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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A worksheet where, as a warm-up, students think about different things that shine. They then go on to listen to the song and fill in the gaps. The last exercise is also fun, a way of practising "l ...
This is a set of flashcards with the vocabulary of the parts of the house. It includes (home,bedroom, bed, kitchen, table, chair, bathroom, bath,garden, tree, swing, living room, sofa, bookcase,ar ...
This is a set of flash cards of the Simpson family. It includes the vocabulary of the family (family, mother, father, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandfather,grandmother) I hope this will be use ...
This material will help you develop your students creativity by tapping into their ability of abstract thinking. Use these soundtracks from the movies and authentic tasks for speaking activities. ...
This is a very simple missing letters activity for revising Halloween related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to look at the pictures and complete the words with the missin ...
It is a very fun reading. You can do it in class as a warm up for other endagered animals or folk tales.It is very useful also to evaluate reading comprehension. I used it with my third graders as ...
This is a simple worksheet with various objects made of different materials (plastic, metal, glass and wood). Excellent for children to remember the names of the materials in association with obje ...
You can use this worksheet to practise everyday English. The topis is giving an opinion. It's a good way to make your students feel confident while using English in classes. The worksheet can be u ...
This maths resource was created for primary/elementary students and focuses on taking 10 away from a given number. Children must first take 10 away from each number in the spider web and then comp ...
This is a fun activity for describing people, the teacher or the students select a person beforehand and without revealing her name, hand in the paper with the description to other student whose j ...
Help your students to identify where to use capital letters in writing formal correspondence. This worksheet includes a reminder of the main rules about capital letters, followed by a rewriting ex ...
A simple getting-to-know-each-other game ideal for the beginning of the school year. It works like a regular bingo except we use our favourites instead of numbers. It could be considered a version ...
This is a nice worksheet on food idioms. How can you compare people with food? Find out yourself and share the secrets with your ss. The worksheet contains a matching activity and pictures.
The worksheet consists of a reading activity about Dos and Don'ts in creating/making a public speech. Ss take one strip of paper with a piece of advice in turns, comment on it and act it out (show ...
This activity is always fun to do as a warmer or a filler. Ss watch the video and try to repeat letters of the alphabet using American sign language alphabet. Then everybody "spells" their names. ...
This worksheet is based on the first 10 mins of the popular TV show "Lie To Me" (Season 1, Episode 1). It includes pre-watching discussion on what body language is and how it is possible to read p ...
The worksheet contains the whole lesson plan on topic “Society” or “Society vs Wilderness”. 1) Ss get p.1 to brainstorm what comes to their mind when they hear the word &ld ...
This worksheet is not only a personality test that canbe easily used as a filler or warmer. It also helps ss realize how effective they are in managing their time. It includes a ri ...
The worksheet includes an amazing inspirational video with the main idea "you are more beautiful than you think". In the video women describe themselves and other people so some appearance vocabul ...
This worksheet is a fun warm-up activity for the first day of school or Knowledge Day etc. It deals with the differences between our right and left brain hemisphere. 1) Give the picture from page ...
This worksheet will help our intermediate students listen to a radio programme about Native Americans living in the Great Plains of the USA. The link to the mp3 file (downloadable) and to the text ...
This is a worsheet to use with intermediate to upper intermediate students to help them listen to a radio programme about the life of an American who traveled around the world on his motorbike. Th ...
This maths worksheet is a maths investigation for primary/elementary children. They must try and think of as many ways as they can to make 10 by using just two numbers. See how many boxes you can ...
This is pretty simple missing letters activity for teaching or revising computers related vocabulary at pre-intermediate level. Students are asked to look at the pictures and complete the wor ...
A series of questions about a short video i found on youtube about animal intelligence. Mixed questions, some gap-fill , some true or false. Quite an interesting video which can open up a dis ...
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