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 PowerPoint introduces letter Z z. It is appropriate for the beginners of learning English who are learning alphabet, specially children. The learners learn 4 new words that start with Z throu ...
This worksheet contains the definitions of such notions as "sport" and "game". It has several lexical and grammar exercises (choosing the alternatives and the correct answers) that are connected w ...
This PowerPoint introduces letter Y y. L2 learners learn new words with Y y through some pictures. It is appropriate for beginners of learning English, specially children between 7-12. New Letter, ...
This super easy test will help you test your early beginners. The test contains paints of different colours and the students are requested to write the name of the colour they see. The test is aim ...
The lesson includes text comprehension: true / false sentences and questions on the text; describing people, parts of the body, present simple / present continuous; adjective degrees, opposites. A ...
This webquest was intended to 8th grade students to allow them to work on prepositions, parts of the house, prepositions like on the right, on the left, revise sports activities . The activity is ...
This PowerPoint introduces letter M m. L2 learners learn new words that start with M through some pictures. It is appropriate for beginners of learning English, specially children between 7-12 who ...
This PowerPoint shows letter J j. L2 learners learn some new words through some pictures. All Js are colorful. It's appropriate for beginners of learning English who are learning alphabet, special ...
The present PowerPoint introduces letter X x. It is appropriate for beginners of learning English, specially children between 7-12 who are learning alphabet. L2 learners learn new words through so ...
This PowerPoint introduces letter W w. It is appropriate for beginners of learning English who are learning the alphabet. L2 learners learn some new words that start with W through some pictures. ...
This game can be used to sum up students' knowledge about the United States of America. The presentation consists of 15 questions that are not really difficult. I have downloaded the template for ...
This is a simple PowerPoint presentation to practice body parts vocabulary with young learners and to revise what they've already learnt. Children have to describe ten cute monsters naming their c ...
This PowerPoint introduces letter V v. The L2 learners learn some new words that start with this letter through some pictures. All Vs are colorful in this PowerPoint. It is appropriate for beginne ...
I have initially found this video on the website Film English that offers some great ideas for the lesson plan based on it (http://film-english.com/2013/11/28/i-diots/). It inspired me to create a ...
This is a worksheet to practice nationalities, using places of interest of different countries. Students have to write the name of the place and say the country where it belongs and write the nati ...
This is a test which consists of text comprehension: true/false sentences and questions on the text; matching exercise related to the text ; crossword puzzle: wild animals. Grammar: Modal verbs ...
This is a worksheet HTML with a key for an episode of The Big Bang Theory called 'The Skank Reflex Analysis'. In this episode (s5ep1), Penny worries that her behavior has screwed things up permane ...
This is a listening and comprehension activity to go along with the short film ¨Love Sick¨ by Kevin Lacy (4:30 min). It can be adjusted to work with different levels and followed up b ...
This PowerPoint introduces some classroom items like chair, desk, blackboard, map, duster, etc. It is appropriate for both adult and teenage elementary students. The students learn the new words t ...
This is a worksheet to go along with a Christmas episode from The Big Bang Theory about gift giving. There are multiple choice questions and a ¨Who said it?¨listening section. In the secon ...
This PowerPoint introduces letter U u. The L2 learners learn some new words through pictures. All letter U in the current PowerPoint are colorful to attract the learners' attention. It's appropria ...
All of the words that are hidden in the grid are associated with the celebration Burns Night. There are 15 words for students to find. This word search can be used as an extra resource when teachi ...
This PowerPoint shows some new words that starts with letter T t. It is appropriate for beginner learners of English, children between 7-12. L2 learners get familiar with this letter and learn som ...
Acrostic poem - Burns Night. Students are asked to write an acrostic poem about Burns Night. Start each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on that line. This resource can be us ...
Scots all round the world celebrate Burns Night with a Burns Supper to celebrate the life of the poet Robert Burns. The suppers are held on or near the 25th January, Burns' birthday.This read ...
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