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 is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet contains 10 quotes of famous people. The students match the quotes and the people, put the quotes into indirect speech and discuss the content. Thus the worksheet can be used as gra ...
There are 90 questions in this exercise, all of which are with multiple choice questions. There are five choices in each question and the words are well-choosen and really challenging. The ones wh ...
This powerpoint firstly explains the function of prefixes and suffixes through suitable examples and there are lots of exercises related to them. Exercises are given in an enjoyable way wi ...
This is a handout, designed for pre-junior or junior students, aged 6-8. It can be used for practising, revising or even testing the vocabulary of 'Family Members'. Words included are t ...
This worksheet includes some interesting facts and information about conservation. Animals and plants are dying out at an alarming rate. Throughout history living things have become extinct, mainl ...
This elementary/primary worksheet includes some interesting information about festivals. Festivals and feasts are special times where people come together and celebrate. Students read through the ...
This elementary/primary worksheet includes some interesting facts about marsh and swamp wildlife. Did you know that the freshwater areas of swamps and marshland are called wetlands? Students are a ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sear ...
It's a song worksheet based on Michael Bublé's song "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas". The main task is to fill in the gaps, first by identifying the pictures then by check ...
The worksheet is based on the TED talk by Ben Beaton "The Key To Media's Hidden Codes." I designed it for a group of general English upper-intermediate students. Before watching the talk, students ...
This worksheet is based on the TED talk by Dan Cobley "What Physics Taught Me About Marketing." I used it with my Business English upper-intermediate group, when we covered the topic of marketing ...
This worksheet is based on the TED talk by Erik Hersman "Reporting Crisis Via Texting." I created it for my Business English upper-intermediate group, when we covered the topic of crisis managemen ...
This worksheet is based on the TED talk by Jason Fried 'Why Work Doesn't Happen At Work." It includes vocabulary activities, while-watching tasks (open-ended questions, True/False statements), and ...
This worksheet is based on the TED talk by Graham Hill "Less Stuff, More Happiness." I created it for my intermediate group. It includes vocabulary pre-teaching and a while-watching task (T/F stat ...
This worksheet is a really good jumping off point for a discussion on cultural differences in communication. It's designed for an Austrian ESL class, but can easily be adapted. Students love heari ...
This is one more worksheet in the series devoted to tea and tea vocabulary. It's a wordsearch created with the help of this website and connected to the pdf presentation "Tea Vocabulary" and the s ...
Lesson based on episode of Friends 'The One with the Rumour' (S09E08). Before watching, a teacher asks students what they know about Thanksgiving and Friends. Then, while watching, teacher stops t ...
This powerpoint has ten slides which introduces character adjectives with suitable pictures. Especially basic adjectives such as ambitious ,shy,outgoing etc. are choosen. Firstly the definition of ...
This Advent ñalendar contains 24 Christmas tasks, one for each day before Christmas. E.g. word search, matching, songs, noughts and crosses, and many other activities. The booklet consists of 17 p ...
This worksheet is part of a set of 5 worksheets that form a vocabulary lesson that includes definitions, sentence usage, synonyms, and antonyms. The worksheets contain activities such as word sea ...
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