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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Created for practising vocabulary related with clothes. It´s a funny way to learn and teach English. Students must complete the crossword following the picture indications. It only ...
This is to help students learn about time. Teachers can use this worksheet to teach students how to say time in English. This worksheet can be used for students in year 4 or 5 aged 10 or 11. This ...
It's a worksheet to make students talk about London. They have to prepare their day in London following the questions in the grid. They can work in pairs or in a small group and they can use expre ...
This worksheet accompanies a video lesson "Dos and Don`ts in Germany". It has 3 parts with questions to discuss before and after watching a video.The main part is a matching activity to help s ...
New English File coursebook. Unit 6B: mainly presented with the structures there is/ there are, focused on describing the city/ town where you live. Level: Beginner. The lesson also mentions some ...
Reading and comprehension worksheet about Space Tourism. Astronauts are not the only people travelling to space anymore. Everyone can buy a ticket and spend their holidays in space, as long as the ...
10 body idioms with pictures which can be used for your pre-intermediate or intermediate class. And also a revision exercise with 7 of them with answers. Includes: to be pain in the neck, to rack ...
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This is a worksheet with follow-up vocabulary exercises to TED Talk by Dan Cobley: What Physics Taught Me about Marketing. The vocabulary is mostly from the TED Talk, some words came up durin ...
This worksheet is about London, the capital city of the United Kingdom and the top ten tourist sights. It's a 3D map and students have to match some monuments and famous places with the pictures o ...
A complete set of house parts and furniture. Easily adaptable for the type of group that you have. They were made to teach other house parts and/or to reinforce and introduce new vocabulary for th ...
Worksheet to introduce yourself and talk about your hobbies and preferences. Here there is a list of things you have to talk about and underneath a list of phrases and structures you can use to ta ...
This is a stamp sheet for elementary students to use as an incentive for students to volunteer, do their homework, follow rules, etc. It includes seasonal illustrations (spring and summer) and so ...
22 April - Earth Day and its History. Help students to become familiar or to review the history of Earth Day. Relevant vocabulary terms to match, reading text with photos, 2 supporting videos to ...
This worksheet lets the students practice finding days of the week and dates on a one year calendar. This worksheet is useful in teaching cardinal and ordinal numbers. It is designed for EFL stu ...
This worksheet is about identifying basic things, objects and familiar people one can see or observe inside the school. This can be an ice-breaker for further discussion about nouns. The students ...
Student read a brief information about 'Iron Man' film and then they have to write WH-questions for the answers given in the exercises. This worksheet is used for teachers to explain how to create ...
Students read the brief information about the film 'Iron Man' and they have to match the answers of each WH-question based on the information given. This worksheet is to give students practice of ...
This worksheet contains vocabulary related to spring. In exercise 1 students have to match the words and the pictures, in exercise 2 they have to find some other spring words in the wordsearch, an ...
This is a Powerpoint presentation for elementary students which contains a lot of visuals and simple phrases which help students memorize the vocabulary. Healthy way of life and the right food hel ...
This is a marvellous worksheet about Easter and its traditions. All the work is based on the little movie about Easter (History_I bet you didn't know - Easter), that can be found on http://vimeo.c ...
Watch two videos about travel and answer the questions. The first one is supposed to be easy, while the second one presents a challenge for elementary and pre-intermediate students. Answers are gi ...
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