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 a very simple missing letters activity for teaching or revising jobs and occupations related vocabulary. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to look at the picture ...
This PowerPoint Presentation is about fifteen useful phrasal verbs and it is followed by the worksheet I have uploaded as well. It can be very good while teaching phrasal verbs. It is good practi ...
This worksheet is about fifteen useful phrasal verbs. It is followed by the PowerPoint presentation I have uploaded as well. It can be very handy when it comes to teaching phrasal verbs. It ...
I created this worksheet for my pre-intermediate student interested in business. The topic is just right and the language is not complicated. We watch the film, the trailer and read reviews to it. ...
This worksheet has been used by me while teaching numbers from 1 to 5. Children love matching and coloring pages. So this worksheet is the perfect combination! Tracing numbers will help child ...
I created this worksheet for my Spanish 2nd year of secondary education students. It is based on the song (and video clip) 'I need your love' by Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding. It is a very po ...
A creative writing worksheet to practice the use of present simple and continuous. To make it more interesting, elicit the names of famous people they dislike and then hand out the worksheets and ...
I used this worksheet with a business student to talk about the current social problems we've faced these days. You can use the pre-watching video questions for discussion and introduce the s ...
This is an elementary level ESL cloze exercise. It's about a family and seasons. After finishing the cloze, I have students turn them over and I ask questions about the worksheet. Example: What s ...
In this lesson, pupils learn how to talk about family members using the Simpsons. The lesson assumes a basic knowledge of the verb "be", the verb "have" and English phonetic transcription. The act ...
This is a double puzzle worksheet. Pupils need to unscramble words to get the clue phrase. It is a good revision for food vocabulary. It can be used as additional worksheet for book "Spotlight 3" ...
This is a word search worksheet where students have to search for the words provided under the mixed letters. Words can be in all directions from right to left or the opposite from up to down or o ...
Students must read the words and the definitions then try to match the person with the correct definition for example driver will go with someone who drives a car, commuter will match someone who ...
The exercises cover the area of vocabulary connected with ethics in business focusing on vocabulary - matching, paraphrasing (translating if the students are non-English native speakers). Addition ...
Worksheet with many exercises on the word formation. The given word (in brackets) has to be transformed into a new word ( a noun, an adjective, an adverb) by adding the correct suffixes or prefixe ...
This is a worksheet on Thanksgiving vocabulary. It can be used for introducing or revising words in connection with Thanksgiving. Students are asked to match the words with the pictures, find some ...
This was an activity I did based on a video (the link is at the top) in order to introduce the theme "Global issues". It's a vocabulary activity which can be easily adapted. It can also be used wi ...
This worksheet was created on the basis of the youtube video about the invention of gunpowder and its explosive power. I'd recommend this activity for upper-intermediate students as the video uses ...
Through this sheet ss practise the vowels in first. It is a great way of making children aware of sounds and it is also good for them to keep a track of the different sounds in their notebooks. It ...
This worksheet is perfect to improve students' scanning skills. A tv schedule with exercises. One matching assignment, one true/false assignment, one assignment with open questions and one as ...
A text about euthanasia which will lead to some discussion in class. The exercises are perfect for health care students. The exercises: one matching assignment, one true/false assignment, ans ...
It is a writing task about pollution. Students have got a few prompts, questions and images.They can use their science knowledge about the danger of pollution and the modal verbs, such as can/coul ...
Children are asked to fill in the missing letters beneath 10 pictures of furniture that is usually found in their rooms. The worksheet is designed for beginners who are learning the names of commo ...
This is a worksheet using the song 'what does the fox say' performed by Ylvis. You can introduce animals' name and sounds, put sentences in order and vocabulary. Also, there are some questions int ...
Color bingo: 1. Students make their own multiple drawings on each empty square, the only rule is to use only one color per drawing and not to repeat any of the colors per student. example: a yello ...
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