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 worksheet asks students to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This resource can be used when teaching children about Chinese New Year or as a creative writing ...
This worksheet asks students to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This resource can be used when teaching children about Chinese New Year or as a creative writing ...
This worksheet asks students to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This resource can be used when teaching children about Chinese New Year or as a creative writing ...
This worksheet asks students to look at the picture and write a creative story to go along with it. This resource can be used when teaching children about Chinese New Year or as a creative writing ...
This set of 20 flashcards can be used when teaching students about Chinese New Year. They can be printed onto card or paper and laminated. A matching game can be played by printing off two sets of ...
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Easy task for children about clothes, colour and occupations. The are characters, each is wearing different parts of clothes in various colour. Children are asked to take a close look and describe ...
This is a crossword puzzle about Scotland and Burns Night (answer key included). Your students will have fun testing their knowledge on Scotland and on Burns Night. There are fourteen clues for fo ...
This worksheet is about the conquest of England by William the Conqueror. Students have to look at the pictures from the Bayeux Tapestry, there is a gap-filling activity. Students learn about the ...
This is a pre-intermediate - intermediate webquest or project which can be completed over a few lessons. The students can do this as a classroom activity or it can be given as homework. The studen ...
Like the other worksheets about love and joy, this worksheet focuses on things related to personal peace. There's a definition of peace, an idiom about peace, as well as a few discussion questions ...
Listening comprehension with transcript and questions using a TED talk by Sheena Iyengar. I use it when I am looking at preferences with students. Also useful for practice with different accents a ...
This worksheet is based on a dialogue I found on Youtube. A man and a woman talk about their photographs. There is a gap-filling exercise in connection with the dialogue and some warm up activitie ...
This quiz is designed for elementary level and beginner students. It consists of six pictures. Students hear five short texts about free time activities.They match the pictures with the texts. For ...
I use this worksheet to introduce new words connected with the topic "jobs" and to revise vocabulary my students already know. Each picture represents a word; students have to write down the first ...
I use this worksheet to revise the names of countries and nationalities. It can be used on condition that your students recognise flags of the countries. The flag appears first. If it's too diffic ...
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This worksheet is about the British Royal Family from Elizabeth II to Prince George. Pupils have to read and answer questions about the members of the Royal Family. There's also a guessing game. T ...
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