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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A (visual) listening activity with a movie trailer (Ratatouillle). For pre-intermediate learners (teenagers or adults) and activities for the 3 phases (pre-listening, listening, post-listening). L ...
This cloze activity can be used as an extra resource when teaching students about teeth and eating. There are 10 sentences to complete. Students read the sentences and fill in the missing words fr ...
This reading comprehension includes some interesting facts about the sun bear. Did you know that the sun bear is the smallest member of the bear family? Students read through the article and answe ...
This worksheet is about the vocabulary of the house (parts of the house and furniture). Kids can learn vocabulary in a fun way. The activities are very easy, so it is indicated for young children ...
Another word search but with nouns and more general terms. I use it to have the students find the word themselves and then go through the list to ensure they know the meaning of the words in the c ...
This worksheet is based on the episode "Subway Wars" of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (Season 6, Episode 4). Students watch and answer the questions in the worksheet. It also contains topics fo ...
This is a written group work (7 different worksheets). Pupils have to look at the bedroom and describe it using there is/ there are and prepositions. It is designed for French pupils as the task i ...
The worksheet includes 7 different job adverts and two sets of job interview questions to help provide students with a focus and springboard for "Job Interview" practice. I used the materials in ...
Level : Pre-intermediate. Skills : Listening/Speaking/Writing Instruction : the students are divided into a group of 4. The worksheet is given to each student. They will watch 'The Indian ...
In this activity students first watch the video and then they work on comprehension activities. You can use this video clip to practice countries and nationalities, information about football play ...
This is a power point presentation on the formation of past simple. It was prepared for the primary school pupils in order to revise the past simple tense. It includes simple examples in all the f ...
This was made in response to the request of my teenage upper- intermediate class to 'watch Futurama' at the end of their 3 hour Saturday lesson. The first page is designed as a quick whiteboard/ a ...
I´m sharing this activity to work on phrasal verbs with intermediate students. This task was developed in the context of relationships, and that´s why I chose this great movie: Before ...
This worksheet makes use of the Betty Botter Tongue Twister to help students with pronunciation. It includes a brief minimal pair practice in which students must match the words to their phonetic ...
This worksheet is about Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. It includes a double puzzle about some animals you can see there, students have to match words with pictures, then they have to unjumb ...
This short reading comprehension includes some interesting facts about Ollie the Octopus. My name is Ollie. I am an octopus. I have a very large head. Do you know how many arms I have? I have eigh ...
This game involves vocabulary practice about fruit and vegetables. Students have to match the pictures to the words. The rules for playing memory: mix up the cards, lay them in rows face down. Tur ...
This game involves vocabulary practice about animals. Students have to match the pictures to the words. The rules for playing memory: mix up the cards, lay them in rows face down. Turn over any tw ...
Vocabulary practice about colour and fashion. Students have to complete this game of happy families, by drawing pictures of the words written in red. Then they can start playing the game in groups ...
Vocabulary practice about food and drinks. Students have to complete this game of happy families, by drawing pictures of the words written in red. Then they can start playing the game in groups of ...
Lots of enjoyable exercises covering the most common personality adjectives in English are given through exercises. Firstly students try to find out if they are positive or negative. And then exer ...
It's a short reading comprehension text about the environment. I''ve prepared it to be done as a test after teaching the environment topic. Reading comprehension questions,mastery of language acti ...
This is a multi-skill lesson plan incorporating reading, speaking, watching and a follow-up activity as homework assignment about the famous US president Abraham Lincoln. This lesson is based on L ...
This is an informative powerpoint about Earth's Day, its origin and importance. It works as an introduction to the topic "Environment". You can use it for reading comprehension activities (just bu ...
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