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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I use this PowerPoint presentation in the lessons dedicated to great inventions made in the past. Students have to guess what a particular thing was used for. The answers are: a) thermometer, a) ...
I use this worksheet as a part of the topic "Innovation and Technology". There are nine cards with the information about newest innovations. Each student gets one card. While they listen to each o ...
This worksheet is loosely based on Agatha Cristie's "The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge". The aim of the discussion is to find out who the murderer is. There are six suspects and three detectives, thou ...
These spelling words are associated with Valentine's Day. This page can be printed onto card or laminated for children to keep. Students can practice learning these words by writing them on the ri ...
This multiple choice activity can be used when teaching students about Valentine's Day. Students are asked to complete the multiple choice activity by underlining the correct answer. There are 10 ...
This resource was created for primary/elementary children and asks students to write an acrostic poem about Valentine's Day. Start each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on th ...
This English worksheet can be used when teaching students about Valentine's Day and for alphabetical order. Students look at the words and write them in alphabetical order. There are 15 words for ...
This worksheet can be used when teaching children about Valentine's Day. Students must look at the words and unscramble them correctly by writing them on the lines. There are nineteen words to uns ...
Students invent a story using the phrasal verbs on the cards. Distribute the cards to your students, start with a sample sentence, e.g. Last week I had to look after my little nephew. Each s ...
This is a game of dominos. There are 16 words used in business correspondence, either letter or email, and their descriptions written on domino cards which you have to then cut out. The students s ...
This pairwork worksheet uses everyday activities to practice the contrast between present simple and present continuous. This very structured practice is best used with elementary and pre-intermed ...
This worksheet comprises a listening and speaking activity for teenagers. Students watch the first 4 minutes of Logan La Plante's TEDx video presentation entitled "Hackschooling makes me happy", ...
Useful and daily greetings. Something that is said or done to show people that you are happy to meet or see them: a message that expresses good wishes to someone/something friendly or polite that ...
It is an activity sheet about the basic daily routines of people. Famous cartoon characters the Simpsons have been used. It also includes telling the time. Daily routines are revised through a fil ...
Who invented the wheel? This page includes information about who invented the wheel. This resource was created for primary/elementary children. Students are asked to read through this article and ...
Students complete the questions with suitable prefixes (un-, im-, il-, ir-, dis-, in-, re-, over-, mis-). Then they answer them in pairs. This is a good exercise when you want to give them mo ...
This is a vacation/holiday activity information sheet about Turkey. It includes sightseeing of three Turkish cities, food & drink, and festival and special events in Turkey. It can be used for ...
This is a vacation/holiday activity information sheet about Indonesia. It includes sightseeing of three Indonesian cities, food & drink, and festival and special events in Indonesia. It can be ...
This is a vacation/holiday activity information sheet about India. It includes sightseeing of three Indian cities, food & drink, and festival and special events in India. It can be used for an ...
My ESOL learners LOVE Mr Bean and I enjoy letting them watch it but I can't help feeling guilty as they aren't getting a lot of language input, being that Mr Bean doesn't say much. So, instead I g ...
A simple ppt with illustrations to famous idioms that have weather words, but their meaning is not necessarily related to weather:) There´s a suitable listening to provide the context and ex ...
This power point is about some things that students use or see in their classes and help them to remember what they need for classes. And also helps teachers to introduce these things.This file li ...
This is a PPT on school or education related vocabulary. There are slides with 'exam' words and phrases (such as pass/fail exam, cheat, cram), some phrasal verbs (work out, hand in), and school ...
A handy worksheet for beginners who are learning about descriptive nouns and identifying adjectives in a fun manner with lively examples which children would love to do and also picture descripti ...
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