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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Can you describe these girls? A worksheet to revise vocabulary related to colours, clothes and physical descriptions. There is an image with some dolls which are dressed in different ways and a lo ...
This is a basic exercise for beginner kids who are starting to learn English. There are 4 profiles about people from different countries. Students must read the profiles and answer a good number o ...
A worksheet to practice fourteen colours. There are fourteen images with the name of the colour above them. The word is already coloured so that it is easier for students. There is a black and whi ...
This is a very simple matching activity for teaching or revising parts of the body related vocabulary at elementary level.Students are asked to look at the pictures and them match the words given ...
This exercise is to practice speaking skills. You ask students to get into pairs and to answer the questions. But they must talk for a minute:) Therefore one of them is checking the time when anot ...
These are activity cards. You can use them to practice speaking skilsl with your students at the same time revising vocabulary connected with shopping. My students love this game! They get into pa ...
In pairs each student receives one of two family trees along with a fact sheet that corresponds to his/her partner's family tree. Students take turns sharing information so that they can each com ...
A herpetologist is someone who studies amphibians and reptiles. Would you like to be a herpetologist? Do you think it would be an interesting job? This worksheet includes some interesting facts ab ...
A very fun game for the classroom in a PowerPoint, which can be easily edited to suit your needs. Typhoon means your team chooses another team to go to 0, a bomb means your team goes back to zero, ...
This cloze activity can be used as an extra resource when teaching the topic: Life Cycles. Children read the sentences and fill in the missing words from the word bank. There are twelve words to f ...
This worksheet is basically designed for Christmas. The song is quite classic and has been performed by many singers. Students should listen to the song and circle the right word from two options ...
To celebrate 1914 , a well known poem and painting ; an introduction to history, WW1 and what we should remember . War is also people dying and suffering . Could be used in addition to War Horse ...
A quick matching activity for intermediate/upper intermediate students of all ages. Can be followed by a writing activity where students are required to use one or more of the idioms (correctly) i ...
This activity is ideal to review the simple past with regular and irregular verbs, as well as to promote discussion about homosexuality.The worksheet contains 6 activities: 1. Pre-listening q ...
This is a worksheet that goes over sickness words like headache, earache, vomiting, nausea, dizziness, etc. It has a picture matching activity and then a small reading activity about a visit to th ...
This is a worksheet to practice making excuses. The worksheet has a warm-up discussion section where I put my students with a partner so they can practice speaking. Next, I have pairs come up and ...
This resource was created for primary/elementary students. The worksheet can be used when teaching students about Life Cycles. Students are asked to draw a line from the word on the left to its de ...
I used these steps to teach my students how a formal letter of application must be organized. When students are getting ready to perform a job interview role play, they have to write this letter ...
Survival English: Providing personal information- beginners practice both writing and speaking. This is a simplified form that gives absolute beginners practice providing personal information. T ...
This PPT is suitable for teaching or revising vocabulary related to summer holidays. There are 16 slides in the PPT. Students are asked to look at the pictures and choose the correct word. If they ...
This is a simple but useful word generating technique using suffixes and prefixes to create new words. Your students will love it. I personally have used it and it has given me great outcomes. In ...
This worksheet is focused on rooms around the house and some objects as well. The song is great for beginners. It is quite clear to understand and the pace is pretty good too. I used it after work ...
Do you have a lesson on travelling and films? This is your chance to link both of them and engage your students! Tell them that now they are planning their trips to one of the places from the char ...
This worksheet is great for elementary students or ESL beginners to draw and color faces of people in the family. It also helps young students to practice family vocabulary and relationship. Ask y ...
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