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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The students are required to write an e-mail to a penpal in 50 words. The e-mail is to explain why their long-awaited trip to Europe is cancelled. The student needs to choose one of the three choi ...
It’s a great Powerpoint presentation of famous places all over the world. It can be a nice helpful activity while studying travelling/sightseeing etc. It includes bright pictures and questio ...
There is a whole bunch of words, phrases and abbreviations that originally are Latin but are still used in English. The most favourite of my ss' is probably “etc.” – the word tha ...
The worksheet provides a list of commonly used slang terms in English (as taken from a native speaker). How many ways of saying “Hello” or “Good” do you know? You can make ...
This worksheet is a mid-term test for beginners. There are two parts:a language part and a spelling part. In the former they can practise vocabulary with a blank filling activity or grammar with m ...
The activity is designed for a speaking class with elementary/pre-intermediate students to describe different areas: city and the neighborhood ares. The students have to describe the picture using ...
The title of this poem is 'My Invisible Dragon'. This worksheet was created for KS2 students. They must read through the poem and then answer the accompanying study questions. There are 7 question ...
Ideal for kids that want to express themselves about family likes and dislikes and wishes.Use of "going to".You may use it as a project at the end of the unit or semester because a student talks a ...
Students complete the sentences using the adjectives in the box. It's an activity to complement a describing places lesson and it also works with fairly, very, pretty in order to emphazise th ...
Listening worksheet to be used in conjunction with Module 10's Real Life section on the Cutting Edge Starter CD-ROM (it comes with the textbook). Simply play the video for the students to watch/li ...
This is a coloring worksheet for very young learners. They can color the people and learn basic vocab about family. Also you can cut the pictures and ask them to make their own family trees, glue ...
If you have a new class of begginers or elementary this worksheet is the best way to start with. Give your students access to some key questions and expression ready to use from the very first les ...
This is a worksheet based on the masterpiece of Russian animation. It gives food for young thoughts and boosts their creativity. In the first couple of tasks students should make up correct senten ...
This worksheet is based on the classic Disney cartoon from Bugs Bunny vs Elmer Fudd series. The short text gives the gist of the movie. Students have to open the brackets, putting the verbs in the ...
This is a very simple writing activity for elementary students who are asked to describe their house in about 80 words (real or imaginary) anwering the given questions.
This wordsearch will help you revise the fashion vocabulary. You can use it as a filler or a warmer or a task for homework. You can use it for intermediate students. You can also use it to present ...
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To make topic “relationships” more interesting I sometimes throw in a discussion on gender roles and stereotypes. Mature teenagers and adults enjoy giving their opinions on what is nat ...
This song is modern, cool, fast and fun! It is made simply of verbs connected with operating a computer so will work great as a warmer, filler or a task to learn/revise vocabulary on “comput ...
It is an authentic English article that deals with psychological and biological principles according to which we find people attractive or ugly. It contains really interesting information for ...
This is a worksheet I usually use at the beginning of the school year. The aim is for the students to be able to fill in the information about themselves so later they can write about it. It will ...
It is a presentation of a typical theatre building parts. You can find the names of theatre parts as well as explanations about how they function and a number of pictures illustrating the parts. A ...
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