get information from each other to acknowledge the discovery of the first chocolat ...
This worksheet consists of two pages about European discovery of chocolate. In the first page students link parts of sentences to complete the story. In the second page they analyse new words and ...
This worksheet is based on the video (the link is provided) about the modern Japanese society. The main issue discussed there is whether we live to work or work to live. So it can be used to deve ...
This is an interactive board game which is aimed for teaching or revising feelings and emotions related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to spin the wheel, count the number ...
This is a listening activity with a set of questions with a link to youtube video included in the file. Nothing extraordinary but fits perfecty well when you want to conduct a lesson about technol ...
This is a listening activity with a set of questions with a link to youtube video included in the file. Nothing extraordinary but fits perfecty well when you want to conduct a lesson about history ...
This is a listening activity with a set of questions with a link to youtube video included in the file. Nothing extraordinary but fits perfecty well when you want to conduct a lesson about economy ...
This worksheet aims to engage students in talking about seasons and the problems extreme weather can cause. Since there is no specific focus on grammar (except a small task on modals), it can be p ...
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