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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Level: Intermediate or higher. Time: 40 mins. This is a great listening exercise based on a podcast from BBC 6 minute English (link included in the lesson plan). Teachers can lead i ...
This worksheet is designed to help pupils review basic colours through 5 activities, pupils have to colour paint cans, they can have fun with a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch with a hidden mess ...
This two-page worksheet focuses on the issue most European countries are faced with - brain drain. The pre-viewing activities include a commentary on the phenomenon and a short discussion on the ...
Students should write affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences using the structures 'there is' and 'there are'. They also practice clothing and furniture vocabulary. A short explanation o ...
This is a pretty easy worksheet for teaching or revising vegetables related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to look at the pictures and complete the words with the missing ...
The worksheet is about filling the missing letters with the help of the given picture. This helps a child to understand and think of the object the word refers to. It also helps in developing voca ...
This worksheet is basically a colour worksheet. However, you can make children think by creating different ideas like 1. colour your favorite animal first and go on till you colour the animal you ...
This ppt combines types of buildings and other places in a town with modal "can". First your students will see a picture which represents a building in a town - let them name it. Then ask them wha ...
This ppt is good to practise "can" questions. It also includes several activities supported by pictures. As you proceed with the ppt, let your students name the activity they see and then ask a qu ...
This PPT largely corresponds with Project 2 Unit 5. It contains several pictures of landscapes. At the end there are 9 bingo charts containing 9 words each related to the topic. Print these bingo ...
It's good for beginner and elementary learners to improve their writing. The students have the clues of what they are going to write about. They complete their personal information in the chart fi ...
Another well-known happy song for the summer :) There are several exercises: choose the right word, fill the gaps with the words you hear (the first letter is given first time), fill the gaps with ...
This worksheet is for younger children, who learn English as a second language. You can practise animals, colors and numbers with them. Worksheet containes 3 assignments: to color animals and coun ...
This is a printable worksheet for the youngest ones. Enjoy the 2014 World Cup by colouring Fuleco! Fuleco, the Armadillo, is the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Repres ...
Watching movies in English with English subtitles is always popular with students, especially in summer when they are less focused. This worksheet is based on the movie 'Monster University' and it ...
This is a song worksheet. Students have to fill in the gaps with verbs and nouns. Then, they have to answer the questions. They can discuss some of them in groups. This worksheet might be used dur ...
This is an FCE-like activity. The purpose of this sheet is to check some collocations within the context of causative structures. This task consists of a text in which there are 12 gaps (plus one ...
This article includes some interesting facts about the liver. The liver is the largest solid organ in your body. It is situated inside your abdomen under the ribcage. Your liver has many important ...
This is a very basic worksheet for elementary young students (A1) to review question words through a short simple quiz and countries and nationalities through a filling task. I have used the footb ...
A simple and clear explanation of how phrasal verbs are formed. There is a color version and a black and white one. There is a detailed explanation of where prepositions and adverbs are placed and ...
Which one is different? Cross out the word that does not belong and explain why. There are fifteen rows and each of them has got four words. Students will have to cross out the word which is diffe ...
Objectives: pupils will be able to demonstrate basic listening and reading comprehension skills as well as HOTs – inferring (reading between the lines) and generating possibilities. Aft ...
This drawing can be used for many things: revise vocabulary of transport, animals, direction, colors, street signs, adjectives, prepositions etc. The drawing can be used for coloring alone or can ...
When teaching young children different animals, use this creative cut out bird to teach them about birds, (vocubulary: bird, beak, eyes, head, body, wings, feathers, etc.). Cut out the bird s ...
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