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 worksheet was created to Unit 10 of the New Total English Elementary 2 course book and aims to practice school subjects, expressions in connection with learning and modal verbs (have to, don' ...
This simple worksheet can be used as a perfect warm-up exercise when students learn about countries and nationalities at beginner or elementary level. Ask students to work in pairs and find out wh ...
This worksheet is for elementary or pre-intermediate students based on the short video 'How to make ice-cream in 45 seconds' with Jamie Oliver. Ask students to watch the video and circle the corre ...
Read about Cristiano Ronaldo, his career and his family and things that had made him a great soccer player and known all over the world. This has a activity for beginner and elementary studen ...
These words can be used for playing taboo. Students take turns to explain the word in bold while trying to avoid using the other associated words. The words are chosen at random but are generally ...
The worksheet contains 8 short stories for reading about the most extraordinary jobs, teacher’s notes and discussion questions. I used it as a piece of interesting information while talking ...
This worksheet contains vocabulary about people's physical appearance. All the vocabulary included here can be a powerful tool for students to give good descriptions of others. It can be perfectly ...
The worksheet consists of a quiz “How Good an Entrepreneur Are You?” with the answers and a practical situation for ss to solve and see if they are ready to start their own business. M ...
This worksheet deals with the topic of dreams. It does not focus on any grammatical aspect in particular. It consists of a fill-in the blanks listening about analyzing dreams that I adapted from h ...
An all time classic. Clever or beautiful? Both would be the answer. But deep down most people would choose beauty as it is self proven and intelligence has to be proved, as Oscar Wilde said. Can' ...
The worksheet contains examples of informal English (e.g. going to = gonna) and some popular internet chat abbreviations. Then ss are asked to read some messages, write their own texts, create TNG ...
This is a powerpoint that i used with primer bachillerato about addictions. There are links to videos and also lots of high level vocabulary and slang.
Students are asked to match some pictures with some words related to St Patrick’s Day, find some other words in the wordsearch, and complete the text about this holiday. The worksheet can be ...
A set of minimal pairs to practice the difference betwen the short a and short u sounds. Made to be given to the students after practising the sounds and the words for several weeks in order to p ...
A set of minimal pairs that include the letters l and r - both at the beginning and as initial blends - to practice basic writing and solidify the difference between the meanings of the two words. ...
A conversation worksheet on the topic of technology. This worksheet could be used as a warmer activity or even practice as an IELTS speaking topic. Learners review vocabulary items, read opinions ...
Students love Angry Birds but they do not like returning to school. This worksheet is intended to fullfil learners' expectations when they come back to school by revising structures, personal ques ...
A simple lesson plan for a speaking lesson based on the Ban Bossy campaign, which is about empowering young girls to hone their leadership skills. Videos can be found on YouTube at http://www.yout ...
This worksheet is about Irish Leprechauns. There are three activities, the first one is a filling-gap exercise, pupils have to look at the small images and write the missing words, then they can r ...
I created this worksheet as I couldn't find any material which focused only on airport vocabulary. It's designed for my upper-intermediate students but intermediate can also try it. This is a word ...
It has different ideas that would let your students enjoy playing it. If your class is big, it's going to be even better. Let them mingle for about thirty minutes. Then ask some of the students wh ...
This quiz is a fun resource to hand out to your students when learning about St. Patrick's Day. There are 8 multiple choice questions to answer. When is St. Patrick's Day celebrated? How many leav ...
This is a fun resource to use with your students when learning about St. Patrick's Day. The word search includes words that are all associated with St. Patrick's Day. There are fifteen words hidde ...
Discussion based activity for upper intermediate/advanced students. They should read the information and then discuss the pros and cons of each candidate and reach a joint conclusion. Afterwards, ...
This activity can be used to introduce the topic of voluntary work and discuss about NGOs. To a full comprehension of the objective of the activity, it is recommended to use two videos: the origin ...
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