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 short and easy creative writing exercise gives students a topic to start writing about. Students write a paragraph to explain how they or someone they know helps others.
Suitable all ages and complete adult beginners, this resource helps improve the vocabulary. It includes describing different colours and clothing, has proper nouns, revision activities a ...
This short and easy worksheet is for pre-schoolers. Students have to cut out the words in the list of different hobbies and paste them under the correct image. The words are repeated so ...
Watch the video and practice how to use phrasal verbs in natural conversation. This resource has fill-in-the-blanks exercises, listening comprehension activities, vocabulary matching act ...
This worksheet, based on a text taken from Bonamy's textbook, contains a few exercises to revise the names of tools and to teach reading. It was originally made for 16–19 ...
For intermediate students and upwards, this worksheet includes examples of the infinitive as a future tense as used in news articles, formal instructions, formal arrangments and events. ...
There are eight activities on this worksheet about food: blanks exercises, matching exercises, analogies, word search, idioms, put the item in the appropriate box, mark the noun ‘c ...
This worksheet is good for grades one and two covering words such as grandma, grandad, son, daughter, granddaughter, grandson, and baby.
Discuss family members, their name ...
The worksheet focuses on the vocabulary to describe appearance. The video introduces vocabulary to describe major facial features and connects them to traits of character. It can be used ...
This useful reader/worksheet is for very beginners both young and old who have absolutely no English. Print it as an A5 booklet and teach with the words, pictures and your actions a ...
This PDF explores the top Scrabble word lists to learn in order to secure a HUGE scoring advantage. It includes two- and three-letter words, unusual hook words, Q without U words, words ...
This is the first worksheet containing weather words. With six pages, there are nine activities for different levels: (blanks exercises, matching exercises, analogies, wordsearch, which ...
This engaging song is for an A2 level. Pete the cat wears white shoes, and when he steps into fruits his shoes change color. Children link the words to the pictures, then listen to the s ...
This is a short activity to revise the vocabulary about clothing and the weather. Follow the instructions and match the clothes according to what is the weather like. For examp ...
Students take turns by taking a card with a job on it. The rest of the students have to ask ‘yes and no’ questions and guess what the job is. Students can discuss the aspects ...
Suitable for adult learners, this 45–60 Minute Speaking Lesson teaches 10 common vocabulary/expressions. It has 6 parts and includes discussion, questions, an interview, writing, s ...
This worksheet has 6 exercises for children to learn and understand 'The Eight Beatitudes' – one of the best-known Bible verses. It includes word searches, fill in the blanks, a video ...
This collection of idioms describes some amazing things to have, e.g. money to burn. It contains three easy exercises to match the idioms, guess their meaning and complete the sentences ...
This worksheet to practise confusing words has 40 exercises. For different levels, it includes homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, all in alphabetical order, with contents ...
A fun lesson to practice the past simple, past continuous, and past perfect. Watch the animated video, answer the questions, and use the illustrated flashcards to retell the story and te ...
Written for complete adult beginners, this booklet is also suitable for all ages. It introduces the present continuous tense, pronouns and pronoun contractions set around the activities ...
These six colorful animal flashcards are suitable for young learners, beginners and children. Use them for teaching vocabulary relating to animals. This free flashcard worksheet was kind ...
This presentation introduces the main systems of academic referencing with examples of format, in-text citations, works cited page for MLA, APA, Harvard style, Chicago style, IEEE and Va ...
This video features a special poem, called ´acrostic´ where the first letter of each line spells out a new word. Watch the video and do the exercises. You can always change t ...
Does the moon produce light of its own? How long is a lunar month? This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts about the Moon with accompanying study questions for student ...
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