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 is an adaptation of the Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" that can be used for Halloween with an instrumental version of the original song. I give the students a photocopy or I s ...
This is a fun Halloween game. Students can enjoy learning body parts with Frankenstein. Color print A4 size cut outs for playing pin the tail on the donkey with Frankenstein's monster. Blind fold ...
"Friday I'm Falling in Love" by the Cure!
This is a good song to practice the days of the week. There are two different tasks:
1) Fill in the gaps with words given
2) Fill in the gaps ...
This is part eleven in an ongoing series of stories for adult learners of English. These stories mostly just cover the day-to-day of a family, describing situations the learners already know or c ...
Here is the worksheet of the song practice--Halloween Night "Halloween Night" is a children's Halloween song designed to give kids a gentle introduction to Halloween and the traditional creatures ...
The worksheet focuses on the topic of superstitions and their origins. It is based on the video that illustrated the beliefs and coincidences at heart of the most common superstitions. Tasks incl ...
This is an intructory and informative worksheet with focus on the most important words of the COVID-19 pandemic. It could be used to learning and discussing the vocabulary before talking with the ...
Teach vocabulary and expressions that focus on the positive things that are happening in the world during the global pandemic. Storytelling with illustrations is a powerful technique to get your ...
The worksheet contains: - Vocabulary warm-up - 10 questions to test listening comprehension - Answer key It is designed for teenagers who are familiar with Netflix, TV, and cinema. No other app ...
This is a worksheet with a Ken Nesbitt's poem of the same name. It is a short funny poem that contains many verbs that refer to eating (nibble, gobble, etc.) The synonyms of eat are bold, and s ...
Get students talking on the first day! Build great rapport with your first class! Time: 40-60min Includes:
20 Get to Know You Questions & Answers
Includes pictures
Worksheet - Guess the ...
You will need your student watch the Netflix documentary: Sustainable. The main aim of this lesson is to evoke and develop environment-consciousness. Please note, that in question 8 the students ...
This is worksheet is to practice on confusing words. There are 8 pages, 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc.…) total, but you can break them up into shorte ...
I this topic created to let our students learn more vocabularies about COVID-19, which I collected from newspapers, videos and other resources that I have been using recently. The activities rela ...
This is worksheet no. seven to practise on confusing words. 10 pages, 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc... Different levels. In alphabetical order, with content ...
This is worksheet no. five to practise on confusing words. 8 pages, 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc.…). Different levels. In alphabetical order, with c ...
This is a video with a special poem, called ´acrostic´. The first letter of each line spells out a new word. You can watch the video and do the exercises (Circle the correct verbs, ...
This is a video with an interesting poem. You can make a lot of exercises: adjectives, verbs, letter words,… I’ve made 7 exercises and a crossword. But of course, you can change them ...
This worksheet focuses on writing cover letters. Students practice the use of prepositions and formal language in cover letters. The assignments help to develop students’ writing skills in ...
This is a new grammar guide about Music Idioms. There are five pages of idioms and expressions including definitions, example sentences and a few pictures. Either the idiom or the definition is a ...
This is a worksheet with the famous poem ´Tiger Tiger, Burning Bright´ written by William Blake. You can watch the video and do the exercises. I’ve made several exercises: blank ...
This is a gap-filling exercises introducing the major environmental problems. I usually use it in the beginning of the environmental protection topic to make the students familiar with the vocabu ...
This research activity was created by primaryleap.co.uk and asks students to use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help them answer the questions about the Sumatran tige ...
A fantastic lesson for explaining vocabulary and expressions to talk about food. This lesson is linked to an animated video to help put things into context. There is a second video that is a voca ...
What percentage of the world’s population live in Asia? What is the hottest continent on Earth? The Andes is a mountain range on which continent? Students read through the passage about the ...
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