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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Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern, e.g. mat, hat, cat, fat - All of these words end in 'at'. This resource focuses on words ending in ell, en, and ent. Students must rea ...
Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern, e.g. mat, hat, cat, fat - All of these words end in 'at'. This resource focuses on words ending in eel, eep, and eet. Students must re ...
Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern, e.g. mat, hat, cat, fat - All of these words end in 'at'. This resource focuses on words ending in aw, ay, and eat. Students must read ...
Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern, e.g. mat, hat, cat, fat - All of these words end in 'at'. This resource focuses on words ending in ash, at, and ate. Students must rea ...
Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern, e.g. mat, hat, cat, fat - All of these words end in 'at'. This resource focuses on words ending in ank, ap, and ar. Students must read ...
Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern, e.g. mat, hat, cat, fat - All of these words end in 'at'. This resource focuses on words ending in am, ame, and an. Students must read ...
Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern, e.g. mat, hat, cat, fat - All of these words end in 'at'. This resource focuses on words ending in ake, ale, and all. Students must re ...
Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern, e.g. mat, hat, cat, fat - All of these words end in 'at'. This resource focuses on words ending in ack, ail, and ain. Students must re ...
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The worksheet contains an easy text about a schoolgirl. She describes her everyday activities, school, hobbies, family. Then two exercises follow. In the first exercise children have to find inco ...
This lesson plan is designed to practice passive voice & inventions topic. It will also deal with the revision of previous lesson (passive voice + materials), as well as some of the irregular ...
I teach adult students and they always have difficulty expressing what they want to say, no matter how advanced their vocabulary is. I downloaded short jokes from the Internet, cut them into strip ...
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This is a reading activity on a newspaper article, about parents who do not tell bedtime stories to their children anymore. It's a surprisingly good way to make students read, discuss the vocabula ...
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This is a speaking activity that I made for my teenage classes on Valentine’s Day, but you could do it anytime. It’s based on the concept of speed dating so you will need to organize t ...
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