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 the appendix to the song worksheet 'Cajun Life by Jo-El Sonnier' - search for part (1). The document is a reading text taken from the sleevenotes to an album with Cajun and Zydeco music wh ...
This PowerPoint contains the information of some jobs and professions. You can use it as a warm-up to introduce the students the names of some new jobs, and what different people do in the s ...
This PowerPoint contains some information about the marine life and some animals that live in the ocean. Students will learn some new animals' names. Also, they will learn some features of these a ...
This PowerPoint contains the names of some countries and nationalities. I've added the pictures of some famous people to make it more interesting for the students. Also, I've inserted the pictures ...
A crossword to revise wild animals vocabulary. Students have to identify the wild animals and write their names in the crossword. Look at the pictures and solve the crossword puzzle.This worksheet ...
This is a song one of my learners wished to discuss. However, as I could not find the lyrics to it anywhere I had my students listen to the music and write down the text (which is not easy as the ...
This worksheet can be used as an extra resource when teaching students about Christmas. Students look at the pictures and circle the odd one out in each row. There are 6 rows of pictures. Once the ...
This worksheet was created for primary/elementary children and can be used as an extra resource when learning about Christmas. Students trace over the word and then draw a line from the word to th ...
This worksheet was created for primary/elementary children and can be used as an extra resource when learning about Christmas. Student must trace over the words and draw a line from each word to t ...
This is a quizz-game that teaches some facts about water use and how to save it.You can incorporate it in an environmental project for your students. 1) Print the game on both sides of a shee ...
This worksheet on the one hand has a grammar point, especially to revise the past simple form of regular and irregular verbs. On the other hand, it also includes a listening exercise by using the ...
Picture vocabulary about jobs. Can be cut for learning cards. Handy in class to talk about one's future job, or about relatives' jobs. The funny drawings are pleasant for students. It's poss ...
It's a writing worksheet. The topic is travelling in China. In this worksheet, students will learn how to write a recount about their travelling experience. Students can acquire some reading skill ...
This is a powerpoint presentation of colour names (red, green, yellow, blue, pink, white, violet) and some vocabulary items that the colours are usually associated with. Sentence patterns such as ...
This is a worksheet for students to create their own advertising campaign. It consists of some questions they should think about when creating their campaign. You might have to teach ad techniques ...
This is a full lesson about Christmas. I prepared it having in mind my adult students. It starts with a speaking warm-up, followed by a text and vocabulary practice part. There is also a set of qu ...
Instructions: Play in teams of five ss and see which team can get the most correct guesses from their classmates’ pantomimes. We give students’ team who are playing pantomim ...
Ally McBeal works in a law firm in Boston. This time they have to deal with a case where a TV commentator tells children the truth about Santa Claus. Collect Christmas-related vocabulary beforehan ...
Using this worksheet students can practise both there is/ there are and present simple, the third person singular. First students read about people, then they choose the sets of furniture th ...
First, students complete the lyrics with the missing words. Then they match words that rhyme from the song. Finally, they match the beginnings of four sentences to their endings. The link to the y ...
This Friends' episode is called 'The One with Phoebe's Dad' and is set around Christmas time, so it makes as a good starting point to deal with the seasonal topic of Christmas. It contains a vocab ...
Are you looking for a nice activity for young students at Christmas? This Christmas greetings card can be printed onto card and handed out to students to give to family or friends. There is an ill ...
Are you looking for a nice activity for young students at Christmas? This Christmas greetings card can be printed onto card and handed out to students to give to family or friends. There is an ill ...
Are you looking for a nice activity for young students at Christmas? This Christmas greetings card can be printed onto card and handed out to students to give to family or friends. There is an ill ...
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