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 activity is based on the application for mobile phones. In this presentation you´ll find 15 pictures (15x4 if I should be precise). Every 4 pictures have something in common and the goa ...
The worksheet is based on the news about a man who survived 16 months at sea by BBC - learn english. It's is aimed at intermediate and upper-intermediate students. They will listen to the news, an ...
It´s a very easy exercise for beginners. Students have to answer the question "What´s this?" by looking a the pictures. After this, students can play a guessing game to practise the sa ...
A simple matching exercise for elementary students.My students loved it. After we finished the exercise we played a miming game.A student came up to the board,he mimicked one of the professions an ...
This activity is based on the application for mobile phones. In this presentation you´ll find 15 pictures (15x4 if I should be precise). Every 4 pictures have something in common and the goa ...
In this worksheet you´ll find 40 pictures of celebrities - no ordinary pictures - caricatures. Print them, laminate them (if you can) and cut them. Also there are 3 activities suggested for ...
This worksheet contains 20 caricature pictures of famous characters. These characters represent a certain job or it is a celebrity pretending to have a different job. It includes their names and s ...
This worksheet contains 32 pictures of animals, ready to be laminated and cut out and 4 activities you can use with the cards. Some animals are there twice (2 cats - not the same picture - Garfiel ...
This is a vocabulary exercise for the law enforcement workplace. It presents word families ,multiple meaning and collocations of one word " arrest". The activities involve dictionary use, creatio ...
Phonics card with words and with no words. Cards are designed to show pictures of simple words for young learners. Can be used as an active game or as a simple learning tool. I have found that ...
This is an April Fool's Day Prank Quiz. The idea is to see how well your students can follow instructions. The first question of the quiz says to read the entire quiz before they begin writing. Th ...
It is an interesting reading, you can use it to get better reading comprehension, it contains questions to answer,and sentences to say if they are true or false. With this reading students can r ...
This is an interactive board game which is aimed for teaching or revising Easter related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to spin the wheel, count the number of spaces in th ...
This is a word search that contains cardinal numbers hidden in it. Beginners should circle or mark the words which are requested. This is a simple exercise, but useful for students in order to rai ...
This crossword will help you and your students to learn and revise useful airport vocabulary. The crossword contains such words as: flight, customs, ticket, luggage, passprot, departure and so on. ...
I use this PPT to practise speaking with all kind of students, although it is better to use it with skilled students. Whenever I do this activity in class the students have great fun when they see ...
This task is for April Fool's Day. It is a funny worksheet. Students must write about their future plans. They must use "be going to". Be careful about reading because all the sentences are writte ...
It is a simple worksheet that I have prepared for my pupils of 1st year in middle school and I intend it to be used by both pupils and teachers. You may use it to give pupils the main actions don ...
This worksheet can be used to find out how much your students know about the country America. There are 11 mixed questions that students must answer including true or false, circle the correct ans ...
This worksheet can be used to find out how much your students know about the country Germany. There are 11 mixed questions that students must answer including true or false, circle the correct ans ...
This is a worksheet about vocabulary related to food. It is for beginners; in this worksheet they can practice spelling. By filling the gaps with the missing letters.The activity is really easy an ...
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 ...
This is a PDF document that contains a First Aid kit in which students have to identify the elements that the kit contains and their corresponding names. It is perfect for introducing new vocabula ...
This is puzzle related to emergencies. Students have to look for the words provided in the box next to the puzzle.The idea is to provide students with new vocabulary or refresh their knowledge. It ...
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