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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A sheet explaining Samba Drums and how they are used. A gap-fill exercise originally designed as a precursor to a samba drumming activity later in the day. Consists of the gap-fill sheet for the ...
This PowerPoint presentation is fun to use when revising numbers and calculations. I have found that the students in my classes enjoy the activities very much as it changes the usual dynamic of te ...
This is a very simple and easy matching activity for teaching or revising animals related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to match the words given with the pictures.The wor ...
The worksheet contains a text about lupus, what causes it, the cure, the statistics. There are exercises like true/false to check the understanding, vocabulary task based on text vocabulary (compo ...
The worksheet includes a big text about blood, what it contains, its fuction, place of production and blood types. The text is divided into four logical parts and each part has exercises (like: fi ...
A worksheet based on the text and audio about Alzheimer disease, pretty nice medical & biological English. Worksheet includes: text with vocabulry search, matching the beginning and the endin ...
A one-slide power point presentation that includes simple vocabulary related to classroom furniture/objects and places in town. My students used it to produce orally sentences using there is / are ...
This is an easy and fun way to teach the days of the week. It's a simple song that allows students to participate by snapping their fingers while they listen and sidng. Students have to complete t ...
In this worksheet your students will find 6 sentences impossible to understand since the words are in the wrong order. First, they will have to order the words to form sentences. The sentences are ...
This worksheet is aimed at Croatian pupils and their EFL teachers to help them save their time. I find that recommended tests to go with Project are very demanding for my pupils, and I always wast ...
The framework for the task is given but the details are up to the students. The class questions section gives students a target to build their role-play around. I have students answer the questio ...
This role play provides the basic framework for the conversation while leaving the details up to the students. The class questions section gives the students a target. I have students answer the ...
Do you think you can guess what somebody looks like from the sound of their voice? We made a free audio class that goes with this worksheet. The MP3 contains real English conversations and you can ...
A simple Toys Bingo for kids, you can use the same pictures as counters, and in my opinion bingo is always good and fun for revision or ice-breaker. As a follow up you can ask the students to spea ...
This English resource is a great activity for helping students with their spelling. Students are asked to firstly underline the correct spelling of the word in brackets and then answer the study q ...
This presentation introduces some set expressions in alphabetical order. Pre-teaching is not needed. Expressions include: all of a sudden, as a matter of fact, according to, as far as, about ...
This presentation is a guessing game on Russian tourist attractions. Pre-teaching is needed. Presentation includes information on Saint Basil's Cathedral, Hermitage Museum, Moscow Kremlin, Su ...
This is Jeopardy-style presentation based on the New Matrix course book for Intermediate ESL learners. Themes: Body language, Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous / American vs. British E ...
"Change your thoughts and you'll change the world." You can use the poster as a classroom poster if you print on A3. Related worksheet is included for discussion and inference activity. The questi ...
This is a complete lesson about family members. Make sure you introduce the family members before you start teaching with this worksheet. There is a word search included, and certain grammar tense ...
These flashcards provide a more practical way to learn expressions which go with 'make' or 'do' with translations seen in Portuguese. Print as side to of Part 1, where pictures are shown to illust ...
These flashcards provide a more practical way to learn expressions which go with 'make' or 'do'. Pictures are shown to illustrate these expressions and give a visual aid to memorization. Paired wi ...
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