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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This worksheet has been designed for lower level elementary students, especially children, to practise questions words. It is based on three famous football players, so football fans might find it ...
This is a short quiz about the current soccer world cup in Brazil. It is a simple matching exercise that suits all levels, but suits levels up to intermediate best. The key is given, plus two bits ...
A song activity, perfect now that the summer holiday is here. A happy summer song, a classic by Boney M. There are 5 exercises: fill the gaps with the rhyming words (you can match the rhymes befor ...
A good way of practicing activities and days of the week using the structure "Let's ... on ...'. First make sure that the class knows about the days of the week and review the actions so that ...
These are 16 cards for Group B of the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil. You can modify it to include the teams you want. Instructions are included, but the gist is that it is a speaking game to p ...
It's game snake n ladder as usual. It can be played by 2 - 4 players. You need a dice and stones or buttons as much as the player. There is a little bit of variation in this game. If the player ca ...
This multi-skill lesson (reading and video) is targeted on pre-intermediate and intermediate students doing a Business English course. Apart from reading and listening comprehension the teacher i ...
This is a very simple poem I wrote to celebrate Flag Day in Argentina. In this worksheet (specially designed for beginners at elementary school), students have to complete the poem with the missin ...
This is a reading worksheet on internet related vocabulary which can also be used as a test for intermediate students. There are several activities in which students are asked to read the tex ...
When teaching topic "Food", children should also speak about their favourite dish. Children should understand the notion "dish" and teacher has to show the pictures of examples of different dishes ...
This one-page ppt is an example for student to describe their favourite toy. The learners have to describe their own favourite toy. But before that you should teach young learners the descriptive ...
This ppt is very good for young learners when teaching topic "Toys". A teacher shows the colourful slides of toys, repeats the name of toy and children repeat after the teacher. After that childre ...
This worksheet is good for students when teaching family members vocabulary. In addition, it is very good when a teacher provides communicative tasks in order to give an opportunity for every stud ...
This worksheet is for children. It is a certificate to be done for their fathers on Father's Day. They may color it the way they want and then cut to give as a real certificate wishing their dads ...
This worksheet first introduces the various parts on a food package - in this case, a package of frozen lasagne (e.g. bar code, ingredients, instructions for preparation, nutrition facts label, .. ...
This is a PowerPoint presentation for beginners and elementary students with basic rules and simple tasks (look at the pictures - say the time). There is a slide which helps to explain the 'past - ...
This resource includes twenty words that are all associated with Dad/Father. This can be used as an end of lesson activity for Father's Day. Students read the words and write how many syllables ea ...
This resource can be used at the end of a Father's Day lesson or just as a fun activity. All of the words are associated with Father's Day. Students look at the words and find them hidden in the g ...
This reading comprehension is a funny poem about a child who thinks their Dad is Dracula! Students read through the poem and underline the correct spelling of the word in brackets. They must then ...
The school subject flashcards help as teaching visual aid for the teachers. That makes learning the words fun for the children. The colorful flashcards contain the pictures with the words. They ar ...
The activity consists of two pages. The first one is a picture glossary containing the vocabulary needed to complete the lyrics of the song We Are One (Ole Ola) by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Clau ...
This worksheet would be good for young learners when you teach the students to speak about themselves. Young learners should read the worksheet and after that they can write their own informa ...
It´s summer time. You can revise some words related to summer and train your students´ concentration skills and memories with this PPT. Students have to find the matching pairs: they h ...
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