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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This rhyme can be used to help your young learners to memorize days of the week faster and easier as the names of each day have their rhyming words that sound alike. It can also be sung as a song ...
The brief history of the Olympics, their origin and revival plus some interesting facts about Games. Good for practicing past simple and revision of sport topic. You can read and discuss it in cl ...
This worksheet is used in my video class. My students enjoy it so much. The first activity is to warm them up with vocabulary about relationship. The second activity is speaking activity. I ask th ...
I usually use this worksheet for beginner or elementary EFL students. Target language is vocabulary related to rooms, houses and furniture. Normally the 1st activity is to scan how many rooms ther ...
In 2012 Russian government considered introducing a new law – to ban one of the nation’s favorite cartoons “Nu Pogodi!” because the main character Wolf smokes. It caused a ...
This is an introductory worksheet about different interesting personality types such as a home lover or a daredevil etc. Give the words to the ss and ask them to guess what kind of people these ar ...
This worksheet contains different phrases for giving advice and short role play situations for using them while talking about Healthy Lifestyle. Divide the ss into 2 groups. Cut out the situations ...
Listening comprehension about Viking journeys. The worksheet is made as a quiz (easy to correct when you use the enclosed key), but might require some interpretation before you go on to watching t ...
This worksheet can be used for introducing or revising phrases of pictures description (e.g. in the foreground, in the left upper corner etc.) It consists of the list of these phrases and interest ...
Who is the criminal? An engaging jigsaw reading comprehension mystery. It is an excellent role play reading best for upper-high intermediate who find working in groups an enjoyable activity. The i ...
This listening exercise prepares students for a discussion on gambling addiction. It is an excellent practice for high intermediate and advanced students. They will watch 4 minutes movie interview ...
it's a PowerPoint presentation of Unit 5 in " English for Nursing 1" course. It's given at Al Ghad Colleges for Applies Medical Sciences in Saudi Arabia. i
Help your students learn some interesting facts about Abraham Lincoln with this reading comprehension. In 1831 he moved to Illinois and worked as a surveyor, storekeeper and postmaster while he st ...
Presidents Day is on the 17th February so why not help your students learn some interesting facts about John F. Kennedy with this reading comprehension. Students read the passage and answer the mu ...
Presidents Day is on the 17th February so why not help your students learn some interesting facts about George Washington? When was he born? When did he become the president of the United States? ...
My hair. An activity to revise or to learn the vocabulary related to hair: short, long, straight, curly, fair and dark hair. First, students have to read the words, after that they have to draw th ...
This is something I used for my 5-7 year olds at Summer Camp 2013. They are new to writing English words so I had a powerpoint and music for each day's theme (plants, weather etc). Then they would ...
This is a basic vocabulary worksheet with images to words, letter unscramble and wordsearch puzzle. It derived from a story named "What a Trade!" in which a latin-american tortilla seller agrees t ...
I adapted (shortened and changed 2-3 words) a CNN article about the conception of work in the US to be used a basis for discussing cultural norms related to work in an ESL classroom. The first pag ...
In 1940s William Sheldon introduced the theory according to which he classified personality according to body type. He called this a person’s somatotype. In this worksheet there are example ...
This worksheet was created while speaking about “Changing Lives” and the need to overcome your fears and insecurities in order to move on. But it can also be used as a nice addition to ...
What do small kids think love is? Here are some super cute and funny answers. It’s a perfect starter for St. Valentine’s Day or “Relationships” topic. I gave the first colu ...
Any kind of “Alibi” game is perfect for practicing past tenses (esp past simple and past continuous). Make up any story that something was stolen at the party at 10 pm last night. You ...
Quiz - the students have to guess famous places, monuments, buildings, etc. There are questions and pictures, the students have to search for the info on the Internet and fill in the table with t ...
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